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In the first review of the comprehensive plan’s chapters on goals and objectives and future land use, the Rappahannock Planning Commissioners affirmed the importance of agriculture’s role in maintaining the county’s rural character.
The comprehensive plan, the document that presents an overall picture of the county and sets out the local land use policies which serve as the basis for zoning and subdivision regulations, must be revised at least every five years, according to state mandate. The planning commissioners have been going through that exercise for the past few months, reviewing draft chapters prepared by Bill Strider, the executive director of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning District Commission.
With a word deleted here and a clarification added there, the non-controversial chapters on the physical characteristics and demographics of the county remain virtually unchanged. But at last Wednesday’s session, the commissioners took an initial look at the “guts” of the plan and sent Mr. Strider and administrative assistant John McCarthy away with a list of possible wording changes, some of them significant.
And at Mr. McCarthy’s suggestion, they substituted “should be considered” for “must be considered” regarding the role whigh the comprehensive plan plays in reaching zoning and subdivision decisions. “I have a problem with ‘must,’ ‘should’ and ‘shall’ in a comprehensive plan. There’s no way we can enforce it,” said Mr. McCarthy, adding that the plan is a general statement of policy while zoning and subdivision ordinances set out specific re
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