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(against further development) as long as the density regulations in this ordinance are valid,” said NewbiU Miller, the Board of Supervisors’ representative to the Planning Commission.
Cluster concept itself attacked
Commissioner Fannon challenged the concept of cluster development itself. He outlined a scenario in which a landowner with 200 acres in agricultural and conservation zones applies for a cluster of eight residences on two-acre lots, with the 184-acre residue to be left undeveloped. But if that residue is steeply sloped or in flood plain, it couldn’t be developed anyway, so the county would be allowing a high density cluster and actually getting nothing in return, he said. Instead of being a means for achieving controlled and managed growth, a cluster provision works to promote development in a county like Rappahannock which has “so much land that can’t ever be developed anyway,” Mr. Fannon said.
He also questioned the fiscal impact of Mr. Dwyer’s proposal, saying that the three dwelling units would probably be leased to families with children. School costs per child would run between $2,000 and $3,000 - far more than the county would realize in real estate taxes on the three houses, according to Mr. Fannon. “Who is going to pay the difference? Agriculture!”
(See PLANNERS, page 18)
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