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input on a continuing basis from the immunity.” ;£•! Asked about his feelings on growth, since Jackson District is the fiistest growing area of the county, With several large subdivisions planned just east of the county border, Mr. Henry replied that “it will be a major challenge to maintain the $enic, open beauty of the county. TBiere is no way that you can stop growth - you have to control it to the extent permitted in the present coning ordinance,” which was enacted by the board just a month before Mr. Henry’s appointment. - “The ordinance provides,” he said, “for houses on small lots in the yillage areas, and 25-acre minimum lot size in the agricultural areas. There is also a provision for two-acre ■Qts for family subdivisions. That allows everybody to have housing in (he county, and I would like to see that maintained.” I He added, however, “as the residential and suburban pressures get {loser, I would not be surprised if the county’s zoning ordinance is challenged - as has happened with the mobile home ordinance in Fauquier County.” * In the past several years, the {punty’s budget has shot up, to just over $6 million this fiscal year. The corresponding large tax increases have the county’s residents worried
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