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lively wuy s nut lununaie enough to own a lot of land. Mr. Lane is a wealthy man. He doesn’t understand poor people ... He doesn’t know what a poor man feels like,” said Wilson Atkins,
Later, Mr. Massie noted that if the couple had four acres, the family transfer would have been already approved. “We’re worrying about the little person, but it doesn’t take a multi-millionaire to own four acres of land in Rappahannock County . . . We shouldn’t lose sight of that.”
But in this case, Supervisor Charles Estes pointed out, the adjoining landowner is not willing to sell the additional two acres necessary to meet the minimum lot size for family transfers.
“We have ample options now in our zoning ordinance,” Mr. McCarthy added, saying the Atkins had been told they could add on to an existing structure, apply for a permit for a family apartment, or convert an old bam into a residence. But those choices weren’t satisfactory to the people involved. “And that’s fine.”
However, the county administrator stressed that he is opposed to amending the ordinance merely to provide a solution to an individual problem. And the resolution of that issue must come without damage to Rappahannock’s large-lot, low-density policy: “This agricultural zoning is . . . the best thing the people of this county have going for them,” Mr. McCarthy concluded.
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