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services growth should be concentrated in and around the villages of Rappahannock County. This philosophy is supported by the Rappahannock County Comprehensive Plan.
My husband and I were not the only people in town who expressed reservations over the new ordinance. At a Public Hearing on August, 1986, 13 town residents and business people spoke in opposition to the lack of flexibility and overrestrictiveness created by the proposed new ordinance. Only 2 people spoke in favor of the new ordinance. Nevertheless, the Town Council adopted it with only minor revisions.
Since this time, we have watched as the ordinance has been challenged and revised, piece by piece, for the very things we questioned—not enough mixed use zoning, overrestrictive setback regulations, etc. Each of these revisions has cost the town a considerable amount of time and legal expense. Most of this time, expense, and inconvenience could have been avoided had Council created a zoning ordinance that had more flexibility and understanding of the town’s current and future needs.
There are still inadequacies in our Zoning Ordinance, our Subdivision Ordinance, Historic District Ordinance, and Comprehensive Plan. We cannot come up with solutions overnight, but we can be more open
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