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To the editor:
Col. Bingham is right! The County Family Subdivision Ordinance should be changed to reflect the Virginia State Code which states “one such division shall be allowed per family member.” Counties are supposed to develop “reasonable provisions” permitting sale or gift of a lot or parcel to immediate family members. The Rappahannock County Ordinance with all its restrictions and limitations to impede allowing sale or gift to family members is in flagrant violation of state law. I can understand the reluctance of the supervisors and planners to have a court test of the ordinance.
The family subdivisions were not what caused the overdevelopment of counties like Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun and so on, as many so-called “experts” using scare tactics would have us believe. The development of these counties was primarily by the big developers who bought mostly large parcels of what had been farmland to develop. The small landowners were not the problem. William Bryant, a developer who made millions in the D.C., Virginia metro and Dulles Airport areas is presently buying thousands of acres of farmland in Culpeper and Orange counties for development speculation.
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