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the road standards, former planner and supervisor Newbill Miller voiced concerns that the 1985 zoning ordinance contained loopholes that had not been in the 1973 ordinance. The 1985 ordinance was adopted in December, 1986, when Mr. Miller was a member of the Board of Supervisors and the representative of the board to the Planning Commission.

He wrote a letter to Mr. McCarthy, which was distributed the to planners before their meeting.

Mr. Miller’s explanation of the problem is followed by a list of suggestions for remedies, including limiting subdivisions into lots smaller than 25 acres to tracts on 50-footwide state roads and would limit Type-Two roads to subdivisions with lots 25 acres or larger.

When the planners took up these suggestions they were divided on whether such provisions would discourage clustering, which places all the allowable dwellings on a small portion of a large parcel while leaving the bulk of the land in open space. In the past few months the planners and supervisors have approved subdivisions in Agricultural land with some lots smaller than 25 acres, provided that the average density be no greater than one residence per 25 acres, and that the residue of land, once such a parcel is subdivided, have a restriction placed on its deed noting that density of future development has been affected by the division.

In addition Mr. McCarthy had prepared for the planners’ Novem-' ber meeting a proposal for Planned Unit Residential Development (PURD) Districts. These would encourage clustering of allowed residential development and guaranteeing that open space would be protected “in perpetuity from development . .' . through open space easements donations to Board of Supervisors-approved holders of said easements, such as the Virginia Outdoors Foundation.”

The planners delayed discussion of this proposal until their next