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Stonewall-Hawthom representative Robert Anderson said, “The 10acre lots push the line far out; I think the best use for the land would be to leave it in agriculture.”
Jackson District representative Ellis Bingham said, “I can empathize with the many comments and fears. Mr. Smet has done the best he can. He’s given the 25 acres. There is only one person in Jackson District who doesn’t want this. Everyone else wants this kind of development.”
“I had reservations about taking the two-acre lots away from the people of Amissville who had lobbied so hard that they wanted two-acre lots,” Mr. Gilkey said. “But I have not heard much opposition from the people of Amissville, and that is who this concerns. Other jurisdictions will have to deal with these cases as they come up.”
“We don’t have to accept the proffers,” Piedmont Supervisor Charles K. “Pete” Estes suggested. “The property is very rolling. Fiveacre lots are appropriate for this property as opposed to two-acre lots. If he wants to combine them, we should not get involved.”
“We’re doing away with affordable lots and widening the village boundary, but leaving 25 acres in agriculture,” Mr. Anderson said. “I guess that’s some sort of compromise.”
Col. Bingham’s motion to approve the rezoning without the proffers that limited lot size to 10 acres or larger passed unanimously.
The supervisors next considered the Mitchell subdivision, which was tabled last month by the Planning Commission pending the submission of additional information. Philip Mitchell has applied for a special exception to put a seven-lot subdivision on agriculturally zoned land with all lots 25 acres or larger.
Mr. McCarthy told the supervisors that a study of the topography since the planners’ meeting indicated there was enough steep land on the 193.5 former Cooksey farm to reduce the density allowed to six lots. He said that the highway department had approved the entrance for the subdivision road with a 100foot asphalt taper, but there was no indication the road would be consolidated with Patricia Saltonstall’s right-of-way through the property.
Mrs. Saltonstall, who owns the adjoining Points of View Farm, said, “Mr. Mitchell presented a* subdivision he had worked hard on. I hope something different can happen. I’d like to see a consolidation with the right-of-way.” ’
“I have trouble with this,” Ms. Day said. “I really believe in personal freedom for what you do with land. But one of the main things Rappahannock has going for it is natural beauty. You come over the hill, and there is this absolutely beautiful scene. The houses could be tucked away.”
“Under what authority can you tell somebody where to put houses other than setback?” Jim White asked.
“When they ask for a special exception,” Mr. Gilkey replied. The special exception is required because more than three lots are being created on a parcel of record in 1973.
“Mr. Luke, do you think that could stand up in court?” Mr. White asked.
“I hope so,” Commonwealth At
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