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to divide into so many lots. He’s not asking for a special exception to build houses on hills. No neighboring landowners have come to oppose this except Mrs. Saltonstall.
“If you go down Route 729 just about all the houses built in the last few years take advantage of the view . . . None of this makes any sense to me. The old residents of Rappahannock County will not come to these meetings and talk to you all. The residents I talk to have no objections to this, but they say what’s the use? Your minds are already made up.”
Phil Irwin said he wanted to second Mr. Olson’s comments. “The Comprehensive Plan calls for you to consider the visual impact. There are good examples of old houses and even new houses that have magnificant views and are not located on crests.”
John Clark Jr. said, “Mrs. Kidwell, I agree with a lot of things you said. I don’t approach these meetings with my mind made up. I have been doing some soul searching. Building on a hill is sort of a basic American right. The reason this country doesn’t look like England is that we didn’t like their rules and regulations. I can’t touch this building on hilltops.”
Board of Supervisors’ representative to the Planning Commission Mike Massie said, “I agree with a lot you’ve said, but I agree with what Mr. Irwin and Mr. Olson have said, too. I don’t see why you can’t site a house so you have a good view and so others have a good view also.
“On the issue of 25 percent slope . . . it’s pretty much cut and dried the way I see it. It’s a mistake to change the ordinance. You don’t change it because somebody just moved here, and he’s a nice man who’s working with us or because somebody has already been here. You change the ordinance if it’s in the best interest of everyone. We don’t do enough to protect the scenic environment. If Mr. Mitchell had a 25 acre lot or if Mr. Mitchell wanted to create three lots, this wouldn’t come in, but if the Planning Commission doesn’t want to enforce the scenic part of the ordinance, it shouldn’t put it in there.”
“I find it hard to tell a person where he should put a house,” Mr. Clark said.
“I agree. We don’t have a right to
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