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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
After months of work and debate among the members of Washington’s Planning Commission, final revisions to the town’s subdivision ordinance were approved Monday. The amended document will be the subject of a public hearing on Feb. 25.
Msyor changes to the document approved Monday include a provision that the planners may require a soil sample analysis by An independent soil scientist to verify the results of the Health Department’s perk tests.
Though Town Attorney Frank Reynolds pointed out that under state lfiw an independent analysis cannot be required, Councilman Newbill Miller argued, “It might force them (the developer) to walk a little straighter.”
On Mr. Miller’s recommendation the planners also adopted as a reference for perk studies, the Soil and Water Conservation Service’s Soil Survey, Rappahannock County, Virginia (October, 1961). Mr. Miller called it “invaluable” in determining the suitability of particular tracts of land for septic fields and other uses.
After debate about the wisdom of
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