By SHARON KILPATRICK

By SHARON KILPATRICK

Rappahannock New* Staff Writer

The Planning Commission made a few minor changes in plans for the General Commercial Overlay Distinct Wednesday evening and sent the needed ordinance amendments on to the Board of Supervisors with the unanimous recommendation that they be adopted.

In spite of the fact that the public hearing on this plan was continued from the January meeting since several people told County Administrator John McCarthy they were interested in attending but could not make the January meeting because of the weather, only two people attended the February meeting because of this plan.

Carolyn Butler, who owns land on the south side of U.S. 522-211 listened to the discussion and said, “It’s hard for me to imagine any of this ever taking place. If it does happen, I don’t think it will be in my lifetime.”

She said that the land in much of the district is swampy or heavy with rock, noting that the contractor for the four-lane project in the area had to blast through rock for several days to get a satisfactory roadbed.

The planners amended the plan to state “Underground installation shall be required” for utilities. The words “Whenever possible,” were deleted from the front of this statement. However the plan still has an out because the language “unless Rappahannock Countyt determines that same is not practicable,” remained at the end of the statement.

Mrs. Butler said she thought underground utilities would be impossible in the area because of the rock, i i

Mrs. Butler also said that much of the land is not good for septic systems, especially land near the highway on the north side.

This prompted a renewed discussion of the possibility that a sewage treatment plant could serve both the schools in the area and the general commercial area.

Wakefield District representative Werner Krebser specifically endorsed the