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Environmental Council. I
Werner Krehser, who represents Wakefield District, noted that Albemarle County has three-acre zoning for building on mountainsides, while Rappahannock has 25-acre zoning.
County Administrator John McCarthy said Albemarle County was considering the regulations both for aesthetics and for erosion control, but has not taken any action. He said Albemarle was considering controlling mountaintop development with the special use permit process, "something we don't do." He said no one was proposing any restrictions that would say someone could not build on mountain tops.
Dr. Krehser noted that the Shenandoah National Park takes up most of the southwest part of the county.
“Do we care about what is happening to our mountains?" Ms. Babcock asked.
"Yes," most-agreed.
“Then can we do something about it?” Ms. Babcock asked.
Dr. Krebser said the only possible location for the house he recently built is where it is built. He asked if the planners want to say people can only take good farmland for houses and forbid housing in the mountains. “This ridge top
See Planners, Page A-6
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