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Mr. Massie said it would be necessary to study the alternatives, the need for the road and the interests of the people of Sperryville.
The planners moved into public response, and Phil Irwin was the first to mention a proposed development in Sperryville that was presented to the RLEP Board of Directors. He suggested the planners move ahead with developing plans for the villages. He said the planned development represented a “threat” to Sperryville.
Peter Kramer said the Comprehensive Plan should emphasize agriculture and tourism and keep a tax system that helps those industries. He suggested Washington’s meals and lodging tax be spread throughout the county.
He also told the planners that clearing mountaintops and building on them is detrimental to the tourist industry. “It won’t take very many of these before the beauty of the county is eliminated.”
He said building a tall tower would also damage the county's beauty and suggested the planners make a strong statement in the very first paragraphs of the Corpprehensive Plan supporting agriculture and the tourist industry.
Mr. Fannon said the county couldn’t prohibit mountaintop development without compensating owners of such land.
Mr. Kramer said the county could do something if it could prove mountaintop development is having a nega
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