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Marc Malik, president of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, said this “might be an opportunity for the bank to put in covenants to restrict where buildings will be put, the steepness of roads, the amount of land cleared. It’s an advantage to have the land somewhat protected.”
Jim Massie, an adjoining landowner, said several years ago a geologist had done a study and found “very little water” in the Castleton and Battle Mountain area. “I’d hate to see other landowners come in and try to drill a well and not be able to get water,” he said.
Phil Irwin said, “one of the biggest threats to the county is parcelization....I do not see the need to make a special exception for a bank that has loaned an amount of money.”
Ron Makela asked what effect the subdivision would have on the tax base. The land is currently in the land use program. County Administrator John McCarthy said one acre on each parcel would be taxed at fair market
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