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ble with the environmental features of that land and does not diminish natural and scenic values.”
The priorities are clear. The question is whether the amendments proposed by the Rappahannock Planning Commission to control ridgetop development will be effective in accomplishing that goal.
Think about your choice as the worst example of a ridgetop house visually polluting our landscape. Would the amendments have prevented the eyesore? If not, what would?
Under the Virginia Code, the county has available a number of strategies (described in Chapter 7 of the plan, on “implementation”), to regulate and provide economic incentives for desired land use: zoning, value taxation and land use assessment, agricultural and forestal districts, and conservation/open space easements.
Taken together, these provide a local tool kit that can prevent the worst aspects of development.
Scenic communities like ours around the country are using these and two additional strategies. (The examples cited
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