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unique character of our county depends on preserving both our lovely, mountains and our precious farmland. This is a wake-up call: We will have to confront this issue of development continuously for the next generation or more.
4) “These amendments won’t be effective,” said three opponents at the meeting in different ways. (Of course their implication was that the amendments therefore shouldn’t be adopted, whereas proponents would like to see them strengthened.)
The amendments will probably not be as effective as proponents would like — partly because the opposition has been successful in diluting them. An earlier version would have prohibited home construction within 50 vertical feet of a ridgetop. Coupled with erosion-control restrictions on building on slopes, this would have made many ridgetops unbuildable.
5) “These controls are elitist. People of modest means can’t afford to buy 50 acres and pay for a site development plan, reforestation, and the rest.”
It would really be elitist if wealthy people who can afford to buy mountain tops are allowed to spoil the view for the rest of us, and diminish the economic value of other property and tourismrelated businesses at the same time. (The importance of maintaining economic
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