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Plan is not an absolute assurance of community acceptance or a commitment by the County.”
The second proposal is a private undertaking by South Wales and Centex. Homes. It is a massive residential, com; mercial, and light industrial development bound by Route 211, Route 229, a part of Route 621, and the Rappahannock River. The rezoning request needs action by Oct. 1.
The rezoning request is for 2,700 homes, including 1,980 homes for “activq adults,” ages 55 or older: about 6,0QO people in all. It calls for 1,000,000 square feet of light industrial development on 100 acres along Route 211. It asks for 500,000 square feet of commercial development on 60 acres at the corner of Routes 211 and 229, to include a hotel and conference center. Route 229 i$ to be moved, to cross to Route 622, Old Bridge Road. The space between the current and new Route 229 is to become a commuter parking facility.
These figures are hard to grasp* What is comparable to the 160 acres of commercial/light industrial space and its 1.5 million square feet? Many have seen the commercial/industrial effort at Gainesville on Route 29 near 1-66. On • the south side of Route 29, lies the. Virginia Gateway Center, now covering 217 acres. Clevenger’s Corner’s commer-: cial/light industrial area would be three-; quarters the size of the Virginia Gateway Center. 1.5 million square feet*? Wal-Mart in Culpeper covers 201,000 square feet. Seven Wal-Marts would fit in at Clevenger’s Corner.
A question might be asked: How can a major rezoning take place before g “Village Center” has been defined and approved by the public? Next article ir> this occasional series: Possible Impact on Rappahannock County - Traffic.
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