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By Gkkai.d Ochs
Rappahannock News Writer
The November meeting of the Planning Commission featured public hearings on the draft sludge and lighting ordinances, and on a request by the New Harvest Christian Fellowship Church to build a 10,000 square foot pre-engineered metal building on Viewtown Road in Amissville.
Months of work on both of the ordinances proved successful, and the Planning Commission moved to forward both to the Board of Supervisors for their consideration.
Discussions on the sludge ordinance was prefaced bv Administrator John McCarthy, who noted that the only significant change in the draft was the restriction of the application of sludge to parcels in agricult ural/forestal districts.
That would limit sludge application to no more than 20,000 acres in the County, hut setback requirements probably reduce that to a few thousand acres. Commissioner Tom Junk praised Commissioner A1 Henry for the wisdom of the agricultural/forestal district revision, and he said that he was proud of the ordinance and thought it very good.
The only possibly negative voice in the public hearing was that of Robert Lindquist of Amissville. Mr. Linguist said that the ordinance is very restrictive, and he implied that the County had designed it so to work around the fact that “the State says you have to have it (sludge).” Mr. Linguist also called for the ordinance to be published in the - -Rappttharm&ck News so that those citizens who cannot attend meetings will have the opportunity to preview such documents.
Mr. Lindquist has contended, in recent Letters to the Editor and letters to the Planning Commission, ' that a majority of Rappahannock ' County citizens do not want ordinances such as the new sludge and lighting ordinance, and that it is only “the same three or four people . . . who lobby for new ordinances.”
Mr. Lindquist’s first comment was responded to by Commissioner Henry, who said that the ordinance is “not trying to prohibit, it is just trying to protect the health and welfare of the citizens.”
He was followed in the hearings by twelve residents who expressed their support for the ordinance, or who requested that it include additional restrictions. No speaker other that Mr. Lindquist voiced opposition.
The Commissioners too supported the ordinance, with Mr. Henry concurring with Mr. Junk’s opinion stating
See ORDINANCE, Page A6
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