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Planners
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pointing out that the County’s population of 7,218 in 2001 was roughly the same as it was in 1930.
Chairman Tom Junk opened the public hearing, but the bulk of the discussion was not on the Comprehensive Plan itself, but on means by which attendance could be improved.
County Administrator John McCarthy recalled that public hearings during the last Comprehensive Plan review, six years ago, had a similarly slow start, and he added that the hearings then were subject-oriented and suggested that again be done.
Mr. Junk said that the commission would decide at its December meeting, whether to assign specific Comprehensive Plan topics to the Plan review meetings scheduled for January, February and March, 2003.
The Commission still plans to hold its November meeting — and Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing — in Amissville.
Special Use Applications Heard
Prior to the Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing, the Planning Commission considered two Special Use applications:
• Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wayne North have applied for a family apartment on their property just south of Chester Gap, and
• Dorothy Hackley for the conversion of her home in Amissville to a two-family duplex.
The Hackley application, represented by Carty Hanback of Kehoe Construction, drew no public comment and won a quick
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