By Mary Ann Kuhn Rappahannock News Writer The County

By Mary Ann Kuhn Rappahannock News Writer The County Attorney’s Office is looking into the legalities of enforcing a county ordinance which makes it unlawful to have junk-car sites. At issue is the fleet of battered, rusty cars on Route 211 next to the new Rappahannock Bank site. After the Rappahannock News published a story in last week’s edition about Dr. Werner Krebser’s last wish to enforce the ordinance, more complaints about the site came in to the county administrator’s office as well as to other county officials. “It is being lopked into by the county and the County Attorney’s Office,” said County Attorney Peter Luke. “Nothing has been filed in court at this time.” v Luke, who also wears the hat of Commonwealth’s Attorney said that back in February he gave legal approval for the Virginia State Police to tow 12 cars from the site that were actually on state property on Route 211. The cars currently there are on pri vate property— owned by Mike Brown of B & B Service Center in Sperry ville—and thus this is a zoning issue Years ago, Brown’s father owner the land which is now the new bank site. The Brown’s auto service business occupied that land where old vehicles were kept and stored before the 1986 ordinance was enacted. That ordinance makes it unlawful to keep more than two inoperable or junk vehicles on a person’s property unless they are fully enclosed in a building. At issue is the history of the property and whether Brown is “grandfathered” under the law. There were three separate zoning ordinances on the property over the years. Brown said he did not wish to comment at this time.