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By Naomi Smoot-Kimble
Rappahannock News Staff Wnter
Applause filled the courtroom Monday afternoon as Rappahannock’s Board of Supervisors voted to look into the creation of a parking ordinance for the county.
The decision was made after Peggy Ralph of Flint Hill spoke during the public comment session regarding what she perceived as a parking problem at the intersection of Route 647 and Route 522 in Flint Hill.
“It’s an accident waiting to happen,” she said.
She told how she feared that someone would be hurt due to parking in the town of Flint Hill in areas which were clearly marked with signs prohibiting parking.
“The big P with the line through it, that means “No Parking’,” said Ralph.
She said she was upset that there were no parking laws in the county and that nothing could be done about these cars, adding that some in power had told her to simply wait it out for an accident after which things would improve.
“I’m not willing to wait for that to happen,” she said.
Ralph was not the only one upset by the parking problem.
Bob Dennis of Flint Hill said he remembered discussion on the issue years ago and how happy he had been when the no parking signs were installed.
However these signs were to no avail, as law enforcement agents in the
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