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By Nicholas M. Horrock
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Town of Washington will likely be under Rappahannock County’s new parking ordinance if the village can be assured that it can control the number of parking signs that line the streets.
The Tbwn Council made its decision this week after a telephone poll of members was conducted by Mayor Eugene Leggett.
The issue of whether the town would want to be included in the county ordinance came up at last week’s monthly meeting of the Tbwn Council. At that time, Bryant Lee a member of the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors representing the Washington area, briefed the council on the parking regulation the supervisors adopted earlier this month.
The regulation, which is to go into effect in the county March 1, permits law enforcement officers to ticket illegally parked cars and cars without licenses and permits, even if the owner is not with the car. The officer may also order the removal of a car in violation. Because the county regulation does not cover Washington, the council would have to adopt it.
Several members of the council carefully questioned Lee on the impact of the ticketing and whether it would materially change parking in Washington. Council Member Claudia Mitchell was anxious that the streets would suddenly be lined by new parking signs.
Parking signs in Virginia are assigned two ways: if a law enforcement agency or a local government authority seeks a sign it must apply to the Virginia Department of Transportation. If VDOT agrees, the sign is placed. There is no public hearing or veto according to the rules. Only official VDOT signs can be enforced.
Rappahannock County Administrator John McCarthy advised the council at its meeting that VDOT has said for budgetary reasons it is not anxious to post new signs.
In another matter, the council granted a special use permit to James V. DeBergh of Harris Hollow Foods, LC to allow him to have offices in a building next to the old Washington School on Mt. Salem Avenue.
The school’s property has become multi-use. The main building is being developed into apartments in the front portion while the Child Care and Learning Center (CCLC) is in the back portion of the building. A senior nutrition center is in the so-called annex building which DeBergh has purchased.
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