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County’s
Comp. Plan
in hands of
supervisors
By Nichoi-as M. Horrook
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The proposed Rappahannock County Comprehensive Plan is awaiting approval by the Board of Supervisors at a time when many in government and the public interest community feel the county faces the greatest land development pressure in its history.
After two years of work, the Planning Commission last Wednesday unanimously voted to adopt its final draft of the plan, a 105-page book that sets out where the county is and where it wants to go over the next five years.
The plan goes before the supervisors who may alter it, but once it is approved will become the official plan of the county. It is expected to be approved. No date had been set at press time for when the supervisors will hold a hearing.
The plan comes at a time when there, is growing concern over the pressure that developers in the Washington—Northern Virginia region are exerting. As commission member Alvin F. Henry said Wednesday “it is only a matter of time until they present a planned community and test us.” He urged the commission to consider making 50-acres instead of. 25 as the minimum lot size for building in Rappahannock.
In the public comments Wednesday, members of the commission and community leaders cited several recent developments that concerned them:
• The sale by John V. Lyle of 1,467 acres for $10,767,350 to Property Group II;
• The proposal for a 2,700 person village at Clevenger’s Comer in Culpeper County along the border of
See PLAN, Page A10
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