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By Matt Pki.kry
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On Monday the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors will consider a controversial application to use an 800-acre farm as a conference center.
The County Planning Commission voted 4-2 in January to hack the application, hut only after recommending restrictions to scale hack what would he allowed on the Miller Farm property.
James “Bill" Fletcher, who owns the property in the F T. Valley, submitted the conference application tor review bv the hoard in March. He then applied lor an extension that pushed back board review until this coming Monday so he could explore “other avenues,1* he told the Rappahannock News in a prior interview.
Soon after in February. Fletcher informally proposed to the planning commission that he use his property to provide affordable housing. He said the commission's recommended restrictions for the conference center were too limiting.
He asked the commission members if they would prefer singlefamily units, duplexes or triplexes.
Earlier this month. Fletcher had a trailer placed at the edge of his property abutting FT. Valley Road. He is using the trailer to store agricultural materials.
When asked in.a prior interview with the Rappahannock News if he was going to place more trailers on his property as part of plans to provide affordable housing, he said: “That's still open. I'm just waiting to see what goes on at the next hearing “
Rappahannock's toning code allows construction of one home per 60 acres without a permit. Fletcher could build 14 units using 700 acres of his property.
He would need a special-exception permit from the board of supervisors to put homes on 26 acre lots — the smallest lot site allowed per unit.
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