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under dispute - 157 acres total - had most of the conference center’s parking, a key demand from the planning commission. By removing that parcel, supervisors say the planning commission's approval no longer applied.
“If he didn't withdraw it and it went to a hearing, our recommendation would have been to vote it down purely on the basis of not complying with the site plan,” McCarthy said.
Afterward, Fletcher denied that losing the parcel had any effect on the overall application.
“I’m not sure where the property line is, and I’m not going to file a lawsuit or waste the county’s time tonight,” Fletcher said.
The long-time Rappahannock resident has owned the property, George Miller Farm, for close to 30 years.
Fletcher alleges that the farm no longer produces enough revenue through farming to cover expenses. Leasing the property and the 8,000-square-foot manor nouse to an events-booking firm would keep it in the family, he said.
The planning commission approved his special lease permit to do so in January by a 4-2 vote. That should have sent the measure to county supervisors in February for a final approval.
But the planning commission added several restrictions, which Fletcher called too limiting. In March he asked that his hearing before the supervisors be delayed while he looked for “other avenues.”
See FLETCHER, Page A3
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