Some property values to fall as Stafford votes to downzone
Updated at March 4, 2021 - Rick Horner
Developers won’t be able to build as many homes on lots in the rural areas of Stafford County.
On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors approved a controversial downzoning ordinance that limits the number of new homes that can be built on land currently zoned for A-1 agricultural use to one house per every six acres.
The ordinance was a pared-down version of what had been proposed, with county leaders wanting one home per every 10 acres, similar to restrictions on a tract of land dubbed the “Rural Crescent” in neighboring Prince William County.