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“one of the most respected in Rappahannock.”
“The whole thing is, he’sasking for an exception to the subdivision ordinance,” Baumgardner said. Only five lots would be permitted on the tract by law. The proposed division of the tract is also contrary to subdivision and zoning law concerning lot size and road frontage.
E.N. Montague said he didn’t see how the planners could entertain the request favorably. Mr. Lea is employing a “common legal practice,” Montague said. “To postpone and postpone until the adverse witnesses no longer appear. I can’t subscrive motives,” Montague said, “but I can suspect.”
FRANCES CARNEY asked if the heirs would be able to sell the subdivided tracts to anyone, once the subdivision were approved. Baumgardner said they would. “Then we can forget this about the heirs,” she said.
“Except he’s maintaining that’s part of the justification for asking for an exception,” Baumgardner said.
Captain Tuma spoke again. He had bought property in Oscar Lindgren’s Peyton Farms subdivision and Lindgren had had to abide by “fhp laws von nut on the books.
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