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continued. He told Luke, who is also Chairman of the Rappahannock Supervisors, that he didn’t see why the Board wanted the BZA’s authority to approve or deny special use permits. Miller added that he understood Commonwealth Attorney George Davis agreed with Luke that special use permit control properly lay with the Supervisors. The issue was marked for further attention later in the ordinance review process.
Returning to the original discussion, Barksdale asked if it wouldn’t be better to allow grave yards with a special use permit.
“I’d leave it just as it is,” Luke responded. “Who’s it going to hurt and if it pleases most of the people...” The rest of the commission agreed.
Wayside Stands
In considering seasonal wayside stands, another use allowed by right, the Planners agreed that the ordinance needed to include more specific information on the definition of seasonal and clarification of what type of structure would be permitted.
“I’m not for closing any of these businesses down...but I’m serious about how much development we allow along highways,” said Luke. Proliferation of road side stands can create traffic hazards, he maintained.
Luke asked if the ordinance should allow more than one dwelling per lot in agricultural districts.
“What size lot?” questioned Barksdale.
“That’s the problem,” chorused Miller and Luke.
After discussion, the Planners agreed to limit by special use permit the construction of more than one permanent dwelling on agricultural lots less than ten acres. On lots over ten acres in an agriculture district, a second permanent dwelling would be allowed by right.
Set Back Regulations
Not Enforced
Frontage and set back requirements for uses permitted by right in an agriculture district were discussed but not changed by the Planners although they acknowledged that side set back regulations in particular were currently not enforced.
Barksdale suggested that reference to the recently adopted Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance be added to the conservation district section in the ordinance. The rest of the Commissioners concurred that the new erosion ordinance should be made a part of the other county ordinances and agreed to check with Commonwealth Attorney Davis on where it should be inserted.
In the uses allowed by right in a conservation zone, the Planners deleted recreation and added a notation that construction of a second permanent dwelling on lots less than ten acres required a special use permit.
Specific Or General?
Miller asked why the uses permitted by right in an agriculture district were sharply defined with a list of all permitted uses while the ordinance section on uses by
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