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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer As anticipated by board of zoning appeals chairman Josef Gardiner, the BZA’s recent decision to grant a temporary campground variance to the Nationwide Pentatostal Evangelistic Association didn't make everybody happy. On Wednesday, adjacent landowners filed a writ of certiorari, requesting the circuit court to review the BZA's decision and asking for a stay to prevent the camp meeting scheduled for June 20-28 from being held.
“It's clear from the evidence that the board of Zoning appeals did not properly apply the standards set by the Rappahannock zoning ordinace for granting a variance,” said David Knock, Washington attorney representing the landowners in the suit. “Rather than applying the law as written, the BZA attempted to arrive at a compromise to placate the interested parties and pass the buck to the board of supervisors and zoning administrator.
"In granting the variance. Admiral Gardiner stated at a public meeting that he believed this case would not be resolved without litigation. It’s very unfortunate that the board decided to put the burden of litigation on neighboring property owners who bought their land in good faith, relying on the officials of Rappahannock County to enforce the zoning ordinance," Konick said.
In the suit, Konick cites the zoning ordinance’s statement of intent for residential subdivision, the zoning designation of the NPEA property, as confirmation that its purpose is to provide low density residential areas for family
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