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6 on residential subdivision zones is valid.

Unlike other sections of the zoning ordinance. Article 6 lists neither uses allowed by right nor special permitted uses for a residential subdivision district. According to request for declaratory judgement filed by the county on January 5, zoning administrator Evan McNear, acting in accordance with advice from former commonwealth's attorney George Davis, has allowed in a residential subdivision zone any use permitted in a residential zone.

On this basis, McNear issued permits two years ago to the NPEA to construct three buildings on its 9.05 acres zoned residential subdivision. Without approvals from the county, the NPEA also installed trailer hookups to serve campers and recreational vehicles expected during its annual two-week camp meeting. Despite complaints from neighboring landowners, the camp meeting—with trailers and trailer hook-ups—went on as scheduled in 1979.

After initiation of legal action on behalf of the landowners by Washington attorney David Konick, use of the property as a campground was prohibited during the 1980 campmeeting. In addition, Rappahannock’s board of zoning appeals attached conditions to a temporary special use permit, including limits on hours and attendance at the camp meeting's outdoor revival services held every evening and restrictions on use of outdoor lights and loudspeakers.

In a suit filed last December, Konick asked the court to find current usage of the NPEA’s property in violation of the county’s zoning laws and to compel the supervisors and zoning

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