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Not Districts, Just Uses
E. P. Luke, chairman of the board of supervisors and the board’s representative to the planning commission, maintained that the county’s industrial and commerical districts are improperly designated because they aren’t districts at all. Using H & J Grocery on Route 231 as an example, he pointed out that it is designated on the zoning map as a commercial district but the district includes only the H & J lot so there’s no way another use can be added.
H & J and other local groceries should be commercial uses located in an agricultural zone rather than zoned commercial, Fannon said.
That type of use could be allowed with a special use permit rather than through zoning. McNear agreed.
Miller maintained that McNear’s approach would make it easier to have commercial uses scattered all over the county once they're no longer controlled through the rezoning process.
The supervisors could take over the issuance of special use permits, suggested commonwealth’s attorney Douglas Baumgardner, noting that their actions would then carry the same "presumption of legislative validity" attached to rezoning actions, presumption that the board of zoning appeals has to a much lessor degree in their current decisions on use permits. (See separate story.)
Fannon asked if anything could be done to control the 50 or so subdivisions platted before 1%2 but not yet built on.
According to McNear, the county could in its revised ordinance require that all subdivision streets including those recorded before 1962 be built to state specifications so that they can meet standards for state maintenance. He indicated the added expense of con
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