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zoning ordinance but rather a procedure allowed by the ordinance provided specific standards are met.
McNear added that the supervisors can specify also whether the special exception permit goes with the land or with the applicant.
“Will we still allow variances?” asked commissioner Charles K. Estes.
“Variances will continue to be granted by the board of zoning appeals on the basis of specific hardship,” McNear replied, agreeing when Estes added that hardship must relate to. characteristics of the property and not to financial, or other personal conditions of the applicant.
Variance Criteria Specified
Chapters of the revised zoning ordinance that he plans to bring to the commission’s December meeting will be very clear on what criteria the BZA must consider in granting a special use permit or a variance, McNear continued.
From what he’s seen, the planner said, Rappahannock’s BZA tends to exceed its authority by granting variances which in essence change the zoning ordinance’s regulations.
Miller asked if allowance of up to three land divisions with administrative approval will be cumulative to an area or to a specific piece of property.
He noted that the current ordinance limits the number of administratively approved lots by applying "cumulative” to properties—even if under different ownership—that are served by the same road.
This restriction is designed to control development on narrow country roads not equipped to handle subdivision development, he explained.
McNear replied that limiting to three the number of lotsfvhich can be approved
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