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means... I would be delighted, personally, if we could limit all signs in the county to under 20 square feet,” but, Luke said, the past regulations have been previously applied to allow signs under 20 feet by right and over 20 feet by special use permit. “We must be consistent with what’s been done in the past.”

“The planning commission and the board of supervisors have the right to appeal your decision,” Konick noted of the BZA’s interpretation that signs over 20 square feet advertising local businesses are allowed by special use permit. “I would just like to have some clarification.”

“That’s what we’re doing,” Bird noted.

By unanimous vote, the BZA granted the permit for the flea market sign with the conditions that (1) the authorization expires with the close of Smith’s business or earlier if the sign is not properly maintained and (2) the sign be in compliance with Virginia laws governing outdoor advertising.

In other action, the board:

—approved a special use permit to Alfred J. Wooten for a second dwelling on 18 acres under the condition that records show' the lot was subdivided prior to adoption of the zoning ordinance in 1973.

—granted a variance on setback regulations to Earl and Betty Jewell for construction of a garage on their 2.95 acre lot near Bessie Bell Mountain,

—issued a special use permit to james Swindler to remodel a tenant house on a 135 acre tract outside Sperryville. (Swindler, a mem(Continued

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