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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON 4*mH>tth!innofKN«*»Stafr Writer 1 Rappahannock’s board of zoning appeals proved at last Friday’s meeting that corporate giants receive no special favors when it comes to compliance with local zoning regulations.
Both Potomac Edison Power Company and Centel Telephone failed—at least for the time being—to win permits and variances necessary to continue projects here because the utilities had not met requirements set out in the county’s zoning ordinance.
The board denied the special use permit and variance requested by CenTel for telephone equipment already installed on Route 729 near Flint Hill just a few feet from the road’s intersection with Route 522. The equipment—two metal cabinets seven feet high and two feet wide—is situated on an eight foot by ten foot concrete pad on property owned by Robert Metcalfe for which the utility holds an easement.
Built at a cost of over $100,000, the new facility allows the utility to improve service while avoiding the greater expense of installing individual cables to customers’ homes, according to Royce Donavan. The new equipment will also enable CenTel to increase its serv
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