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Bird noted that the building could not conflict with the predominent character of the neighborhood. The board decided 3-1 that the request met all the other requirements and should be granted. Sharon Luke abstained saying that Atkins was a client of her law firm and she felt voting on the question could be a possible conflict of interest.

Kramer opposed the motion saying he wanted an inspection. “I’m not necessarily in opposition to the house,” he explained after the vote. “I just don’t know without looking.”

Robert and Dorothy Settle applied for a special use permit to build a second single family dwelling on their 54.34 tract near Amissville on Route 642 and to use a temporary mobile home during the construction.

The board had no problems with the application. Settle had obtained a permit for the septic system and said construction could probably be completed within a year. Both requests were approved unanimously.

However, during the course of the appeal, Konick continued to quiz Kramer as to whether he thought the Settle home might interfere with the “scenic vista” along Route 642. With the hot weather, tempers were short and Kramer offered Konick a public “reprimand for making fun of my concern for the county’s scenic

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