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By MICHELE MAY
lUwihannock New* Staff Writer
Icy streets didn’t keep the county Board of Zoning Appeals from meeting on December 28. However, each question required unanimous approval because a bare quorum was there: Sharon Luke, Peter Kramer, and chairman Lee Bird. Citizens representing three zoning applications also attended:'"
Woodward
Marie and Milton Woodward we^e seeking a special use permit to convert their garage into a second dwelling on their property. They live on Route 640 near 729 in Jackson District. Woodward explained that the building already has its own septic field and that he wants to renovate the building into a home for his son.
The lot is approximately two acres, insufficient to allow the required 100 foot setback. Luke was inclined to approve the variance based on the predominant character of the neighborhood. She described the area as rural with small lots along the road.
Woodward said he has no close neighbors who would object.
However, Kramer argued that previous cases had been refused due to density. Applications had been denied where people wanted to build two dwellings on 25 acres, he pointed out. Here, the board was considering a request for two dwellings on only two acres.
Kramer moved that the application be tabled until the next meeting to give the board time for a site inspection and to give the Planning Commission time to make a recommendation. (The December Planning Commission meeting had been cancelled due to the previous week’s ice storm; the application has not yet been reviewed by that group.)
Since the vote would have been a deadlock, Luke and Bird went along with Kramer’s suggestion.
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