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“But this ordinance doesn’t allow special exceptions,” Miller said, referring to the county’s subdivision regulations.
Konick told the planners that he wasn’t sure whether state law permits variances to subdivision ordinances as it does for zoning ordinances. But if subdivision variances or exceptions are allowed, then the same requirements for public notice called for with zoning variances should apply, said Konick, adding that neighboring landowners present at the Planning Commission s meeting were there only because they’d heard of Mrs. Stuart’s proposal through the grapevine.
Dick McNear, Fauquier’s professional planner who has been working with the county commissioners on review and revision of Rappahannock’s zoning ordinance, reported that up until two years ago, there was no provision in state law for waiving requirements of subdivision ordinances. Then Virginia’s General Assembly enacted legislation permitting subdivision variances, but only under the same hardship showing re(Continued
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