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By JANE BANGLEY
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
The Rappahannock Board of Zoning Appeals approved on Wednesday, April 24 a special use permit application submitted by the trustees of the Sperryville Assembly of God Church after conducting an on-site inspection, hearing two hours of testimony and attaching conditions to the approval.
A decision on the application had been postponed at the last BZA meeting in March so that the on-site inspection could be made.
BZA Chairman Lee Bird said that the 12.8 acres on Route 612 that the church plans to build on is a long and narrow tract. “The stake out of the church site showed an adequate distance from the side boundaries,” Bird said. “The septic field was staked out above and behind the church with the parsonage behind that on high ground, and there would be no construction in the flood plain.”
Michae' Lamm, pastor of the church, said that he, the real estate agent and the surveyor had staked the buildings and septic field out. Lamm said that the State Health Department has approved the septic field site.
“You were saying that the proposed church building is going to be 40’x 60’ and that you intend to have a walk-out basement,” said BZA member Peter Kramer. “My concern is
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