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Attorney Frank Reynolds called a quarterback sneak and carried the ball on the proposed religious retreat to the Board of Supervisors on Monday.
He scored, winning unanimous support for his resolution affirming the county’s policy to restrict commercial uses in conservation zoning districts.
Representing A.Y. Stokes and other neighboring landown| ers opposed to the issuance of a special use permit for a religious retreat in the F.T. Valley, Mr. Reynolds told the supervisors that the Boa#' of Zoning Appeals was confused as to interpretation of the zoning ordinance.
In considering Ted and Renate Chapman’s permit applicaI tion for a retreat, members of the BZA split on what type of uses | are allowed in a conservation district, according to the Washington attorney. One member of the BZA even held that amendments to allow an gravity slide and other outdoor recreation at the defunct ski area in Harris Hollow were actually “designed to encourage commercial uses in a conservation district,” Mr. Reynolds said.
He maintained that the intent of the supervisors - both in adopting the 1973 ordinance and its later amendments — was to severely restrict commercial uses in a conservation zone except where designated commercial, as was the case with the ski area property.
Planning Commission Chairman A.Y. Stokes, appearing before the supervisors as a private citizen, presented petitions against approval of the religious retreat center signed by 113 landowners, both from the F.T. Valley and other areas of the county.
Planning Commissioner Werner Krebser noted that the adContinued
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