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(Continued from Page 1) know what will happen,” Mr. Jones said, maintaining that the difficulty arises from the transition from the county’s old zoning ordinance to the new.

Huddling over the zoning map, the planning commissioners and supervisors determined that Mr. Frazier’s 25 acres lie in the middle of the 90.3 acre residue. Mr. Gentry has retained “slivers all the way around” the piece he sold to Mr. Frazier, Dr. Krebser pointed out.

Mr. Frazier explained that Mr. Gentry kept a piece on one side of the 25 acres to give to his son. “He promised it to his son,” he said, adding that access to this lot would be provided by a 50-foot right-of-way.

“I can just see what’s going to happen!” Dr. Krebser cautioned.

“What can be done with the residue?” asked Newbill Miller, the board of supervisors’ representative to the planning commission.

“Under the new ordinance, can additional cuts be made off that property?” echoed Planning Commissioner David Fannon.

The only way Mr. Gentry could make farther divisions of the 90 acre residue would be with another special permit from the board of supervisors, Mr. McCarthy replied. However, there is an exception to this restriction, he warned. Provided health department and road access requirements are met, Mr. Gentry can subdivide lots as small as two acres under a provision that allows transfers to parents or children. Mr. McCarthy reported that in researching the history of the tract, he had found no records of transfers to Mr. Gentry’s three children..

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