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tion, Phil Irwin maintained that Rappahannock has “a history of this type of situation . . . where houses are built in spite of the ordinance and then the compassion that follows says they can get away with it... It diminishes the rule of local government. It diminishes the rule of law.”
RLEP’s representative added a compliment to the new zoning administrator/administrative assistant for bringing the problem before the planning commission and board of supervisors instead of going ahead with approval of Mr. Frazier’s subdivision request. “This is yet another example of the fact that John McCarthy is a most valued addition to our local government.”
“ I do think this should be pretty clearly documented,” said Supervisor Nelson Lane, as the board began its public hearing. “We should clearly outline our reasons for granting this special exception for the sake of precedent management.”
Mr. Miller asked that the record show (1) the zoning administrator knew, when originally issuing a building permit, that Mr. Frazier intended to subdivide a 25-acre lot and (2) the special exception permit was being granted because the problem of approval for the subdivision arose during the transition between old and new zoning ordinances.
Chaflman Hubert Gilkey also directed a letter be sent to Mr. Gentry advising him to present all future development proposals for the 90 acre residue to the zoning administrator to ensure conformity with zoning regulations.
With that, the Board of Supervisors granted the first special exception permit under Rappahannock’s new zoning laws.
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