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“Rental units would not

be incompatible with the

neighborhood... we need

more rental housing in the

county for school teachers

and sheriffs deputies...”

-Robert Dennis

PEC Director

other clustered development. They challenged the cluster concept itself, doubting whether a deed restriction is a permanent prohibition against future development and raising the likelihood that flood plain property and steep slopes could be counted towards the open space requirement when that land cannot be developed.

At the same time, Zoning Administrator John McCarthy recommended approval for Mr. Dwyer’s proposal, calling it “just the sort of activity that the ordinance is intended to foster, keeping open space free from development while allowing the landowner to enjoy development rights.”

Mr. Dennis, who is director of the Warrenton-based Piedmont Environmental Council, echoed Mr. McCarthy’s findings. Further, he noted that Clarke, Loudoun,

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