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have received any other property anywhere else in Virginia through the family exception process.
• The application may not be an attempt to bypass zoning ordinance restrictions; the family member receiving the property must intend to build a residence on the lot and reside there.
Last Wednesday zoning administrator John McCarthy reported that the contract buyer of a 33Vz-acre agriculturally-zoned parcel has applied for a family subdivision exception to subdivide lots for both his parents, his daughter and his wife, with the residue to remain under his ownership. Finding it "an attempt to circumvent the provisions of the ordinance,” Mr. McCarthy denied the request.
According to the zoning administrator, the contract buyer then offered to nullify two family subdivisions approved for his sons just before the new zoning ordinance went into effect last December in exchange for authorization to subdivide the 33 V* acres he intends to purchase. "I told him no - not the whole kit and kaboodle,” Mr. McCarthy said, adding, however, that he had held out the possibility of endorsement for two new subdivisions on the 33 acres if the earlier subdivision plats are vacated.
The response was a letter “from the gentleman’s attorney.” The lawyer found the zoning administrator’s offer unacceptable and insisted that his client should have all four family subdivisions, Mr. McCarthy told the planning commissioners. In addition, the zoning administrator said, the lawyer noted that time is running out on the sales contract and if the issue isn’t resolved in the imme
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