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Her face wreathed in a smile and eyes sparkling with unshed tears, Renate Chapman reached over and squeezed her husband’s hand as the Board of Supervisors voted on Monday to issue a special exception permit for their September Song, a religious retreat house on the 113acre Greenfield Farm on Route 211 just outside the town of Washington.
It was the second rendition of September Song. The Chapmans’ first attempt to secure a permit ended on a sour note last year when they were turned down for a location off Route 231 in the F.T. Valley.
This time, offering a long list of conditions to forestall the objections of neighboring landowners, they won the unanimous approval of both the planning commissioners and the supervisors.
The conditions “go beyond the requirements of the zoning ordinance (and) illustrate the Chapmans’ desire to work with their neighbors,” said attorney Douglas Baumgardner, He pointed out that the proposal complies with the county’s comprehensive plan, which designates Route 211 west of Washington to the Shade Road as Rappahannock’s only mixed area for residential, commercial and agricultural
Baumgardner noted that^thJ health department has approved provisions for sewage disposal while the department of transportation has OK’d a new entrance on Route 211 with improved sight distance for the retreat house.
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