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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Board of Zoning Appeals followed the recommendation of the county's Planning Commission and denied an application by Robert J. Brown to construct a sixunit apartment building. Mr. Brown planned to build the unit on a .3 acre lot he owns on Main St. in Sperryville.
The three members of the BZA present at Tuesday’s meeting ruled unanimously that they could not make one of the findings required for issuance of a special exception permit: that it meet with the requirements of the county's zoning ordinance. That ordinance specifies that apartment buildings are limited to a total of 10 units per acre. Mr. Brown’s proposal of six units on a lot of less than 1/3 acre violated that standard, the BZA ruled.
However, the BZA members offered, as did the Planning Commission last week, to allow Mr. Brown to revise his application to a three-unit dwelling. That, Peter Kramer told him, would meet the ordinance’s standards for density. Mr. Brown declined the offer.
Mr. Kramer said that, to him, there was no question about the application — it could not be approved as presented because it was clearly in violation of the density provisions of the ordinance. He asked if the BZA should vote on the application and forego the advertised public hearing, and got a resounding “No!” in reply from the audience.
Too much development
“There is a need for housing” in the Sperryville area, Tom Junk conceded, “but parking is also a real problem.” Mr. Junk, who owns Carriage House Antiques on Main St. and also manages the Sperryville Hotel which now offers apartments for rent, said that in his experience park
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