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day’s meeting, the Planners:
• recommended issuance of special exception and special use permits to Charles K. Estes for renovation of an existing building on his one-acre lot in Sperryville into a single-unit apartment.
The apartment, which is intended for Mr. Estes’ mother,' would be the third dwelling on the lot, requiring the special use permit for multi-family housing in Sperryville’s village zone.
The special exception is necessary because the property lies in a flood plain. “The bulk1 ng is in the neighborhood of 100 years old, and it’s never suffered any flood damage that I know of,” Mr. Estes noted.
• recommended approval of Sam Snead’s special exception application to subdivide 87 acres into three parcels. The divisions would result in more lots than can be approved administratively, but the density limits for agricultural zones of one dwelling unit per 25 acres would be maintained, Mr. McCarthy advised.
• recommended a special exception permit be granted to Michael Ray Smoot to operate a taxidermy business as a home occupation in the garage of his Amissville residence. “I don’t want to do this on a large scale,” said Mr. Smoot, adding that
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