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Town resident Claybert Smoot originally brought the matter to the attention of the supervisors because with the new town boundary he does not have enough land in the town for a house lot which he wants for his daughter. He maintains that he did have enough land with the old boundary, which was changed when the town was rechartered in 1984.
Both the town and the county have agreed that landowners with lots which straddle the line could choose to let town zoning prevail on portions of their land in order to create a building lot which meets minimum lot sizes, but neither body has yet adopted ordinances to accomplish this.
Mr. Luke said he will meet with town attorney Frank Reynolds to draw up suitable ordinances. Then both bodies must hold public hearings before the ordinances can be adopted. The supervisors agreed to hold their hearing jointly at the time of Washington’s Town Council meeting.
“You may have to make some decisions,” Mr. Luke said. He explained that since the town wants the Architectural Review Board to have jurisdiction over anything built on the straddle lots, the county will have to go through the process of adopting a Historic District Ordinance.
“The town has no authority outside the town,” he said. “You will have to adopt an overlay district for the straddle lots and incorporate by reference the town’s ordinances.”
“The biggest problem is extending ARB jurisdiction into the
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