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By MARY K. BLEWITT
Arundel Newspapers Richmond Bureau
RICHMOND — A House committee’s action to carry legislation limiting the use of special exceptions and special use permits over to the 1991 session has left local governments uneasy and developers confident about the bill’s future.
The legislation, which would have added one sentence to the existing state zoning law, had local governments and environmentalists outraged. The bill, they said, would restrict localities’ ability to control and manage growth.
Introduced by Del. Frank Hall, D-Richmond, the bill stated that “special exceptions and special use permits shall not be used to regulate, control, or prohibit the subdivision of land or residential density.”
The measure would significantly alter the zoning practices in several counties, including Rappahannock, in which the use of the special exception provides a government review of certain residential development projects. While the House commit
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