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“We don’t want to see the county take an action that will affect other parts of the county that are not having the problem as they are here,” Supervisor Chairman Hubert Gilkey cautioned.
On Wednesday evening the supervisors approved a special exception for a six-unit subdivision of land formerly owned by Philip Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell applied last spring to have a seven lot subdivision on land that was the former Cooksey farm near Ben Venue. Mr. Mitchell wanted to keep one lot for himself and give six of his children lots.
At that time he was asked to submit a slope analysis of the land. Under the terms of the zoning ordinance, only 30 percent of land in slopes of 25 percent or greater could count to determine the number of lots that could be created on the land.
Once the slope analysis was done, Mr. Mitchell was only entitled to six lots. Mr. Mitchell said he wanted to delay accepting a six-lot subdivision until he could explore the possibility of acquiring enough land to qualify for seven lots.
Mr. Mitchell has since died and his son Chris Mitchell submitted a revised plat of a six-lot subdivision. Each lot would have at least 30 acres, and the lot including the house Mr. Mitchell was building would be owned by one of his sisters and her husband. Mr. Mitchell agreed to work with representatives of the county to site fiiture houses where they would not adversely impact the view of others.
In granting the special exception the supervisors made approval con
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