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Elsie Dodson who owns a nearby ; 90-acre parcel opposed the applica- ; tion as she did last month. She said ( her family had been in Rappahan- < nock County since the 1700s. “I feel very strongly that every time a variance is granted it weakens our laws to preserve Rappahannock,” she added.
Margaret Dodson, Elsie Dodson’t sister who lives with her, said, “My sister and I live on our property and hope to spend the remainder of our lives there. When all the green disappears, who will want to come here. Everybody can’t live in Rappahannock. We all know that. I have enough land to build my dream house, which would be mostly glass, but I can’t afford it. We can’t all have what we want.”
Chairman Louis G. “Butch” Zindel noted that the zoning ordinance has held up “pretty well so far.”
Wakefield District representative Jennifer Matthews said, “I appreciate concerned citizens on both sides coming out for this.”
On the question of whether the members felt the application met the first test for a variance, Mrs. Matthews and Piedmont District representative Jimmy Swindler Jr. voted yes, and Mr. Gottlieb and Mr. Zindel voted no. A variance requires at least three “yes” votes on the BZA.
The BZA also voted to require that Carol Frances add another strand of wire and surveyor’s tape
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