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SEAN KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The new magistrates’ office cleared the first hurdle Monday night when the Washington Town Planning Commission unanimously approved the County’s rezoning request.
The planners did ask for a deed restriction so the building is used only for government offices.
The county has a contract to purchase a small garage from Mrs. Virginia Lindstrom for .$12,500. The garage sits between the county jail and the first house on Mt. Salem Avenue, which is the rectory for Trinity Episcopal Church. County Administrator John McCarthy appeared before the planners in the Town Hall to explain the county’s need for office space within the courthouse.
. The property is an unimproved garage with a three-foot-wide strip of land around it, he said. It does have power but not water and sewer, he added.
The county is formally asking the town to rezone the garage from Village Residential to Village Services, which basically includes government offices.;
“The judges are requesting more space for court functions inside the courthouse,” Mr. McCarthy said. “We
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