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He suggested that if the planners wished, he could add a provision that such an event could be approved by him administratively, without re?quiring a special exception, if an application is submitted 30 days in advance and if no more than one such event were held per year on ai given property.
The planners decided to approvq that suggestion and also to require ' that promoters wanting to apply for more than one such event a year td apply for a special use permit rathe? than for a special exception. The Board of Supervisors has to approve special exceptions. Applications for special use permits are handled by the Board of Zoning Appeals. *;
The planners agreed to advertise this amendment to the zoning ordi-I nance for a public hearing at the N6-! vember meeting. At that meeting they will also consider an amend-; ment to the zoning ordinance barring target shooting in certaifr developed areas, Mr. McCarthy! said. •j
Phil Irwin suggested that the planners also recommend anotheramendment to the zoning ordinamje! restricting building close to power! lines. He said there are setbacks' from other utilities, and requiring setbacks from power lines would! mean that power companies could id-! crease the voltage in their lines; without creating new power line corridors. I
Mr. McCarthy said the supervj-! sors had looked into the possibility of. adopting such setback requirements; and had decided not to do so, because there are areas, especially near Sperryville, where such requirements would mean existing lots, could not be built on.
Mr. Irwin also recommended the planners consider amending the ot-‘ dinance to add additional require-! ments for power lines. He referred to a letter attorney David Konick had sent to his Board of Supervisors representative Robert Anderson with suggested language for these! additional standards. Mr. Irwin said he was speaking for himself, but that the board of the Rappahannock League for Environmental ProteC-! tion had met and recommended sup-; port also for both zoning ordinance amendments.
These 'suggestions would require power companies to show that the route they recommend is the only “feasible route” that would meet a demonstrated need for the line to serve Rappahannock County residents. They would also require that the power company applying for a special exception to construct such a line show that there is “no substantial likelihood or risk of harm to persons residing or working near thte proposed facilities due to continuous or repeated exposure to high voltage utility lines.” ,
Mr. McCarthy said it would Ife, impossible to meet this last requirement.
The planners did not take action on Mr. Irwin’s suggestions. I
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