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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News SUIT Writer
The Planning Commission recommended approval for a rezoning for Werner Krebser’s Flint Hill Square from village residential to village commercial and recommended approval for two special use permits at last Wednesday’s meeting.
Dr. Krebser sought the rezoning to add 3,600 square feet at the south end of the small shopping center for an expansion for Blueridge Technologies.
In 1986 when the commercial development was approved, it did not require a rezoning. It was approved with a special use permit. The 1986 Zoning Ordinance, however, required a rezoning for such a use. The Krebser development was grandfathered under the old ordinance, but could not be expanded without the rezoning.
Commission Chairman Mike Massie felt Dr. Krebser had not met all the requirements for a rezoning. Although commission members and members of the Board of Supervisors are not allowed to negotiate proffers with an applicant, he suggested Dr. Krebser should have freely offered proffers to get the rezoning. “We have never approved a rezoning without proffers,” he said. He said the site plan did not meet requirements. He said Dr. Krebser should have also included a statement indicating how the rezoning would fit the county’s Comprehensive Plan. He suggested the matter be tabled until October to allow Dr. Krebser time to meet requirements for a rezoning.
Dr. Krebser said that would move construction to November at the earliest and perhaps delay it until spring. However, his frustration eventually led him to agree to the delay.
Other members of the commission weren’t willing to go along with that, however. They said he could make a statement at the meeting telling how his development is compatible with the Comprehensive Plan. They told him to make changes to the site plan and offer proffers when the rezoning request goes to the Board of Supervisors next week.
Dr. Krebser said he had not gone through the whole process because it was an existing commercial use, and he was asking for commercial zoning for something that is already commercial.
“You have a building with a commercial use. It does not have commercial zoning,” Mr. Massie said.
Dr. Krebser complied with the request for a statement on how the rezoning fits the Comprehensive
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