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would no longer intrude onto Giles’ lot. This happened accidentally, said her grandson Jeff Butler, when he built on a pre-existing concrete slab close to Giles’ property. Giles, a real estate agent, suspected a boundary problem and had his property surveyed. He discovered that not only the roof overhang but also a comer of Butler’s building were on his property.

Giles and Butler filed a Waiver of Subdivision Regulations seeking the council’s approval to adjust the boundaries. Giles’ small lots had been grandfathered in since they existed before the zoning laws went into effect.

Both Giles and Butler were at the meeting and spoke briefly. Council member Alice Butler, council member and Jeff Butler’s mother, left the council table and sat in the audience without comment during the duration of the discussion.

Reynolds said that he had talked at length to County Administrator John McCarthy about the matter. Regarding Giles’ .shed they thought that the application was definitely an attempt to improve a nonconforming situation. Approval of the other request would result in Butler’s shed no longer extending onto Giles’ property.

Since the preexisting concrete slab had been in continual use repairing cars, the council decided it constituted a •structure and, therefore, is in compliance with the zoning regulations. The addition, with the exception of the roof overhang, was allowable as being no closer to the lot lines.

In other council business:

• Reynolds read lengthy excerpts from Virginia Code that addressed the councils’ ability to change funds from one budget category to another. He said, amounts of less than one percent can be moved from one category to another without a public hearing. To simplify the record keeping, he concluded, a transfer is best