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By Monty Tayloe
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
After over an hour of Executive Session, The Rappahannock County Board of Zoning Appeals(BZA) voted 3 to 2 against granting a zoning variance to the AmissviUe Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company (AVFRC) Friday night. This decision may lead to the issue being appealed before the Circuit Court.
The majority of the meeting was spent on the issue of re-zoning a one and a half acre parcel of land donated to the AVFRC. The parcel is surrounded by Route 729 and Route 676, and “setbacks” or legal requirements for how far from a roadway residences may be located currently prevent any building on the site.
The AVFRC wanted the variance so they could sell the parcel far more money as a possible residential property. The BZA moved not to make an exception because they did not find that “granting of the variance would alleviate a clearly demonstrable hardship.” All three members of the board who voted against the variance cited the absence of a specific planned building as central to their objections.
Legally speaking
The AVFRC, represented by local attorney David Konick, contended the
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