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the property as the executor the estate of his deceased sister, Louise McCulloch. He said the building was built to be a residence and doctor’s office in the early 1900s, and several other commercial uses have operated safely on Robin Lane in the past.
Members of the Planning Commission were all in favor of Liong’s permit.
“Historically in the United States, doctors’ and dentists’ offices are always mixed with residential,” StonewallHawthome District Commissioner Tom Tepper said.
“Our comprehensive plan calls for something exactly like this,” said Planning Commission Chairman Charles Strittmatter, who represents the Wakefield District, where Liong’s current office and potential future address are located.
“I think this is a very compatible use,” agreed Hampton District Commissioner Alvin Henry.
Robert Weinberg, the BZA’s representative on the commission, pointed out that all the landowners on Robin Lane support the permit. Shared access roads have been a stumbling block for similar applications in the past.
In County Administrator John McCarthy’s recommendation regarding the application, McCarthy wrote that both the Planning Commission and BZA “have been loathe to access commercial uses via shared right of ways, due to the burden the commercial use places on the other users of the right of way.”
But in this case, all the landowners on Robin Lane are welcoming Liong and her business with open arms.
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