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Clare Lindsay and Dave Kennell own 52 acres adjacent to the Scrutons’ 175-acre tract. Their house is a half-mile from Montpelier; Lindsay said, but noise carries long distances in the F.T. Valley. She told the board about her experience last summer when the Rappahannock Historical Society held an event at Montpelier.
“I could hear the amplified music in my house with the doors and windows closed and the radio on — and I was vacuuming,” Lindsay said. “This is a very serious prospect for us to have multiple weekend events at Montpelier with amplified music.”
She said she wants the Scrutons’ customers to be able to play amplified music, but also wants to establish some reasonable constraints.
“A review after two years, I think, is very important,” she said. “There are unforeseeables that can always come up.... Loss of a permit is a much bigger deal than the threat of enforcement. And we have to all be pretty honest that it’s sometimes very hard to enforce things in this little county.”
Lindsay also asked the board to consider the meaning of the efforts of both the Scrutons and their neighbors to work out the conditions for the application.
“We worked very hard with the Scrutons to make sure that this was agreeable,” she said. “This is a good example how things should be done in this county and I think if the board chooses not to respect agree
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