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Tenant housing is allowed without a permit at the ratio of one unit per 50 acres, McCarthy said. A special-exception permit is needed from the Board of Supervisors to build a subdivision with 25-acre lots.

If Fletcher wants to use 700 acres of his farm for tenant housing, he could build 14 units. The units could be clustered together, but the rest of the open acreage would not be allowed to lie used for anything other than agriculture. McCarthy said anyone can rent a tenant house, even if they do not work on the property.

Fletcher said he was thinking of constructing 1,200square-foot. two bedroom units to rent for $f>(X) per month. He said he understands the county has decided affordable housing should he clustered around Rappahannock's main villages, but “the problem is that hasn’t occurred in my lifetime."

Commissioner Robert Weinberg, who represents the Board of Zoning Appeals, asked Fletcher about his pending application for a conference center on the same property.

Fletcher said the planning commission's suggested conditions for the conference center are too restrictive. He will wait to sec what the Board of

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