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Planning staff briefs commission on ongoing violations, proposed changes at former Smith Equipment site
Summary
Staff summarized the history of approvals and ongoing compliance issues at the former Smith Equipment property and presented a request to amend special exceptions and permits to allow a contractor’s office and farm equipment sales/service with conditions and a required site plan.
Fauquier County planning staff on Oct. 16 presented a request to amend a category 32 special exception and a category 14 special permit for a property at the intersection of Beach Road and James Madison Highway formerly occupied by Smith Equipment. Staff told the commission the site is just under 2½ acres, is zoned rural residential, and has a long history of commercial and agricultural uses dating to the 1960s. The county previously approved a category 32 special exception for a contractor’s office in 2017 and a category 14 special permit for farm equipment sales, rental and service in 2021; staff said several approvals and site plan conditions have not been complied with and the property remains in violation.
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