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Owner seeks four home sites on 25-acre Tazewell parcel; neighbors cite prime farmland loss and hunting impacts
Summary
Brad Sauer asked the Tazewell County Zoning Board of Appeals for a variance and a special‑use permit to divide a 25.62‑acre parcel into four buildable home sites, drawing objections from Tri‑County planners and multiple neighbors over loss of productive soils and impacts on hunting access.
Brad Sauer asked the Tazewell County Zoning Board of Appeals for two approvals — a variance to allow more than one dwelling site to be created by special use and a special‑use approval to subdivide a 25.62‑acre parcel into four buildable home sites (cases 2542B and 2543S). The request drew lengthy public comment Thursday from neighbors and county planners and no final vote was taken.
The matter matters because the county zoning and comprehensive‑plan framework is intended to limit suburban‑style subdivision of agricultural land. Tri‑County planning staff found the application inconsistent with the county comprehensive plan and flagged removal of productive soils; Tazewell County Soil and Water recommended denial because “prime farmland” would be taken out of production. Community development…
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