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Supervisors table Hathcock Lane special‑use permit after heated public hearing over floodplain and private camping
Summary
A request to allow up to four RVs at a private Hathcock Lane property led to a lengthy public hearing; neighbors cited floodplain, sewage and precedent concerns and the board voted to table the special‑use permit for further clarification.
The Buckingham County Board of Supervisors voted to table action on a special‑use permit application that would allow campground use at a private property on Hathcock Lane after more than a dozen residents testified for and against the request.
The applicant, Philip Sandridge (co‑owner) and David Wymer (co‑owner), asked for a permit they described as a private, family campground to allow several RVs on their riverfront property. Philip Sandridge told the board he believed the use was exempt from campground permitting under state law when the owners camp privately and manage their own sanitation. "This is not a campground, not by your own zoning ordinance and not under the state law," Sandridge…
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