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Board approves rezoning despite neighbors' objections over added houses and utilities
Summary
The Loudon County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a request to change a parcel from A-1 to A-2 zoning after a motion and vote, while several nearby residents urged commissioners to preserve one-house-per-tract protections, citing tree clearing, utility easements, wells, septic and Greenbelt enrollment.
The Loudon County Board of Zoning Appeals voted to approve a rezoning request to change a parcel from A-1 (agricultural/forestry) to A-2 (rural residential), after a motion, second and an aye vote by the panel.
Neighbors who live adjacent to the property urged the board to deny the change during public comment, saying the move would allow multiple houses where the area historically has one residence per tract. Resident Kitty Cox and other neighbors said trees had been cleared beyond property lines and that a newly placed high‑voltage utility line on the parcel suggested the site was being prepared to serve more than one house.
The neighbors…
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