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Staff asks Pittsylvania supervisors to authorize attorney to fix scrivener's errors and formatting in zoning code
Summary
County planning staff outlined contradictions and formatting problems in the zoning ordinance—such as conflicting front-yard definitions for Smith Mountain Lake—and asked the board to authorize the county attorney to make clerical corrections and formatting improvements that do not change substantive policy.
County planning staff presented examples of contradictions and formatting problems in the Pittsylvania County zoning ordinance and asked the Board of Supervisors to authorize the county attorney to correct clerical errors and improve clarity.
At the Dec. 16 work session Mr. Arnold (county staff) distributed examples and focused on the zoning ordinance as a priority because it is the county code chapter most frequently used in permitting. He cited a direct conflict between section 35-40 and section 35-61 over how "front yard" is defined for lots on Smith Mountain Lake: one passage in the adopted code treats the front yard as the space between the principal building…
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