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Board allows RV‑habitation special use permit to run until July after applicants cite health, foreclosure delays
Summary
After a staff site visit found limited progress on renovations at the property covered by Special Use Permit SUSE0000772025, applicants described medical and financial setbacks. The Board voted to allow the permit to remain in effect until its July expiration and noted revocation would require a separate hearing.
Accomack County staff told the Board of Zoning Appeals on Jan. 1 that limited work had been completed at a property operating under Special Use Permit SUSE0000772025, which permits temporary RV habitation while a single‑family dwelling is renovated.
"It does not appear as much of anything has been done since the special use permit was granted," Suneen Jones, a code enforcement officer for zoning, told the board following a site visit. Jones said the interior was largely gutted, some framing and wiring were present, and the building inspections record showed few completed inspections. Condition 7 of the permit requires the applicant to appear at the January meeting to discuss renovation progress.
Applicants Leonard Hinebaugh and his wife, Amanda Hine, were sworn and described multiple delays. "We have not made a lot of progress right now because due to bad diabetes and bone infection," Hinebaugh said, and he noted that family medical treatment had also strained finances. He told the board he has lined up a plumber and planned work in January and that once plumbing and electrical work pass inspection they will close walls and proceed.
Staff told the board the special use permit runs for one year and currently expires in July. A board member moved that the applicants be allowed to continue under the existing permit until that July expiration; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. The board and staff noted that revocation of the permit would require a separate hearing if pursued later.
The property was identified in the staff report as approximately 1 acre on or near 32020 Lake Highway (listed also as 111‑1‑C1). The parcel is in an agricultural zoning district; staff said it is not in a flood plain. The transcript records that the property had been in foreclosure and that the owners filed for bankruptcy during the period between the permit grant and this review.
By allowing the permit to remain until its expiration, the board preserved the applicants’ temporary occupancy rights while staff retains the option to schedule a revocation hearing if future inspections or progress warrant enforcement action.
The board’s official minutes should reflect the permit identifier (SUSE0000772025), the property address, and the voice vote outcome.
