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Board denies Parish re‑subdivision request for Bank Road parcel amid buildability and precedent concerns
Summary
The board denied SE 25-08-01, a request by Chris Parish to divide a commercial-general parcel on Bank Road into two lots, citing concentrated easements, setback and drainfield constraints, and the risk of creating unbuildable lots and an undesirable county precedent. Planning commission materials and VDH comments were reviewed; vote tally not specified in the transcript.
The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors voted to deny a special exception (SC number 25-08-01) that would have allowed a re‑subdivision of a commercial parcel on Bank Road owned by Chris Parish.
Staff explained the parcel (tax map 28-63) contains several recorded easements—septic, storm drainage and ingress/egress—and that planning‑commission review requested additional documentation: a letter from a soils scientist, a revised plat showing building restriction lines and a 50‑foot access/driveway on the plat, and engineering review of potential access through a…
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