Section_8_Sharon Wrote:
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> Tax and Spend Wrote:
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> > Fairfax Co. board chairman plans to 'pull plug'
> on
> > limits to home gatherings, events
> >
>
http://www.wtop.com/149/3627391/Fairfax-Co-board-c
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> >
> hairman-plans-to-pull-plug-on-limits-to-home-gathe
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> > rings-events
> >
> > WASHINGTON -- The head of Fairfax County's
> > governing board says she will vote to strike
> down
> > a controversial zoning change that could limit
> the
> > number of people who can visit a home and the
> > frequency of gatherings.
> >
> > Sharon Bulova, chairman of the Fairfax County
> > board of supervisors, says she will vote to
> turn
> > down a measure being considered that would
> limit
> > the number of people who can visit a home. The
> > measure would limit visitors to 49 per day and
> > would say there could be no more than three
> > over-sized gatherings within a 40-day period.
> >
> > The suggested zoning alterations came after
> > residents complained about large and frequent
> > events at houses, which cause parking, traffic
> and
> > noise problems. Events ranged from religious
> > meetings to social clubs to family gatherings.
> >
> > Bulova says she thinks the rest of the
> 10-member
> > board will follow suit in striking down the
> > changes.
> >
> > "I plan to suggest that we pull the plug on
> this,"
> > Bulove said Thursday.
> >
> > "I just think it goes a little bit too far,
> > there's been a lot of misunderstanding, and I'm
> > not really certain that it would get to the
> > problem without impacting people negatively."
> >
> > Bulova says she will make her suggestions at
> the
> > board's next gathering, a development process
> > meeting, on June 10.
> >
> > The county hosted three public meetings about
> the
> > possible home gathering and event limitations.
> > Bulova says she was not in favor of bringing
> the
> > suggestions to the public because they seemed
> like
> > an overreach from the government that would
> lead
> > to miscommunication.
> >
> > "In this case, I know for a fact that a
> majority
> > of board members feel that this got off to a
> > really bad start," she said.
> >
> > Bulova says she will suggest that the county
> goes
> > back to the drawing board.
> >
> > "What I'd like to see is if our existing
> > ordinances can try to get at this issue, rather
> > than trying to create new laws that people keep
> > trying to circumvent."
>
>
>
> Translation: general counsel told us there was no
> fucking way we'd be able to defend this law once
> the first suit comes in, so drop it or look
> stupid.
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