Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, May 8, 1990 TAG: 9005080379
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN
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DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Short
A crowd of Robert Earles' Smith Mountain Lake neighbors who had opposed the bed and breakfast proposal watched as the supervisors unanimously turned it down.
Despite his neighbors' opposition, Earles' idea to have paying guests in his six-bedroom home on the lake scored 107.5 points under the county's Land Use Guidance System. It was the first project with a high score - one over 100 points - to be turned down by the supervisors since the county's unusual zoning ordinance came into effect last October.
The county Planning Commission recommended denial of the proposal last week.
Supervisor James Teass, who represents the Moneta area district, was the only one to speak on the issue.
Among other worries, he said he was bothered by the possibility of pollution to Smith Mountain Lake with Earles' septic system.
Some of Earles' neighbors had argued that a bed and breakfast inn would change the character of their neighborhood and turn into a crowded sleeping spot for fishermen.
by CNB