
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, May 24, 1990                   TAG: 9005250462
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: MARK MORRISON STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: FINCASTLE                                LENGTH: Medium

BOTETOURT ENACTS LEASH LAWS

Dogs in two Blue Ridge subdivisions will have to be on leases after July 1. The Botetourt County Board of Supervisors Monday approved leash laws that prohibit dogs from running loose in the White Oaks Estates and Stratford Place subdivisions. The laws are in response to petitions from citizens in both subdivisions.

Under county regulations, council has to consider leash laws on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis. The majority of residents in both neighborhoods signed petitions supporting the laws, and no one showed up at the supervisors meeting to object to their passage.

In a similar action Monday, the supervisors reversed their April vote on a lease law for another neighborhood. After reviewing a second petition, the board killed the law because some of the original signers had changed their minds and signed a petition opposing a lease law that would to cover an area between Fincastle and Troutville that makes a loop of Virginia 640, 799 and 650.

In other business, the board:

Held a public hearing on the applicants for the Buchanan District position to the school board, but delayed making a decision until June.

State law requires local governments to wait at least seven days after holding a public hearing on School Board applicants before making the appointment.

Incumbent School Board member Guy Alphin and Bank of Buchanan President H. Watts Steger are vying for the job.

Tentatively agreed to extend water and sewer lines to about 65 homes along Read Mountain Road in Cloverdale.

Failing septic systems in the community are a public health hazard, and many homes in the area do not have indoor plumbing, county officials say.

The cost of extending the lines is estimated at $310,000, and the board has asked County Administrator John Williamson to prepare a formal funding proposal by the June meeting.

Discussed a new draft of the county's proposed noise ordinance. The board tabled the measure in April after county residents said the proposal was too broadly written, too restrictive and would create animosity among neighbors.

Commonwealth's Attorney William Heartwell has since revised the ordinance. A public hearing will be held in June.

The board agreed to appoint a task force to work on developing a solid-waste management plan for the county.

The board approved two School Board literary loan applications. One is for $900,000 for renovations at Breckinridge Elementary School, and the other is for $775,000 for improvements at Cloverdale Elementary School.

by CNB