Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 13, 1991 TAG: 9102130497
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-4 EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN
SOURCE: MONICA DAVEY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Medium
Robert Wandrei, who was also the first person to have a project turned down, Tuesday reapplied to build an auto body repair shop on the same plot of land in Goode.
Once rejected, applicants aren't allowed to refile the same request for a year. That's how long it has been since Wandrei applied for approval of the project at U.S. 221 and Virginia 840. The first time around, the project scored poorly and was criticized by its neighbors.
This time, the proposal - filed by Wandrei for landowner Robert Wilmer of New Jersey - includes added landscaping and fencing that may make it more appealing to its neighbors.
It's also likely to score a little better because that area has since been designated a rural service center, where growth is encouraged under the Land Use Guidance System.
It's actually the third time Wandrei has applied to put up the shop. A few months after his plan was rejected, he reapplied.
Shortly thereafter, county officials refunded his application fee and turned the LUGS application back to him, saying he would have to wait a year to be considered again.
In other business, county planning officials recently got an application from South Side Electric Corp. of Campbell County to build a power stepdown station in Moneta.
The substation would go on four acres of land where that power company's lines cross paths with Appalachian Power Co.'s lines, according to community development planner Jeff Burdett.
It would allow South Side Power to purchase electricity from Apco, he said.
A compatibility hearing with the project's neighbors is set for Feb. 26.
by CNB