OFFICIAL GETS INITIAL APPROVAL FOR DOCK

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 29, 1992                   TAG: 9201290282
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT                                LENGTH: Short
OFFICIAL GETS INITIAL APPROVAL FOR DOCK
The Franklin County Planning Commission on Tuesday gave preliminary approval for a dock at Smith Mountain Lake that Wayne Compton had built without a permit.
Compton, Roanoke County commissioner of revenue, said he worked out an agreement with a neighbor whose water access would have been blocked by the dock.
Compton said two adjacent lot owners whose access could be affected have not responded to a letter mailed last week explaining the agreement.
The dock on Compton's lot in the Starwood subdivision violates a county ordinance that prohibits structures from extending more than one-third of the way across a cove.
His request for a variance to the ordinance will go before the county's Board of Zoning Appeals next month. - Staff report

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB