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

DATE: SATURDAY, June 24, 1995                   TAG: 9506260037
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-1   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: BETTY HAYDEN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

LAW SAYS MOBILE HOME LIKE ANY OTHER WHEN DETERMINING SITE|

In Montgomery County, landowners can put a house on every half-acre of agricultural land that can support a septic system, and after July 1, mobile homes must be given the same leeway.

The new state law which requires localities to treat single- and double-wide trailers the same as site-built homes prompted county planners to propose an amendment to the county's zoning ordinance.

The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the issue during its meeting at 7 p.m. Monday on the third floor of the county courthouse.

Under the proposal, landowners in agricultural districts would be limited to two dwellings per tract, no matter what size the tract is, said Jeff Scott, a county planner.

If they want to put more than two dwellings on a tract, the county would require them to follow subdivision guidelines, he said.

The board also will decide whether to follow the Planning Commission's recommendations on two zoning requests for the Shawsville area.

The Planning Commission recommended Wednesday night that the board turn down Ray Epperly's request to rezone 2.33 acres of agricultural land to residential status. Epperly wants to put double-wide mobile homes on the tract.

The commission supported the 25-space expansion of Smith Village Mobile Home Park.

by CNB