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The Loudoun County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) reconvened on October 22, 2026, for a continued public hearing on APPL-2026-0004, an appeal of a zoning permit (ZONC-2025-054564) for a 150-foot telecommunications monopole at the Hamilton Safety Center. The board voted 3-2 to deny the appeal and affirm the Zoning Administrator's decision that the monopole is a by-right accessory use.
All right. Good evening, everyone. So the Loudoun County Board of Zoning Appeals is now in session. Before we begin, I will ask everyone to please check your phones and make sure that they're all turned off or silenced, because it interferes with not just our meeting, but it interferes with our sound system. Thank you. Um this board is composed of five members and two alternates. Present tonight are Mr. Moyes, Mr. Canonico, Mr. Gray, Mr. Clark, and myself, I'm Nan Forbes. In this case, I think we're relying on the advertising from the last meeting since this is an extension of the last meeting. After each property has been duly posted and all adjacent owners have been notified by certified mail. It takes three affirmative votes from this board for a matter to pass. If you wish to speak, um, except I don't think we're taking new speakers tonight. We're only hearing arguments. Um we were at the last meeting you were signing up um with little slips with Stephanie Capps. Um there will be a motion that will follow this my opening statement with regard to what the process will be for tonight. Um before we begin, why don't we have everyone who is going to speak? And that would be the staff and representatives for the three appellants from whom we heard last at the last meeting. Stand and raise your right hands. Do you solemnly swear that the evidence you will give before us tonight be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the true self, you got. Thank you very much. All right. Um I think we have a preliminary matter. Um yes, ma'am. Um Madam Chairwoman, I'd like to make a motion to establish some procedures for tonight's uh matter on the agenda appeal 2026 000 four. I move that the Board of Zoning Appeals reopen matter APPL 2026 0004. Pursuant to Virginia Code Section 15.2, 231 subsection D, and Loudoun County zoning ordinance section 10.14.2. One that the chairwoman will ask Mr. Moyes to confirm for the record that he has viewed or listened to the entirety of the presentations, question and answer interactions in public hearing on the matter of appeal 2026 000 four that was conducted on September 17th, 2026, either in person or via the board's recording system of the proceedings. Two, that the county and the appellant shall each be permitted five minutes to make their respective closing arguments, and that the county should be prevented three minutes of rebuttal argument if it so desires. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? All right, then that's how we will proceed. Mr. Moyes, I'm gonna call on you to speak to uh the matter is just raised. Um having left early and uh listening to the remainder of the appellants arguments and then the the the conversations that the board had, the deliberation that the board had. Um I I don't see how I could vote to well without regard to what your vote would be.