Officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, admit they issued valid building permits for new houses that exceed local height limits.
Officials in Fairfax County, Virginia Fairfax County is a county in Northern Virginia, in the United States. As of 2005, the estimated population of the county is 1,041,200;[1] making it by far the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and larger than seven states. , admit they issued valid
building permits for new houses that exceed local height limits. They
say builders nonetheless must either lower the roofs or raise the ground
around many--perhaps hundreds-of those houses. Only homes that are
already occupied oc·cu·py
tr.v. oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing, oc·cu·pies
1. To fill up (time or space): a lecture that occupied three hours.
2. To dwell or reside in.
3. will be exempt.
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