A small Catholic girls school wants to relocate to a property in Reston. Oakcrest, a school of 200 students has outgrown it’s Chantilly location and recently purchased the property for $15 million. But the Reston Times reports on a possible issue to the schools move:
The school’s possible problem can be traced back to to the man from whom it bought the property – aspiring developer John Thoburn.
For about 20 years, Thoburn has tried various strategies to have the zoning laws for his property changed to allow more intensive residential and commercial uses, alienating neighbors and planning officials alike.
Generally here at Reston Citizen we are for development, but some locations just aren’t for it, and that includes the semi-rural area where the school would be built.
An attorney for Oakcrest believes the school will cause no problem, but who has such an antagonistic relationship with Fiarfax County might have issues. Complaints about traffic and safety concerns cause concern among neighbors, who view it as yet another scheme by Thoburn to increase density on his property.
The controversial libertarian was jailed for over 30 in days in 2001 over zoning violations including selling food on a property where that is prohibited.
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