Applicant Holly Hill told the board she seeks a special exception permit to operate a veterinary clinic for dogs and cats, focusing on spay and neuter services and community outreach. The planning commission reviewed the request and recommended approval unanimously; the board opened a public hearing and heard the applicant's statement.

Hill said she has practiced veterinary medicine in Virginia since 1983, has experience volunteering with local SPCA organizations, and licensed a small facility for surgical work. She described plans to operate the clinic three days per week, roughly from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., as a nonprofit (she indicated an intention to operate as a 501(c)(3)). "The plan is to be open only 3 days a week," she told the meeting, explaining the service would focus on admitting patients for surgery and discharging them the same day.

Hill said the clinic would focus on spay/neuter care to reduce the local cat population, citing shelter overcrowding; she estimated shelter cat numbers in the region and described capacity pressures that motivate the service. She said the facility would not operate as a general veterinary office with ongoing client visits but would provide surgical and associated services during scheduled operating days.

County staff told the board the property was identified by county tax and parcel numbers and that it had been rezoned (transcript notes a prior zoning change) and that the planning commission's vote was unanimous in favor with conditions. During the public hearing, Hill spoke in support; no opposition was recorded in the transcript.

The transcript does not show a final board vote on the special-exception permit; the record documents planning commission approval and the public hearing opening. If the board takes a formal action in a later agenda item, that decision will be recorded in the minutes.