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Fauquier supervisors adopt zoning amendment to allow wild-game processing (abattoirs) with special permits
Summary
The Board adopted Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 24-01937 to define and permit wild-game processing facilities (abattoirs) with special permits or special exceptions depending on parcel size and zoning; supporters said the change will help hunters, farmers and disease monitoring.
The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors adopted Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 24-01937 to allow wild-game processing facilities (described in the amendment as abattoir/wild-game processing) in specified zoning districts under special permit or special exception standards.
Under the adopted amendment, a definition for wild-game processing was added to include the processing, cutting and packaging of non-domesticated animals harvested in the wild, such as deer, bear, boar, elk, squirrel, rabbit and wild birds. The amendment does not authorize keeping or slaughtering of livestock for…
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