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Commission tables special-exception request for farm laborers’ mobile home after neighbors raise concerns
Summary
A special-exception permit to place a double-wide mobile home for farm laborers on property owned by Watkins was tabled for 30 days after neighbors raised concerns about density, septic/electric infrastructure and spillover from other unpermitted housing nearby; applicant says workers are H‑2A and housing will be inspected.
The Amelia County Planning Commission voted to table for 30 days a special-exception permit request to place a double-wide mobile home for farm laborers on property at 11541 Grove Hill Church Road (tax map 2110B), owned by Watkins Nursery. The delay is intended to allow county departments and neighbors additional time to review site details and for the applicant and neighbors to try to reach a compromise before the item goes to the Board of Supervisors.
Staff presented the request as a special-exception permit allowed under the zoning code that permits a detached mobile home on a farm for use by one or more persons employed on the farm. The applicant submitted a sketch locating an approximately 2,300‑square‑foot double-wide on the Winterham Road side of the property. Staff recommended conditions including that the unit be a double-wide, located generally where shown on the sketch, and meet applicable setback…
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