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Powhatan board amends rural event-venue standards to allow case-by-case CUP adjustments
Summary
Supervisors approved an amendment to the Countywide Zoning Ordinance (O2025-529) keeping a 10‑acre minimum for rural event venues but allowing standards such as setback distances and amplified-music rules to be modified through conditional use permits; the vote was 5–0.
The Board of Supervisors on Sept. 5 approved an amendment to the county27s zoning ordinance that preserves the 10‑acre minimum for rural event venues but allows limited standards (for example, distance-to-residence setbacks or restrictions on outdoor amplified music) to be adjusted during a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) process.
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