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Planning commission reviews agritourism ordinance draft, seeks clearer thresholds for events and structures
Summary
The Greene County Planning Commission held a work session to refine rules for farm wineries, breweries and agritourism uses, discussing tiered acreage/footprint thresholds, limits on amplified outdoor sound and event-duration caps; staff will revise the draft and schedule a joint session with the Board of Supervisors.
Greene County planning commissioners on Aug. 20 completed a public work session to review proposed revisions to agritourism and farm-event regulations, aiming to clarify which activities may occur by right and which should require a special-use permit.
Staff presented a consolidated draft that combines farm wineries, breweries and limited distilleries into a single table of uses, and proposed tiered thresholds by parcel acreage, number of events, building footprint and attendance that would trigger a SUP and enable the Board of Supervisors to place conditions when impacts are likely. Staff emphasized that the county must follow state code on agritourism definitions and that conditions (hours,…
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