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Board approves Bark Electric special-exception amendment after residents urge limits and buffering
Summary
The board voted to approve Bark Electric Cooperative's special-exception amendment to add a building and remove the permit's time limit, with conditions on lighting and landscaping; residents and adjacent landowners urged time limits, greater buffers and proffers in case ownership changes.
The Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors approved Dec. 15 a planning-commission-recommended amendment to a special exception for Bark Electric Cooperative's Highland Bell laydown yard to allow construction of a building and to remove the previously stated period of validity, subject to conditions adopted from the planning commission.
Bark representatives said the application responds to prior planning concerns and seeks to move most material and equipment under cover in a warehouse to protect assets from weather. Bark staff said certain…
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