Board approves Bark Electric special-exception amendment after residents urge limits and buffering

Dec 16, 2025

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.

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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.

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