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Supervisors approve special-exception for farm labor housing after neighbor objections
Summary
The board approved a special-exception permit for Robert Watkins to place a double-wide mobile home for farm labor on Winterham Road, accepting staff conditions (double-wide only, increased 150-foot setback, limited to farm labor). Neighbors testified against the placement citing noise, dust, traffic and property-value concerns.
After a lengthy public hearing with multiple neighbors objecting, the Amelia County Board of Supervisors approved a special-exception permit allowing a single double‑wide mobile home for farm labor on property owned by Robert Watkins.
Planning staff outlined the request and noted the planning commission recommended approval subject to staff conditions: the unit must be a double‑wide mobile home, located in the general proximity shown…
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