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Planning Board recommends light‑industrial rezoning for Goins property despite neighbor objections
Summary
The board voted 5–1 to recommend rezoning a parcel near Victory Hill Church Road from residential‑agricultural to light industrial so the owner can legalize an accessory shop; neighbors urged denial and asked for buffering and limitations on future industrial uses.
The Rockingham County Planning Board voted Feb. 9 to recommend that the Board of Commissioners approve a rezoning that would change a parcel west of 1923 Victory Hill Church Road from Residential‑Agricultural to Light Industrial.
Staff said the parcel is located in a rural area near the Virginia border and that some light‑industrial zoning exists within about 1,500 feet. The applicant, Steve Goins, said a shop has been on the site for roughly 40 years and that the recent…
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