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Board tables controversial Slate Run Farms rezoning after extensive public comment
Summary
After hours of public comment and detailed exchanges about buffers, emergency access and proffers, the board voted to table a rezoning request for roughly 444 acres proposed for industrial development, sending it to the first meeting in 2026 for further refinement of proffers and entrance/site‑plan details.
The board heard hours of public testimony and technical presentations before voting to table a request to rezone roughly 443.74 acres for phased industrial development north of Blue Ridge Shadows.
Planning staff summarized the application and said the applicant submitted revised proffers that increase a proposed monetary contribution to fire and rescue to $0.15 per square foot, add an escalator if buildings are not constructed within two years, and expand the vegetative buffer to 150 feet along residential boundaries. Staff said the property’s future land use designation…
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