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Commission tables zoning-text amendment and conditional-use permit for proposed motorsports and ATV park at former Valley Protein site
Summary
The commission opened a zoning-text amendment and conditional-use permit hearing for a proposed motorsports/ATV park at the Valley Protein property but, after extensive public opposition focused on wetlands, runoff, noise and traffic, voted to table both items and asked the applicant to submit a site plan and environmental/traffic studies.
The Southampton County Planning Commission opened hearings on a zoning-text amendment to permit "motorsports, truck and tractor pull and ATV park" as a conditional use in the A1 agricultural district and a companion conditional-use permit application by property owner Glenn Mabry for the former Valley Protein site.
Mabry said he envisions weekday ATV use on weekends and twice-yearly truck-and-tractor pulls, and that he had discussed the site access with VDOT. "I've had a meeting with VDOT and they've already approved the driveway that we already have as far as it can handle the traffic coming in and out,"…
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