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Residents persuade Pittsylvania supervisors to deny dog-kennel rezoning
Summary
The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors denied a rezoning request from Charles Womack to operate a commercial dog-breeding kennel on Abbott Place, citing neighbor objections about noise, odor and insufficient mitigation plans; the board voted to deny after public opposition and questioning of the petitioner's plan.
Chair Robert M. Tucker opened a public hearing on case R-26-002, in which petitioner Charles Womack asked to rezone 2.02 acres on State Road 706 (Abbott Place) from R-1 residential to A-1 agricultural to allow a dog kennel contingent on a special-use permit. Womack told the board he had researched ways to keep the operation clean and to reduce noise and odor and had provided materials in his packet.
Neighbor Larry Ford spoke for a petition of residents opposing the rezoning. Ford said the neighborhood signed a petition against a…
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