Commission recommends adding "Public Utility Service, Major" as special-exception use in R-1 and R-2
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a zoning change to list "Public Utility Service, major" as a use by special exception in General Residential (R-1) and Residential Mixed (R-2) districts, with explicit exclusions including generating plants, substations, battery storage, data centers, water/wastewater plants and larger ground-mounted solar projects.
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The Rockbridge County Planning Commission on June 10 voted unanimously to recommend a zoning text amendment that would allow "Public Utility Service, major" to be considered as a use by special exception in the county's R-1 and R-2 residential zoning districts.
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