Planning Commission approves landscaping modification, allows windscreen in buffer for Ferndale Road storage site

Sep 10, 2025

The commission approved a special exception allowing existing vegetation and windscreen fencing in the western buffer for a Ferndale Road self-storage site, keeping the 25-foot buffer width but modifying planting requirements; approval was unanimous and recorded as planning/site-plan permission.

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The Dinwiddie County Planning Commission on Sept. 10 approved a special exception to modify the landscaping requirements for a proposed self-storage facility off Ferndale Road, allowing the applicant to use existing vegetation and windscreen fencing in place of the ordinance’s specified plantings while retaining the required 25-foot buffer width.

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