Commission recaps Board actions: chickens, public-utilities special exception and Smart Scale resolution
Staff updated the Commission that the Board of Supervisors approved zoning changes to the chickens and gardening regulations (removing a one-acre minimum and reinstating objection reasons), approved permitting public-utilities major as a special exception in residential districts, adopted a VDOT Smart Scale resolution for an intersection project, and scheduled a fee-schedule public hearing for July 27, 2026.
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Staff briefed the Planning Commission on Board of Supervisors activity from June 22. The Board approved a zoning text amendment to the chickens and gardening section and revised the language presented by the Planning Commission by striking a previously suggested one-acre minimum and reinstating reasons why keeping chickens could be objectionable; staff and Commissioner Subrizi noted enforcement concerns about those objection reasons.
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