Bill Text: VA HB1076 | 2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Special use permit; locality may require permit for storage or disposal of certain waste.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0455) [HB1076 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-HB1076-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That § 15.2-2288 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: § 15.2-2288. Localities may not require a special use permit for certain agricultural activities. A zoning ordinance shall not require that a special exception
or special use permit be obtained for any production agriculture or
silviculture activity in an area that is zoned as an agricultural district or
classification. For the purposes of this section, production agriculture and
silviculture is the bona fide production or harvesting of agricultural or
silviculture products but shall not include the processing of agricultural or
silviculture products |