An area of about 93 acres on Virginia 210 in Madison Heights recently was rezoned from a public lands, P-1, zoning district to Industrial, M-1, at the request of the Economic Development Authority of Amherst County.
After approving two solar farms in the past few years and last month denying the largest one yet proposed in the Piney River area, the Amherst County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted an update to utility-scale solar zoning rules Tuesday.
A special use permit request for a couple to operate an Elon home and greenhouse as a venue for weddings and photo shoots, and host short-term rentals received a recommendation of denial from the Amherst County Planning Commission.
The developer of the Madison Heights Town Center, a major mixed-use residential and commercial project that in recent months began construction, addressed the Amherst County Board of Supervisors Dec. 5 on a zoning code change that would help meet topographical challenges in the building process.