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A county-commissioned study by Agritecture LLC recommends changes to farm tax treatment, county zoning, support for working farmers and long-term infrastructure. Final recommendations go to the Board of County Supervisors this fall.
VHN Staff · · Northern Virginia
Since July 1 the expanded polystyrene ban reaches every food vendor, not just 20-location chains. Styrofoam is a DuPont trademark for building insulation and has never been used for a food container, so a supplier can truthfully say that a banned cup is not Styrofoam.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
State law protects a specific list of farm winery activities from local ordinance, and sets a high bar before a locality can restrict the rest. Most disputes turn on the phrase 'usual and customary.'
VHN Staff · · Statewide
A draft farm business ordinance would allow 30 events a year without a permit, cap by-right attendance at 150, and treat weddings as agritourism but not concerts. The board sent it back to staff on August 28.
VHN Staff · · Charlottesville
Supervisors voted to remove all caps on winery and brewery events in May, reversed themselves 15 days later, then handed the question to a nine-member committee that cannot reopen it. Wineries, breweries and distilleries come up on November 9.
VHN Staff · · Northern Virginia
Virginia's local meals tax is climbing, and the referendum that used to stand in a county's way has been gone since 2020. In Roanoke, unpaid meals tax has produced criminal charges against restaurant owners.
VHN Staff · · Statewide
