Microbrewers get code changes; special use permit postponed to November

Billie Clifton owner of the Backroom Brewery discusses the events planned at the Brewery. Photo and video by Mark Williams, Royal Examiner.

The Warren County Planning Commission held two public hearings on October 9, 2019 concerning code changes for microbreweries and a special use permit for a the Backroom Brewery to hold events.

The Planning Commission approved the amendment to code but postponed the special use permit to the November meeting.

Z2019-09-01 –Warren County Planning Commission – An ordinance to amend Warren County Code Section 180-49.3 (Microbreweries) to include usual and customary activities associated with microbreweries and amendments to this section in compliance with State code regulations and to amend Section 180-21 to add “Activities and events associated with microbreweries other than those that are usual and customary for microbreweries throughout Virginia.”

D. 2019-09-02 – Backroom Brewery, LLC – A request for a conditional use permit for events associated with a microbrewery. The property is located at 150 Ridgemont Road, identified on tax map 11, as parcel 16B, and zoned Agricultural (A).

Watch the discussion on these two public hearings in this Royal Examiner video: