Land use · Amherst, Virginia

Craft brewery

Named in 1 of this ordinance’s zoning districts.

How this ordinance defines it

The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Amherst’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

in Code of Virginia, § 55.1-2000, as amended. **County** means Amherst County, Virginia. ** Craft brewery ** means a facility that produces and distributes beer or other fermented malt beverages in quantities not exceeding 15,000 barrels (15,000 BBL)

Read it in the chapter →

provided that they are adequately screened from public view. (12) Childcare centers. (13) Craft brewery . (14) Craft distillery. (15) Feed and seed stores. (16) Frozen food processors. (17) Garages, private and public. (18) Government buildings used

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.