Land use · Amherst, Virginia

Craft distillery

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

customers for on-premises or off-premises consumption and at which food may be served. ** Craft distillery ** means a facility that produces and distributes spirits, as defined in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, in quantities not exceeding 36,000

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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 exclusively by the

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.