Land use · Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia

Brewery or distillery

Named in 4 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 Essex County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 10Reads like a definition

slips, or dock space or enclosed dry storage space, lifting or launching services. ** Brewery or distillery ** means the use of land, licensed by the commonwealth, where beer or spirits are manufactured for sale. Breweries have a capacity

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use2

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.