Land use · Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia

Micro-distillery

Named in 8 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

Micro-brewery may include a restaurant or public tasting room as an accessory use. ** Micro-distillery ** means an establishment primarily engaged in distilling and blending potable liquors, including mixing them with other ingredients, with a capacity of

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right6

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use2

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.