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obtained a county permit for the agricultural storage building.
Putting residences on the property would be more complicated. It would require Virginia Department of Transportation approval for an entrance from F.T. Valley Road, health department approval and well and septic systems.
“I’ve already got that pretty well lined up,” Fletcher said. “I’ve got a place for septic systems and wells.”
The county’s zoning ordinance allows tenant housing to be developed on agricultural properties at the density of one unit per 50 acres. Land that includes tenant housing cannot be used for any other non-agncultural uses. Although the ordinance calls such residences “tenant housing,” the renters are not required to work on the property
In January, the planning commission voted 4-2 to recommend that the supervisors approve Fletchers conference center. The planners attached to the recommendation a long list of restrictions on the size and number of events, hours of operation and other conditions in an attempt to appease neighbors’ concerns about the conference center.
Fletcher has said agriculture at Miller Farm no longer produces enough revenue to pay for the costs of running the farm. If he wants to keep the land intact and undeveloped for future generations, he said he needs to tap alternative sources of revenue on the property.
He said the restrictions
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