Amherst County is working with Region 2000 to solicit proposals for broadband companies to locate on Region 2000’s five public safety towers.
At the same time the county is beginning the process of potentially amending its ordinance dealing with accessory structures. A recommendation will be made to the Board of Supervisors at the Aug. 2 meeting to send the revisions to County Attorney Ellen Bowyer to be put in ordinance form.
Revisions include permitting a broadband facility as an accessory structure of 60 feet in the agriculture district and 40 feet in all other districts.
Director of Planning and Zoning Jeremy Bryant said it’s higher in the A1 (Agricultural) district because that’s where a lot of broadband problems are in the county and they are the mountainous areas of the county.
