Right to Farm in Spotsylvania County, VA (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Spotsylvania County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Farm Nuisance Protection

Spotsylvania County's Right to Farm Program (Chapter 13A) protects bona fide commercial agricultural and forestal operations from being declared a nuisance so long as they follow accepted practices and county code, provided the operation was not already a nuisance when it began. The chapter also requires the county to disclose farming activity to nearby landowners.

Right to Farm Nuisance Shield in Spotsylvania

Few Restrictions

Spotsylvania County Code § 13A-3

No agricultural or forestal activity, operations or facility or appurtenances thereof, conducted or maintained for commercial purposes, and in a manner consistent with proper and accepted customs and standards, and with all applicable chapters of the Spotsylvania County Code, as established and followed by similar agricultural and forestal operations, shall be come a nuisance, public or private...

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Agricultural Zoning Protection

Spotsylvania County's Right to Farm Program shields commercial agricultural and forestal operations from nuisance lawsuits and prosecutions under Chapter 13A of the county code. Sec. 13A-3 provides that a farm or forestry operation run consistent with accepted standards cannot become a public or private nuisance if it wasn't already one when it began, even as houses and other uses move in nearby.

Spotsylvania County Right to Farm Protection

Few Restrictions

Spotsylvania County Code §§ 13A-1—13A-3

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Right to Farm ("RTFP") Program." ... (a)To promote public health, safety and welfare and to support and encourage continued agricultural and forestal operations in the county; ... No agricultural or forestal activity, operations or facility or appurtenances thereof, conducted or maintained for commercial purposes, and in a manner consistent w...

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