Loudoun County, VA Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)

01 establishes the Agricultural Rural-1 (AR-1) Zoning District to implement the Rural North Place Type of the County's General Plan and to preserve Prime Farmland Soils for the rural economy. Subsection A expressly states the AR-1 Zoning District 'is considered an agricultural district,' tying the zoning designation directly to the county's agricultural-protection framework rather than leaving it implied. 2-300 et seq. That state statute limits the ability of neighbors to sue a qualifying farm operation as a nuisance once the surrounding area changes character, so recording the notice on the deed puts future purchasers on formal notice that they are buying into land where agriculture has priority.

02), the TR-1/TR-3/TR-10 Transition Districts, the TR-2 District, the TSN District, and rural hamlet subdivisions, showing the County applies the protection consistently across every zoning district built around agricultural or rural-cluster development rather than singling out one district. Development in AR-1 is capped at one lot per 20 acres under the base density option, with a minimum 20-acre lot size, so the ordinance pairs low-density zoning with the recorded right-to-farm notice to keep agricultural uses viable as adjoining land is subdivided for residential use over time.