General Assembly
“The Senate has overwhelmingly approved SB 430, which creates a new farm brewery license and sets out the privileges of this new license and the state and local license tax. It limits application of local zoning ordinances to farm breweries in a manner similar to farm wineries, but goes further by limiting local restrictions on parking and access. The bill utilizes language that exists in current Code provisions related to farm wineries, allowing yet-to-be defined “usual and customary” activities at such breweries unless the activity causes substantial impact on the health, safety or welfare of the public. It prevents minimum parking, road access or road upgrade requirements for these new breweries if they are on land zoned agricultural, unless there is a substantial impact. It provides no clear thresholds and safeguards to ensure farm breweries are growing a sizable quantity of local agriculture products that can be used in the manufacture of beer. This bill overrides local efforts to involve the public in adopting zoning regulations for agricultural-related operations and activities.”
~Writes David Blount TJPDC Legislative Liaison
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