The Amelia Monitor recently reported about the expansion of a current mini-storage business in the county to include a storage park for recreational vehicles.

A concern for area homeowners is the potential for the storage park to become unsightly and appear to be a junkyard. The county Planning Commission has addressed this issue and is requiring the business owner to implement some sort of vegetative screening, such as fast-growing pines trees.

"The Amelia County Planning Commission has given its recommendation of approval to a request for a Special Exception Permit (SEP) for a recreational vehicle storage park in the Village area.

During Monday night's (July 27) meeting, the commissioners and the board of supervisors were set to hear public comments on Thomas H. "Tom" Cox's request for a SEP to add recreational vehicle parking and storage to his already existing mini-storage business located on Goodes Bridge Road (Business Rt. 360) .1 mile west of the Otterburn Road (Rt. 614) intersection. The business is located just east of the western intersection of Goodes Bridge with U.S. Rt. 360."

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