Corrected version — we incorrectly reported that the Dominion power lease vote was unanimous.
There are no sexually oriented businesses in James City County today, and the board of supervisors took steps to make sure they could control them in the future without running into legal challenges.
Following a similar move by York County, James City County supervisors unanimously approved a change to the zoning ordinances to define what a sexually oriented business is, limit them to specific business and industrial areas, and require a special use permit.
York County Chair Sheila S. Noll told Williamsburg Watch the county acted to get ahead of a business they believed was planning to ask permission to open in York to use as a test case, challenging the county in court if they were denied permission..
A sexually oriented business is now described in both counties as one that airs sexually oriented motion pictures, has strippers (described in the ordinance as adu…