The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors will hold four public hearings during its meeting next Wednesday, Nov. 8, in the colonial courthouse.

The meeting, which will begin at 7 p.m., is being held on Wednesday because its regular Tuesday meeting date is Election Day. Hearings will start at 7:30.

One hearing involves event facilities. The proposed changes to the county’s zoning ordinance add event facilities as a specifically defined use and permits event facilities by-right in B-1 (General Business) and B-2 (Village Business) districts.

County Administrator Brent Fedors said that if the ordinance change passes, event facilities will be allowed with a Conditional Use Permit in the C-2 (Bayside Conservation), RC-1 (Rural Countryside),  RC-2 (Rural Conservation), SC-1 (Suburban Countryside) and B-4 (Rural Business) districts.

In addition, Fedors said the proposed ordinance adds two new definitions related to event facilities and supplemental regulations for these facilit...