Change to a county ordinance
County Code change: Animals (Chapter 34)
Board decides (county’s record, Aug 14, p. 26)Approved, 5-0 · Aug 14
A step the records show opens the record itself.
In plain words
The Board of Supervisors took up an amendment to the county's ordinance on animals (Chapter 34, Article III, Section 34-19).1,2 The change does nothing but replace one State Code citation with another, from §3.1-796.93 to §3.2-6538.3 Section 3.2-6538 of the Code of Virginia covers a locality prohibiting dogs from running at large.4 On August 14, 2025, the motion to approve the amendment carried 5-0.5 Voting yes were James M. Long, Richard F. Haynie, James W. Brann, Chip Williams, AC Fisher, Jr.; no, none.5
Summarized from the county’s records, October 13.
Where each sentence comes from
- “Chapter 34 of the Northumberland County Code is titled "Animals"”Northumberland County Code · table of contents, read Oct 12, 2026
- “To consider an amendment to Chapter 34, Article III, Section 34-19”Aug 14, 2025 · Board of Supervisors · On the agenda
- “to amend the applicable State Code provision from §3.1-796.93 to §3.2-6538”To consider an amendment to Chapter 34, Article III, Section 34-19 · full text
- “Governing body of any locality may prohibit dogs from running at large”Code of Virginia § 3.2-6538 · the state law, as in effect now
- “Motion to approve the amendment to Chapter 34, Article III, Section 34-19” … “yes, James M. Long, Richard F. Haynie, James W. Brann, Chip Williams, AC Fisher, Jr.; no, none.”Aug 14, 2025 · Board of Supervisors · Motion carried, 5-0
Written automatically from the county’s records. Each sentence has to quote the record it comes from, word for word, or it’s left out. The records have the final say.
The official wording
To consider an amendment to Chapter 34, Article III, Section 34-19
What’s happened
- Thu14Aug
Board of Supervisors · a vote
ApprovedTo consider an amendment to Chapter 34, Article III, Section 34-19
Motion to approve the amendment to Chapter 34, Article III, Section 34-19 to amend the applicable State Code provision from §3.1-796.93 to §3.2-6538. § 34-19. Statutory authority. Be it… Show allMotion to approve the amendment to Chapter 34, Article III, Section 34-19 to amend the applicable State Code provision from §3.1-796.93 to §3.2-6538. § 34-19. Statutory authority. Be it ordained, by the Board of Supervisors of Northumberland County, Virginia, pursuant to and under the authority conferred by § 3.2-6538 3.1-796.93 of the Code of Virginia 1950, as amended, as follows.
Moved by Haynie, seconded by Long
Meeting by meeting, newest first, in the records’ own words. Each vote names the minutes it’s written in.
The records
Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.