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Property request · variance

James W. Kaufman: allow a structure (Candy Point Road)

  1. Board of Zoning Appeals hearing (county’s record, Jan 6)Jan 6

  2. Board of Zoning Appeals decides (county’s record, Jan 6)Approved, unanimously · Jan 6

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About the Board of Zoning Appeals

In plain words

James W. Kaufman, owner, asked for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Section 148-49.1 The request was to allow a structure less than the required 60 feet from the center of the street rights of way, on Tax Map Parcel # 18-A-(2)-3A on Candy Point Road.1 The Board of Zoning Appeals heard the request on January 6, 2026, when Mr. Kaufman described the purchase and survey of the property and said the house selected is 848 square feet.2 Daniel Wiggins made a motion to approve, Michael Baughan seconded, and the Board unanimously voted to approve.2

Summarized from the county’s records, September 26.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “a request by James W. Kaufman, owner for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Section 148-49” … “to allow a structure less than the required 60 feet from the center of the street rights of way. The property is located on Tax Map Parcel # 18-A-(2)-3A on Candy Point Road.”The matter as the records title it
  2. “Mr. James Kaufman described the purchase and survey of the property.” … “He said the house selected is 848 square feet.” … “Daniel Wiggins made a motion to approve the request. Michael Baughan seconded the motion. The Board unanimously voted to approve.”Jan 6, 2026 · Board of Zoning Appeals · In the minutes

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The official wording

The Board then heard a request by James W. Kaufman, owner for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Section 148-49 to allow a structure less than the required 60 feet from the center of… Show all

The Board then heard a request by James W. Kaufman, owner for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Section 148-49 to allow a structure less than the required 60 feet from the center of the street rights of way. The property is located on Tax Map Parcel # 18-A-(2)-3A on Candy Point Road.

Words the law defines

  • Variance
    “‘Variance’ means, in the application of a zoning ordinance, a reasonable deviation from those provisions regulating the shape, size, or area of a lot or parcel of land or the size, height, area, bulk, or location of a building or structure when the strict application of the ordinance would unreasonably restrict the utilization of the property, and such need for a variance would not be shared generally by other properties, and provided such variance is not contrary to the purpose of the ordinance.”

    Code of Virginia § 15.2-2201, Chapter 22. Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning

What’s happened

  1. Tue6Jan

    Board of Zoning Appeals · a vote

    ApprovedJames W. Kaufman: allow a structure (Candy Point Road)

    After reviewing the request and site plan for the new dwelling and there having been no objections regarding the size and placement of the dwelling, Daniel Wiggins made a motion to approve… Show all

    Moved by Wiggins, seconded by Baughan

    Minutes, Jan 6Open it in the meeting →

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The records

Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.

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How a variance is decided

A variance lets an owner depart from a specific zoning rule, such as a setback or frontage requirement, on one property.

The Board of Zoning Appeals decides variances after an advertised public hearing. State law sets the standard it must apply.

The law: Va. Code § 15.2-2309 (Powers and duties of boards of zoning appeals); Va. Code § 15.2-2204 (Advertising public hearings). This describes the general process, not this decision.