Property request · variance
The Board then heard a request by, Guy Raymond, owner, for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning…
Board of Zoning Appeals hearing (county’s record, Feb 4)Feb 4
Board of Zoning Appeals decides (county’s record, Feb 4)Approved, unanimously · Feb 4
A step the records show opens the record itself.
In plain words
Guy Raymond, owner, asked for a variance to allow a structure less than the required 60 feet from the center line of the street right-of-way.1 The property is on Spriggs Lane, Tax Map Parcel #30-(1)-6-E, zoned R-2, Residential Waterfront.1 At the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on February 4, 2025, Raymond said he could not locate another site on the lot for the dwelling.2 Philip Marston pointed to "the unusually large utility easement running through the middle of the property" and said the other option was to encroach in the RPA.2 No objections were received by mail or telephone or heard from the floor.2 Michael Baughan moved to approve, Daniel Wiggins seconded, and the Board unanimously voted to approve the request as submitted.2
Summarized from the county’s records, September 28.
Where each sentence comes from
- “Guy Raymond, 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 line of the street right-of-way” … “property zoned R-2, Residential Waterfront. The property is located on Tax Map Parcel #30-(1)-6-E on Spriggs Lane.”The matter as the records title it
- “Guy Raymond described the project and stated that he could not locate another site on the lot to place the dwelling.” … “Not really, mostly due to the unusually large utility easement running through the middle of the property.” … “it was either push closer to the road or encroach in the RPA” … “there having been no objections received via mail or telephone nor objections being heard from the floor” … “Michael Baughan made a motion to approve the request. Daniel Wiggins seconded the motion. The Board unanimously voted to approve the request as submitted.”Feb 4, 2025 · Board of Zoning Appeals · In the minutes
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Zoning districts here
R-2 · Residential WaterfrontWhat the ordinance says it’s forHide
“The purpose of this district is to protect the water and shorelines of the County by providing for safe and orderly shoreline development. In this district, residential, recreational and conservancy uses are permitted as are a limited number of commercial uses that would be compatible with the residential character of the local (or immediate) area.”
Zoning Ordinance § 148-46
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
- Tue4Feb
Board of Zoning Appeals · a vote
After reviewing the request and site plan for the dwelling and there having been no objections received via mail or telephone nor objections being heard from the floor, Michael Baughan made… Show allAfter reviewing the request and site plan for the dwelling and there having been no objections received via mail or telephone nor objections being heard from the floor, Michael Baughan made a motion to approve the request. Daniel Wiggins seconded the motion. The Board unanimously voted to approve the request as submitted.
Moved by Baughan, seconded by Wiggins
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.