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Joseph or Genoveva Sleys: allow construction of a boathouse more than the allowed 700 sq ft (427 Smith Point Road)

  1. Planning Commission hearing (county’s record, Dec 18, p. 1)Dec 18

  2. Board hearing

  3. Board decides

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Joseph or Genoveva Sleys, owners, have asked for a Conditional Use Permit for a boathouse at 427 Smith Point Road.1 The boathouse would be more than the allowed 700 sq ft.1 The property is zoned R-2, Residential Waterfront, and is shown as Tax Map Parcel # 29-(1)-106.2

Summarized from the county’s records, September 29.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “Request by Joseph or Genoveva Sleys, owners, for a Conditional Use Permit to allow construction of a boathouse” … “located at 427 Smith Point Road” … “more than the allowed 700 sq ft”The matter as the records title it
  2. “on property zoned R-2, Residential Waterfront. The property is shown as Tax Map Parcel # 29-(1)-106”Dec 18, 2025 · Planning Commission · On the agenda

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The official wording

Request by Joseph or Genoveva Sleys, owners, for a Conditional Use Permit to allow construction of a boathouse more than the allowed 700 sq ft on property zoned R-2, Residential Waterfront. The property is shown as Tax… Show all

Request by Joseph or Genoveva Sleys, owners, for a Conditional Use Permit to allow construction of a boathouse more than the allowed 700 sq ft on property zoned R-2, Residential Waterfront. The property is shown as Tax Map Parcel # 29-(1)-106 and is located at 427 Smith Point Road.

Zoning districts here

  • R-2 · Residential WaterfrontWhat the ordinance says it’s for
    “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

  • Conditional use permit

    Virginia law calls this a special exception, or special use permit:

    “‘Special exception’ means a special use that is a use not permitted in a particular district except by a special use permit granted under the provisions of this chapter and any zoning ordinances adopted herewith.”

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

What’s happened

  1. Thu18Dec

    Planning Commission

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The records

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How a conditional use permit is decided

Some uses of land are allowed in a zoning district only with the Board of Supervisors' permission. An owner asks for that permission with a conditional use permit.

In Northumberland, the Planning Commission holds a public hearing on the request and makes a recommendation, then the Board of Supervisors holds its own public hearing and decides, often with conditions. Each hearing must be advertised in advance.

The law: Va. Code § 15.2-2286 (What a zoning ordinance may provide, including special exceptions and conditional uses); Va. Code § 15.2-2204 (Advertising public hearings). This describes the general process, not this decision.