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Property request · conditional use permit

Anthony Mangano: construct a 195-foot communications tower (Movie Hall Lane)

  1. Planning Commission hearing (county’s record, Feb 19)Feb 19

  2. Board hearing (county’s record, Apr 9, p. 11)Apr 9

  3. Board decides (county’s record, Apr 9, p. 11)Approved, 5-0 · Apr 9

A step the records show opens the record itself.

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In plain words

Anthony Mangano, owner, asked for a Conditional Use Permit to construct a 195-foot communications tower on property zoned B-1, Business General, located on Movie Hall Lane.1 At a Planning Commission public hearing, Lisa Murphy, counsel to Vertical Bridge and Verizon, described a 195 foot tall monopole tower on a 4.35 ac parcel.2 At its regular meeting on March 12, 2026, the Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to table a decision until April 9, 2026.3,4 On April 9, 2026, the Board voted 5-0 to approve the Conditional Use Permit with the suggested conditions.4,5 The suggested conditions include building the tower as shown on the revised site plan dated 04/08/2026, 40 feet further from Movie Hall Lane, and limiting generator sound to 70 dB.6 The Board also voted 5-0 to send the Zoning Ordinance back to the Planning Commission for further discussion in relation to cell towers and monopoles.7

Summarized from the county’s records, October 24.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “Request by Anthony Mangano, owner, for a Conditional Use Permit to construct a 195-foot communications tower on property zoned B-1, Business General” … “is located on Movie Hall Lane”The matter as the records title it
  2. “Lisa Murphy, who identified herself as counsel to Vertical Bridge and Verizon, stated they are seeking a conditional use permit for a 195 foot tall monopole tower with lightning rod on a 10,000 square foot leased area on a 4.35 ac parcel”Feb 19, 2026 · Planning Commission · In the minutes
  3. “TABLED FROM THE REGULAR MEETING ON MARCH 12, 2026”Apr 9, 2026 · Board of Supervisors · On the agenda
  4. “Motion to table a decision to next month's regular meeting on April 9, 2026. Vote 5-0” … “next month's regular meeting on April 9, 2026”Mar 12, 2026 · Board of Supervisors · Motion carried, 5-0
  5. “Motion to approve a Conditional Use Permit to construct a 195-foot communications tower on property zoned B-1, Business General with the suggested conditions”Apr 9, 2026 · Board of Supervisors · Motion carried, 5-0
  6. “The tower is to be constructed as depicted on the revised site plan dated 04/08/2026. The revised tower location is 40 feet further from Movie Hall Lane.” … “If a generator is utilized at the site, sound from it will not exceed 70 dB”TABLED FROM THE REGULAR MEETING ON MARCH 12, 2026;Request by Anthony Mangano, ow · full text
  7. “Motion to send the Zoning Ordinance back to the Planning Commission for further discussion in relation to cell towers and monopoles” … “Vote 5-0”Apr 9, 2026 · 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

Request by Anthony Mangano, owner, for a Conditional Use Permit to construct a 195-foot communications tower on property zoned B-1, Business General. The property is shown as Tax Map Parcel # 8-B(1)-116 and is located on Movie Hall Lane.

Zoning districts here

  • B-1 · Business GeneralWhat the ordinance says it’s for
    “A. It is the purpose of this district to promote light commercial expansion, development, and redevelopment in the existing business centers for mixed commercial and residential uses. B. This district covers these areas of the County intended for the conduct of general business to which the public requires direct and frequent access. This district is not characterized either by constant heavy trucking, other than stocking and delivery of light retail goods, or by any nuisance factors other than occasioned by incidental light and noise of congregation of people and passenger vehicles.”
    Zoning Ordinance § 148-81

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

  • Site plan
    “‘Site plan’ means the proposal for a development or a subdivision including all covenants, grants or easements and other conditions relating to use, location and bulk of buildings, density of development, common open space, public facilities and such other information as required by the subdivision ordinance to which the proposed development or subdivision is subject.”

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

What’s happened

  1. Thu9Apr

    Board of Supervisors · a vote

    ApprovedThe Board’s vote

    Motion to send the Zoning Ordinance back to the Planning Commission for further discussion in relation to cell towers and monopoles to see what other counties have in place and bring that… Show all

    Moved by Long, seconded by Harris

    10 documents given to the board

    Minutes, Apr 9, p. 11Open it in the meeting →

  2. Thu12Mar

    Board of Supervisors · a vote

    TabledThe Board’s vote

    Motion to table a decision to next month's regular meeting on April 9, 2026.

    Moved by Brann, seconded by Williams

    Minutes, Mar 12, p. 12Open it in the meeting →

  3. Thu19Feb

    Planning Commission

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.

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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.