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Dorothy W. Tate: allow an existing structure (310 Bridge Creek Circle)

  1. Board of Zoning Appeals hearing (county’s record, Jun 2)Jun 2

  2. Board of Zoning Appeals decides (county’s record, Jun 2)Approved, 4-0 · Jun 2

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In plain words

Dorothy W. Tate, owner, asked for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Section 148-51.1 The request would allow an existing structure less than the required 10 feet from the side property line at 310 Bridge Creek Circle, Tax Map Parcel# 29-B(2)C-11.1 The Board of Zoning Appeals heard the request on Jun 2, 2026, when Tate described the conditions which created the need for a lot line adjustment and variance.2 She said she purchased her parents home in 2012, without a survey, after John Hendrickson asked when the property was purchased.2 With no objections received, Chairman Crabbe made a motion to approve the survey, Daniel Wiggins seconded, and the Board voted 4 to 0 to approve.3

Summarized from the county’s records, September 26.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “a request by Dorothy W. Tate, owner, for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Section 148-51” … “to allow an existing structure less than the required 10 feet from the side property line. The property is located on Tax Map Parcel# 29-B(2)C-11 at 310 Bridge Creek Circle.”The matter as the records title it
  2. “Dorothy Tate described the conditions which created the need for a lot line adjustment and variance.” … “John Hendrickson asked when the property was purchased. Dorothy Tate said she purchased her parents home in 2012. She noted that it was purchased without a survey.”Jun 2, 2026 · Board of Zoning Appeals · On the agenda
  3. “having received no objections, Chairman Crabbe made a motion to approve the survey. Daniel Wiggins seconded the motion. The Board voted 4 to 0 to approve.”Jun 2, 2026 · Board of Zoning Appeals · In the minutes

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The official wording

The Board then heard a request by Dorothy W. Tate, owner, for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Section 148-51, to allow an existing structure less than the required 10 feet from the… Show all

The Board then heard a request by Dorothy W. Tate, owner, for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Section 148-51, to allow an existing structure less than the required 10 feet from the side property line. The property is located on Tax Map Parcel# 29-B(2)C-11 at 310 Bridge Creek Circle.

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. Tue2Jun

    Board of Zoning Appeals · a vote

    ApprovedDorothy W. Tate: allow an existing structure (310 Bridge Creek Circle)

    After reviewing the request and the survey and having received no objections, Chairman Crabbe made a motion to approve the survey. Daniel Wiggins seconded the motion. The Board voted 4 to 0 to approve.

    Moved by Crabbe, seconded by Wiggins

    Minutes, Jun 2Open it in the meeting →

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The records

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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.