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Property request · variance

William F. and Denise C. Webster: allow a structure (238 North Sioux Road)

  1. Board of Zoning Appeals hearing (county’s record, Feb 3)Feb 3

  2. Board of Zoning Appeals decides (county’s record, Feb 3)Approved, unanimously · Feb 3

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About the Board of Zoning Appeals

In plain words

William F. and Denise C. Webster, owners, asked for a variance, an exception to the county zoning rules, under the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article VII, Section 148-72.1 The variance would allow a structure less than the required 60 feet from the center of the street right-of-way.1 The property is at 238 North Sioux Road, Tax Map Parcel#53-A(5)8-17.1 Roger McKinley described the request and the need for an addition as close to 900 square feet as possible.2 The Board reviewed the request and site plan, and there were no objections about the size and placement of the addition.2 Chairman Crabbe made a motion to approve, Daniel Wiggins seconded it, and the Board unanimously voted to approve.2

Summarized from the county’s records, September 26.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article VII, Section 148-72” … “William F. and Denise C. Webster, owners” … “to allow a structure less than the required 60 feet from the center of the street right-of-way” … “located on Tax Map Parcel#53-A(5)8-17 at 238 North Sioux Road”The matter as the records title it
  2. “Roger McKinley described the request and the need for an addition as close to 900 square feet as possible” … “After reviewing the request and site plan for the new dwelling and there having been no objections regarding the size and placement of the addition” … “Chairman Crabbe made a motion to approve the request. Daniel Wiggins seconded the motion. The Board unanimously voted to approve.”Feb 3, 2026 · Board of Zoning Appeals · In the minutes

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

The Board then heard a request by William F. and Denise C. Webster, owners, for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article VII, Section 148-72 to allow a structure less than the required 60 feet… Show all

The Board then heard a request by William F. and Denise C. Webster, owners, for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article VII, Section 148-72 to allow a structure less than the required 60 feet from the center of the street right-of-way. The property is located on Tax Map Parcel#53-A(5)8-17 at 238 North Sioux 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

  • 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. Tue3Feb

    Board of Zoning Appeals · a vote

    ApprovedWilliam F. and Denise C. Webster: allow a structure (238 North Sioux 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 addition, Chairman Crabbe made a motion to approve… Show all

    Moved by Crabbe, seconded by Wiggins

    Minutes, Feb 3Open 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.