Property request · conditional use permit
Lauren Foiles and Jeanette Bonifaz Urquizu: allow a vacation home rental
Board decides (county’s record, Oct 9, p. 16)Approved, 5-0 · Oct 9
A step the records show opens the record itself.
In plain words
Lauren Foiles and Jeanette Bonifaz Urquizu, owners, asked for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a vacation home rental on property zoned R-3, Residential Restricted.1 The property is shown as Tax Map Parcel # 45-B(3)1-14 and is located at 164 Bay Shore Avenue.2 The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the request, and Mrs. Foiles told the Commission the couple bought a house in Fleeton Beach.3 Mr. Patrick O'Brien said the Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve the application.4 Zoning Administrator Philip Marston read thirteen suggested conditions, including one off-street parking space for each bedroom and no golf cart use by the renters on the roads.4 The Board of Supervisors approved the permit with the suggested conditions by a 5-0 vote.5
Summarized from the county’s records, October 1.
Where each sentence comes from
- “for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a vacation home rental on property zoned R-3, Residential Restricted”The matter as the records title it
- “The property is shown as Tax Map Parcel # 45-B(3)1-14 and is located at 164 Bay Shore Avenue.”Sep 18, 2025 · Planning Commission · On the agenda
- “decided to buy a house in Fleeton Beach” … “tonight’s public hearing was a request by Lauren Foiles and Jeanette Bonifaz Urquizu”Sep 18, 2025 · Planning Commission · In the minutes
- “the Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve the conditional use permit application” … “Zoning Administrator Philip Marston read the suggested conditions” … “There shall be at least one off-street parking space for each bedroom” … “There shall be no golf cart use by the renters on the roads.”Request by Lauren Foiles and Jeanette Bonifaz Urquizu, owners, for a Conditional · full text
- “Motion to approve the Conditional Use Permit to allow a vacation home rental on property zoned R-3, Residential Restricted with the suggested conditions.” … “Vote 5-0: yes”Oct 9, 2025 · 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 Lauren Foiles and Jeanette Bonifaz Urquizu, owners, for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a vacation home rental on property zoned R-3, Residential Restricted. The property is shown as Tax Map Parcel # 45-B(3)1-14 and is
Zoning districts here
R-3 · Residential RestrictedWhat the ordinance says it’s forHide
“The purpose of this district is to allow for high-density residential development on nonconforming lots of record, provided that said lots were recorded prior to September 1, 1974, and lot sizes are generally shared by other property owners in the same vicinity.”
Zoning Ordinance § 148-59
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
- Thu9Oct
Board of Supervisors · a vote
ApprovedThe Board’s vote
Motion to approve the Conditional Use Permit to allow a vacation home rental on property zoned R-3, Residential Restricted with the suggested conditions. This motion is made in due… Show allMotion to approve the Conditional Use Permit to allow a vacation home rental on property zoned R-3, Residential Restricted with the suggested conditions. This motion is made in due consideration of the administrative record before the body, including the planning commission’s deliberations and recommendation, the information received via the public hearing, including statements offered by staff, the applicant, and members of the public, the public health and safety, the general welfare of the community, public necessity, convenience, in the exercise of good zoning practices and the body’s legislative prerogative, and pursuant to the body’s statutory authority.
- Thu18Sep
Planning Commission · a vote
ApprovedLauren Foiles and Jeanette Bonifaz Urquizu: allow a vacation home rental
O’Brien made a motion to approve the amendments to the pier and boathouse ordinance to allow shelter roofs on (private) docks and schedule a public hearing, and added this motion is made in… Show allO’Brien made a motion to approve the amendments to the pier and boathouse ordinance to allow shelter roofs on (private) docks and schedule a public hearing, and added this motion is made in due consideration of the administrative record before the body, including the planning commission’s deliberations and recommendation, the information received via the public hearing, including statements offered by staff, the 4 applicant, and members of the public, the public health and safety, the general welfare of the community, public necessity, convenience, in the exercise of good zoning practices and the body’s legislative prerogative, and pursuant to the body’s statutory authority. Mrs. Wilkins-Corey seconded the motion. The vote was as follows: Chris Cralle Aye Roger McKinley Aye Vivian Diggs Aye Patrick O’Brien Aye Allen Garland Aye Garfield Parker Absent John Kost Aye Heidi Wilkins-Corey Aye Richard Haynie n/a Charles Williams Absent The motion passed unanimously.
Moved by O’Brien, seconded by Wilkins-Corey · Not voting: Parker, Haynie and Williams
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.