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Joon & Kristy Lee: allow the subdivision of a lot with each parcel (859 Main Street)

  1. Board of Zoning Appeals hearing (county’s record, Jan 6)Jan 6

  2. Board of Zoning Appeals decides (county’s record, Jan 6)Denied, unanimously · Jan 6

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In plain words

Joon & Kristy Lee, owners, asked for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Section 148-48, 50 &51.1 The request would allow the subdivision of a lot at 859 Main Street, Tax Map Parcel#38-B(1)-76, zoned R-2, Residential Waterfront.1 Each parcel would be less than the required one acre, less than the required 125 foot minimum frontage and less than the required 4 feet from the side property line.1 Joon Lee said he wanted to divide the property to separate residential from commercial, and that it would save money on flood insurance.2 John Hendrickson made a motion to deny the request, Daniel Wiggins seconded, and the Board unanimously voted to deny the request.2

Summarized from the county’s records, September 26.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “a request by Joon & Kristy Lee, owners for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Section 148-48, 50 &51” … “The property is located on Tax Map Parcel#38-B(1)-76 at 859 Main Street on property zoned R-2, Residential Waterfront.” … “each parcel less than the required one acre, less than the required 125 foot minimum frontage and less than the required 4 feet from the side property line”The matter as the records title it
  2. “he wanted to divide the property in order to separate residential from commercial” … “He said he could save a lot of money if it was divided.” … “John Hendrickson made a motion to deny the request. Daniel Wiggins seconded the motion. The Board unanimously voted to deny the request.”Jan 6, 2026 · Board of Zoning Appeals · In the minutes

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The official wording

The Board then heard a request by Joon & Kristy Lee, owners for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Section 148-48, 50 &51 to allow the subdivision of a lot with each parcel less than… Show all

The Board then heard a request by Joon & Kristy Lee, owners for a variance to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Section 148-48, 50 &51 to allow the subdivision of a lot with each parcel less than the required one acre, less than the required 125 foot minimum frontage and less than the required 4 feet from the side property line. The property is located on Tax Map Parcel#38-B(1)-76 at 859 Main Street on property zoned R-2, Residential Waterfront.

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

  • 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. Tue6Jan

    Board of Zoning Appeals · a vote

    DeniedJoon & Kristy Lee: allow the subdivision of a lot with each parcel (859 Main Street)

    After further review of the request and site plan for the subdivision, John Hendrickson made a motion to deny the request. Daniel Wiggins seconded the motion. The Board unanimously voted to deny the request.

    Moved by Hendrickson, seconded by Wiggins

    Minutes, Jan 6Open 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.