Board of Supervisors Public Hearing - April 13, 2023

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Chapter 11, 15.2-2204 of the Code of Virginia as amended, that the Northumberland County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at the new Courthouse at 220 Judicial Place, Heathsville, VA, and telephonically in order to consider the following:

1. A revision to the Northumberland County Zoning Ordinance § 148-153, Travel Trailers, to delete the definition of Travel Trailers, define recreational vehicles, and rename the Travel Trailer ordinance to the “Recreational Vehicles” ordinance. This modification also includes separating tent camping into a new zoning ordinance section.
2. Create a tent camping zoning ordinance section, make commercial camping (with compensation) a conditional use in A-1, Agriculture, R-2, Residential Waterfront and   C-1 Conservation zoning districts. Commercial camping (with compensation) will be prohibited in all other zoning districts. Camping without compensation on undeveloped properties less than one acre would require the use of a health department approved sanitation facility. Further discussion led the Planning Commission to recommend to the Board of Supervisors to replace the term “undeveloped land” with “property without a dwelling unit or recreational vehicle connected to a permitted septic system.”