Owner Can Grow Oysters in Cages 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 22, 2012
Tags: Real Estate, Virginia Circuit Courts, York County Circuit Court
A York County-Poquson Circuit Court says a petitioner does not need a special use permit to grow oysters in cages at his residence on the waters of the York River, in a RR-Rural Residential zone, and the contrary decisions of the zoning administrator and the board of zoning appeals are reversed. Petitioner’s residence is located [...]
No ‘Special Use’ Permit for Oyster Farmer
By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 22, 2012
Tags: Real Estate, Virginia Circuit Courts, York County Circuit Court
A York County-Poquoson Circuit Court overturns a zoning decision that required petitioner to obtain a special use permit to use his private residential property for oyster farming. Petitioner’s residence is located in a residential district zoned RC-Resource Conservation. He began raising oysters at the property in 2010. On Nov. 4, 2011, the York County zoning [...]
Oyster farmers get OK for homegrown product
By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 22, 2012
Tags: Land Use, York County Circuit Court, Zoning
Two York County landowners can grow oysters on their waterfront residential property for commercial purposes without special use permits, a circuit court held earlier this month. But the county board of supervisors plans to appeal the rulings, according to York County Attorney James E. Barnett Jr. Improvements in oyster-farming allow oysters to mature more quickly [...]
Writer gets access to Atkins file, and a tongue-lashing
By Peter Vieth
Published: May 9, 2012
Tags: Judge Richard Y. AtLee Jr., York County Circuit Court
YORKTOWN—A reporter who sought access to unsealed court records from an epic murder case in York County was allowed to view and copy certain portions of the file, but only after a 10-week delay and a public rebuke by the current circuit court judge. Working on a book about landmark murder cases, legal writer Tim [...]
Request for York records ignored
By Peter Vieth
Published: April 13, 2012
Tags: Judge Richard Y. AtLee Jr., Supreme Court of Virginia News, York County Circuit Court
Tim O’Brien had a feeling things were not going well. It was getting late and he still had not heard from the judge. The freelance legal reporter had flown to the Hampton Roads area to research court documents for a book project. Arriving at the courthouse in Yorktown around 9:30 a.m., he had asked to [...]
Custodian contends elbow injury caused by traffic crash – $120,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 3, 2010
Tags: Judge William H. Shaw III, Personal Injury, York County Circuit Court
A few days after an auto accident, the plaintiff began to suffer pain in her right elbow. She had previously had some numbness and tingling in her right arm years before the accident, but didn’t have any complaints of specific elbow pain. She was treated conservatively over the next several months. At one point during [...]
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