RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two fishermen accused of trespassing in Alleghany County have been barred from wading on a contested section of the Jackson River after a judge ruled that 18th-century grants from the English crown and the commonwealth of ...

Tagged with: Alleghany County Circuit Court Judge Malfourd W. "Bo" Trumbo Land Use & Zoning

A circuit court has struck a “time-phasing” provision of a local law that would have allowed only one subdivision of a parcel every four years. At the rate required by the Orange County ordinance, it could take 40 years to ...

Tagged with: Land Use & Zoning Orange County Circuit Court Real Estate

A property owner who operated a salvage automobile wholesaling business on a parcel adjacent to Andrews Air Force Base’s CERCLA Superfund site, and whose business was cited for numerous county code violations, loses an appeal of the dismissal of its ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Clyde H. Hamilton Land Use & Zoning

In this first-impression case, the Supreme Court of Virginia says a landowner, here of a commercial building, did not acquire a vested right in the zoning classification or use of an adjacent property or in a road shown on a ...

Tagged with: Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Land Use & Zoning Supreme Court of Virginia

The Supreme Court of Virginia’s recent resolution of a zoning case by unpublished order has caused confusion both on the high court and among observers, where none is warranted. In its unpublished order in Town of Occoquan v. Elm Street ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Grace O'Brien Justice Cleo E. Powell Justice Cynthia D. Kinser Justice Donald W. Lemons Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Justice William C. Mims Land Use & Zoning Prince William County Circuit Court Supreme Court of Virginia News

A city charter provision that authorized plaintiffs to organize a petition drive for a referendum on a zoning ordinance that would allow development on part of Buckroe Beach did not give plaintiffs standing to later sue in circuit court to ...

Tagged with: Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan Land Use & Zoning Supreme Court of Virginia

In this suit in which the court earlier made rulings involving vested rights [VLW 011-8-195], the Prince William County Circuit Court now grants motions for reconsideration, in part. I have concluded the motions for reconsideration should be granted. The Supreme ...

Tagged with: Judge Craig D. Johnston Land Use & Zoning Prince William County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Plaintiff office park owner’s allegations that the board of supervisors did not adequately consider traffic impact when it rezoned an adjacent parcel from single-family homes to a planned development community have earned plaintiff an evidentiary hearing on whether the rezoning ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Jonathan C. Thacher Land Use & Zoning Virginia Circuit Courts

A Norfolk Circuit Court overturns a zoning administrator’s refusal to issue a zoning certificate to state petitioner’s use of his property complied with the zoning ordinance, to allow the owner to obtain a business license to operate a used auto ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Jane Hall Land Use & Zoning Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

The 4th Circuit upholds an injunction directing that T-Mobile’s application be granted for a conditional use permit to allow construction of a wireless communication tower at an elementary school in Newport News, Va. After the city council denied T-Mobile’s application, ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Albert Diaz Land Use & Zoning