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Dinwiddie supervisors deny front-setback variance for Jordan Heights lot

Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors (zoning hearing) · November 19, 2025
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Summary

The Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors voted 3-0 to deny variance V-25-1, which would have reduced the front setback from 35 feet to 20 feet for a single-family home at 22181 Jordan Heights Drive; staff said the lot could be built to meet setbacks and no legal hardship was shown.

Dinwiddie County supervisors on an organizational meeting denied a request to reduce the front setback for a home at 22181 Jordan Heights Drive, rejecting variance V-25-1 by a 3-0 vote.

Planning staff told the board the applicants were seeking “a variance from the front setback requirement of the R-1 District in order to construct a single-family dwelling on 22181 Jordan Heights Drive, tax map Parcel 33-D-1-33.” The lot measures about 0.46 acres; a 2024 survey showed roughly 4,489 square feet of buildable area outside a 16-foot sewer easement. Staff said the subdivision was platted under an earlier ordinance that used…

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