Prince George County Board of Zoning Appeals elects chair, adopts 2025 schedule and minutes

The Prince George County Board of Zoning Appeals elected Shaina as chair and Joshua Norris as vice chair during its Jan. 27, 2025 meeting and adopted the panel’s 2025 meeting schedule and minutes from the Dec. 16, 2024 meeting.

The actions were routine administrative items handled at the start of the meeting. There were no public comments and no public hearings on the agenda. County staff told the board there are currently no cases scheduled for the next month and that the deadline to advertise a public hearing had passed, which means any new case would likely not appear until March.

During the meeting the board approved a motion to nominate Shaina as chair; the motion was seconded and carried on a roll-call with four members voting yes and one member absent. The board then elected Joshua Norris as vice chair by the same margin. The board also voted to adopt the 2025 meeting schedule as printed in the meeting packet and to adopt the minutes of the Dec. 16, 2024 meeting; both motions passed with four yes votes and one absence.

County staff said the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) bylaws are under review and that staff will prepare recommendations and request a future work session to discuss any proposed changes. Staff indicated the work session would likely be scheduled separately from a regular meeting date but could be arranged on the same day before or after a scheduled business meeting if that was convenient for members.

The meeting opened with roll call and a brief invocation and the pledge of allegiance. With no speakers signing up for public comment, the public-comment period was closed. The board then proceeded with the housekeeping items and adjourned after completing the agenda.