Wintergreen Property Owners Ass'n v. Nelson County Board of Supervisors

BY JUDGE J. MICHAEL GAMBLE

I am writing to rule on the motion of Elizabeth Hayes to intervene in this proceeding. The motion is denied.

The only required parties to a proceeding contesting the zoning decision of a governing body are the contestant and the local governing body. After the contesting action has been filed, any other necessary party must be brought into the proceeding prior to adjudication. Friends of Clark Min. v. Board of Supervisors, 242 Va. 16, 21, 406 S.E.2d 19 (1991).

*40Elizabeth Hayes is neither a required party nor a necessary party. Only Wintergreen Property Owners…