Board of Supervisors v. Board of Zoning Appeals

Code § 15.1-497 1 permits any person aggrieved by a decision of a board of zoning appeals to seek review in the appropriate circuit court by a petition for a writ of certiorari. The petition must be presented to the court within thirty days after the filing of the decision in the office of the board. The instant case poses the question whether the successful applicant before the board of zoning appeals must be made a party to the certiorari proceeding within the thirty-day period prescribed by the Code section.

On June 12, 1979, the Board of Zoning Appeals of Fairfax County (the BZA) decided…