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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1959_12_28SPEC 2.45 SPECIAL MEETING, DECEMBER 28, 1959 • At a special meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, after due notice of a public hearing published in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town of Leesburg, held at 8:O0 .P. M. December 28, 1959, there were present : George J. Babson, Mayor ; C. Maloy Fishback; • Emerson H. James, George E; Isaacs, Hunter M. Leach, John W. Pumphrey and J. Austin Wright , Councilmen. ' In the absence of the Recorder C. Maloy Fishback was :ap- pointed Recorder pro-tem. The Mayor read the publication to rezone the lands owned • by William P. Parramore, et al from Residential I to General Business for a width of two hundred (200) feet behind the pre- sent three hunded sixty (360) feet from the center of Highway No. 7, and from the east Corporate limits of the town, west . to the Fort Evans Road. N M The Mayor offered the opportunity to citizens present M to speak in favor of said rezoning. Mr. Leonard Parker, Mrs. `2 Winslow Williams , Mr. Winslow Williams and Mr. C. H. Clemens, et an adjoining property owner, spoke in favor of the rezoning. Mr. William P; Parramore advised the Council that the reason for the request for an additional depth of two hundred (200) feet was to arrange for parking in front of a proposed . Shopping Center he proposed to build; that he did not wish to have parking in the rear. Attorney Richard E. Hill or-Leesburg stated that he was present to oppose said rezoning and was representing a group of citizens of Leesburg. He stated that the proposed Shopping Center was (1) premature, (2) there is no present need for same and that it would create a traffic hazard, .(3) the land involved had just recently been zoned as .part of an adopted MasterPlan for the Town, and (ay ' that to locate a shopping center n in this location might be in the apathhof ,the proposed By-pass and a vast amount of money could be spent on condem- nation suits. . - • He further stated that he had two .technical objections, (1) applicant for the rezoning did not come in by petition, and (2) the Planning Commission did not make their decision on the rezoning on the 'day their Public Hearing was advertised. When asked who he represented Mr. Hill declined to ,say:. • The Mayor ,asked Mr. Parramore what, plans he had , for an access road. Mr. Parramore stinted that he would do whatever the Highway Department required. . n. The Mayor read the published notice for the rezoning of the lands of Loeffler,: Harrison, James, .Foster and Simms; located at the. southern, limits of. Leesburg, from a Geneva]: Residence District to a General Business: District . No. onei appeared for or against this rezoning. - . - Upon motion of Mr. Pumphrey, seconded by Mr. James, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: :7,;1 WHEREAS, the Council for the Town:;of •Leesburg,. requested the Planning ' Commission for the Town of Leesburg to consider a rezoning of the lands of Parramore, et al from Residential I to-General Business for an additional depth of two hundred (200) feet from the _center line of Highway No. 7 and the lands of Loeffler,. Honicon, James;- Foster and Simms at the southern limits of the Town of Leesburg, from General Residential to General Business ; and, N. • 2913: WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a Public Hearing thereon on December 15, 1959, pursuant to published notice; and, . WHEREAS,-the Planning Commission has recommended- to the Council the . rezoning •as requested; and, - • WHEREAS, the Council -held a Public Hearing:,on- December 28, 1959, pursuant • to notice in The Loudoun Times Mirror, a newspaper having general circulation in the Town of Lees- burg; . NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council for the Town of Leesburg, '-as follows : - : - (1) • :That the lands of Parramore et altfrom the -east • corporate limits of the Town 'of Leesburg to -the 'Fort 'Evans Road be and the same hereby -are zoned General Business for an additional :depth of two hundred (200) feet ; and (2) That the lands of Loeffler, Honicon, James, Foster • - .and Simms, 'starting at the intersection of Tuscarora Creek and Route 621 north to Kulzer, thence following the boun- daries of Kulzer. and Virginia Village east 'to Tuscarora Creek south to the place of beginning, be and the same are zoned General Business ; and • • • BE .IT FURTHFR RESOLVED; that the: Zoning Administrator shail . cause.-the Zoning District Map to be .amendedaccordingly. I1 I • This rezoning is to become effective on the adoption of this .resolution. . Upon motion of Mt. Isaacs, seconded by Mr. Fishback; the following resolution was unanimously adopted: • • BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council' for the Town of Leesburg that the recommendations -set forth in the report of 'Stanton, Minter and Bruner, Certified Eublic Accountants , dated ' , ' December 1.1, 1959; be' and the same are hereby adopted -as the fiscal policy for the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia. Upon motion of Mr. Leach, seconded by Mr. Pumphrey, the following resolution- was unanimously adopted: - ' ✓ BE IT ORDAINED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, that the Driving, Under the Influence Ordinance recorded in the Current Ordinance Book at Page 13, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows : Any person who violates -any 'provisions' of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than. One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) , or imprisonment for not- less than one month nor. more than six months , either or both in the discretion of the Mayor or Court trying the same, for a first offense, and the Mayor or Court, in its discretion, may suspend the sentence during good behavior of the person convicted. .Any person convicted of a .second, or subsequent offense under this Ordinance within ten (10) years hereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less titan-Me; Hundred Dollars. nor more than- One Thousand-Rollaiarrs- and by pmprisonment for not less th Xneimonth net more / than one year. • ' There being no further busin as' to ome befor: the meet- ing, upon motion- duly made the mee ' s a' ' s ned. / \ --- ayor • • e