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Minutes of September 30, 1963 Meeting.
Councilman Lowenbach, reporting as a member of the Airport Commission,
:further reported that there would still be some few items to come before the
Council for approval with regard to the construction of the new Airport.
A poll was taken to see how many members would be attending the fall meet-
ing of the County Town Officials to be held at the Lovettsville School on
Thursday, October 17, 1963, and the Clerk was instructed to write for reser-
. vations for same.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned with general
consent at 8 :47 P.M.
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Clerk of th Council
PUBLIC HEARING, OCTOBER 3, 1963.•
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A duly advertised Public Hearing was held in the Council Chambers, Lees-
00 burg, Virginia, on October 3, 1963. at 7:30 P.M. , with the Mayor presiding.
cn Councilmen present were : C. A. English Cole , C. Grey Dodd , Maurice R. Lowen-
bach, Jr. , Robert A. Orr and John W. Pumphrey. Absent from the meeting was
Councilman C. Maloy Fishback.
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CC Mayor Rollins read a letter from Attorney Thomas W.. diZerega withdrawing
the request for rezoning by Armel H. Heileman of a tract of land containing
14.4626 acres of land, which request for rezoning was to be heard at this time.
A hearing was held at this time on the request for rezoning by John Allen
Johnston of a parcel of land containing 20.108 acres of land lying on the North
side of State Route 7 in the west end of the Town of Leesburg, said rezoning
application asking that this land be changed from a One-Family Residence Dis-
trict to a Town House Residence District.
Thomas W. diZerega, Attorney for the applicant , spoke in favor of this
rezoning, stating that he felt that the Town would benefit from this develop-
ment. He believed that the reasons given by the Planning Commission for turn-
ing it down'-were inaccurate and explained why he thought they were inaccu-
rate.
Colonel Lowell M. Riley spoke against this rezoning, stating that there
were several other opponents to this application who could not be present at
this hearing.
Councilman Pumphrey asked that a portion of the minutes of the Planning
Commission Public Hearing held on July 30, 1963 be read to members of Council.
Councilman Lowenbach read same.
Upon motion of Councilman Orr, seconded by Councilman Cole , this application
for rezoning was rejected by unanimous roll call vote.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8 :20 P. I.