HomeMy Public PortalAbout1981_10_14_O025 TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTED October 14, 1981
ORDINANCE NO. 81-0-25 ADOPTED October 14, 1981
AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING THE LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning
practice require amendment of the regulations contained in the Leesburg Zoning
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, draft zoning amendments dated May 16, 1980 were initiated by this
Council and transmitted to the Planning Commission for public hearing and recom-
mendations required by Section 15.1-431 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended;
and
WHEREAS, the Leesburg Planning Commission, after advertising and conducting
a public hearing on June 17, 1980, as required by Section 15.1-431 of the Code
transmitted to this Council certain amendments of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance
pertaining to residential district rules, and associated technical amendments,
with recommendation for approval; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was advertised and held by this Council as re-
quired by Section 15.1-431 of the Code on September 23, 1981, at which time in-
terested persons appeared and presented their views on the proposed ordinance
amendments:
THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
SECTION I. Section 1-i of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance is amended to read
as follows:
1-1
DISTRICTS
For the purpose of this Ordinance the Town of Leesburg is hereby divided
into the following districts:
"R-i"
"R-2"
"R-3"
"R-4"
"R-5"
"MC"
"B-I"
"B-2"
"M- 1"
"F- 1"
Residential District (single family)
Residential District (general residential)
Residential District (town house)
Residential District (multi-family)
Residential District (mobile homes)
Medical-Hospital Center District
Community Business District
General Business District
Industrial District
Flood Zone District
The term "R" Districts, as used herein means the "R-I", "R-2", "R-3",
"R-4" and "R-5" Districts; "B" Districts means the "B-i" and "B-2"
Districts.
SECTION II. Article 3 of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance is amended to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 3. R-1 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
3-1 PERMITTED USES
The following are permitted uses in the R-1 Residential District:
(a) Single-family dwelling, detached.
(b) Two-family dwelling, provided an existing structure is converted
without modification of exterior features.
(c) Park.
(d) School board office buildings on school board owned property.
(e) Public library; public museum.
(f)
Gardening and general farming, but not including commercial chicken
farms or fur farms, provided that any building or feed lot where live-
stock are kept shall not be less than 200 feet from all adjacent lots
in any residential zoning district.
3-2 CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES
The following are conditionally permitted uses in the R-1 Residential District:
(a) Public and private school.
(b) Country club; golf course.
(2)
3-3
(c) Public utility substation or transmission facility.
(d) Church.
(e) Cemetery.
(f) Public recreation facility.
(g) Family care home.
AREA, SIZE, HEIGHT AND YARD REQUIREMENTS
In the R-1 Residential District:
(a) Zoning lots shall be at least 10,000 square feet in land area.
(b) Zoning lots shall be at least 75 feet wide.
(c) No dwelling shall exceed 30 feet in height, no other structure shall
exceed 50 feet in height.
(d) Front yards shall be at least 20 feet deep.
(e) Side yards shall be at least 10 feet wide.
(f) Rear yards shall be at least 20 feet deep.
SECTION III. A new Article is added to the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 3-A.R-2 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
3A-1 Permitted uses.
The following are permitted uses in the. R-2 Residential District:
(a) Single-family dwelling, detached.
(b) Two-family dwelling (i. e. duplex)
(c) Park.
(d) School board office building on school board owned property.
(e) Public library; public museum.
(f) Gardening and general farming, but not including commercial chicken
farms or fur farms, provided that a~ building or feed lot where live-
stock are kept shall not be less than 200 feet from all adjacent lots
in any residential zoning district.
(3)
3A-2
Conditionally permitted uses.
The following are conditionally permitted uses in the R-2 Residential Dis-
trict:
(a)
(c)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(j)
Public and private school.
Public recreation facility.
Country club; golf course.
Public utility substation or transmission facility.
Church.
Cemetery.
Boarding or rooming house.
Family care home.
Group home.
Clubs, lodges and recreational buildings.
3A-3 Area, size, height and yard requirements.
In the R-2 Residential District:
(a) Zoning lots shall be at least 8,000 square feet in land area for de-
tached dwellings and 10,000 square feet in land area for each two-
family attached dwelling.
(b) Zoning lots shall be at least 75 feet wide.
(c) No dwelling shall exceed 30 feet in height; no other structure shall
exceed 50 feet in height.
(d) Front yards shall be at least 20 feet deep except front yards for
residential lots in the H-1 Historic District may be reduced to the
front yard depth of an adjoining lot with an existing residence.
(e) Side yards shall be at least i0 feet wide.
(f) Rear yards shall be at least 20 feet deep.
SECTION IV: Articles 4, 4-A and 4-B of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance are amended
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. R-3 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
4-i PERMITTED USES
The following are permitted uses in the R-3 Residential District:
(a) Single-family dwelling, detached.
(b) Single-family dwelling, attached (i. e. town house).
(4)
4-2
4-3
(c) Two-family dwelling (i. e. duplex).
(d) Park.
(e) School board office building on school board owned property.
(f) Public library; public museum.
(g) Gardening and general farming, but not including commercial chicken
farms or fur farms, provided that any building or feed lot where live-
stock are kept shall not be less than 200 feet from all adjacent lots
in any residential zoning district.
CONDITIONALLY PER~IITTED USES
The following are conditionally permitted uses in the R-3 Residential District:
(a) Public and private school.
(b) Public recreation facility.
(c) Country club; golf course.
(d) Public utility substation or transmission facility.
(e) Church.
(f) Cemetery.
(g) Government office building.
(h) Tourist home.
(i) Family care and group homes.
AREA, SIZE, HEIGHT AND YARD REQUIREMENTS
In the R-3 Residential District:
(a) Zoning lots shall be at least 8,000 square feet in land area for detached
single-family dwellings, 10,000 square feet in land area for each two-
family attached dwelling and 2,000 square feet in land area for attached
single-family dwellings.
(b) Zonings lots shall be at least 75 feet wide for detached single-family
dwellings and 20 feet wide for attached single-family dwellings.
(c) No dwelling shall exceed 30 feet in height; no structure shall exceed 50
feet in height.
(5)
4A-1
4A-2
(d) Front yards shall be at least 20 feet deep. Required front yards for
attached dwellings shall not be used for parking or driveways.
(e) Side yards shall be at least 10 feet wide except that side yards are
not required between attached single-family dwellings.
(f) Rear yards shall be at least 30 feet deep.
(g) No structure shall contain more than eight attached dwellings and no
more than two adjoining dwellings shall have the same front yard depth
and such depths shall vary not less than one foot from the adjoining
pair of dwellings.
(h) Attached single-family dwellings shall not be constructed to a greater
density than eight dwelling units to the gross acre.
ARTICLE 4-A.R-4 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Permitted uses.
The following are permitted uses in the R-4 Residential District:
(a) Single-family dwelling, attached (i. e. town house) and detached.
(b) Multi-family dwelling.
(c) Park.
(d) School board office on school board owned property.
(e) Public library, public museum.
(f) Gardening and general farming, but not including commercial chicken
farms or fur farms, provided that any building or feed lot where live-
stock are kept shall not be less than 200 feet from all adjacent lots
in any residential zoning district.
(g) Two-family dwelling (i. e. duplex).
Conditionally permitted uses.
The following are conditionally permitted uses in the R-4 Residential
District:
(a)
(c)
(e)
Private and public school.
Public recreation facility.
Public utility substation or transmission facility.
Church and cemetery.
Government office building.
(~)
(f) Parking garage.
(g) Rooming house, boarding house and tourist home.
(h) Business or professional office.
(i) Family care and group homes.
(j) Club, lodge and recreational building.
4A-3 Area, size,, height and yard requirements.
In the R-4 Residential District:
(a)
Zoning lots shall be at least 8,000 square feet in land area for de-
tached single-family dwellings and 2,000 square feet in landarea for
attached single-family dwellings. Zoning lots ahall be at least
10,000 square feet in land area for two-family and multi-family
dwellings. The total number of multi-family dwellings on a zoning lot
shall not exceed the density limits set out below~e number of bed-
rooms per dwelling shown:
Bedrooms per Dwelling
Maximum Number of
Dwellings per Acre
One (or efficiency) 30
Two 22
Three 17
Four or more 15
(b)
(c)
Zoning lots shall be at least 75 feet wide for detached single-family,
two-family and multi-family dwellings and 20 feet wide for attached
single-family dwellings.
No single- or two-family dwelling shall exceed 30 feet in height. No
other structure shall exceed 50 feet in height.
(d)
Front yards shall be at least 20 feet deep for single-family dwellings.
Required front yards for attached dwellings shall not be used for off-
street parking or driveways.
(e)
Side yards shall be at least 10 feet wide for detached single-family
and two-family dwellings and 15 feet for each main structure for attached
single- and multi-family dwellings. Side yards are not required between
attached single-f~ly dwellings.
(f)
(g)
Rear yards shall beat least 30 feet deep for attached single-family
dwellings and 20 feet deep for all other structures.
s ni ule- ami v-f 1
No structure shall contain more than eight attacRe~TdweIIings and no
more than two adjoining dwellings shall have the same front yard
depth and such depths shall vary not less than one foot from the ad-
joining pair of dwellings. No zoning lot used for multi-family buildings
shall be covered, more~.than20 percent by buildings.
(7)
4B-1
4B-2
trict:
4B-3
4B-4
(h) Attached single-family dwellings shall not be constructed to a greater
density than eight dwelling units to the gross acre.
ARTICLE 4-B.R-5 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Permitted uses.
The following are permitted uses in the R-5 Residential District:
(a) Mobile home parks in accordance with requirements of this Article.
(b) Park.
Conditionally permitted uses.
The following are conditionally permitted uses in the R-5 Residential Dis-
(a) Public and private school.
(b) Public and primate recreation fmcility.
(c) Public utility substation or transmission facility.
(d) Church; cemetery.
(e) Government office building'.~
(f) Convenience retail establishment.
Area, size, height and yard requirements.
In the R-5 Residential District.
(a) Zoning lots shall be at least seven acres in land area.
(b) Zoning lots shall be at least 200 feet wide.
(c) No dwelling shall exceed 15 feet in height; no other structure shall
exceed 50 feet in height.
(d) Front yards shall be at least 40 feet deep.
(e) Side yards shall be at least 25 feet wide.
(f) Rear yards shall be at least 25 feet deep.
General requiremmnts for mobile home parks and mobile homes.
(a) Mobile home parks which meet the requirements of this Division are
permitted in the R-5 district.
(b) No mobile home shall be used as a dwelling or occupied except within
a mobile home park.
(c) No mobile home o~ 'less than 500 square feet of habitable ground floor
area shall be used as a dwelling or occupied.
(8)
(d) No mobile home shall be used as a dwelling or occupied unless it is
securely affixed to the ground.
(e)
No mobile home shall be used as a dwelling or occupied unless it
complies with the Mobile Home Manufacture§Association Mobile Home
Standards for Plumbing, Heating and Electrical Systems.
(f)
No mobile home shall be used as a dwelling or occupied unless it
complies with requirements of the Virginia Industrialized Building
Unit and Mobile Home Safety Regulations adopted May 18, 1971 by
the State Corporation Commission.
(g)
Each mobile home shall be parked on and supported by a concrete
stand designed to carry the load placed thereon. Skirts shall be
provided to screen the space between the mobile home and its con-
crete stand.
(h)
No mobile home park shall be occupied until at least one-third of
the proposed mobile home sites are completed and ready for occupancy,
including streets, walks and recreation areas.
4B-5 Zoning plan requirements.
In addition to other requirements of this Article, the zoning plan sub-
mitted by an applicant for a zoning permit for a mobile home park shall submit
the following:
(a) The size, location and number of mobile home sites proposed within the
park.
(b) The location and area of streets, walks and recreational areas pro-
posed within the park.
4B-6 Design requirements for mobile home parks.
Mobile home parks shall meet the following requirements.
(a) Mobile home parks shall be placed on zoning lots of at least seven acres.
(b) Mobile home parks shall not contain more than seven mobile homes per
acre.
(c)
Each mobile home site shall be at least 3,500 square feet in land area
for mobile homes up to 15 feet wide and 4,500 square feet in land area
for mobile homes 15 feet or more wide.
(d)
Each mobile home site shall be at least 35 feet wide for mobile homes
up to 15 feet wide and 45 feet wide for mobile homes 15 feet or more
wide.
(e)
No mobile home shall be placed less than 16 feet from any other mobile
home or any buildings except permitted accessory buildings on the same
mobile home site.
(9)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(i)
No mobile home or its accessory buildings shall cover more than 50
percent of the mobile home site on which it is placed.
Ail mobile home sites shall abut interior streets within the mobile
home park.
Each mobile home park shall have at least two driveway connections,
at least 100 feet apart, onto public streets. Ail streets within
mobile home parks shall be at least 24 feet wide and shall be paved
for their full width to the specification for dustless surface
herein.
Within the boundary of each mobile home site there shall be two paved
parking spaces at least three feet from the mobile home.
Each mobile home site within mobile home parks shall be provided
public water supply and sewer systems. Each mobile home site shall
be within 400 feet of a fire hydrant connected to the public water
system.
Each mobile home park shall include a management and maintenance
building of at least 1,000 square feet floor area.
Each mobile home park shall include a safe recreation area or areas
conveniently located within the park of an area equal to at least
eight percent of the area of the park or one acre, whichever is
greater.
SECTION V: Sections 5-i-1 and 5-4-1 of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance are
amended to read as follows:
5-1-1 All "R-I" and "R-2" Residential District permitted uses.
5-4-1 "R-I" and "R-2" Residential District accessory uses.
Section VI. Sections 8-1 of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance is amended to read as
follows:
8-1 TABLE OF REQUIREMENTS. The following requirements shall be observed unless
others are specified elsewhere in this ordinance.
8-1-1 In the MC Medical-Hospital District:
(a) Zoning lots shall be at least 10,000 square feet in land area for
residences.
(b) Zoning lots shall be at least 75 feet wide for residences.
(c) No building shall exceed two and one-half stories or 30 feet in height.
(d) Front yards shall be at least 40 feet deep.
(lO)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Side yards shall be at least 15 feet wide.
Rear yards shall be at least 25 feet deep.
Structures shall cover no more than one-half a zoning lot andno
zoning lot shall be covered more than 80 percent by impervious
features.
8-1-2 In the B-1 Business District:
(a)
Zoning lots shall be at least 8,000 square feet in land area for de-
tached dwellings and 10,000 square feet in land area for each two-
family dwelling. Zoning lots for multi-family dwellings shall be at
least 10,000 square feet in land area. The total number of multi-
family dwelli~ on a zOning lot shall not exceed the density limits
set out belowfthe numbe~ of bedrooms per dwelling shown:
Bedrooms per Dwelling
Maximum Number of
Dwellings per Acre
One (or efficiency) 30
Two 22
Three 17
Four or more 15
(b) Zoning lots shall be at least 60 feet wide for residences.
(c) No building shall exceed three stories or 40 feet in height.
(d)
Front yards shall be at least one foot deep except in the same block
front with an "R" district in which case front yards shall be at least
equal to an average of existing front yards.
(e) Side yards shall be at least 10 feet wide for residences. (See also
Sec. 8-2-8.)
(f)
Rear yards shall be at least 20 feet deep for residences and 15 feet
for all buildings on lots abutting an "R" district. Mo zoning lot ~
s~all be~0vere~mOr~.tka~i~0~pe~¢e~.~ymulti, family.bUildings.
3-1-3 In the B-2 Business District:
(a)
Zoning lots shall be at least 8,000 square feet in land area for de-
tached dwellings and 10,000 square feet in land area for each two-
family attached dwelling. Zoning lots for multi-family dwellings
shall be at least 10,000 square feet in land area. The total number
of multi-family dwellings on a zoning lot shall not exceed the density
limits set out below~e number of bedrooms per dwelling shown:
(11)
Bedrooms per Dwelling
Maximum Number of
Dwelling.s per Acre
One (Or efficiency) 30
Two 22
Three 17
Four 15
(b) Zoning lots shall be at least 60 feet wide for residences.
(c) No building shall exceed three stories or 40 feet in height.
(d)
Front yards shall be at least one foot deep except in the same block
front with an "R" district in which case front yards shall be at
least equal to an average of existing front yards.
(e) Side yards shall be at least 10 feet wide for residences. (See also
Sec. 8-2-8.)
(f) Rear yards shall be at least 20 feet deep for residences and 15 feet
for all buildings on lots abutting an "R" district. No zoning lot
used for multi-family buildings shall be covered more than 20 per-
cent by multi-family buildings.
8-I-4~ In the M-1 IndUstrial District:
(a) No building shall exceed three stories or 40 feet in height.
(b) Front yards shall be at least 25 feet deep.
(c) Each side yard shall be at least equal to the height of the highest
building on the lot.
(d) Rear yards shall be at least 15 feet for all buildings on lots abutting
an "R" district.
SECTION VII. Section 8-2-10 of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance is amended to read
as follows:
8-2-10 Accessory Buildings and Uses.
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to a permitted principal or
conditional use on the same lot therewith and public utility facilities are permitted
in all zoning districts subject to the following:
(a)
Accessory buildings shall be at least three feet from the lot lines of
adjoining lots in any "R" District, and at least six feet from any alley
or from any other building on the same lot. On a corner lot, any acces-
sory buildings in the rear yard shall be as far from the side street as
required for the principal building itself.
(b)
Customary incidental home occupations shall be in compliance with the
following requirements:
(12)
(1)
No person other than members of the family occupying such dwelling
shall be employed in connection with the home occupation.
(2)
No alteration of the principal or any accessory building shall be
made which changes the residential character thereof.
(3)
No home occupation shall occupy more than 25 percent of any one
floor in the dwelling unit in which it is located.
(4)
No mechanical or electrical equipment may be used except such type
as is customary for purely domestic or hobby purposes.
(5)
No home occupation shall be operated in such a manner as to cause
offensive noise, vibration, smoke or other particulate matter,
odorous matter, heat, humidity, glare, electronic interference or
otherwise constitute a nuisance or safety hazard to the occupants
of nearby properties.
(6)
No wholesale jobbing or retail business shall be permitted unless it
is conducted entirely by mail and/or telephone and does not in-
volve the receipt, sale, shipment delivery or storage of merchan-
dise on or from the premises, provided, however, that articles
produced by the members of the family residing on the premises may
be sold on the premises.
(7) No outdoor storage shall be permitted.
(8) No sign shall be displayed.
(9)
The area of any outdoor offstreet parking shall not exceed 1000
square feet.
(10) Vehicles over 7,800 pounds gross weight shall not be parked or
stored on the premises for more than two consecutive hours.
(11)
Home occupations shall be interpreted to include, but are not limited
to the following: dressmaking, beauty shop, office or studio of
an artist, musician, physician, dentist, lawyer, architect, engineer
or real estate agent.
9-6
(c) Signs as specified in Article 8-A.
SEC~IONV~II. 'Section 8-2~11~7 of =he Leesburg Zon:ingOrdinance is repealed.
SECTION IX. Article 9 of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance'is amended by adding
thereto Sections 9-6, 9-7, 9-8, 9-9 and ~10to read as follows:
APPROVAL OF CONDITIONAL USES; GENERAL; FEE
(a) Conditionally permitted uses listed in Article 3, 3-A, 4, 4-A and
4-B inclusive are permitted within zoning district only upon applica-
tion for and approval of a Conditional Use Permit by the Zoning Ad-
ministrator after approval by the Co:~nission in accordance with the
provisions of this Article.
(13)
9-7
(b) Application for a Conditional Use Permit shall be made to the Zoning
Administrator, on forms prescribed by him at least 21 days prior to
the Commission meeting at which first consideration is desired and
shall be accompanied by a zoning plan necessary to demonstrate that
the conditions for approval set out in this Article shall be fulfilled.
The application fee for a conditional use permit shall be $25,00 and
shall be paid prior to acceptance of the application by the Administrator,
(c) The Zoning Administrator shall transmit completed applications to the
Commission with a report setting out the Administrator's findings as
to whether or not the conditions for approval have been met by the
application.
(e)
An existing use conditionally permitted in an "R" zoning district by this
Ordinance shall be considered a conforming use in that district.
A new use for which a Conditional Use Permit is required in an "R" zoning
district and which complies with this Ordinance shall be considered
a permitted use in that district.
CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES AND SPECIFIC CONDITIONS APPLICABLE
The numbers and letters below under the column headed "Specific Conditions
for Approval" for each conditionally permitted use refer to the enumeration
of specific conditions applicable to each such use set out in 9-8.
Conditionally
Permitted Uses
Specific Conditions
for Approval
Boarding and rooming house,
tourist home
(f)(1).
Cemetery
(a>(l>, (g>(2>, (e>.
Church
(a)(2), (b)(1), (d), (e), <f)
<l), (g)<2).
Convenience retail establishments
(a)(1), (f)(1), (e), (g)(2).
Country club, golf course
(a)(4), (b)(4), (d), (e), (f)
(1), (g)(2).
Family care home, group home
(a)(3), (b)(1), (c)(1), (f)(1),
(g) (1).
Government office/building
(f)(~), (e).
Legal office, business or pro-
fessional office
Parking lot, structure
(a)(4), (b)(4), (e), (f)(2),
(g) (1).
<d), (e).
Private and public recreation
facilities
(a) (4), (b)(5), (f) (2), (d), (e), (g) (2).
(]14)
9-8
9-9
Private club, fraternal lodge
(~)(5), (f) O), (g) (2), (e).
Public utilities substation or
transmission facility
Schools, public and private
(a)(2), (b)(2), (e), (f)(2),
(g) (1).
(a)(4), (b)(3), (d), (e), (f)(2),
(g) (2).
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS
The following specific requirements shall apply to conditionally permitted
uses as enumerated in Section 9-7:
(a)
Minimum lot area.
(1) 5.,000 square feet.
(2) 10,000 square feet.
(3) 0ne-half acre.
(4) One acre.
(b) Minimum yards, in feet.
Front Side (each) Rear
(1) 50 20 20
(2) 5O 4O 4O
(3) 75 4O 4O
(4) loo 4o
(5) 25 25 25
District regulations apply if no limit is shown.
(c) Minimum floor area of principal building(s).
(1)
(2)
3,000 square feet.
40 square feet per student.
(d) Adjoining and connecting streets must be adequate for traffic generated
by the use.
(e) Plan of outdoor lighting required.
(f) Minimum distance of off-street parking and loading facilities from ad-
joining lot with residential use.
(1) 25 feet.
(2) 50 feet.
(g)
Maximum number of driveway connections, provided that a pair of
separate connections for ingress only and egress only shall be counted
as a single connection.
(1) One.
(2) :two.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
The following general requirements shall apply to conditionally permitted
uses:
(!5)
9-10
(a) The proposed use is to be located in a district wherein such use is per-
mitted and the general requirements for the district are met.
(b)
(c)
The specific conditions for approval set out in Sections 9-7 and 9-8
are to be met.
Ail other requirements of this Ordinance including additional
requirements for certain uses following in this Article are to be
met by the proposed use.
The Commission has determined that the proposed use is generally
consistent with provisions of the comprehensive plan and not de-
trimental to the health, safety, peace, comfort or general wel-
fare of persons or property in the town.
(e)
The proposed use is to meet such additional reasonable conditions
and requirements with respect to location, design, siting, maintenance
and operation which are imposed by the Commission for protection of
nearby properties and the public.
FAMILY CARE HOMES AND GROUP HOMES
A Family Care Home and/or a Group Home is conditionally permitted as a
special exception by the Board of Zoning Appeals in R-1 and R-2 Zoning
Districts. The following requirements for family care and group homes are in
addition to others in this ordinance:
(a)
A family care or group home shall not maintain lower than the minimum
building, fire, health and safety standards set by state and local laws
and regulations applicable to such a home.
(b)
A family care or group home shall not be permitted to be constructed
or operated until the agency, organization, or institution supervising
such a home satisfies the Board that the home and its operation comply
or will, within a reasonable time, comply with all licensing require-
ments of the appropriate state agency.
(c)
In order to prevent the creation of a de facto social service district
and to avoid impacting either a residential block or neighborhood, the
Board shall exercise care in considering a request to establish a
family block face beyond 30 persons, or beyond approximately three per-
cent of the total number of persons, according to the most recent cen-
sus figures, living within one-half mile of the applicant home. These
provisions are intended to assure that family care and group homes do
not exceed the limited capacity of a neighborhood's existing social
structure to accommodate them. These provisions are also intended to
avoid an over-concentration of family care and group homes which may
inadvertently recreate an institutional setting, and thus impede suc-
cessful functioning of such homes. No more than three family care or
group homes shall be permitted on the same block face.
(d) The minimum lot area for a family care or group home shall be 20,000
square feet.
(16)
(e)
Each family care or group home shall have a minimum front yard of fifty
feet; minimum side yards of twenty feet each and a minimum rear yard of
twenty feet.
(f) The minimum floor area of each principal building containing a family
care or group home shall be 3,000 square feet.
(g) Each family care or group home shall have off-street parking and load-
ing facilities located at least 25 feet from any adjoining lot.
SECTION X. Section 15-1-23 of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance is repealed.
SECTION XI. Sections 15-1-24 and 15-1-25 of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance are
amended to read as follows:
15-1-24
DWELLING, Single-Family Attached (i. e. townhouse) means a dwelling
having a party wall in common with an adjoining dwelling, each dwell-
ing to be on a separate zoning lot.
15-1-25
DWELLING, Two-Family (i. e. duplex) means a dwelling designed for or
used by two families living independent of one another located on a
single zoning lot whether vertically or horizontally.
SECTION XII. Three new sections are added to the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance to
read as follows:
15-1-48.1
MOBILE HOME means a single-family dwelling designed for transportation,
after fabrication, on streets and highways on its own wheels arriving
at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling complete and ready
for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly
operation, location on permanent foundations, connection to utilities
and the like.
15-1-59.1
PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES means the poles, wires, transformers, lights,
mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm and police
call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, valves and similar facilities of
local distribution and local conveyance systems for gas, telephone,
telegraph, traffic, tele-communications, cable television, police and
fire alarm, electricity, water and sewer systems, excluding public utility
substations or transmission facilities.
15-1-59.2
PUBLIC UTILITY SUBSTATIONS OR TRANSMISSION FACILITIES means the exchanges,
substations, pumping stations, valve or pressure control stations, trans-
mission poles, towers and wires and similar facilities of non-local dis-
tribution or non-local conveyance facilities for gas, telephone, tele-
graph, tele-communications, cable television, electric, water, and sewer
systems.
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SECTION XIII.
PASSED this
This ordinance shall be in effect upon its passage.
14th day of October , , 1981.
~e~y e~e %b~r%ry~a, or Pro-Tern
ATTEST:
Clerk of C~cil
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