HomeMy Public PortalAbout1991_09_24_O044 Amending the TC regarding tourist information center parkingThe Town of
Leesburg,
}/irginia
ORDINANCE NO. 91-O-44
PRESENTED: September 24, 1991
ADOPTED: September 24, 1991
AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING CHAPTER 10, SECTION 10-171(6) OF THE LEESBURG TOWN
CODE, REGARDING TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER PAB2g2[NG AT TIIE
VINEGAR 3-TTLT, MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg has recently erected new '~Pourist Information Center" trailblazer
signs along the main arterial roads leading to Market Station, which houses both the Loudoun County
Conference and Visitors Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce; and
WHEREAS, the Vinegar Hill parking lot serves to provide two-hour metered parking for tourists;
and
WHEREAS, tourism is an important element of the town's economic development efforts; and
WHEREAS, on September 17, 1991 the Administration and Public Works Committee recommended
that three (3) existing metered parking spaces within the Vinegar Hill paridng lot be redesignated for
"Free Thirty (30) Minute Tourist Information Center Parking Only":
THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. Chapter 10, Section 10-171(6) of the Leesburg Town Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
(6)
Municipal parking area known as Vinegar Hill parking lot at the corner of Loudoun Street
and South Harrison Street for two-hour parking at any one time, except that three (3)
parking spaces on the south side of the parking lot adjacent to the designated handicap
parking spaces and near the northern entrance to Market Station shall be for free thirty
(80) minute tourist information center parking only.
SECTION II. The Department of Engineering and Public Works is hereby directed to erect
appropriate signage, consistent with the above amendment, to designate each parking space in lieu of the
existing meters, which shah be removed.
SECTION III. All prior ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed.
SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage.
PASSED this 24th day of September, 1991.
Robert E. Scylla, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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