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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE:
PRESENTED January 23:2001
2001-0-1 ADOPTED Ianua~ 2q; 2001
AMENDING THE LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING
DISTRICT MAP TO EXPAND THE H-l, HISTORIC OVERLAY
DISTRICT
WHEREAS, it is the desire and intent of Council to protect and enhance the designated
Historic Overlay District by identifying significant areas outside this district that deserve
protection in accordance with the goals of the 1997 Town Plan; and
WHEREAS, Zoning Ordinance Section 5A-8(1) states that a property may be eligible for
inclusion in the Historic Overlay District if it has significant character, interest or value as part of
the town's development or heritage; and
WHEREAS, staff has identified areas bordering the existing Historic Overlay District that
warrant inclusion in that district based upon the criteria set forth in Section 5A-8(1) of the Zoning
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning practice
require the proposed amendments
THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. Section 5A-3, entitled l-li.qtoric Di,qtrict Created; E,qtahli,qhed of the Leesburg
Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:
A historic conservation district is hereby created within the town as an overlay on the
official zoning map under authority of Section ~ 15.1-50,3.2 of the State Code to
be known as the H-1 Historic District which includes the original boundaries shown on a
map designated "Gray's New Map of Leesburg" drawn from the special surveys in the
year 1878 as hereby amended and described as follows:
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AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING
DISTRICT MAP REGARDING EXPANSION OF THE H-1 DISTRICT
Beginning on the east at the intersection of Loudoun and Market Streets and
running northeast parallel to Church Street to the intersection of a line in
projection of North Street; thence northwest in a straight line to and along North
Street to the intersection of Church Street; thence northeast in a straight line
parallel to King Street to the intersection of a line in projection of Union Street;
thence in a straight line northwest to and along Union Street to the intersection of
a line in extension of Liberty Street; thence southwest in a straight line to the
intersection of Liberty and North Streets; thence northwest in a straight line in
extension of North Street until intersecting a line in projection of Ayr Street;
thence southwest to and along Ayr Street to a point on the east right-of-way of
Dry Mill Road; thence right along the curb of said right-of-way having a radius of
225.43 feet to the center of the Town Branch; thence along the Town Branch S
41° 10' 41" E to the projection of Ayr Street, thence southwest along the
projection of Ayr Street 100 feet; thence in a straight line in extension of South
Street southeast to Town Branch; thence S 36° 10' 42" E along Town Branch to
the Washington and Old Dominion Trail; thence paralleling the trail and Town
Branch 594.12 feet along a curve to the right having a radius of 3646.36 feet to
the extension of the western right-of-way of Liberty Street; thence N 22° 45' 00" E
to the intersection of a projection of South Street; thence in a straight line in
extension of South Street southeast to a point 200 feet west of King Street, still on
an extension of South Street; thence in a straight line southwest parallel to King
Street to a point 500 feet south of the railroad; thence east across King Street in a
straight line parallel to South Street for 1700 feet; thence northeast in a straight
line parallel to King Street to the intersection of Loudoun and Market Streets, to
also include properties at 406 through 418 S. Kin~, Street, and
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41(,, 41~,, 420, 422, 423,424 and 426 tlmmgh_432 South King Street;
F. dwardq Ferry Road; 305 through 430 West Market Street; 6 Wilson Avenue,
N.W., 10, 14, 18 and 102 Morven Park Road, N.W. and 9 and 21 Ayr Street,
N.W. and 302-334 Loudoun Street, S.W. (inclusive of even numbered addresses
only), 106 Morven Park Road, N.W., 380 Rock Spring Drive, S.W., and 329
Loudoun Street, S.W., and the 8.05-acre Allman tract on South King Street and
Dodona Manor at 217 Edwards Ferry Road, N.E.
SECTION II. The Zoning District Map is hereby amended to include the properties at 216
and 226 Edwards Ferry Road, N.E., and 415, 417, 423, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431 and 432 S. King
Street, S.E., in the H-I, Historic Overlay District as described in Section I above.
SECTION m. All prior ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING
DISTRICT MAP REGARDING EXPANSION OF THE H-1 DISTRICT
SECTION IV. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance is declared invalid by a court
of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or
any remaining provisions of the zoning ordinance.
SECTION V. This ordinance shall be in effect upon its passage.
PASSED this _23.rd_ day of January 2001.
ATTEST:
lerk of Council
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Mayor
Town of Leesburg