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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2001_11_27_O23 Rejecting the O'Connor Annexation PetitionThe Town of Leesburg, lrglnla ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE: PRESENTED November 27, 2001 20011-0-23 ADOPTED November 27, 2001 REJECTING THE ANNEXATION PETITION FII~ED BY THE OWNERS OF THE O'CONNOR PROPERTY WHEREAS, Nancy H. O'Connor, Eugene F. O'Connor, Ann Harrison O'Connor McCarty, Owen Gray Benedict O'Connor and Harrison O'Connor (collectively, the "O'Connor Family") are the fee simple record owners of certain real property identified in the Tax Year 2001 Loudoun County Tax Maps as Parcel 39-11-1 (MCPI # 186-16-4287-001) consisting of 384.25 acres of land located in Loudoun County (hereinafter, the "O'Connor Property"); and WHEREAS, the O'Connor Family has filed a Notice with the Virginia Commission On Local Government and the town of its intent to intervene in the petition for annexation of unincorporated territory within Loudoun County, Virginia into the Town of Leesburg now pending before the Commission and to seek annexation of the O'Connor Property into the Town; and WHEREAS, the Town Council has determined that the annexation of the O'Connor Property would not be in the best interests of the residents of the Town; and WHEREAS, Virginia Code § 15.2-3203(B) grants a town to which an annexation is proposed the authority to reject such annexation by ordinance, duly adopted by a majority of the elected members of the goveming body of the town. THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows: 1. The Town of Leesburg hereby rejects the proposed annexation of the O'Connor Property to the Town of Leesburg. A RESOLUTION: -2- REJECTING THE ANNEXATION PETITION FILED BY THE OWNERS OF THE O'CONNOR PROPERTY The Town Attorney and Special Legal Counsel are authorized to take all necessary steps to communicate the Town Council's rejection of the proposed annexation of the O'Connor Property to the Commission on Local Government and to the O'Connor Family. 3. This Ordinance shall be in force and effect from the date of its passage. PASSED this 27th day of November 2001. ATTEST: (~Jerk of Council R:rejectannex