HomeMy Public PortalAbout2001_11_27_O23 Rejecting the O'Connor Annexation PetitionThe Town of
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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:
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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
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