HomeMy Public PortalAbout1979_09_26_R138 TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
RESOLUTION NO. 79-138 PRESENTED September 26, 1979
ADOPTED· September 26, 1979
A RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZING AN ANSWER TO THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION
BY CHARLES B. MCKIMMEY, ET AL.
WHEREAS, Charles B. McKimmey, et al, representing more than 51
percent of the qualified voters in a certain territory adjacent to
the corporate limits of the Town of Leesburg, filed a petition in the
Circuit Court of the County of Loudoun, Virginia, for annexation of
territory specifically described by a map and a metes and bounds des-
cription that is part of the said petition; and
WHEREAS, the petition requests that the territory be annexed to
the Town of Leesburg pursuant to Article I, Chapter 25, Title 15.1 of
the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg has been named as a necessary
party to the proceedings and has been served with a copy of said
petition:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg,
Virginia, as follows:
The Town Attorney is authorized and directed to file an answer
in the Circuit Court of Loudoun County to the aforementioned annexation
petition generally as follows:
(1) With the exception noted below, the Town of Leesburg agrees
with all of the statements and terms contained in the said petition,
including but not limited to the desirability of, necessity for, and
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expediency of the annexation of the said territory to the Town of
Leesburg.
(2) Statements 8.a and 8.b with respect to zoning for the said
territory are not appropriately included in the petition as the zoning
of a newly annexed territory is established pursuant to Section 1-3
of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance and any subsequent rezonings are agcompli-
shed through appropriate Council action in accordance with the Code of
Virginia.
(3) The terms set out for the annexation shall be subject to
current and prospective federal, state and town laws, ordinances,
rules and regulations.
PASSED this 26th day of · 'September , 1979.
ATTEST:
Clerk of Co~cil
~G'.~D/e/w~e ~y~~~~r ' pro_ Tem
Town of Leesburg