HomeMy Public PortalAbout1981_01_28_R013RESOLUTION NO. 81-13
TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTED January 14, 1981
~4ENDED January 14, 1981
ADOPTED' January 28, 1981
A RESOLUTION: CONCE~ING COMMISSION PERbIITS
WHEREAS, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors filed a
law suit against the Leesburg Planning Commission and this Council
contesting denial of a commission permit required by the State Code
for a youth shelter at 40 West Loudoun Street despite the fact the
Board has begun a search for a more suitable and acceptable site; and
WHEREAS, the suit seeks to determine the issue on narrow
procedural issues rather than the substance of the county's applica-
tion, attempts to discredit procedures used by the Planning Commission
and questions whether the Board must secure a commission permit at
all; and
WHEREAS, while the county chose the courts as the forum for
deciding the commission permit this Council is confident the issue
will ultimately be decided in the town's favor; and
WHEREAS, now the Board on December 15, 1980 invited the
Council to establish a "working task force" for the purpose of estab-
lishing a mutually satisfactory "modus vivendi" for issuance of
future permits:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg
in Virginia as follows:
This Council finds the Board's offer to work together in-
appropriate at this time and more accurately described as "pax in
bello". This Council will not negotiate as a hostage to a pending
-2-
law suit. In the spirit of cooperation, however, this Council
proposes that the unwise use of tax funds by both jurisdictions
resulting from the Board's suit could be stopped immediately by
withdrawal of the suit by the county. After the suit is with-
drawn, this Council will direct the manager to work with the
county staff to develop proposed commission permit procedures,
to the extent legally possible, for consideration by this Coun-
cil and the Board.
PASSED this 28th day of January , 1981.
ATTEST:
~Rol li'ns, Mayor Town of Leesburg