HomeMy Public PortalAbout1982_09_08_R117TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
RESOLUTION NO.
82-117
PRESENTED August 25, 1982
AMENDED September 8, 1982
ADOPTED S.gptember 8, 1982
A RESOLUTION: INITIATING AMENDMENTS OF THE SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS CONCERNING PIPESTEM LOTS
WHEREAS, the Leesburg Subdivision and Land Development Regulations provide
inadequate rules for the creation and approval of pipestem lots within
subdivisions:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
SECTION I. An amendment of the Leesburg Subdivision and Land Development
Regulations is hereby initiated to revise Section 13-75 to read as follows:
13-75. Lots.
(a) Lot dimensions shall comply with the minimum requirementsof zoning
regulations for area and width unless varied as authorized in Sections 13-63
and 13-91 or herein.
(b) Side lot lines shall be generally at right angles or radial to street
right-of-way lines unless a variation from this rule will give a better lot
layout. Double frontage lots are permitted except that such lots which abut a
major or primary thoroughfare shall be provided with a separating buffer strip
of land at least two feet in width without the right of access across such strip.
(c) Every residential lot shall abut a public or private street.
(d) Lots, to be known as pipestem lots, may be approved which do not meet
yard and lot width requirements of the zoning regulations provided the proposed
lots will preserve natural features which through standard lot layout would be
lost or the proposed lots will reduce vehicular access points to non-local streets
or the proposed lots permit better utilization of irregularly shaped tracts on an
infill basis. Every pipestem lot shall comply with the following standards:
(1)
The maximum number of abutting pipestem lots shall be five
and any group of five abutting pipestem lots shall be sep-
arated from any other pipestem lot by at least 100 lineal
feet.
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(2)
The maximum distance between the abutting public or pri-
vate street and the front building line on any pipestem
lot shall be 350 lineal feet.
(3)
The stem portion of any pipestem lot shall be excluded
from the computation of lot area in determining compli-
ance with zoning regulations.
(4) The front, side and rear building lines for all pipestem
lots shall be shown on the final plat.
(5)
The minimum width of the stem portion of a pipestem lot
separated from any other pipestem lot shall be fourteen
feet. The minimum combined width of adjacent stem por-
tions of pipestem lots, where a common driveway or access-
way is to be provided, shall be 20 feet. The width of
adjacent stem portions of pipestem lots where separate
driveways or accessways are to be provided shall be four-
teen feet.
SECTION II. The Planning Commission shall conduct a public hearing and
submit a report to the Council in line with the provisions of Sec. 15.1-493,
1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, on this proposed amendment.
PASSED this 8th day of
September , 1982.
Robert E. ~evi~a, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of C~ncil