HomeMy Public PortalAbout1985_02_13_R027The Town of Leesburg in Virginia
PRESENTED February 13, 1985
RESOLUTION NO. 85-27 ADOPTED February 13, 1985
A RESOLUTION: OPPOSING THE LOCATION OF A YOUTH SHELTER GROUP HOME AT THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF CATOCTIN CIRCLE AND CHILDREN'S CENTER
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WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors for Loudoun County has advised the
Council that it has an option to purchase approximately 2 acres from Every
Citizen has an Opportunity, Inc. (ECHO) to construct a county youth shelter
group home for up to twelve residents; and
WHEREAS, the proposed site is zoned R-l, a zoning district which does not
permit or conditionally permit a group home; and
WHEREAS, the proposed group home use could potentially conflict with the
adjacent opertion of an ECHO headquarters/sheltered workshop facility; and
WHEREAS, the addition of a third proposed institutional use at the
Children's Center Road/Catoctin Circle intersection could materially change
future land use decisions in that neighborhood and result in pressures to rezone
adjacent tracts to more intense business zones, incompatible with nearby resi-
dential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the proposed group home use could have an adverse impact on the
development and marketing of approved residential developments along Catoctin
Circle; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg has made a substantial investment in this
area to promote compatible residential land uses through its construction of
Catoctin Circle West and the extension of water distribution facilities; and
WHEREAS, other, more suitable locations for the proposed facility exist
within the Town of Leesburg;
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Youth Shelter Resolution
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THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
SECTION I. The Council hereby opposes the location of a youth shelter
group home at the intersection of Children's Center Road and Catoctin Circle for
the aforementioned reasons.
SECTION II. The manager is directed to transmit a copy of this resolution
to the County Administrator.
PASSED this 13th day of February , 1985.
ATTE ST:
~ erk of ~ncil
Williams, Mayor Pro-Tem
Town of Leesburg
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