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PRESENTED March 26, 1986
RESOLUTION NO. 86-58 ADOPTED March 26, 1986
A RESOLUTION: INITIATING AN AMENDMENT TO THE SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOP-
MENT REGULATIONS REGARDING PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS
AUTHORIZING A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
WHEREAS, the present Subdivision and Land Development Regulations do
not require the delineation of public utility easements on subdivision
plats; and
WHEREAS, the Leesburg Planning Commission has recommended an amendment
to Sections 13-61 and 13-76 of the Subdivision and Land Developmen't Regula-
tions to require that all public utility easements be illustrated on
preliminary and final subdivision plats in order to ensure that all public
utility easements are located along side or rear lot lines; and
WHEREAS, it is determined that location of public utilities in side
and rear yards is in the interest of protecting the public health, safety
and general welfare:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
SECTION I. The following amendments to the Subdivision and Land
Development Regulations are initiated as follows:
Sec. 13-61. Required contents of subdivision plats.
(b) Preliminary plat contents
(4) Graphic requirements
((n)) Approximate location of proposed public utility ease-
ments to provide electrical~ telephone, cable tele-
vision and/or natural gas service to individual lots,
as provided in Sec. 13-76.
(c) Final plat contents
(16) Location of public utility easements to provide electrical,
telephone~ cable television and/or natural gas service to
individual lots, as provided in Sec. 13-76.
PUBLIC UTILITU EASEMENTS
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Sec. 13-76. Easements.
(a) Easements shall be provided where necessary for sanitary sewer,
water mains, gas mains, electrical lines, telephone lines, cable
television lines and other necessary services~ Such easements
shall be centered along rear or side property lines unless another
location is deemed more appropriate by the Planning Commission.
Easements along rear lot lines should be a minimum of ten feet
wide and five feet wide along side lot lines. -The location of
all such easements shall be indicated on subdivision plats, as
provided in Section 13-61.
SECTION II. A public hearing at which persons affected by or interested
in the amendments proposed above may appear and present their views ~shall be
held beginning at 7:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be reached
on April 23 , 1986 in the Council Chambers, 10 Loudoun S~treet, $.W.,
Leesburg, Virginia, and in compliance with Section 15.1-431 of the Code of Vir-
ginia this hearing shall be a joint public hearing of both the Planning Com-
mission and Council. The Clerk shall give notice of this hearing and the Coun-
cil's intention to adopt this amendment on April 3 , 1986 and April 10,
1986 and advise the Planning Commission of the purpose, time and date of the
hearing.
PASSED this 26th
day of March
ATTEST:
Clerk of Cfncil
, 1986.
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
t~ayor