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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED November 22~ 1988
88-228 ADOPTED November 22~ 1988
ENDORSING THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS CONCERNING LEESBURG'S
HISTORIC DISTRICT PARKING FEE PROGRAM
RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
The Mayor's letter dated November 18 is endorsed as the Counci~L's
response to the Planning Commission's request that legislation to signifi-
cantly increase the town's historic district parking fees be initiated.
PASSED this 22nd day of November
7~ 1988.
Robert E. S , Mayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of ~nctl
Lees urg ia Virginia
ROBEI~ ~. 9gVILA
MAYOR
15 WEST MARKET STREET · POST OFFICE BOX 88 · 22075 · 703-777-24~0 · OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
November 18, 1988
Mr. William Webb, Chairman
Leesburg Planning Commission
704 Wage Dr., S.W.
Leesburg, VA 22075
Re: Historic District Parking Fees
and Regulations
Dear Bill:
The Planning and Zoning Committee and the entire Council has had att
opportunity to review your action on November 3 to ask the Council to
initiate an amendment to Section 2A-5(b)(2) of the Leesburg Zoning
Ordinance to alter the process for historic district parking fees and
to raise the fee from $3,000 to up to $8,000. While the town is on the
threshold of bidding our downtown municipal government center/parking
structure complex, we are naturally reluctant to initiate any program that
could reduce the revenues we'll need to help pay for our 371 space parking
structure. Fees set too high will discourage needed development downtown
and impair the viability of the town's planned 18,000 square-foot infill
project on Loudoun Street. The location and scale of the town's new
parking structure is intended to fulfill much of the need for new parking
in Leesburg so that our downtown streetscape is not diminished by new
on-site parking lots for every newly developed lot.
While we appreciate the concerns expressed by the Planning Commission, we
also had an opportunity to consider the views of Committee Chairman. and
Council Planning Commission Representative Christine Forester as well as
our t:ownmanager and finance director. We believe the present historic
district parking program has not been abused and will be essential to the
continued vitality of downtown Leesburg as well as the successful retire-
ment of the parking structure debt.
The Town Council and staff will continue to monitor and evaluate
Leeeburg's downtown parking supply, historic district parking fees .and
hourly parking rates once our new facility comes on-line so that proper
adjustments can be made to complement this very needed facility.
MEMBER OF VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Mr. Webb
November 18, 1988
Page Two
Thanks again for your interest and input.
Sincerely,
Robert E. Sevila
Mayor
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CC:
Leesburg Town Council
Jeffrey H. Minor, Town Manager
Paul York, Director of Finance
Same letter sent to Mr. Belles, }ir. Johnson, Mr. Jackson, }ir. Gheen and Mrs. Darling