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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESEN~D.. November 22~ 1988
88-229 ADOPTED November 22~ 1988
INITIATING AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE
REGARDING BUFFER-YARDS ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND SETTING A
JOINT PUBLIC REARING
WHEREAS, the Landscaping, Screening and Open Space Regulations of the
Leesburg Zoning Ordinance permits property in residential zoning distri.cts
to provide buffer-yards by increasing the lot size over the minim~
required by the relevant residential zoning district; and
WHEREAS, residential lots developed prior to the adoption of 'the
Landscaping, Screening and Open Space Regulations that are sufficiently
over-sized are considered to have provided buffer-yards under these
circumstances; and
WHEREAS, this method of providing buffer-yards on property in
residential zoning districts does not promote public health, safety and
general welfare and does not protect property values:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
SECTION I. An amendment of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance is initiated
to amend Section 9A-14(f)(2) as follows:
(2) Existing development not complying with buffer requirement.
Whenever a development plan or subdivision application is proposed
adjacent to a developed property that has not provided any or all of
the required buffer, the adjacent proposed development shall provide
the balance of the buffer-yard required by Section 9A-13. This
provision shall apply unless modified by Section 9A-15.
Residentially zoned or used properties developed prior to the
adoption of this ordinance shall not be determined to have provided a
buffer-yard as defined by Section
SECTION II. A public hearing on this amendment shall be held at
7:30 p.m. on December 13, 1988, in the Council Chambers, 10 West Loudoun
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INITIATING AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEESBURG ZONING DISTRICT REGARDING
BUFFER-YARDS ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND SETTING A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
Street, S.W., Leesburg, Virginia. In accordance with Section 15.].-431 of
the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, this hearing shall be a joint
hearing of both the Planning Commission and Council. The clerk shall give
notice of this hearing on November 23 and December 1, 1988 and shall advise
the Planning Commission of the purpose, time and date of the hearing.
SECTION III. The Planning Commission shall report its
recommendation to the Town Council on the proposed amendment within 30 days
following the public hearing.
PASSED this 22nd
ATTEST:
Clerk of C~ncil
day of November , 1988.
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg