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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED July 11, 1989
89-140 ADOPTED July 11, 1989
ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO
ASSIST THE COUNCIL WITH THE REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED
CONSOLIDATED COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS
AND MAKING APPOINTMENTS THERETO
and
WI-IEREAS, Leesburg's Zoning Ordinance has not been comprehensively updated since 1959;
WHE~, the 1959 zoning ordinance was enacted when Leesburg was a sm.ll~ rural
community of 3,000 people; and
WHEREAS, today Leesburg is a 11.55 square mile community and the third largest town in
Virginia, with a population in excess of 18,000, representing a major growth center within the
Greater Wasbin~on Metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, since 1984, Leesburg has been admlrdstering two zoning ordinances; and
WHEREAS, Leesburg's 1984 county/town Annexation Agreement and Court Order require the
town to prepare a consolidated zoning ordinance for the expanded town; and
WHEREAS, another principal purpose of the revised zoning ordinance is to f, dt~!! the land use
goals and objectives and implementation program contained in the award winning Town Plan 1986,
as amended; and
WHEREAS, comprehensive revisions have been underway to the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance
during the last five years; and
WHEREAS, the commercial district and residential district regulations represent the last major
components of the consolidated zoning ordinance; and
WHERFJ~, these amendments were initiated by the Town Council in September of 1986; and
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RESOLUTION - ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC crI~NS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the plannin~ Commi~mlon's work during the last three years resulted in
modifications to the o 'rtginal Council initiated ordinance to include the el~mln~tion of conditional uses
and the expansion of some special exception uses, as well as a revised special exception process; and
WHE~_.d~, this revised ordinance w~s then reinitiated by the Council at the Pla~nin~
Commi~mlon's request on February 14, 1989; and
WHEREAS, the Plar~in~ Commission has conducted a formal public hearing as well as
subsequent meetings which have afforded a large group of Leesburg's citizens, business owners and
others an opportunity to comment on this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the manager's office and planning staff have evaluated all oral and written
testimony concerning the proposed ordinance and proposed major revisions to the public hearing
version of the document to include many of these comments; and
WHEREAS, this revised draft ordinance was the the subject of a public roundtable meeting on
June 24, 1989, with over 100 persons in attendance; and
WHEKEAS, additional comments and suggestions were heard at that meeting, which this
Council intends to consider in its initial modifications to the draft ordinance to be published July 25,
1989; and
WHEREAS, this Council desires to create a citizens advisory committee to facilitate further
review of the revised ordinance by a diverse group of business, civic, professional and neighborhood
leaders; and
WHEREAS, this citizens advisory committee will provide the Council with an additional
perspective to ensure this document is consistent with good zoning practice, urban design and
community values, as well as to measure its impact on existing and future business development; and
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RESOLUTION - ESTABIJSHING AN AD HOC CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, a future public hearing on the revised ordinance will be scheduled, following the
Council's acceptance of the report of the citizens advisory committee:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in VirEinia as follows:
SECTION I. An ad hoc committee to be Darned "Citizens Advisory Committee on the
proposed Commercial District Regulations" is hereby created. The major purpose of this committee is
to furnish the Town Council with a written report on or before September 26, 1989, with
comments on the Council's amended draft commercial clistr/ct regulations, as of July 25, 1989.
SECTION II. The following individ~ml.~ are appointed to serve on this dtizens advisory
committee:
Thomas Donnelly
Donald S. Caruthers
Beckbam W. Dickerson, Jr.
C. Terry Titus
Jane Fellows
Rose Garrett
Rowland Carlson
Hubbard C. Turner
Patricia Muir
Fred Willlnm~
SECTION III. Serving as non-voting members on the advisory committee are Robert E. Sevila
from the Leesburg Town Council and Carl Johnson from the Leesburg Planning Commi.~/on.
PASSED this 11th day of July , 1989.
Aq~EST: .'
01~rk of Com~
Robert E. Sevlla,
Town of Leesburg
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