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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED April 10, 1990
90-66 ADOPTED April 10, 1990
COMMENTING ON COUNTY REZONING APPLICATION ZM-MAP 89-18,
"RIVER CREEK"
WHEREAS, the River Creek Limited Partnership of Silver Spring, MD. has submitted rezoning
application ZM-MAP 8945 to the Lo,doun County Planning Conanission to rezone approximately
612.68 acres from County A-3 to PDH-24 and a maximum proposal of two dwelling units per acre;
and
WHEREAS, this property is located witlfin the Leesburg Area Manage,nent Plan (LAMP) area
and is accordingly governed by the Annexation Area Development Policies (AADPs); and
WHEREAS, the AADPs provide for town review and comment of applications within the LAMP
area and prohibit the extension of central water and sewer extensions to this area, unless agreed to
by the town and county or as necessary to meet public health needs; and
WHEREAS, this proposed rezoning does not presently conform to the AADPs, LAMP and
Resource Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Loudoun County Plannh~g Commission is processing this rezoning application
in advance of their work underway to develop a General Plan for the county; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesbm'g, under the AADPs', is authorized to consider mmexation
petitions or to initiate by ordinance annexations after January 1, 1994; and
WHEREAS, approval of this rezoning prior to 1994 and in advance of the county's underlying
planning documents would be premature and not in the best interest of the citizens of Leesburg
Loudoun County; and
WHEREAS, this Council recognizes that this area may be appropriate for future development at
a similar scale as proposed in the current rezoning proposal; and
WHEREAS, a low density, high q,,allty golf course community similar to the River Creek
proposal is not now available or planned within the corporate limits of Leesburg; and
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WI-I~, this type of development can be an importunt community asset; and
WHEREAS, this Council has reviewed a report, dated April 3, 1990, from the Leesburg
Department of Planning, Zoning and Development which evaluates and analyzes the proposed
application.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg hi Virgh~ia as follows:
SECTION I. The staff comments dated April 3, 1990, concerning the proposed River Creek ZM-
MAP 89-15 rezoning application are endorsed and the manager is directed to transmit a copy of these
comments and this resolution to the Loudoun County Planning Commission and applicant.
SECTION H. The Loudoun County Planning Commission is encouraged to consider lhture land
use changes in the River Creek area as well as others within the LAMP area to reflect a more urban
development pattern, as part of the preparation of the Loudoun County Gener-~l Plan and any future
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area plan modifications.
PASSED this 10th
Apr i 1 __ ~990.
~o-'~--~n ~. ~Uo]J~e~t~,. J~r., Vice-Mayor
Town of Leesburg
Aq~I'EST:
Clerk of C0(mcil
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