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Home My Public Portal About1990_07_11_R175L. v.:~£ eesourg in aVirginia RESOLUTION NO: 90-175 A RESOLUTION: PRESENTED July 11, 1990 ADOPTED July 11, 1990 ENDORSING THE DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEXATION ARF_~ DEVELOPMENT POLICIES (AADP'S) AND REFER_RING THE DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE AADP JOINT POLICY COM1V[ITTEE WHEREAS, the Annexation Area Development Policies were adopted by the Town of Leesburg and Loudoun County on November 15, 1982; and WHEREAS, the AADP's are intended to implement and maintain a mutually supportive relationship between the two governing bodies which assures that a full range of governmental services will be addressed and provided for in the annexation area; and WHEREAS, as adopted, joint review of these policies was required to commence prior to December 31, 1989; and WHEREAS, the AADP Joint Policy Committee together with Town of Leesburg and Loudoun County staff prepared amendments to the adopted AADP document to reflect new information and changes in growth patterns; and WHEREAS, on February 12, 1990 the AADP Joint Policy Committee recommended that the draft amendments to the AADP's be forwarded to the Town Council and Beard of Supervisors for review and comment; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Committee of the Leesburg Town Council has reviewed the draft amendments to the AADP's dated February 12, 1990; and WHEREAS, the Leesburg Town Council held a public hearing on June 13, 1990 to consider the said amendments to the AADP document; and WHEREAS, Council modifications regarding government facilities and the Leesburg Airport have been made following the public hearing: THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows: SECTION I: The Leesburg Town Council hereby endorses the draft amendments to the Annexation Area Development Policies dated February 12, 1990. RESOLUTION - AADP'S -2- SECTION II: These draft amendments to the Annexation Area Development Policies are referred back to the AADP Joint Policy Committee for fomal recommendation. PASSED this llth day of July , 1990. RSbert E rayo-r Town of Leesburg ATTEST: 'Clerk of CounCil ANNEXATION AREA DEVELOPMENT POLICIES Attachment 2 6. The Town shall ensure the preservation of natural open space areas adjacent to the Potomac River. 7. The Town and County shall work together to ensure the preservation of the Balls Bluff National Cemetary and battlefield are~ Town and County will participate in development of a Greenway Trail study for the development of bikeways~ trsi!~ and preservation of stream and river beds in Leesburg and Loudoun County. COMMENTAEY The Leesburg Airport is an economic asset for Loudoun County. Its future viability must be ensured through prohibition of residential uses in close proximity to the runway or airport operations and through provision of central sewer and water service to the airport property. The airport should be developed according to an adopted Airport Master Plan. However, the airport must be a good neighbor to surrounding land uses. Therefore, planned expansion of the airport must be coordinated with the residential, transportation, environmental and employment growth plans of the Town and County. AIRPORT POLICIES Development and expansion of the Leesburg Municipal Airport shall b~..... ~o.~.~.e..r' Plan Update prepared by Howard Needles T~mmen & Ber~endoff ~. Proposed commercia~ light industrial~ and office developments around the Leesburg Municipal Airport located within the LDN 65 noise zone or greater shall be required to use special noise-proofing techniques. No additional (new) residential development will be permitted in the projected LDN 65 or greater noise zone. New residential development proposed in the projected LDN 55-60 or LDN 60-65 noise zones sh,dl be required to use special noise proofing techni.q.u, es and contain "fun disclosure" information' ' ~:s~s:~:ss~,.~~i.:~i~:.:~:.s~ss~-::.:.~:.:~.~':'"'¥ '~':':':'"' ':';":' '''~' ':"'" "" '~':':'"'":: '"'"~':'::'"': ;':i:~;.':::.:.'.'::.: ' .. ~..-'" :.:~" ~.'.:.'.'.:":: '-' '::::-'.::::~:~.~'.''' .................................................................................................................................. m way COMMENTARY The Leesburg area is serviced by many secondary roads and two major primnry roads (Route 7 and 15) providing regional access to the Town. Capacity should be planned to accommodate projected traffic on major roads except on the Route 15 Bypass where 4-lane sections must be completed within the planned right-of-way and where interchanges have been planned by VDI4 O__ &T. Other major highway improvement issues involve coord~rmtion of the Dunes Toll Road Extension aliEnment and secondary roads adjacent to and intersecting with Route 7 in the annexation area east of the Route 15 Bypass, and constl~_ction or improvement of secondary roads linking the growth areas south of the bypass and the bypas ~ .... ~ .... ' ~ -' ........~ ':~ c~)~attlefield growth areas north of Route 7 east of the s , ............... .~ - ~ .,.,,. r Parkway). New roads should be sensitive to floodplsiu and W & OD trail crossings. These highway components are illustrated by Map C, r~ __~ ~ and ...... -' .... 11 ANNEXATION ,~R~& DEVELOPMENT POLICIF_~ Att~hment 2 COMMENTARY Government and recreational facilities, health and human services and libraries should be centrally located in and around the Town of Leesburg whenever possible. E~Rmples include: New fire/rescue station site~_ should be located within the northeast quadrant of Leesburg and within the Stratford Planned Community. c,.'i '~',~,~ ...... .~.. ~..~-'-.m.:.~..c-A-~ . ~.i".~I:A · v,...--A~ .--CA-.~ ,~.A~..~ bo A range of public service facility sites should be located within the Tow~ F~r cr. amplc, a~-caz A full range of public h~mRn services facilities should be located within or near the Town, including but not limited to: transition home, halfway house, youth shelter, group home for the mentally handicapped, housing for the elderly, daycare operations. GOVERNMENT FACILITIES POLICIES 1. Recreation, health, social services, libraries and other facilities should be conveniently located in or around the Town of Leesburg. 2. A New fire/rescue station sites Zz1'-1''"'1' should be located east or south of the bypass as determined in consultation with the fire and rescue squads. 3. The Town and County will facilitate the location of required public and h-rash service facilities within or adjacent to the Town of Leesburg. L Environmental, Histm-ic and Cultural Factors COMMENTARY Future development within the annexation area must take place in recognition of the area's natural, historic and cultural context. The following goals should guide the land development process within the annexation ares-_ Slopes Slopes greater than 25 percent should be preserved in their natural state allowing for only passive recreational use. Development on slopes of 15 percent to 25 percent will be discouraged; when development occurs it should be subject to special restrictions such as grading requirements, stormwater management techniques, and vegetation protection to ensure environmental stability. Water Resomees All future planning, growth and land use decisions should ms!ntain and protect the Leesburg area's hydrologic system and water resources, both surface and undergrouncL 18