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RESOLUTION NO.
90-24(~
PRESENTED September 12, 1990
ADOPTED September 12, 1990
A RESOLUTION:
TO SET A PUBLIC I-IEARING TO CONSIDER #ZM-123 AN AMENDMENT OF
THE LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP TO
EXPAND THE OLD AND HISTORIC (H-l) DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the property owner of the Rock Spring residence has requested that Rock Spring be
placed in the Old and Historic (H-l) District; and
WHEREAS, Rock Spring is one of the few remaining farms in the Town of Leesburg and it includes
a historic residence dating from the 1750's; and
WHEREAS, Rock Spring is associated with a prominent citizen, Henry Tazewell Harrison who lived
at Rock Spring from 1897 to his death in 1920; and
WHEREAS, the Planning CommL~ion and Board of Architectural Review have recommended
inclusion of this property in the Old and Historic District; and
WHE~, the expansion of the Old and Historic District would contribute to the public welfare
of the Town and would further the purpose and intent of the Historic District regulations and the goals
of the Town Plan:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia a~ follows:
A notice of public hearing to consider an amendment of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance and Zoning
District Map to include the following properties: 311 (the meadow) and 329 (residence) Loudoun Street,
S.W. and 380 Rock Spring Drive, #ZM-123, shall be published in the Loudoun Times-Mirror on
September 20, 1990 and September 27, 1990 for a public hearing on Wednesday, October 10, 1990 at 7:30
p.n~ in the Loudoun County School Board Annex, located at 102 North Street, N.W. in Leesburg.
PASSED this 12th dayof September
Aq~EST:
Clerk of Co~[ncil
,1990
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg