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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED December 12, 1990
90-303 ADOPTED December 12, 1990
INITIATING AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE
SECTION 10A-14 (5) REGARDING SIGNS FOR GASOLINE STATIONS AND
SETTING A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Committee on December 5, 1990 directed staff to propose
an amendment to the sign regulations specifically for gasoline stations; and
WHEREAS, the proposed revisions are narrow in scope and applicable to only gasoline stations;
and
WHEREAS, these amendments will promote greater visibility for gasoline stations without an
appreciable impact on the existing sign regulations:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. An amendment to Section 10A-14(5) of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance is hereby
initiated to delete the current text in its entirety and replace as shown below:
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10A-14(5)
Signs for Gasoline Stations. Automobile gasoline stations may erect signs as
follows:
a_. Maximum Number of Signs. Three.
Types of Signs Permitted. Wall, ground mounted (Monument
Style), awning, canopy or marquee.
c_. Maximum Size of Signs:
Wall and Marquee. Same as individual businesses
(Section 10A-14(2).
RESOLUTION
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INITIATING A ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR SIGNS AT GAS
STATIONS
Ground mounted (Monument Style). Same as for
individual businesses (Section 10A-14(2), but may
include within the allowable square footage a provision
for changeable fuel price sign. The location of the
ground mounted (Monument Style) sign must be
demonstrated as not interfering with entrance sight
distances.
Canopy or Awning. One square foot per linear foot of
the canopy or awning, up to a maximum fifty square
foot per sign.
Gas Pump Signs. Each gas pump shall be permitted a
total of two square foot of sign area to identify the
product dispensed.
SECTION II. A joint public hearing with the Planning Commission and the Town Council
shall be held on January 22, 1991 regarding the proposed zoning ordinance amendment pursuant to
Title 15.1-431 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended. The public hearing shall begin at 7:30 p.m.
or as soon thereafter as the matter may be reached, and shall be held in the Lower Level, Council
Committee Meeting Room, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia. The clerk shall publish notice
of this hearing in the Loudoun Times-Mirror on January 9, 1991 and January 16, 1991 and shall
advise the Planning Commission of the purpose, time, and date of the hearing.
SECTION III. The Planning Commission shall consider this proposed amendment and report
its recommendation to the Town Council on or before the Joint Public Hearing date of January 22,
1991.
PASSED this 12th day of
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
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Town of Leesburg