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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED January 8, 1991
91-14 ADOPTED January 8, 1991
ESTABLISHING A POLICY REGARDING SETTING JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGS
WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION
WHEREAS, several requests have been made recently to grant joint public hearings lot'
consideration of special exception or rezoning requests; and
WHEREAS, Sections 15.1-493 and 15.1-431 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, require that
the Planning Commission and Town Council hold public heatings on zoning ordinance and map
amendments and that the hearings may be held jointly; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission meets on four Thursdays each month thereby offering ti~nely
opportunities for hearings and avoiding delays in processing applications; and
WHEREAS, Council desires to provide, whenever possible, members of the public sufficient
opportunities to voice their opinions and concerns formally before Council and the Planning Commission;
and
WHEREAS, occasional scheduling restraints may require a joint public hearing with the Planning
Commission:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
It shall be the policy of the Town Council to authorize joint public hearings with the Planning
Commission only in emergency situations created by holiday schedules, coral deadlines or unavoidable
circumstances.
PASSED this
8th day of
ATTEST:
Clerk of Coun~
R:Jt-hearings
January , 1991.
Ro%ert E Scylla, Maym
Town of Leesburg