HomeMy Public PortalAbout1991_06_25_R138 Relinquishing the Use of "Long Lane" As a Street NameThe Town of
Leesburg,
irginia
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED June 25, 1991
91-138 ADOPTED June 25, 1991
RELINQUISHING THE USE OF "LONG LANE" AS A STREET NAME IN THE
TOWN OF LEESBURG
WHEREAS, the residents of "Long Lane/Egg Path" in Lovettsville petitioned the Loudoun County
Board of Supervisors to rename their street to Long Lane; and
WHEREAS, their request was denied because Route 654 in Leesburg is named Long Lane; and
WHEREAS, on June 18, 1991, a representative of the residents on "Long Lane/Egg Path" in
Lovettsville, petitioned the Leesburg Town Council at an Administration and Public Works Committee
meeting to relinquish the use of "Long Lane" as a street name in Leesburg; and
WHEREAS, no citizens currently reside on the Leesburg Long Lane and twenty families reside on
Lovettsville's "Long Lane/Egg Path"; and
WHEREAS, the Lovettsville residents have offered to pay the costs of renaming the Leesburg Long
Lane up to $5,000; and
WHEREAS, both streets cannot be named Long Lane because duplication of street names are
limited by the policies of county emergency services; and
WHEREAS, Loudoun County has agreed to rename Egg Path in Lovettsville to Long Lane if
Leesburg relinquishes the name Long Lane; and
WHEREAS, an alternate name has not been selected but is scheduled for the next Council
Administration and Public Works Committee meetin~
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
Town Council agrees to relinquish the name Long Lane so that Loudoun County may allocate the
name to Lovettsville once a suitable name for Leesburg's Long Lane is selected.
PASSED this 25th
__ day of June, 1991.
ATTEST:
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
R:Long-Lane