HomeMy Public PortalAbout1994_01_11_R001 The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED January 11~ 1994
RESOLUTION NO. 94-1
ADOPTED January 11~ 1994
A RESOLUTION:
INITIATING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 18-55.8 OF THE SUBDIVISION
AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE TOWN OF
LEESBURG REGARDING BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENTS AND
REFERRING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC I-IEARING
AND RECOMMENDATION
WHEREAS, on July 1, 1993, the Virginia General Assembly, in regular session, mended Section
15.1-483.1 Code of Virginia as it pertains to the relocation or alteration of boundary lines; and
WHEREAS, to ensure consistency with the Code of Virginia, the Town of Leesburg Subdivision
and Land Development Regulations should be likewise amended; and
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. This amendment is hereby initiated and referred to the Planning Commission for
a public hearing and recommendation to the Town Council to amend Section 13-55.3 of the Subdivision
and Land Development Regulations for the Town of Leesburg, said amendment to read as follows:
SECTION 13-55.3 BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENTS
The Land Development Official may approve the relocation or other alteration of the boundary of any
lot or parcel of land, which was established as part of an otherwise valid and properly recorded plat of
subdivision or re-subdivision and properly executed by the owner(s) of such land and approved as
provided in this ordinance or properly recorded prior to the applicability of a subdivision ordinance and
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additional lots or involve the relocation or alteration of streets, alleys, easements for public passage, or
other public areas; and provided further, that no easements or utility rights-of-way shall be relocated or
altered without the express consent of all persons holding any interest therein. A boundary line
adjustment shall result in lots which conform to the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance, or in the case
of existing non-conforming lots, does not increase the extent of non-conformance. The plat approving the
boundary line adjustment shall be in a form approved by the Land Development Official and shall be
executed by the owner or owners of such land as provided in Section 15.1-477 of the 1950 Code of
Virginia, as amended, ~.M. ,~ ~ .: ....... ~*~' ..... ~' ...... ~ and shall bear the seal and signature
of a certified land surveyor, and the approval signatures of the Land Development Official and Zoning
Administrator. The subdivider or developer shall record the boundary line adjustment plat in the land
records of Loudoun County within six months of approval. Any plat not so recorded shall be deemed null
and void.
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RESOLUTION: INITIATING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 13-55.3 OF THE SUBDIVISION AND
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
SECTION II. The Planning Commission shall report its recommendation to the Town Council
on the proposed amendment pursuant to Chapter 11, Title 15.1-431 of the Code of Virginia, as amended.
PASSED this llth day of January , 1994.
ATTEST:
clerk of Co~~
~ames E. Clem, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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