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Leesburg,
Virginia
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED March 28~ 1995
95-60 ADOPTED March 28~ 1995
INITIATING AN AMENDMENT OF THE LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE
AND THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP TO EXPAND THE H-1 OLD AND
HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT TO INCLUDE DODONA MANOR -
REZONING
WHEREAS, the property owner of 217 Edwards Ferry Road (Tax Map 48A Block 35 lot 13) has
requested that Dodona Manor be placed in the Old and Historic District which would change the current
zoning from both B-1 and B-2 to B-I; and
WHEREAS, the property would be eligible for inclusion into the historic district as the only home
owned by, General George C. Marshall who was nationally and internationally prominent and who resided
at the property from 1941 until his death in 1959; and
WHEREAS, the property includes an historically significant building whose preservation would be
of education benefit to Leesburg's citizens and would contribute to the public welfare of the Town; and
WHEREAS, the inclusion of Dodona Manor in the historic district would further the purpose and
intent of the historic district regulations and the goals of the town plan which in 1986 cited Dodona Manor
as a historic site:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. An amendment of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance and the Zoning District Map is
hereby initiated to include the following property: 217 Edwards Ferry Road NE.
SECTION II. This proposed amendment of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance and Zoning District Map
is referred to the Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation under Chapter II, Title 15.1
of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended. The Planning Commission shall report its recommendation to the
Town Council of the proposed amendment within 30 days of the public hearing.
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RESOLUTION: DODONA MANOR IN H-1 OLD AND HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT
SECTION III. In accordance with Section 5A-8 of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance, the Board of
Architectural Review shall make its recommendation on this proposed expansion of the Old and Historic
District to the Town Council prior to its adoption·
PASSED this 28th day of March
,1995.
· Clem, Mayor
Leesburg