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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED April 9, 1996
96-71 ADOPTED April 9, 1996
ENCOURAGING THE LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND THE LOUDOUN COUNTY PLANNING
COMMISSION TO LIMIT RETAIL LAND USE ON ROUTE 7 WEST OF
ROUTE 28
WHEREAS, the Loudoun County Comprehensive Plan states, in part, that:
"... The Route 7 Corridor will maintain its campus like appearance and be one
of the primary locations for premier office/research and development uses. The
county should vigorously attempt to locate regional and nationally oriented office
centers on Route 7 and Route 28..".; and
WHEREAS, an application for a Zoning Concept Plan and Proffer Amendment for
Belmont has been submitted to Loudoun County; and
WHEREAS, the Belmont application, in pm% proposes additional retail land uses which
would be located in the Route 7 corridor between Route 28 and west toward the Leesburg town
limits; and
WHEREAS, the Belmont application may require a Loudoun County Comprehensive Plan
Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg is concerned that the Route 7 Corridor be maintained
as a premier office/light industrial employment corridor.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and the Loudoun County Planning
Commission are hereby urged to maintain the Route 7 corridor as a premier office/light industrial
employment corridor and to discourage additional regional retail uses other than those already
identified in the Loudoun County Comprehensive Plan.
PASSED this 9tb day of April ,1996.
J~fnes E. Clem, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
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