HomeMy Public PortalAbout1997_09_09_R217 The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED September 9, 1997
RESOLUTION NO. 97-217
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A RESOLUTION: INITIATING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1997 TOWN PLAN
CONCERNING THE H-2 CORRIDOR
WHEREAS, on August 12, 1997, the Town Council requested the Planning and
Zoning Committee consider a proposal to initiate an amendment of the 1997 Town Plan
calling for the extension of the H-2 Corridor along the Route 15 Bypass; and
WHEREAS, Section 15.1-453 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, requires that
amendments to the comprehensive plan be reviewed by the local Planning Commission and
advertised pursuant to Section 15.1-431 of the Code of Virginia, as amended; and
WHEREAS, on September 2, 1997, the Planning and Zoning Committee of the
Town Council considered said proposal to initiate a Town Plan Amendment concerning
the extension of the H-2 corridor,
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
The Planning Commission is requested to forward a recommendation to the
Council concerning the appropriateness of amending pertinent sections of the Land Use
and Historic Preservation and Urban Design Elements of the 1997 Town Plan which
would call for the extension of the H-2 Historic Corridor Overlay District over all or part
of the Route 15 bypass through appropriate amendments to the Zoning Ordinance.
If the Planning Commission recommendation is in the affirmative, the Planning
Commission is requested to also forward specific Plan Amendment text and any
supportive graphics appropriate to the amendment.
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PASSED this 9th day of September , 1997.
ATTEST:
· Clem, Mayor
Leesburg
Clerk of Council