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Leesburg,
Virginia
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED: March 9, 2004
2004-31
ADOPTED: March 9, 2004
APPROVING SPECIAL EXCEPTION #SE 2003-06, COSTCO TIRE
CENTER, 1300 EDWARDS FERRY ROAD, N.E., TO PERMIT A
FOUR-BAY AUTOMOBILE TIRE INSTALLATION SERVICE
CENTER
WHEREAS, Costco Wholesale Corporation has requested special exception approval to
amend existing Board of Zoning Appeals Special Exception #88-167 to permit the relocation of a
freestanding vehicle service center (tire installation facility) from a pad location to the main
Costco building at the Battlefield Marketplace Shopping Center; and
WHEREAS, the property is located in the B-3 Community Retail/Commercial Zoning
District; and
WHEREAS, on December 4, 2003, the Planning Commission recommended conditional
approval of this application; and
WHEREAS, on February 24, 2004, the Town Council held a public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the proposed use meets the special exception standards for an automobile
service facility as set forth in the Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends approval, with the conditions set forth below.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows: Special Exception application #SE 2003-06, Costco Tire Center, 1300 Edwards Ferry
Road, N.E., identified in the Loudoun County Land Records as Parcel Identification Number
147-45-2905, is hereby approved subject to the following conditions:
1. No outside sales and/or displays shall be permitted.
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A RESOLUTION: APPROVING SPECIAL EXCEPTION #SE 2003-06, COSTCO TIRE
CENTER, 1300 EDWARDS FERRY ROAD, N.E.
2. No outdoor service shall be permitted. All service work shall be conducted indoors
within the service bay areas.
3. No outdoor storage of tires shall be permitted. All storage shall be conducted within an
enclosed area; it shall be out of view, and in a manner that will not provide a harborage
for insects and/or pests.
4. Hours of operation of the Tire Center shall not exceed the hours of operation of the
Costco store.
5. The Tire Center square-foot area (2,600 square feet) shall count against the cumulative
total square-foot area allowed for freestanding special exception uses, (46,889 square
feet).
6. The use of outdoor speakers and/or paging systems shall be prohibited.
7. The Tire Center square-foot area (2,600 square feet) shall count against the cumulative
total square-foot area allowed for special exception uses, freestanding and non-
freestanding, (175,000 square feet).
8. The Applicant agrees to install an S3-C bufferyard along the northern property boundary
with the Edwards Landing residential development in accordance with recommendations
of the Town Arborist. White pines and American holly will be exchanged for Green
Giant arborvitae and Nellie Stevens holly or a comparable hardy holly. Evergreen trees
will be at least seven (7) to eight (8) feet tall at time of installation.
9. The Applicant agrees to construct a masonry wall along the length of the loading dock.
Such wall shall be at least thirteen feet four inches (13'4") in height constructed with the
same materials and colors as the main Costco building.
10. The Applicant agrees that freestanding lighting standards in the parking lot in the vicinity
of the northern property boundary will not exceed twenty (20) feet in height. Pole
fixtures shall be shielded so that the source of illumination is not visible from adjoining
properties. Light bulb wattages shall not exceed 400 watts. Illumination levels at the
property boundary shall not exceed 0.5 foot-candles as per DCSM 7-670 and as shown on
the T.E. Inc. Photometrics Plan (Page SE-l) revised dated November 11, 2003.
11. The Applicant agrees to construct a masonry enclosure of the trash compactor. Such
enclosure walls shall be at least eight feet four inches (8'4") in height, and shall be
constructed of the same materials and colors used on the main Costco building. The
enclosure will include an opaque gate of similar color and height.
12. The Applicant agrees to construct an opaque, beige-colored, flat-finished, vinyl, tongue
and groove fence, eight (8) feet tall along the northern edge of the parking facility closest
to the Edwards Landing residential development in accordance with the detail sheet
attached to this memorandum. There shall be at least two gates to allow access for
maintenance purposes to the buffer plantings on the north side of the fence.
13. Development of this special exception use shall be in substantial conformance with the
plat entitled "Special Exception Plat - Battlefield Marketplace" dated August 17, 2003
prepared by Huntley, Nyce & Associates, Ltd., and as modified by these conditions.
14. Compliance with the above-stated conditions shall be complete prior to issuance of any
occupancy permit for the Costco store.
A RESOLUTION:
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APPROVING SPECIAL EXCEPTION #SE 2003-06, COSTCO TIRE
CENTER, 1300 EDWARDS FERRY ROAD, N.E.
15. The required bufferyard and fence to be installed along the northern-most boundary of
the site may be modified as necessary in order to incorporate an earthen berm reviewed
and approved in accordance with applicable Town requirements. Incorporation of any
such berm shall not express or imply the waiver of any required landscape buffer or
fencing on the site.
16. Approval of this special exception application does not express or imply any waiver or
modification of the requirements set forth in the Subdivision and Land Development
Regulations, Zoning Ordinance, or Design and Construction Standards Manual, and that
final plats, development plans and construction drawings are subject to the applicable
town regulations.
PASSED this 9_.~_~ day of March, 2004.
tOIiste~n C. L~nstattd,
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
s~2rk of Council
003-06 RESOLUTION