HomeMy Public PortalAbout2005_07_12_r111 - Proffer Policy for School Capital CostsThe Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED July 12, 2005
2005-111 ADOPTED July 12, 2005
APPROVING A PROFFER POLICY FOR SCHOOL CAPITAL COSTS
WHEREAS, the Section 15.2-2297.A of the Virginia State Code allows local zoning
ordinances to include and provide for the voluntary proffering in writing, by the owner, of
reasonable conditions to be applied to a proposed rezoning; and
WHEREAS, the Section 3.3.16 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Leesburg provides
for the voluntary proffering of such conditions to be applied to a proposed rezoning; and
WHEREAS, on February 15, 2005, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors adopted by
resolution new capital facility standards and capital intensity factor to assist the county in an
equitable and uniform evaluation of developer proffers; and
WHEREAS, Loudoun County Public Schools has the following facility standards for
schools--875 students per elementary school, 1,184 students per middle school, and 1,600 students
per high school; and
WHEREAS, Loudoun County Public Schools has determined that on average each single-
family detached dwelling unit generates 0.80 children, each single-family attached dwelling unit
generates 0.42 children, and each multifamily dwelling unit generates 0.21 children; and
WHEREAS, the county's new capital intensity factor for school facilities, which was
derived from facility standards and student-generation rates of Loudoun County Public Schools, is
$29,750 for single-family detached dwelling units, $15,619 for single-family attached dwelling
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units, and $7,809 for multifamily dwelling units, with such factor applied to each dwelling unit
approved in a rezoning above the number of units allowed under the existing zoning; and
WHEREAS, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, in a letter dated April 12, 2005,
from Chairman Scott York to Mayor Umstattd, requested that the town consider adopting the
county's proffer guideline, including the county's capital facility standards and capital intensity
factor as uniform tools to negotiate with developers; and
WHEREAS, at a work session on June 13, 2005, Town Council received a staff report
indicating that it would not be appropriate for the town to adopt the county's capital intensity factor
for non-school-related costs without a study to determine if the factor accurately reflects the costs
of those facilities within the town, but that it would be appropriate to adopt the county's capital
intensity factor for school-related costs without further study.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
SECTION I. The town shall establish a proffer guideline for school capital costs according
to the following:
1. The town shall use the following guideline when evaluating proffers for school
facilities for proposed rezonings, including amendments to previously approved
rezonings:
a. For a single-family detached dwelling unit, the school capital intensity factor
shall be $29,750.
b. For a single-family attached dwelling unit, the school capital intensity factor
shall be $15,619.
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c. For a multifamily dwelling unit, the school capital intensity factor shall be
$7,809.
2. The factor shall be applied to the difference between the number and type of
dwelling units that could be built under the proposed zoning and the dwelling units
that could be built under existing zoning. For a proposed amendment to a
previously approved rezoning, the factor shall be applied to the additional dwelling
units that could be built under the amendment.
3. Any proffer money collected shall be used to provide school-related capital
facilities that will serve the Leesburg residents who will live in the new
development resulting from the rezoning, as defined by the County's Leesburg
Planning Sub-Area or the appropriate School Board School Cluster designation.
SECTION II. The Town Manager is authorized to establish accounting procedures to
collect proffers in accordance with this capital intensity factor and to transfer those funds to
Loudoun County Public Schools.
PASSED this 12th day of July 2005.
ATTEST:
of Council
R5: proffer policy for school capital costs
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Town of Leesburg