HomeMy Public PortalAbout2013_01_08_R007 Initiating Amendments to the ZO re Neighborhood Retail Conv. CtrsThe Town of
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RESOLUTION NO. 2013 -007
PRESENTED JanuM 8, 2013
ADOPTED January 8, 2013
A RESOLUTION: INITIATING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 8, ARTICLE 9 AND
ARTICLE 18 OF THE LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE TO REVISE
DEFINITIONS PERTAINING THERETO AND THE USES THAT ARE
PERMSSIBLE TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD
RETAIL CONVENIENCE CENTER WITHIN A PRN — PLANNED
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the Neighborhood Retail Convenience Center is a use permitted by right in
the PRN - Planned Residential Neighborhood District when listed in the ordinance approving the
concept plan and establishing the district; and
WHEREAS, the Neighborhood Retail Convenience Center use was established as part of
the initial establishment of planned districts within the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance under
Ordinance 84 -0 -18 approved May, 23, 1984; and
WHEREAS, the permitted uses within a Neighborhood Retail Convenience Center were
first established in 1984 under Ordinance 84 -0 -18 and have remained unchanged through
subsequent amendments to the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance to this day; and
WHEREAS, changes in market forces, technology and commercial and service demands
by residents of the Town unforeseen in 1984 have made it the best interest of the Town Council to
consider amending the types of uses that are appropriate for inclusion as part of a Neighborhood
Retail Convenience Center in order to secure the economic viability of and adequate
neighborhood -scale service provisions of such centers within the Town to create more efficient and
livable neighborhoods.
THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Leesburg Town Council as follows:
SECTION I. Amendments to Zoning Ordinance Article 8, Article 9 and Article 18 are
hereby initiated and referred to the Planning Commission to establish appropriate uses to be
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A RESOLUTION: INITIATING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 8, ARTICLE 9 AND
ARTICLE 18 OF THE LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE TO
REVISE DEFINITIONS PERTAINING THERERTO AND THE USES
THAT ARE PERMSSIBLE TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF A
NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL CONVENIENCE CENTER WITHIN A
PRN – PLANNED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT
included as part of a Neighborhood Retail Convenience Center considering changes in market
forces, technology and commercial and service demands by residents of the Town unforeseen in
1984 consistent with the Town Plan; and
SECTION II. The Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing to consider these
amendments to the Zoning Ordinance, and report its recommendation to the Town Council
pursuant to Chapter 22, Title 15.2 -2204 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended.
PASSED this 8th day of January, 2013.
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Town of Leesburg
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