HomeMy Public PortalAbout2013_06_11_R072 Accepting LID Recommendations The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED: June 11, 2013
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-072 ADOPTED: June 11, 2013
A RESOLUTION: ACCEPTING THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT (LID)
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEESBURG WATERSHED
COMMITTEE AND ADOPTING A STRATEGY FOR
PROMOTING LID IN LEESBURG.
WHEREAS, Town Council established the Leesburg Watershed Committee to
coordinate efforts for protecting Town streams; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council adopted the recommendations of the Leesburg
Watershed Committee in December of 2007 to address watershed improvement
recommendations contained within the report entitled"Summary of Findings from
Tuscarora Creek Field Work and Baseline Assessments."; and
WHEREAS, watershed planning can help implement the natural resources
policies of the Town Plan, the Urban Forestry Management Plan,the Parks and
Recreation Plan, the Town's Virginia Discharge Elimination System permit for
stormwater, and state and federal stormwater management requirements; and
WHEREAS, Low Impact Development can help the Town achieve natural
resource and stormwater management objectives and regulations, and further work is
needed to restore degraded stream conditions;
WHEREAS, Town Council Resolution 2011-147 directed the Leesburg
Watershed Committee to work with Town staff and interested stakeholders to compile
recommendations to update Town regulations to promote use of LID to the maximum
extent practicable; and
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A RESOLUTION: ACCEPTING THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT(LID)
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEESBURG WATERSHED
COMMITTEE AND ADOPTING A STRATEGY FOR
PROMOTING LID IN LEESBURG.
WHEREAS, The Watershed Committee has completed its analysis and made
recommendations to Council on May 14, 2013; and
WHEREAS, The Watershed Committee was established as an ad-hoc Committee
of the Environmental Advisory Commission in 2006 to report to Town Council initially
on the Tuscarora Creek study and then subsequently to help implement those
recommendations including planting streamside buffers and developing LID
recommendations to reduce runoff that erodes Town streams; and
THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
SECTION I. The Town Council hereby acknowledges the Low Impact
Development recommendations from the Leesburg Watershed Committee and expresses
its appreciation to the Committee for its voluntary service over the past several years.
SECTION II. Amendments to applicable sections within Articles 11 and 12 of the
Zoning Ordinance are hereby initiated to address the Watershed Committee
recommendations 2, 3, and 5, as noted in the memos from staff dated June 10, 2013 and
the Watershed Committee dated the May 14, 2013, pertaining to maximum parking
requirements and landscaping requirements and credits for surface and structured parking
facilities.
SECTION III. The Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing to consider
these amendments and report its recommendation to the Town Council pursuant to
Chapter 22, Title 15.2-2204 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended.
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A RESOLUTION: ACCEPTING THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT (LID)
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEESBURG WATERSHED
COMMITTEE AND ADOPTING A STRATEGY FOR
PROMOTING LID IN LEESBURG.
SECTION IV. The Planning Commission, Watershed Committee and staff shall
further discuss the Watershed Committee's recommendations 1,4, and 6 as noted in the
May 14, 2013 memo from the Watershed Committee and make recommendations on
whether they should be implemented and if so, how. Such recommendations shall be
made to the Town Council by June 10, 2014.
PASSED this 11th day of June, 2013.
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Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
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Clerk of Cou )ll
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