HomeMy Public PortalAbout2015_12_08_R144 Initiating Amendments to the ZO - Temporary Portable Storage Units The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia PRESENTED December 8, 2015
RESOLUTION NO.: 2015-144 ADOPTED December 8, 2015
A RESOLUTION: INITIATING AMENDMENTS TO THE LEESBURG ZONING
ORDINANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING DEFINITIONS AND
USE STANDARDS RELATED TO TEMPORARY PORTABLE
STORAGE UNIT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ARTICLES 9,
10, 11, AND 18.
WHEREAS,the Town of Leesburg Zoning Ordinance (TLZO) was adopted with the input
and for the purpose of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of Town residents and
businesses by providing regulation of land uses; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council acknowledges that there may be a need for temporary
portable storage units along with sufficient safeguards to encourage efficient use of units and
discourage storage habits that may be deleterious to the community; and
WHEREAS, the TLZO does not contain a definition of "Temporary Portable Storage
Unit"or any similar temporary use of a short-term duration in Article 18, Definitions; and
WHEREAS, in particular, Section 9.5, Temporary Uses, allows for certain uses on a
temporary basis, subject to specific limitations, that distinguish them from other longer term
uses; and
WHEREAS, amendments to the TLZO are necessary to address the present and future
short term storage needs of the constituency; and
WHEREAS, the public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning practice
require the proposed amendments.
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RESOLUTION: INITIATING AMENDMENTS TO THE LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE
FOR THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING DEFINITIONS AND USE
STANDARDS RELATED TO TEMPORARY PORTABLE STORAGE
UNIT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ARTICLES 9, 10, 11 AND
18.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia that
Planning and Zoning Department staff is directed to draft a zoning ordinance text amendment
allowing temporary portable storage units with adequate use standards and any related
amendments necessary to maintain comprehensible and consistent administration of the Town of
Leesburg Zoning Ordinance and to forward the amendment to the Planning Commission for
review and recommendation to the Town Council.
PASSED this 8th day of December, 2015.
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