Loudoun County planning commission approves series of rezones and plats, limits parking rezoning for Hindu Community Center

The Loudoun County Regional Planning Commission on an unspecified date approved a package of subdivision plats and rezoning requests and recommended conditions on a rezoning to permit parking for the Hindu Community Center of Knoxville.

The commission approved a rezoning of a roughly 1‑acre parcel at 9300 Hickory Creek Road from A‑1 (Agriculture/Forestry) to CFD to allow the property to be used as accessory parking for the Hindu Community Center of Knoxville. An applicant representative told the commission, “We purchased it last year, so we want to convert that to commercial parking.” Planning staff recommended limiting the rezoning to parking accessory to the temple and addressing lighting during later site plan review; commissioners added a motion to require code‑office verification of lighting timing so lights could be shut off during nonoperational hours to reduce intrusion on nearby residences. The commission voted to approve the rezoning with those restrictions.

The commission also recommended rezoning a C‑2…