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 parcel at 14950 Hotchkiss Valley Road to CFD to allow a volunteer fire station for the Loudoun County Volunteer Emergency and Rescue Squad. Applicant Phil Hart said the project began in early 2020 and that the rezoning was needed because uses such as fire halls are specifically listed in CFD zoning. The commission approved the recommendation to rezone the parcel.

Several routine subdivision plats and minor rezonings were approved with little discussion: a 4,000‑square‑foot addition site plan for Reckless Property at 100 Tarwater Road; a lot line adjustment for parcels at 1420 and 1450 West Lane; a consolidation (four lots into one) at 250 Twin Lakes Road; and multiple small residential rezonings to create 1‑acre lots or adjust parcels (applicants included Patricia Say, Mark Weaver, Gary Slabaugh, Reed and Rachel Stamey, Bradley Ward and others). Where staff flagged frontage or setback questions, commissioners asked for survey confirmation; no approvals were conditioned on additional studies in those cases.

Why it matters: the Hindu Community Center rezoning touches nearby residential properties and the commission explicitly limited the rezoning to accessory parking and asked for light‑timing controls to reduce neighborhood impacts. The volunteer fire station rezoning clears a zoning step toward building a public safety facility. Several small residential rezones and plats change local parcel densities and property lines, which affect future building permits and access.

Votes at a glance (planning commission; outcomes reported in meeting): - A — Commercial site plan, Reckless Property (100 Tarwater Road): approved. - B — Subdivision plat, Susan Brackett (1420 & 1450 West Lane): approved. - C — Subdivision consolidation (4 lots to 1), Amy Rogers (250 Twin Lakes Road): approved. - D — Rezoning A‑1 to CFD for accessory parking, Hindu Community Center of Knoxville (9300 Hickory Creek Road): approved with restriction limiting use to accessory parking for the temple and requiring lighting controls/timers (as handled during site plan review). - E — Rezoning correction (tax ID) for Patricia Say: approved. - F — Rezoning A‑1 to A‑3, Mark Weaver (Grub Road): approved. - G — Rezoning A‑1 to A‑2 and A‑3, Gary Slabaugh (3297 Antioch Church Road West): approved. - H — Rezoning A‑1 to A‑2 and A‑3, Reed and Rachel Stamey (22822 Fork Creek Road): approved. - I — Rezoning M‑1 to R‑1 (3877 Riverview Road), Ramon Maquez: approved. - J — Rezoning A‑2 to A‑3, Bradley Ward (1211 Old Hollow Road): approved. - K — Rezoning C‑2 to CFD for Loudoun County Volunteer Emergency and Rescue Squad (14950 Hotchkiss Valley Road): approved.

The commission also discussed rules on preliminary plats and vesting periods under state law after a member asked why an item had been withdrawn; planning staff cited a three‑year vested period following preliminary plat approval in some circumstances.

The commission moved through the agenda without additional requests for prolonged study; items requiring site plan review or additional technical details were set to return at the staff level.