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Leesburg resident asks planning commission to consider variance for screened porch setback
Summary
A Leesburg homeowner urged the Planning Commission to consider a variance from a 30-foot setback requirement for a screened-in porch on a perimeter lot adjacent to Loudoun County property; staff advised the applicant to meet with Community Development and explained the variance process goes to the Board of Zoning Appeals.
A Leesburg homeowner asked the Planning Commission on Sept. 4 for guidance after receiving inconsistent information about whether she can add a screened-in porch to an existing deck on a perimeter lot.
“My name is Amy Sibley…we are asking that this buffering, both the landscape and natural, be considered to reduce our required backyard to the standard 20 feet like all non perimeter lots,” Amy Sibley said, summarizing the justification in images she provided to the commission.
Sibley told commissioners that her property’s rear fence line is the Leesburg…
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