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Leesburg staff seek commission input on new 'use category' approach and limited-use standards in zoning rewrite
Summary
Staff told the Planning Commission the zoning-ordinance rewrite will rely on defined use categories and limited-use standards to increase predictability, and staff sought feedback on whether the proposed "minor special exception" option and buffer-yard standards are appropriate.
Town staff briefed the Planning Commission on Sept. 4 about the zoning ordinance rewrite's "deep dive" items, focusing on the new use-category approach (Division 9) and the proposed limited-use standards (Division 11). Staff said the rewrite aims to modernize the code, increase predictability and streamline approvals by allowing uses that meet defined characteristics to be treated as by-right where allowed in the use table.
"We are at our deep dive list phase of our zoning ordinance rewrite review," James David (Department of Community Development) told the commission. He explained the new approach: define use categories (for example, "group living" or "medical facility"), identify the characteristics of each category, list example primary uses, and then allow "other uses meeting the…
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