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Planning Commission recommends 2019 general plan update (CPAM 2024‑3) with edits on infill, open space and universal‑design language
Summary
The commission voted to recommend the countywide 2019 general plan review (CPAM 2024‑3) to the Board, endorsing refined definitions for infill, a clarified open‑space definition, and language changes to ‘encourage’ (rather than require) universal‑design features, while noting active‑recreation/floodplain policies will be addressed separately.
The Loudoun County Planning Commission voted Sept. 11 to transmit a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors to approve CPAM 2024‑3, the 2024 review of the 2019 general plan, with staff’s red‑line edits and additional refinements discussed at the work session.
Rebecca King, the County project manager for the CPAM, reviewed key edits staff proposed following earlier commission guidance. Changes include: a preferred density range of 8–12 dwelling units per acre in suburban compact neighborhood areas that adjoin lower‑density suburban neighborhoods (the place type still lists the full 8–24 range); clarifying the general‑plan definition of open space to emphasize active, passive and natural open spaces rather than leftover buffers; and replacing a draft directive to “incorporate universal design features into all residential development”…
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