Planning commission sends 2019 general plan review to work session; debates infill, ADUs and office-to-residential

Rebecca King, project manager in the Department of Planning and Zoning, briefed the commission on CPAM 2024 (the 2024 review of the 2019 Loudoun County General Plan). King said the initiative is primarily housekeeping to correct errors and clarify language; it also proposes several policy clarifications and additions, including building-height ranges, refined infill criteria, updated affordable-housing expectations and potential Zoning Ordinance Amendments (ZOAMs) to address infill flexibility, land-in-lieu for ADUs and repurposing underutilized office/commercial space.

King told commissioners staff propose increasing the affordable-housing expectation for multifamily from the previous 10–15% range to 13.75%, with an avenue for an applicant to provide an additional 2% of units at 30% of area median income (AMI) or 5% at 70–100% AMI. Staff also proposed numeric changes to the working…