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Board committee recommends rezoning for 78‑unit Belmont Cove townhome plan after staff raise unit‑size, buffer concerns
Summary
The Transportation and Land Use Committee heard staff concerns about unit size, sidewalks and buffer reductions on the 14.6‑acre Belmont Cove rezoning; the committee voted 4–0 (1 absent) to recommend approval after applicant commitments and Q&A.
The Transportation and Land Use Committee on July 28 recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a rezoning and zoning concept plan amendment for Belmont Cove, a proposed 78‑unit single‑family attached community on a 14.6‑acre site in the Ashburn Election District.
The proposal would rezone about 8.19 acres from PD‑OP (planned development‑office park) to R‑16 ADU to allow 78 single‑family attached units and changes to setbacks and landscape buffers along Russell Branch Parkway. Darby Metcalfe of the Department of Planning and Zoning summarized staff concerns: "Staff find the modification is not innovative and instead appears to maximize development…
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