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Leesburg resident urges minimum 20-foot setbacks downtown, calls for extra review after BAR approvals
Summary
A Royal Street resident told the planning commission the draft zoning ordinances downtown provisions allow 0-foot side/rear setbacks and up to 65-foot buildings in locations that could overwhelm adjacent historic properties; she asked the commission to require 20-foot clearances and supplemental hearings after BAR approvals.
Leesburg — During public comment at the April 3 Leesburg Planning Commission meeting, resident Suzanne Larkins of 3 Royal Street Southeast urged commissioners to revise draft downtown setback rules she said would allow new, taller buildings to be placed immediately adjacent to smaller historic properties.
Larkins addressed the commission after staffs Article 1 and 2 presentation. She cited draft Article 2, division 5, section 5.5 C (downtown rules) and said subsections 1 and 2 would permit zero side-yard and rear-yard setbacks for properties fronting Market, Loudoun, King, Wirt and Liberty streets and that subsection 5 could allow up to 65-foot maximum heights on certain parcels.
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