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Leesburg opens public review of zoning ordinance rewrite; staff asks commissioners to post comments in EncodePlus
Summary
Town planning staff announced a public review draft of the zoning ordinance rewrite on the EncodePlus platform and urged the planning commission to submit comments by the Tuesday before packet production; interactive map, phased schedule and outstanding sections (Crescent District, signs, trees, affordable housing) were highlighted.
Town of Leesburg planning staff announced the public review draft of a comprehensive zoning ordinance rewrite is available online and urged the planning commission and the public to post comments to the EncodePlus platform during the 60-day comment period.
At the work session, a staff presenter walked commissioners through how to use the EncodePlus site to view the draft ordinance, compare it with the existing ordinance, and comment by section. "If you click on this link, it takes you to this page... put your name, your email address, and then right in here indicate the conventional development type really needs to say this or we should think more about whether or not we even want that described here," a staff member said, explaining how comments are tracked to specific sections.
Why it matters: the rewrite reorganizes and reduces the number of zoning districts,…
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