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Commission pushes Belmont Cove rezoning to March work session after staff raises multiple outstanding issues
Summary
The planning commission voted to continue the Belmont Cove rezoning and associated modifications to a March 14 work session after staff flagged unit sizes, public/civic space, landscape buffers and sidewalks as outstanding issues.
The Loudoun County Planning Commission on Jan. 28 voted to forward LRDG 2023‑0074 Belmont Cove (rezoning, ZMAP 2023‑6 and several zoning modifications and a ZCPA appendage) to the commission’s March 14 work session for further review.
Darby Macheff of the Department of Planning and Zoning summarized the proposal: rezoning roughly 8.19 acres from PD‑OP (office park) to R‑16 ADU to permit 78 single‑family attached units within a 14.6‑acre parent tract; a companion ZCPA would reduce required building and parking setbacks between residential and commercial parcels. Staff described the proposal as compatible with the suburban mixed‑use place type but listed several outstanding issues, including unit size, the amount and definition of public and civic space, reduced landscape buffers along Russell Branch Parkway, missing sidewalks on some internal streets and detailed proffers for stormwater and soil volume to support…
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