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Leesburg council approves updated Crescent District master plan after heated debate
Summary
Leesburg Town Council on Jan. 14 approved an updated Crescent District Master Plan that adds density incentives, clarifies infrastructure priorities and sets maximum building heights for activity centers and adjacent place types.
Leesburg9Town Council on Jan. 14 approved an updated Crescent District Master Plan that adds new language on density incentives and infrastructure planning and sets height limits for different place types.
The plan, presented by planning staff, includes provisions for density bonuses tied to public benefits such as affordable housing and green-building techniques, new specificity about streetscape and infrastructure planning, and guidance on open-space types for a more compact, urban form. The policy document sets a maximum height of five stories in activity centers and a four-story maximum for mixed-residential and commercial-corridor place types, with a prevailing height of one to three stories in the mixed-residential areas.
Planning staff said the update began after council initiated a rewrite in October 2022, and that the…
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