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Leesburg kicks off zoning ordinance rewrite; staff to release draft Feb. 20 and use ENCODE Plus for public comment
Summary
Director David presented a work plan for a full zoning ordinance rewrite aligned to the 2022 town plan and the recently adopted Crescent District Master Plan; staff will publish a clean draft in ENCODE Plus on Feb. 20, open a 60-day comment period and plan a planning commission hearing in August with council action in fall 2025.
David (director) opened the planning commission’s discussion on the comprehensive zoning ordinance rewrite, outlined the staff work plan and said the first formal deliverable will be a clean draft posted to the ENCODE Plus online platform on or about Feb. 20.
"Tonight, we're gonna kick off our zoning ordinance rewrite," David said, describing the project’s inputs (the 2022 town plan, the recently adopted Crescent District Master Plan, consultant code audit and the annotated outline) and a tentative timeline that aims for a planning commission public hearing in August and council consideration in fall 2025.
David and staff said the rewrite will consolidate and reorganize the ordinance (the proposed crosswalk reduces district articles from 18 to 9), align district…
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