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Loudoun supervisors forward West Belmont rezoning after debate over private roads and affordable housing
Summary
The board voted to forward the West Belmont rezoning (ZMAP 2020-43) to its February business meeting after hearing staff and applicant presentations, public testimony both for and against the project, and extended questioning on private-street access, affordable-unit counts and pedestrian safety.
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted Jan. 14 to forward the West Belmont rezoning application (ZMAP 2020-43) to the board's February business meeting for final action, after staff and the applicant described a redevelopment plan for a 27.36-acre former shopping-center site in the Ashburn district.
Staff planner Allison Britton told the board the applicant proposes up to 318 residential units and about 11,000 square feet of neighborhood commercial on the site, and disclosed 27 new public comments submitted before the hearing (6 in support, 21 opposed). Britton said staff supported approval but raised two elements "for more consideration": the amount of public civic/open space (the applicant proposes a 2,500-square-foot community building while the plan calls for roughly 5% civic space) and additional affordable housing the staff recommends be provided.
The applicant's attorney, Colleen Gillis of Curata…
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