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Commission adopts schedule to review Herndon–Loudoun voluntary settlement over 2.5 acres
Summary
The Commission received an overview of a proposed voluntary settlement under which the Town of Herndon would annex 2.5 acres in Loudoun County, includes a 40‑year limited joint zoning control provision and a 40‑year waiver of extraterritorial subdivision authority; commissioners adopted a review schedule and set deadlines for supplemental information.
The Commission on Local Government on March 10 reviewed a proposed voluntary settlement in which the Town of Herndon would annex 2.5 acres of town‑owned land currently in Loudoun County.
Carter Glass told commissioners the parcel had previously been proposed in 2006 as a site for day laborers, a use Loudoun County opposed at the time. Glass said the settlement addresses questions about whether a 1950s boundary adjustment with Fairfax County affected the town boundary and provides terms that would give Herndon limited joint zoning control for 40 years if the town locates a day‑laborer site on the property. The agreement also includes a 40‑year waiver of Herndon’s extraterritorial subdivision regulation authority under Va. Code § 15.2‑2248.
Commission staff notified the Commission that the Town and County submitted their Notice earlier the same morning, with supporting exhibits and governing‑body resolutions. Mr. Robbins presented three proposed schedules for the Commission’s on‑site review; Commissioner John G. Kines, Jr. moved and Commissioner Victoria L. Hull seconded a motion to adopt the schedule, which the Commission approved unanimously. The adopted timeline requests additional information from parties by May 5, 2014; provides for a tour and oral presentations in Herndon on July 14–15, with a public hearing the evening of July 14 and a closing of the record on July 28; the Commission’s draft report is expected for its September meeting (currently scheduled Sept. 8, 2014).
Why it matters: The settlement resolves an outstanding boundary/question of local control over future land uses and sets long‑term zoning arrangements that could affect the parcel’s use for decades.
Next steps: Parties must submit supplemental information by the May 5 deadline and appear for the Commission’s on‑site review and public hearing in July.
