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Staff reports: Purcellville zoning ordinance adoption, Municode conversion, water negotiations and new site plans
Summary
Staff told the planning commission the town council adopted a revised zoning ordinance April 8; Municode will host the new code, GIS map hits show growing use, staff warned the town will not provide water to the Western Loudoun Recreation Complex until an additional water source is secured, and two site plans (Trails Edge townhomes and Pavilion on Main) are under review.
At the May 1 meeting staff reported that the Purcellville Town Council adopted a revised zoning ordinance on April 8, calling the rewrite the most comprehensive in decades and urging the planning commission to shift focus toward implementing map and code alignment.
The planner and staff liaison, Mr. Andrews, said the ordinance PDFs are posted on the town website and Municode — a private code‑hosting company — is transcribing the ordinance into its platform; staff expect chapter‑by‑chapter availability while Municode completes formatting and indexing. Mr. Andrews said municipal staff will correct minor typographical indexing errors during the Municode conversion process.
On mapping and data, staff said the town’s interactive GIS has logged roughly 3,000 hits since launch and several hundred in April alone; the system can distinguish internal from external use and generate reports for staff and the public. Commissioners urged proactive outreach to promote the tool.
On the Western Loudoun Recreation Complex, staff said county special exception applications (library, rec center and lighted fields) have been reviewed by referral agencies and comments have been posted to the county Landmark application portal. Planning staff said additional water‑and‑sewer modeling is required before the town can commit service; Summer, a planning staff member, told commissioners, “we have essentially said to the county we cannot provide water until we have an additional water source.” The commission discussed dependencies with town capital projects, including a water tower and a 5.5‑million‑gallon storage tank required under an ARPA contract and anticipated in mid‑2026.
Staff also reported two recent site plan submissions: Trails Edge (townhomes), which will require a special use permit, and TP‑2502, Pavilion on Main — a proposed two‑story mixed retail/office project that would replace an existing Butler building adjacent to Ace Hardware. A longstanding site plan for Hearse Woodlands is nearing final approval pending VDOT comments.
The chair and staff agreed to table the historic survey presentation by EJ Flynn until the presenter is available at a future meeting. With no further business, commissioners moved to adjourn.
