Loudoun Now for Jan. 19, 2023

Supervisors Pledge to Govern Through ‘Equity Lens’

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

One day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorations, county supervisors approved a resolution adopting “Social and Racial Equity as Fundamental Values” of the county government.

The resolution defines equity as “a fundamental value defined as the commitment to promote fairness and justice in the formation of priorities, policies, and programs.” It also states the Board of Supervisors commits to evaluating the county’s budget, personnel decisions, policies and programs through an “equity lens,” and to collecting data to identify disparities in county services. And the resolution proposes developing an Equity Plan to address those gaps.

It also directs the county administrator to report to the board annually on the county government’s equity initiatives, present a proposal for that Equity Plan, and add to staff’s budget development work an extensive analysis of how expenditures benefit or negatively impact different people and groups, how that was decided, and how to promote equity and inclusion.

Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) pointed to statistics indicating Black Americans are much more likely to die in childbirth, to develop and die from some kinds of cancer, to be diagnosed with diabetes, not to own a house, to drop out of school, and to receive harsher sentences in court.

“And this maybe is the most heart-

breaking stat of today—African Americans are 19 times more likely to be wrongfully convicted,” she said. “Nineteen times more likely. We’re just being thrown in jail for nothing, literally. … These are systemic race issues in America.”

Those inequities are reflected in Loudoun—the U.S. Department of Justice’s most recent Census of Jails showed in 2019 Loudoun’s jail population was

35.4% Black, while the Census Bureau estimated that year the county’s population was only 9.8% Black or Black and multiracial. The Census Bureau estimates that in 2021, the median income for Black households in Loudoun was 77% of that for white households.

“I love this country with my whole heart, but loving something does not mean you overlook its foibles and problems. Loving something means you look

at them, figure them out, and decide that you want to try to work on them,” Randall said. “Being colorblind is ridiculous. You cannot celebrate what you cannot see. That’s never the goal, to be color blind.”

“I have to wonder, as a nation, how we can be brave enough to put a man on the moon and fight two world wars for democracy, but we can’t be brave enough to

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Smith Seeks to Rebuild Trust After Grand Jury Report

BY ALEXIS GUSTIN agustin@loudounow.com

Acting Superintendent Daniel Smith last week outlined ways the school division has been working to rebuild trust and relationships with the community after a special grand jury report left parents feeling wary of the division’s administration.

“First let me be clear, it is my and our number one priority to ensure the safety and care of all LCPS students and staff and to restore trust within our community. This will require both reflection and action,” he said.

He vowed to make sure that the school division’s actions, or inactions, identified in the investigation into two on-campus sexual assaults by the same assailant don’t happen again.

“My heart goes out to all LCPS families whose loved ones have had their safety and security infringed upon, especially the families of those discussed in the report,” he said.

Smith noted that the special grand jury report provided several recommendations the division could use to improve its relationship with the community and ways

to improve how it handles threats to both students and staff. He noted several policy changes that were under review, seven of which were in response to the special grand jury’s recommendations and were discussed by School Board members and Division Counsel Robert Falconi during a Dec. 13 work session.

He said after that meeting the consensus of the board was to publish revised policies and get immediate feedback and then to put them through an abbreviated committee review process.

Smith also highlighted what steps taken by the division over the past 1218 months, including the expanded Title IX Office, which included two dedicated Title IX investigators and improved tracking procedures of Title IX matters through new software. The district also created a revised alternative school placement process that includes creating a student support placement team for transfers between schools and mandatory training for administrators, especially improving

training in Title IX for administrators and student behavior and administrative response or SBAR.

Additionally, Smith talked about meeting with the police chiefs of Leesburg, Middleburg and Purcellville to establish better relationships, partnerships and open communication. He also said he had a productive meeting with Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman.

Smith pointed to superintendent advisory groups and a newly created principal leadership team as ongoing steps the division is taking to improve communication.

He noted some areas the division is still working on, including updating the memorandum of understanding with law enforcement, enhancing the case management system across all division departments, additional training on transparency and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act from the Privacy Technical Assistance Center, hiring a dedicated hearings officer and revamping the division’s website to improve transparency. n

Supervisors Approve Controversial Airport Noise Zoning

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

County supervisors Tuesday approved a long-debated change to the zoning map of noise zones around Dulles Airport, changing where homes may—and may not—be built in the future.

The county launched the work to redraw the Airport Impact Overlay District at the beginning of 2021, seeking to bring it into line with a new study of current and possible future noise around the airport.

Homeowners worried redrawing the overlay over their homes could mean they face higher insurance costs and lower home values among other problems. They have also urged the county and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to work toward new flight paths to the west of the airport to reduce the noise they are experiencing. Those flight paths are controlled by the Federal Aviation Administration.

In particular, residents of Birchwood at Brambleton—where construction started near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that featured a

precipitous drop in airport traffic—have faced noise from flights taking off and landing to the west of the airport’s eastwest runway. Flights taking off from that runway fly low over their homes with their engines at full power. And the county’s new airport noise overlay draws some of those homes into higher-noise, more tightly regulated areas.

The airport noise overlay is divided into three zones. County policy forbids new residential development in the highest-noise area, the 65+ Loudness Day-Night, or Ldn, contour; requires additional sound insulation in the nexthighest-noise area, the 60-65 Ldn; and requires potential homebuyers be notified of the airport noise in a one-mile buffer around that. The previous overlay was based on a projection of airport noise made almost 30 years ago in 1992, which, among other changes, was based on plans for a then-unbuilt runway that ended up being built in a different spot.

The new 2019 noise study is based on new noise projections both now and in the future, including plans for more air traffic and a fifth, east-west, runway on the southern end of airport property. Airports authority officials

have said much of the change in the noise map is also attributable to new methods for measuring and modeling flight tracks and airport noise.

Supervisor Michael R. Turner (D-Ashburn) sought to put off updating the map for a little bit longer, writing the 2019 study into the county’s comprehensive plan but not into its zoning ordinance until at least late April. He pushed to use that time to immediately form an FAA community roundtable—a process the FAA uses to consider issues like airport noise and possible operations changes—aiming to convince the administration to change flight paths to minimize flights over homes.

He pointed to the roughly 2,000 homes today seeing planes take off low overhead multiple times a day.

“This entire discussion for the last year has been framed about around lines on the map and noise contours and disclosures and noise attenuation. That is not the problem,” he said. “The problem is, we are allowing major airlines to fly at 900 feet over houses 15 to 20 times a day, every single day of the year, and it’s happening to 2,000 of our homes. That is not an acceptable state of affairs right

now, and that is what needs to change.”

County Chair Phyllis J. Randall (DAt Large) said her commitment is to residents there now.

“What is being described to me by residents are people who can’t talk to one another sitting at their kitchen tables in their homes. The comp plan being out of alignment cannot trump that. That is a quality of life issue, and in the end, I’m here to enhance people’s quality of life,” she said.

But that push failed to find a majority on the board. Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) said adopting the new noise maps would not prevent the county and airports authority from seeking flight path changes from the FAA— changes that could trigger yet another new noise study.

“Nothing materially is going to change and the short term about what’s happening over our skies, and we have had this process going on for literally years,” Letourneau said. “The development community, residents, landowners have all been watching this unfold.

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Daniel Smith talks with reporters after being named acting superintendent Dec. 8.

Loudoun

ON THE Agenda

Segment of Arcola Mills Drive to Close Permanently

On Feb. 1, Loudoun County will permanently close a segment of Arcola Mills Drive between Evergreen Mills Road and Belmont Ridge Road in Aldie.

Business entrances and private driveways on Arcola Mills Drive north of the closed segment will remain accessible from the Evergreen Mills Road intersection. Entrances to the south will remain accessible from the Belmont Ridge Road intersection.

Keolis Makes ‘Final Offer’ in Transit Strike

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

Loudoun County’s transit contractor has made its “last, best and final offer” in the weeklong stalemate with the union representing the county’s striking transit workers.

Keolis North America last week sent an offer to representatives of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, which represents transit workers across the region. The two sides are now in a weeklong deadlock in contract negotiations, with ATU members beginning a strike last Tuesday. Keolis took over the $101

million, five-year Loudoun Transit contract in April 2021, combining the previously separate contracts for local and commuter buses.

ATU Local 689 President Raymond Jackson called the company’s latest offer

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Biberaj to Pull Prosecutors from Many Misdemeanor Cases

STAFF REPORT

Loudoun’s law enforcement officers will be taking on a greater role in court after Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj announced in a Dec. 30 memo to the District Court judges that her office will not participate in the prosecution of many misdemeanor cases.

She stated that because of the high case load her staff would focus its time on violent crimes and felonies.

“As you may know, with the increase in the trials in Circuit Court and the introduction of body worn camera and related recordings in each case, the OCA is inundated and left with insufficient time to prosecute every infraction and low-level offense that is charged,” she wrote. “To better serve our community and to ensure

that we are providing safety and justice, we need to reallocate our resources towards the more egregious cases that are being charged by law enforcement and threaten the safety of our community. The most appropriate way for us to do so is to redirect our resources towards the crimes of violence and felonious criminal acts.”

According to the notice, prosecutors will not participate in traffic cases involving traffic infractions punishable by fines, reckless driving cases below 90 miles an hour, first-offense driver’s license violations, property damage hit-and-runs, eluding, and registration and titling violations. Additionally, they will not participate in criminal offenses that are statutorily eligible for deferred findings, including trespassing, petty larceny, possession of

Schedule III or IV drugs, drunk in public, underage possession of alcohol, noise complaints, violations of ordinances, failure to appear, and trials in absence not involving jail time.

Without prosecutors on the cases, the arresting officer will be expected to provide the evidence during court hearings and trials. The new policy is slated to take effect with violations committed after Jan. 16.

The policy is similar to one adopted by some other prosecutors, including Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano who announced in 2021 that his office also would not prosecute some kinds of misdemeanor cases.

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The 700-foot segment of road will close to clear the way for the county’s project to extend Northstar Boulevard from Evergreen Mills Road to Rt. 50. That project includes a 1.6 mile, four-lane, median divided roadway with shared used paths on each side from Evergreen Mills Road to Rt. 50, which will pass through the closed segment of Arcola Mills Drive. Completion is expected in fall 2024.

The new Northstar segment is part of a new north/south connection from Rt. 7 to Rt. 50, a 14-mile uninterrupted corridor from Rt. 7 to the Prince William County line. The $90 million project is funded in part by a $25 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery or TIGER grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the first time a locality has won a TIGER grant according to Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large), along with Northern Virginia Transportation Authority funding. The county expects to contribute $6.5 million in local funding.

More information is online at loudoun.gov/northstarphase1.

Sterling Job Fair

Planned Jan. 21

The Loudoun Workforce Resource Center will host a Loudoun Job Fair on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Claude Moore Recreation & Community Center in Sterling.

The event will feature more than 30 area employers with full-time,

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Striking Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 members demonstrate during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day march in Leesburg on Jan. 16.

part-time and seasonal job openings. There are immediate openings in aviation/transportation, construction, education, government, health care, home health, hospitality, juvenile justice, landscaping, nonprofits, retail, security and staffing. Attendees are encouraged to dress professionally and bring copies of their resumes.

Job seekers are encouraged to prepare for the job fair by attending an in-person or virtual workshop, “Ready, Set, Go to the Job Fair.” Register at loudoun.gov/ wrcworkshops. Free copies of “Turn a Job Fair Into a Job Offer” are also available by calling 703-777-0150 or emailing wrc@loudoun.gov.

Pre-register, sign up for reminders and updates and learn more at loudoun. gov/loudounjobfair. For more information, call the center at 703-777-0150 or go to loudoun.gov/wrc.

Continuum of Care Plans Annual Homeless Count

The Loudoun County Continuum of Care, along with other jurisdictions that make up the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, is preparing to conduct the annual Point-in-Time Count of people in the community experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness the night of Jan. 25 In the event of inclement weather, the count will be rescheduled the next night.

The Point-in-Time Count is intended to provide a single-day snapshot of a com-

munity’s homeless population as well as households that may be on the brink of becoming homeless.

Members of the Continuum of Care Street Outreach teams and staff members from local nonprofits will canvass the county to assist anyone who is unsheltered by providing resources and information on programs and services. Local law enforcement personnel and mental health clinicians will also assist with outreach efforts across the county.

Results from the Point-in-Time Count contribute to data-driven decision-making for specific types of housing needs

and areas of program development. The Loudoun County Continuum of Care is also participating in a regional project to analyze and address racial equity in homeless services.

The Loudoun Continuum of Care is a partnership between local government, nonprofit agencies, the public school system, health care providers, faith-based organizations and others who work together to address the needs of those experiencing housing instability or homelessness in Loudoun County. More information about the Point-in-Time Count is online at loudoun.gov/pointintime. n

Landfill to Require Proof of Origin for Construction Waste

Beginning Feb. 1, Loudoun County will require written documentation that commercial construction and demolition waste disposed at the county landfill comes from within Loudoun. All commercial construction and demolition waste haulers will be required to be pre-authorized to use the landfill.

The new requirements reinforce existing county policy that only waste generated in Loudoun County is accepted at the landfill. According to the county’s announcement they come in response to a recent increase in the amount of construction waste being delivered to the facility.

Acceptable documentation includes affidavits from the property owner or customer, construction permits, notice of award, work orders or signed quotes. Other forms of written documentation may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

More information and the pre-authorization form are online at loudoun.gov/landfill.

Norman K. Styer/Loudoun Now Trucks line up at the scales of the Loudoun County landfill on Evergreen Mills Road south of Leesburg.

Proposed Short Term Rental Rules Stir Concerns

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

Parts of the county’s plans to regulate short-term residential rentals, like bookings on Airbnb and VRBO, have stirred concerns from property owners who say those rules could put them out of business.

The county is nearing the end of work launched in 2018 to write those rentals into county zoning, with associated regulations. The proposed new zoning distinguishes between renting a room in one’s home, in an accessory building on the same property as one’s home, and maintaining an entire property specifically for rentals. And those commercial wholehouse operations, in particular, could face new regulations such as property line setbacks, notifying neighbors of the rental business, parking requirements, caps on guest numbers, and safety requirements. County staff members are also recommending hiring a new inspector to launch proactive zoning enforcement—zoning regulations typically are enforced when there is a complaint.

And some owners are worried the current draft would shut down their operations.

Many, like Waterford Reservations owners Donnie and Reagan Walker, point particularly to historic buildings in western Loudoun. Their business is built on renovating historic buildings and renting them out.

“Basically, we’re the poster of what Loudoun County should have: small, oneand two-bedroom homes that don’t make great homes because they don’t have closets or whatever, or they were derelict. Now, they’re great properties,” Donnie Walker said.

He said he’s been working on shortterm rentals since 2010. He and others have called on supervisors to grandfather in existing rentals, and said a proposed grace period to come into compliance with zoning regulations wouldn’t help a house built within the setback from a road.

“It’s not really feasible to pick a house up and just give it an extra ten feet off the property line,” he said.

And he said the alternative is for out-of-

town corporations to come into Loudoun, possibly bringing in more disruptions to neighborhoods with large gatherings.

“We have put our heart and soul into our business, and we believe our business greatly complements this county and the community in a very positive way,” Walker said.

During the Jan. 11 Board of Supervisors public hearing most speakers agreed some sort of regulation is necessary, but a long line of business owners told supervisors the proposed ordinance threatens to shut their rentals down.

“Note that these properties are older structures that predate 1900, which we renovated into beautiful one-bedroom cottages,” Reagan Walker said. “These

properties are what we consider a perfect fit for the short-term commercial wholehouse, and they were renovated just to be that.”

Kate Zurschmeide, whose family owns Dirt Farm Brewing, Bluemont Vineyard and Great Country Farms, said they also operate five rental cottages within walking distance of those venues.

“These regulations would put three of those properties in jeopardy. These shortterm rentals provides year-round income for our working farm that helps us to provide consistent jobs and retain quality employees,” she said.

Creek’s Edge Winery owner Tedd Durden said the short-term rentals offer an option for people to visit businesses like his that are far from hotels. And Bear Chase Brewing Company General Manager Chris Suarez said the business has one licensed bed and breakfast and two short-term rentals. One of the short-term rentals, he said, would have to close under proposed acreage requirements.

“If these regulations go through, I am most likely going to lose one of my properties. It sits on six acres of land, but four and a half of those acres in West Virginia,” he said. “I am not allowed to apply for a bed and breakfast because I do not meet the Loudoun County land requirements for that, so my only option is to stay a short-term rental.”

Supervisors by and large were open to

the changes those owners proposed.

“I think that some of the things that heard are now fairly obvious,” Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) said. “The grandfathering, the setback, those things, I don’t think they’re going to be that hard to fix.”

However, Supervisor Juli E. Briskman (D-Algonkian) said things can look different in eastern Loudoun. She said one company owns 20 of the 27 short-term rentals in the Algonkian District, which they operate as an investment tool.

“These are in dense neighborhoods where the parking is very, very limited, where the properties are much, much smaller, and a lot of my constituents have a problem with it,” she said. “They’re not all good neighbors, so I want us to really think about the unintended consequences of saying we can’t have parking requirements. If you want to have one of these in my district, and you say on-street parking is OK, a lot of people are going to be upset with that.”

Supervisors voted unanimously to send the ordinance for review by its Transportation and Land Use Committee in February.

The zoning ordinance work comes alongside new tax rules expanding the county’s transient occupancy tax to all short-term rentals, scheduled for a vote in February. n

Brian Balik for Waterford Reservations

One of the properties for rent from Donnie and Reagan Walker’s business, Waterford Reservations, a stone cottage dating to the 1800s, which they restored.

“These properties are what we consider a perfect fit for the short-term commercial whole-house, and they were renovated just to be that.”

— Reagan Walker Waterford Reservations

Transit strike

“insulting and shameful.”

“This company continues to treat our members with disrespect and disdain and continues to bargain in bad faith,” Jackson stated in a press release after Keolis sent its latest offer. “It’s also an insult to our riders, who Keolis has abandoned with this contract offer. We will continue to stand strong and united on the picket line until our members get the fair and just contract they deserve.”

“We’ve got a really good agreement on the table,” Keolis Regional Manager Mike Ake said. “It will make Loudoun County drivers literally make more than their peers in Fairfax, at PRTC [Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission], at those other agencies, and it’s comparable to WMATA [Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority] drivers, which are the highest paid drivers with the best benefits in the region.”

But that union representatives said that would only be true for some drivers—the company proposes to pay local route drivers much less. The union is still pushing for better benefits after the company cut them back, and for all bus drivers to be put on the same pay scale.

Under Keolis’s offer, commuter bus drivers, dispatchers, and some technicians would earn $40 an hour at the top of the payscale. That makes them competitive with other wages in the region such as the $43 for WMATA drivers or $40 at the DC Circulator. But local bus drivers and others would top out at $27.36, continuing a disparity that existed under the previously separate contracts. The previous non-union contract covering local routes offered much lower pay.

The ATU spokesperson, who took part in contract negotiations, but who spoke

anonymously because he did not have authorization to speak for the local union on short notice, said no other agency in the region makes that distinction in pay between its local and longer-route drivers.

And the spokesperson and Loudoun Transit workers have said after taking over the contract, Keolis slashed benefits.

Where the previous union contract matched up to 3% of 401(k) contributions, Keolis matched 1%. The old contract included an 80/20 split on health insurance premiums; Keolis offers a 75/25 split, or a high-deductible plan with a 90/10 split. Employees previously topped out at five weeks of vacation a year, with only four weeks in Keolis’s offer. And before, employees were guaranteed at least 38 work hours a week; Keolis offers no such guarantee.

The spokesperson compared that to other agencies in the region that the union represents, such as the 8% retirement match at Arlington DASH and pensions at WMATA.

The union also is seeking some improvements to benefits, such as an 85/15

split on healthcare premiums—the same split offered to county employees getting health coverage for themselves only— and an automatic 401(k) contribution of 8% of gross payroll, rather than a matching contribution.

Ake disputed union claims that the company offers low compensation or has cut back benefits since taking over, saying the company has honored its contractual obligation with the county to offer similar benefits to the previous contracts. And he said employees have seen anywhere from 9%-31% raises since Keolis took over, and that Keolis has shortened how long it takes to reach the top of the pay scale. Loudoun Transit employees would reach the top of the salary scale in four years.

The company’s offer includes a $2,000 bonus if the collective bargaining agreement is ratified by Jan. 27, a 10% raise retroactive to July 2022, increasing the company’s 401(k) match from 2% to 5%, and adding Juneteenth as a paid holiday, for a total of eight holidays. If the union accepts the offer, Keolis representatives said, between the retroactive raise and

ratification bonus, employees would see an immediate lump payment of $4,000 to $5,600 depending on their positions.

Ake said only the $2,000 ratification bonus is new in the latest offer.

“This is all above industry standard, and we’ve also added an extra holiday, Juneteenth, to the agreement,” Ake said.

Ake said he hoped union representatives would take that offer to employees for a vote.

In the meantime, he said, the company has emphasized running Americans with Disabilities Act-required paratransit, offering transit access for people with disabilities, with the employees who are still working.

“A lot of those passengers are going to dialysis appointments, life sustaining appointments. Those are always our top priority,” Ake said. “A lot them also are regular doctor’s appointments, or the people who don’t have the capability to get themselves where they need to go without our help. … Those passengers don’t have other options.”

“Our members will be out there on the picket for as long as it takes,” ATU International President John Costa stated. “The colder the weather, the heavier the rain, every day we will only get stronger because that’s what our members are made of. They survived a pandemic. They will survive this strike. ‘One day longer, one day stronger.’ It’s time for Keolis to come back to the table and put a serious offer on the table that recognizes our members for the important role they play in the county.”

Loudoun Transit workers continued to strike as of Jan. 17. Paratransit services are operating on a normal schedule, and eight of the nine local bus routes are on their normal schedule. Commuter buses and Silver Line bus service are shut down. Check loudoun.gov/buschanges for updates on bus service changes. n

“We’ve got a really good agreement on the table. It will make Loudoun County drivers literally make more than their peers in Fairfax, at PRTC.”

— Mike Ake Keolis Regional Manager

“It’s time for Keolis to come back to the table and put a serious offer on the table that recognizes our members for the important role they play in the county.”

— John Costa

Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 689

Leesburg AROUND Town

Underground Railroad Mural

Celebrated on MLK Day

BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.com

Before embarking on the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day march through Leesburg Monday morning, a crowd gathered at the Loudoun Museum to formally dedicate a mural depicting local efforts supporting the Underground Railroad.

The mural was painted by Shawn Perkins, sponsored by former NFL wide receiver Santana Moss’ 89 Ways to Give Foundation, and funded by the O’Shaughnessy-Hurst Memorial Foundation. It depicts Potomac River ferry operator Basil Newman and abolitionist Leonard Grimes on opposite sides of the river near the mouth of Goose Creek where Blacks fleeing slavery in the South were transported under the cover of nightfall to freedom in the North.

89 Ways to Give Foundation President Carmon Felder said the artwork tells a story she wasn’t told while growing up in Leesburg.

“I’m a native of Loudoun County and Leesburg. I went to Catoctin Elementary. I went to Simpson Middle School. When I went to Loudoun County High School, which was the only high school [in town] at that point. I think it was 4% Black people at that point, if that,” Felder said. “And I had an amazing education. However, I never learned about the local

Demolition Begins for Church and Market Project

After several weeks of asbestos abatement and other interior preparations, crews this week began the demolition of the former Loudoun Times-Mirror printing plant and warehouse building. The structure is being razed to make room for the Church & Market development that includes 116 rental apartments and more than 33,000 square feet combined of retail, restaurant and office space.

Black history. It was one month, there was one chapter of Black history. I did not know about Basil Newman or the Newman brothers. I did not know about Leonard Grimes. And so when I learned two years ago, that these people made such a big difference. And that the Underground Railroad went right through downtown at the courthouse—I was amazed. But I was also shocked that I did not learn until I was in my, I’ll say 30 plus 10 years.”

A public display of Black history is important, she said, while looking over a crowd that included many children.

“I see all these young faces, and it matters that they have representation. And they have something or someone that looks like them,” she said. “We didn’t have statues. We didn’t have murals. And

Police Chief Search Begins with Public Survey

The Town of Leesburg has hired the International Association of Chiefs of Police to conduct an executive search for the town’s next chief of police.

Gregory C. Brown retired Dec. 1 after leading the department since Oct. 3, 2016, to take over as executive director of the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy.

The IACP will lead the national search for a new chief, as it did during the 2016 search that resulting in hiring Brown from the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office.

As part of the effort to define the qualifications of the ideal candidate, the association has released a survey to gather community feedback. Survey participation is voluntary and responses are confidential.

The survey is online at research. net/r/LeesburgVACommunity and will be open until Feb. 5.

Meadowbrook Farm Streets

Added to Highway System

The Town Council last week approved a resolution requesting the Virginia Department of Transportation add 12 new streets in the Meadowbrook Farm neighborhood to the Urban Highway System.

That means the town will be responsible for maintenance of the roads but will get more money from the state to cover street costs.

The addition of the 4.16 miles of street would bring the town’s total to 272.77 miles. The town expects to receive $4.4 million in street funding from VDOT in fiscal year 2024.

Contract Awarded for Downtown Intersection Improvements

Madigan Construction has been awarded a $1.7 million contract to reconfigure the King and Market Street intersection.

The project includes replacement of the stormwater inlets, updated pedestrian signals and installation of new streetlights. The work, which is AROUND TOWN

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From left, Mayor Kelly Burk, Carmon Felder, Santana Moss, artist Shawn Perkins and Pastor Michelle Thomas cut the ribbon to celebrate the completion of the Underground Railroad mural at the Loudoun Museum.

so Santana and I said, ‘Hey, how can we pay homage to Black history and freedom fighters?’”

To answer that question, Felder and Perkins met with Loudoun NAACP President Pastor Michelle Thomas who took them on a tour through the land Newman owned, today’s River Creek neighborhood, to see his gravesite and the former ferry landing.

“This being a black history mural it required a true historian to accurately portray the story we wanted to share,” Perkins said of Thomas’ help. “Her support and her knowledge of these Leesburg hidden figures played a vital role and helping myself paint the picture you see here today. Without the bravery and strength of Basil Newman and Leonard Grimes, among so many others who lived and breathed during this time of slavery, the story would not be known to tell.”

Moss spoke to the students in the audience for the ceremony saying when he was their age he didn’t understand the full importance of Martin Luther King Jr. and his work.

“You’d heard a little bit about what he stood for, and his fight and what he was trying to make happen,” Moss said. “Fast forward to now being a grown man to see that we are still fighting and striving to be the people that we want it to be—as equal as we can be. That’s what MLK stood for. That’s what Martin Luther King fought

for. To see that we are still fighting that fight, it’s amazing and it’s crazy at the same time.”

Deborah Piland, president of the O’Shaughnessy-Hurst Memorial Foundation that plans to provide funding for two additional murals, said the two-year effort to complete this work was worth it.

“I hope it’ll be a constant reminder that we have a lot more work to do here in our community, including the reformation of our justice, system, education, social welfare,” she said. Let’s march and think about those less fortunate without a voice, who are detained by the criminal justice system, in mental hospitals, homeless, or otherwise struggling with poverty and how we as a community are going to change this, this is only the beginning today.”

Thomas said the work of Newman and Grimes reminded her that only free people can free other people.

“I want you every time you cross this mural to think about it. There’s something I can do to advance freedom. I don’t care what it is. It could just be voting— you advance freedom. I don’t care what it is. It could just be giving a hug, being kind—you advance freedom. Marching in this march—you advanced freedom. Showing up when others are oppressed— you advance freedom. We need to look at this mirror. … We need to understand that our journey to freedom didn’t just end in 1865. We still fight and for today. That’s why we’re here. That’s why this mural is so important.” n

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expected to require nighttime street closures, is expected to start in July and be complete by the end of October.

The work is intended to reconfigure the intersection to reduce instances of vehicles running over or rubbing against the storm drains, causing damage to the structures and vehicles.

Madigan’s bid was the lowest of three submitted for the contract.

Balch Exhibit Features Temple Hall Farm History

A new exhibit, “History of Temple Hall Farm Regional Park,” is on display at the Thomas Balch Library through Jan. 31.

Temple Hall Farm was built in 1810

by William Temple Thomson Mason, the son of Thomson Mason, who owned the Raspberry Plain estate nearby, and the nephew of George Mason. The estate played a significant role in Loudoun affairs during the 19th century, including hosting General Lafayette during his grand tour of the U.S. in 1825. In 1985, A.V. Symington donated the 286-acre property to NOVA Parks, which operates a working farm and interpretive center there.

The exhibit may be viewed in the Mercer Room during the library’s operating hours: Monday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday from 2 to 8 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.

For more information, call 703-737-7195 or email balchlib@leesburgva.gov. n

Education School Board Dives into Budget Proposal

BY ALEXIS GUSTIN agustin@loudounnow.com

The School Board has begun a deeper dive into the $1.67 billion budget proposed last week by Acting Superintendent Daniel Smith.

During a Jan. 12 work session, the board took a closer look at proposals for staffing standards, salary and benefits, central office funds and other funds, all of which add to the fiscal year 2024 budget. Chief Financial Officer Sharon Willoughby noted personnel costs make up 89.7% of the proposed budget.

“It doesn’t take that much to move the needle to have an impact on the budget whenever you are talking about compensation,” she said.

The budget includes $23.8 million— almost a quarter of the entire $106.7 million increase over last year’s budget—for an annual step increase, a one-time 1% payment to those at the top of the pay scale, and salary increases for positions not on a salary scale.

Another $43.7 million is proposed for a cost-of-living adjustment for employees not on the teacher salary scale, and an adjustment to the teacher salary scale to provide a minimum 5% pay increase for all eligible full-time employees moving up a

step on the scale.

Last year, the division met the state’s requirement to provide the 5% average pay increase for employees. This year, Willoughby said, the division wants to do more.

Willoughby said there is $67.5 million in the budget to support step increases

and scale adjustments for the 5% minimum pay increase, with the state funding 43.1% of it. That leaves 56.9% of that cost to be funded by the local taxes.

Also included in the budget is the addition of $5.4 million from state initiatives for one-time recruitment and retention bonuses proposed in Gov. Glenn

Youngkin’s budget. For that, the state is funding a little less than half, amounting to about $2.5 million from the state and $2.9 million from the county. She said while they are state-driven initiatives, they do require local funding. She said the state initiatives of step and pay increases and the state initiative of one-time recruitment bonuses represent two-thirds of the total budget increase.

“Over half of the additional county funds we are asking for is to support the local match requirement for compensation,” she said.

Willoughby highlighted some enhanced staffing standards in three areas and introduced a new staffing standard. Those standards are included in all schoolbased positions, the administration, student support and operations, she said.

The budget proposal includes adding 18.7 full time English Language teachers to meet the division recommended ratio of one English Language teacher to every 50 kindergarten students, at a cost of $2.2 million. The school district’s goal is to have 3.5 English Language teachers per 50 kindergarten students, 7.7 middle school students and 7.5 for high school

Scholarship Commended Students at 4 Loudoun High Schools Not Notified

BY ALEXIS GUSTIN agustin@loudounnow.com

Continuing to sort through the regional controversy over the delayed notification to some National Merit Scholarship honorees of their achievements, Acting Superintendent Daniel Smith said last week that some Commended Scholars at four Loudoun County high schools weren’t informed.

In one case, he said, the school itself had not been notified by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

“It’s important to note that there are two types of recognition students receive, Semifinalist/Finalist and Commended Scholars,” Smith said at the Jan. 10 School Board meeting. “I can confirm all LCPS National Merit Scholar Semifinalists were notified, and appropriate

procedures were implemented to assist in their scholarship applications this year.”

National Merit Scholarship Corporation spokesperson Matthew Budreau, said Commended Scholars are students who scored high on the PSAT/MNSQT, but aren’t continuing in the competition.

Commended students are named based on a nationally applied selection index score that can vary from year to year but is typically below the level required to be named Semifinalist, according to the NMSC website.

Smith said the division reviewed its notification practices for Commended Scholars and found that all but three schools—Potomac Falls, Freedom and Loudoun County High School—had already given out the notifications to commended students.

He said Loudoun County High School

was never notified by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation of the students who were Commended Scholars. He said when central office staff reached out about it, the corporation would only speak to the school. After the school contacted the NMSC, administrators learned that there were five students who ranked as Commended Scholars. The school has reached out to those students and their families, and certificates are being mailed from NMSC, Smith said.

At Freedom High School, Smith said the process lagged because of human error and the school leadership has since met with students who were Commended Scholars and their families and is communicating with the universities to which the

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Division Chief Financial Officer Sharon Willoughby addresses the School Board during a Jan. 12 budget work session.

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Acting Superintendent Daniel Smith informed the board Jan. 10 about three county high schools that had not notified National Merit Scholarship Commended Scholars. A few days later, a fourth high school was found to have not notified students.

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students. Currently, the division staffing ratio is one English Language teacher per 59 kindergarten students and one per 25 or 30 middle school students depending on their level of English proficiency. The current division staffing ratio for high school is one English Language teacher per 15 students and one per 25 depending on their proficiency level, and one for students in the Virtual Loudoun program. The state staffing requirement for English Language teachers is 17 per 1,000 students.

English Language teachers teach English to students who speak another language as their primary language.

The budget proposal also includes placing elementary school counselors at each school, rather than having them split between two schools. The proposed budget asks for 25.2 more counselors with an anticipated cost of $2.8 million.

The state staffing requirement is 1 counselor per 325 students.

The proposed budget is also asking for 5.2 more full-time staff with an anticipated cost of $600,000 to provide better support to Community Eligibility Provision Schools. Those schools are ones that have a population of English language learners and economically disadvantaged students and are in low-income areas.

The new staffing standard proposed is the addition of 17 full time student support advisors—one at each high school— at the cost of $1.9 million.

Smith also proposed removing the library assistant position at the Academies of Loudoun and replacing it with another librarian.

Willoughby said the division’s 200 staffing standards are adopted each year

as part of the budget process.

The division is planning for a 2% rate increase in health insurance premiums, which means added costs to both the employer and employee.

The budget proposes $2.5 million to increase sick leave from 10 days to 14 days and increase personal leave from three to five days for 10- and-11 month contracted employees, as well as increase the sick leave payout cap for higher level employees and more tenured teachers upon retirement from 25% to 50%.

Chief Human Resources Officer Lisa Boland requested two full time employees to assist with Human Resources and Talent Development, to include a supervisor position to support employee recognition with a cost of $205,917 and a representative to help with stipend support with a cost of $148,350. There are 160 stipend positions with over 3,000 employees serving in the positions, Boland said.

In total, Human Resources is asking for is a little over $1.1 million in the budget proposal, largely attributable to the management of the Title IX program that was not previously included in the department’s budget, Boland said.

Other areas addressed in the deeper budget dive included an increase of 6.9% in the Business and Financial Services budget from the current budget of $10.3 million to $11 million in the proposed budget, and a $5.8 million increase to the school nutrition fund spread across personnel and operations and maintenance. Willoughby said inflation is playing a part in the cost of food and supplies. Budget needs for the central office included $900,000 for nine full time School Board assistants, paralegals, and an increase in legal services and funding for part-time emergency management consultants for a total of $1.5 million. n

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students applied.

Potomac Falls had planned a recognition program for Jan. 13. Smith said the school has been told to reach out to the Commended Scholars students and their families before the program.

Adams said in a Jan. 13 email that a fourth high school was found to have not notified students following a subsequent review. Adams said all students and parents who were not notified in the fall of 2022 have now been notified.

Smith said school counselors are reaching out to the universities and colleges those students applied to, to make sure they are made aware of the students’ achievements.

“There is no indication that the commended scores were withheld from the students intentionally,” Smith said.

“As a former principal in other school divisions I can attest this process for recognizing commended students is a school-based process and it can vary significantly from school to school. Some may notify students and families in the fall and immediately, others wait for a larger program for recognition. I’ve seen schools wait as long as the end of year senior awards night,” he said.

Smith said the Office of Student Mental Health Services plans to create a specific standard operating procedure for each high school administration and office of school counseling to follow in the future.

Loudoun County Public Schools Media and Community Relations Coordinator Dan Adams said in an email that the procedure would help ensure effective and timely notification of Commended Scholars across the division.

Adams said the division would use resources from NMSC as well as general timelines to distribute materials and said they will share this information with high school principals and directors of school counseling at a joint meeting later this month. The Office of School Counseling Services will review this procedure each fall.

Smith said the notifications issue illustrated a need to work with and encourage NMSC to “develop a process to communicatee directly with the school division in addition to the school communication.”

Budreau said the organization notifies the schools because schools said they wanted the honor of announcing their students.

All 62 Loudoun County High School students who were semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship program were notified of that accomplishment in September and celebrated on Sept. 16 in a news story published on the division’s website as well as being recognized at the Sept. 27 School Board meeting, according to Adams.

Finalists in the National Merit Scholarship program are not announced. Winners will be announced starting in April, with awards for different scholarship amounts to be announced July 10, according to the

Loudoun Crime Commission Luncheon

Friday, January 20th at the Belmont country Club.

Our law enforcement leaders will be presenting at our Annual State of Law Enforcement in Loudoun County Forum. Doors open at noon for an open buffet luncheon. The cost is $25 per person. If possible please RSVP at RSVP@loudouncrimecommission.org. All are welcomed!

NOVEC Offers $21K in Trade Scholarships

STAFF REPORT

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative and the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives are offering college, vocational, and trade school scholarships to public, private, and home-schooled high school seniors whose families receive electricity from electric cooperatives.

The cooperatives will send scholarship funds directly to recipients’ chosen educational institutions for help with tuition, room and board, student fees, or books.

The NOVEC Scholarship Program will award $1,500 college scholarships to 14 qualified students in its service territory in Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford counties and the City of Manassas Park. The overall outstanding student also will receive the $1,500 J. Manley Garber Scholarship, named for the late co-op board chair, for a total of $3,000 in college assistance.

NOVEC will also award a scholarship to a student who will attend a historically Black college or university,

National Merit scholarship Corporation website.

The discussion came after recent news that administrators at top ranked Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County didn’t notify students who were Commended Scholars.

Parent activists there discovered the failure and allege administrators inten-

and one for a student who will attend a vocational or trade school.

Selection committees will choose students based on scholastic achievement, community service, work experience, and leadership skills. For more information, email scholarships@novec.com. Learn more and apply at novec.com/community/ scholarships.cfm. Applications are due March 13.

The VMDAEC Education Scholarship Foundation will award $1,000 scholarships to high school and homeschooled seniors whose parents or guardians are members of NOVEC or one of 14 other electric cooperatives in Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland. The foundation will select recipients based on financial need, academic achievement, and personal statements.

Applicants must be entering college or a technical/trade school in fall 2023. More information about the application and guidelines is available at vmdaec.com/scholarship. Applications will open Jan. 30 and are due April 3. For more information, email scholarship@vmdaec.com. n

tionally withheld the notifications as part of what they called the school’s “war on merit.” In a statement, Fairfax County school administrators said the delayed notification was a mistake, caused by human error. Attorney General Jason Miyares has announced a civil rights investigation into that issue and the school’s admissions policies. n

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Loudoun Crime Commission

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All real estate advertised herein is subject to Virginia’s fair housing law which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status or handicap or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

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The second Friday of each month, there is a luncheon at the Belmont Country Club at 12PM, featuring a guest speaker covering topics on public safety.

fairhousing@dpor.virginia.gov www.fairhousing.vipnet.org

The September 9th luncheon speaker will be Special Agent Morgan Bailey from the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.

“There is no indication that the commended scores were withheld from the students intentionally.”

— Daniel Smith Acting Loudoun Public Schools Superintendent

Public Safety Charge Reduced in 2022 Fatal Shooting

BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.com

Days before he faced trial on a 2022 fatal shooting, a Leesburg man is expected to be released on house arrest while a new trial is scheduled on a reduced criminal charge.

On Jan. 10, county prosecutors appeared before Circuit Court Judge James E. Plowman to reduce the original charge of second-degree murder against Nelson Jose Coronado Jr., 22, to voluntary manslaughter in the death of his cousin, Javuan Amontae Wright.

That reduced charge, Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Shaniqua Clark Nelson argued, better fit the facts of the case, in which Coronado, 22, claimed to have acted in self-defense.

Second-degree murder, which carries a sentence of up to 40 years in prison, requires evidence that the crime was committed intentionally and with malice. Felony murder, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, requires proof of intent, but not malice.

The investigation began when Leesburg Police Department dispatchers received a call at 2:30 a.m. April 4, 2022, re-

porting a suspicious event at a Fort Evans Road apartment. Officers arrived to find Wright, 21, in the apartment with multiple gunshot wounds. He was declared dead at the scene.

During a District Court preliminary hearing in September, Coronado’s attorneys claimed he acted in self-defense, saying Wright was acting aggressively after taking prescription drugs and alcohol earlier in the evening.

According to testimony, Coronado was with Wright earlier in the night in Ashburn when Wright passed out and was unresponsive. Coronado called a female friend to meet them in the parking lot of the Chick-Fil-A on Belmont Ridge Road and to help Coronado revive Wright. She said that after applying frozen bags of food to his neck and body he came to, but he became very agitated.

Back in Leesburg, the group pulled over in the parking lot of the Homewood Suites and were yelling. Police were called by the hotel management around 1:30 a.m. The friend said that Wright was coming to and kept trying to engage with officers in a friendly way. Responding officers testified he seemed under the influence of something and told the group to take him home to rest.

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Coronado lived in the apartments across the street from the hotel, so police let them walk there, according to testimony.

The friend went to the apartment. A few minutes later Coronado arrived and told her not to open the door. Wright arrived shortly after, still agitated.

She said she tried to calm him down by talking to him, but he pushed his way into the apartment, pinning her between the door and a wall. She testified he was slurring words and didn’t appear to be himself. Minutes later Coronado emerged from the back of the apartment. She said Wright let go of her and lunged at Coronado, who fired three shots as Wright continued moving toward him.

In a Jan. 12 Circuit Court hearing, Judge Douglas L. Fleming Jr. had been scheduled to hear pretrial motions in advance of this week’s scheduled jury trial. Instead, he was presented with a joint proposal by prosecution and defense attorneys to release Coronado from jail pending his yet-to-be-rescheduled trial. Under the proposed terms, Coronado would be placed on house arrest with a GPS monitor and other conditions.

A scheduling hearing is planned Jan. 19. n

Walmart Shooting Case Advances to Sentencing

BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.com

Circuit Court Judge Stephen E. Sincavage last week upheld six felony convictions stemming from the Jan. 2, 2021, shootout with Loudoun deputies at the Sterling Walmart and accepted a guilty plea on an additional charge.

Following a May 2022 jury trial, Steven E. Thodos faces sentences of 20 years to life in prison on the three most serious charges, two counts of attempted capital murder of a police officer and aggravated malicious wounding. He also was found guilty of two counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony, which carry mandatory minimum three-year prison sentences, and grand larceny.

During the Jan. 12 hearing, he pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a charge that had been scheduled for a separate trial and carries a sentence of up to five years in jail.

The incident began just before 5 p.m. Jan. 2, 2021, when loss prevention officers at the Sterling Walmart detained Thodos on suspicion of stealing items, claiming he was “skip scanning” merchandise at the checkout—that is, putting some items with his purchases without processing them in the payment system.

Grand Jury Issues Indictment in 2017

Round Hill Arson

A Loudoun County grand jury last week issued a felony indictment for the 2017 burning of a Round Hill-area home after hitting a match in a criminal DNA database.

Darrell A. Segraves, 28, is charged with arson of an occupied dwelling.

The incident happened Nov. 4, 2017, when the occupants of a single-family home on Tedler Circle in the Lake Point neighborhood called 911 to report an odor of gasoline. Fire and Rescue units arrived and found remains of a fire. Fire Marshal’s Office investigators determined the fire was intentionally set. Using Loudoun’s accelerant detection canine, investigators found gasoline contaminated latex gloves with a cardboard matchbox. The items were examined by the state Department of Forensic Science.

At that time, no matching DNA was on file. However, on Sept. 16, 2022, Loudoun investigators were notified by the Virginia Department of Forensic Science that DNA

collected from the latex gloves matched Darrell Segraves. A subsequent DNA test confirmed the match.

Segraves is being held at the Norfolk City Jail on an unrelated arson charge of burning an occupied dwelling. On Jan. 10, the Loudoun County Circuit Court issued a capias to bring Segraves to Loudoun to face the charge.

The felony charge carries a sentence of five years to life in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.

2 Teens Charged with Twice Burglarizing Sneaker Store

Two months after six juveniles were charged with the Nov. 27 burglary of Restocked Sneakers, the Leesburg Police Department announced Tuesday that two of those suspects also have been charged with a similar break-in at the same business that occurred Nov. 17.

In the incidents, perpetrators broke the front glass of the Madison Trade Plaza store and took merchandise valued at $40,000. After the Nov. 17 break-in, dis-

carded merchandise was located nearby in Raflo Park near the W&OD Trail.

The investigations into both burglaries have since been turned over to the Loudoun County Juvenile Court Services Unit, the agency stated.

Teen Charged in Leesburg Smoke Shop Break-In

Leesburg Police investigators have identified a male teenager as the suspect in the Dec. 29 burglary of the Tobacco King store on East Market Street.

In the case, officers determined that the suspect shattered the business’s plate glass door and took merchandise before fleeing on foot.

The suspect was identified with the help of the members of the public who provided information after the department released a video still of the suspect, the agency said.

The investigation has been turned over to the Loudoun County Juvenile Court Services Unit. n

Thodos was being held in a room with the civilian security officers and two other suspected shoplifters when Deputy First Class Camron Gentry arrived. The suspect resisted the deputy’s efforts to pat him down and search him. When Deputy First Class Charles Ewing arrived, they tried to search him together but were thrown to the ground. They said Thodos then pulled out a handgun and fired at them. The loss prevention officers also sustained injuries. As the suspect ran from the security office and out of the store, Ewing fired shots at Thodos, striking him in the arm.

Thodos then stole a pickup from a nearby business and led law enforcement on a chase down Rt. 28 into Fairfax County, where he crashed and later was arrested.

During last week’s hearing, Thodos’ attorneys sought to have the jury verdicts set aside, arguing that evidence was not adequate to support some of the charges and that others were duplicative. Sincavage denied those motions.

A daylong sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 20. n

Nonprofits NOVEC Offers $21K in Scholarships

Claude Moore Foundation Distributes $2.6M in Grants

STAFF REPORT

The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation is distributing $2.6 million in grants to nonprofit organizations in Virginia and Washington, DC.

The grants are designed to support organizations that work to improve the lives of individuals living in under-resourced conditions and to initiate programs and partnerships that increase academic competence and encourage leadership, especially for under-resourced populations.

The Foundation is a private Virginia philanthropy established by Dr. Claude Moore in 1987. Moore grew up in poverty and became a successful physician and landowner. The foundation strives to implement his philosophy of providing a “leg up, not a handout” in its giving decisions.

Including 2023 invitational grant funding, the foundation has donated more than $31.2 million to nonprofit organizations doing work in Loudoun County.

“We are deeply committed to making an impact on the quality of life through education and supporting organizations that are providing access to vital services in Loudoun County and other places in Virginia,” Executive Director J. Hamilton Lambert stated. “We believe—as Dr. Moore did—that supporting organizations that help under-resourced individuals create a path to success is how the trust’s funds should be allocated.” n

The 2023 Claude Moore Foundation grants are:

• A Place to Be - $180,000

• Center for Excellence in Education - $130,00

• Community Foundation for Loudoun & Northern Fauquier Counties –$300,00

• Elk Hill – $10,000

• Every Citizen Has Opportunities (ECHO) – $295,000

• Girl Scout Council of Nation’s Capital – $40,000

• Healthwagon – $75,000

• HealthWorks for Northern Virginia– $74,500

• Insight Memory – $10,000

• James Madison University– Precious Time – $78,310

• Legacy Farms – $100,000

• Loudoun Education Foundation – $112,000

• Loudoun Free Clinic – $100,00

• Loudoun Literacy Council – $120,000

• Loudoun Serenity House – $80,000

• Loudoun Youth, Inc. – $80,000

• National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts – $40,000

• Northern Virginia Dental Clinic – $90,000

• Northern Virginia Family Service – $50,000

• Our Stomping Ground – $170,000

• Shenandoah University - Claude Moore Center for Literacy– $79,050

• Stroke Comeback Center – $25,000

• The Arc of Loudoun - $250,000

• The Ryan Bartel Foundation – $50,000

• Virginia Health Care Foundation – $100,000

Community Foundation Give Choose Registration Open

STAFF REPORT

Registration is now open for nonprofits to participate Give Choose 2023, the annual online day of giving.

Also, the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties which hosts Give Choose will offer online training for nonprofits on Jan. 12.

Nonprofit organizations located in and serving Loudoun and Northern Fauquier can now register or renew their participation at givechoose.org. Last year, Give Choose raised more than $829,000 for nonprofits in Loudoun and Northern Fau-

quier Counties. Organizations that have previously participated in Give Choose should already have received an automated email to log in to their account at givechoose. org. Alternately, visit givechoose.org and click “Login – Nonprofits,” not the “Registration” button. Once renewal is approved, organizations can review and

update their organization’s profile, goals, videos, pictures, and logo.

New organizations can register at givechoose.org by selecting “Registration” under the menu. They will submit a registration form, Give Choose 2023 agreement, and IRS Letter of Determination.

Registrations and renewals are due by Feb. 28. With questions, contact Nicole Acosta at nicole@communityfoundationlf.org or 703-779-3505, extension 3.

This year’s Give Choose will be Tuesday, March 28. Early giving begins March 14. n

STAFF REPORT

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative and the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives are offering college, vocational, and trade school scholarships to public, private, and home-schooled high school seniors whose families receive electricity from electric cooperatives.

The cooperatives will send scholarship funds directly to recipients’ chosen educational institutions for help with tuition, room and board, student fees, or books.

The NOVEC Scholarship Program will award 14 $1,500 college scholarships to qualified students in NOVEC’s service territory in Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford counties and the City of Manassas Park. The overall outstanding student will receive the $1,500 J. Manley Garber Scholarship, named for the late coop board chair, for a total of $3,000 in college assistance.

NOVEC will also award a scholarship to a student who will attend a historically Black college or university, and one for a student who will attend a vocational or trade school.

Selection committees will choose students based on scholastic achievement, community service, work experience, and leadership skills. For more information, email scholarships@ novec.com. Learn more and apply at novec.com/community/scholarships.cfm. Applications are due Monday, March 13.

Applicants must be entering college or a technical/trade school in fall 2023. More information about the application and guidelines is available at vmdaec.com/ scholarship. Applications will open Monday, Jan. 30 and are due Monday, April 3. For more information, email scholarship@vmdaec.com. n

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Towns

Purcellville Scrambles to Fill Planning Director Position

BY HANNA PAMPALONI hpampaloni@loudounnow.com

Following the resignation of Purcellville’s director of Planning and Economic Development, Town Manager David Mekarski and Director of Engineering Dale Lehnig are working to bring in an experienced administrator to step in temporarily.

Don Dooley has served as the town’s planning director since February 2021. He resigned effective Jan. 12. The town declined a request for a copy of the resignation notice, claiming it contains personnel information concerning identifiable individuals that Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act permits to be withheld from public disclosure.

Lehnig told the Town Council during its Jan. 10 meeting that administrators were in talks with Martha Mason Semmes to take over some duties on an interim basis. Semmes served as Purcellville’s director of planning and zoning from 2004 to 2010. She also worked as Middleburg’s town administrator from 2010 to 2019, and has served as Leesburg’s planning director.

Mekarski said that regardless of who

would fill the interim position, the duties would be focused on assisting the Planning Commission’s effort to write a new zoning ordinance and managing the review of the county’s plans for the Fields Farm sports complex and commuter parking lot.

Until the post is filled, Mekarski, Lehnig and Town Attorney Sally Hankins will step in to fill the responsibilities left by Dooley.

While the town charter holds that all town employees “shall be appointed and may be removed by the manager,” Mayor Stanley J. Milan said he expected to have

a more hands-on role, pointing out the council selects who will serve as zoning administrator, a post Dooley also held. During last week’s meeting, Milan said he had not received a copy of the planning director’s job description or the copy of the staff transition plan despite asking for them a week ago.

“And now I’m hearing that there has been an ongoing conversation with someone to fill this position and the discussion on planning a zoning administrator when

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County Announces New Hillwood Estates Street Names

STAFF REPORT

The county government has announced the new names of three streets named for Confederate generals in the Hillwood Estates subdivision near Round Hill.

Jackson Avenue will become Honeybee Avenue, Lee Drive will be Turtle Hill Drive, and Pickett Road will be Broken Arrow Road. The new names will become official later this year. Residents will be notified by letter of the exact date their addresses will change, according to the county.

The action is part of the Board of Supervisors’ ongoing effort to rename public facilities named for people and symbols

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AROUND towns

LOVETTSVILLE

Council Extends Grant Application Deadline

The Lovettsville Town Council has extended to Feb. 10 the deadline for businesses and nonprofits to apply for the American Rescue Act Plan funding.

In November, the council allocated $20,000 of funding for nonprofits and $25,000 for small businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19.

Nonprofits must complete an application with a statement of need and impact in the community and provide IRS 990 forms for 2019, 2020, and 2021, an IRS 501(c) (3) determination letter and the organization’s monthly financial statements.

Small businesses must meet requirements set by both the town and the U.S. Treasury, which include limiting the use of funding to rehabilitation of commercial properties, storefront improvements, façade improvements, or creation and/ or enhanced outdoor spaces that can increase public activity while minimizing the spread of the virus, demonstrate financial impact from COVID-19 by comparing 2019 and 2021 federally reported gross revenues, be in good standing with the town and have had a business license since 2019.

Applications can be found on the town’s website.

MIDDLEBURG

Council Thanks Wexton for Federal Funding

Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10) on Jan. 12 was presented with a resolution of appreciation by the Middleburg Town Council.

The action recognized Wexton’s successful effort to secure $2 million in federal funding to help construction of the new town hall. The earmark covered almost 20% of the project’s $10.6 million cost.

Wexton said she was pleased to be able to help support the needs

AROUND TOWNS

Hanna Pampaloni/Loudoun Now

Purcellville Town Manager David Mekarski is working to find a temporary replacement following the resignation of the town’s planning director.

PLANNING

STREET

Alexis Gustin/Loudoun Now

The intersection of Lee Drive and Jackson Avenue near Round Hill will become the intersection of Turtle Hill Drive and Honeybee Avenue.

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that’s a function of the Town Council. Now, strike one. I’ve asked for this a week ago and I still haven’t got it. Strike two, we had the council ask the town manager to generate a termination letter for the [Bush Tabernacle operations contract.] A week later, at the midnight hour, we get the letter to be generated hours before it was expected to expire … are there any other surprises coming down the pipe that the council has asked for and has not received?”

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associated with racial segregation and the Confederacy.

Property owners were asked to make nominations for new names, which then went onto a ballot for a vote of residents on each street. The process of replacing the names of three other Confederate named streets—Early Avenue and Longstreet Avenue in that same Hillwood Estates neighborhood and Jeb Stuart Road near Philomont—is continuing, with property owners also asked to submit new names. Names that meet the county’s requirements, such as not being already in use in Loudoun and not being a sound-alike for one already in use, will be sent back to them on a ballot for a vote. Those with the most votes will become the new street names.

The Hillwood Estates subdivision is partially in the Town of Round Hill, which has authority over changing street names within its borders. Last year, the Town Council voted narrowly against renaming Mosby Court, which is entirely within town limits. All six homeowners living on the cul-desac had asked the Town Council not to rename it.

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Mekarski pointed out the mayor and the Town Council don’t have a role in the staffing decision.

“Dale, as our engineering, planning and development director, has the authority to make final decisions on the job description, conduct the interview process and make a hiring decision, with consultation obviously of myself and our human resource director,” Mekarski said.

Lehnig said the staff had been scrambling to update and distribute a job description and try to get somebody in place to assist the planning commission in the effort to write a new zoning ordinance.

“Please understand that staff’s focus was to simply keep the ball rolling on this

and it was not staff’s intent to withhold or not provide information,” Director of Administration Hooper McCann said.

“That’s all I’m saying, is communicate with us,” Milan said.

Hankins asked if the mayor and council would like to see the job description and weigh in on its content before the opening is posted on various job sites.

“I have no idea what it says, before I can make a decision on what I should add. Just give it to us guys, we’re not trying to do nothing sneaky. Just give it to me, and everybody get it, and then everybody weighs in,” Milan said. n

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of local governments and noted she was receiving “a commendation for doing my job.”

Town Council Thanks Retiring Financial Advisors

Three of the Middleburg’s longtime financial advisors were presented with resolutions of appreciation Jan. 12 as they are stepping down from their positions.

Mitchell and Company has been the town’s auditor since 2003. With Mitchell’s retirement, his firm has elected to stop performing municipal audits. The council thanked Mitchell and Sandy Tondreau, who has led the town’s audit since 2014, for their outstanding service to the town.

Joe Boling, the former CEO and chairman of Middleburg Bank, served on the town’s Strategic Finance Committee since 2018, helping to review and make recommendations on the town’s finances. He stepped down from that seat in December. The resolution expresses sincere appreciation for his exemplary service.

Work Continues on Short-Term Rental Rules

After updating the Zoning Ordinance regulations governing short-term residential rentals last month, the Town Council continues to wrestle with what limits to place on the industry.

During the council’s Jan. 12 meeting, members continued to raise concerns about widespread use of the town’s homes for tourist rentals. Mayor Bridge Littleton said the town needs a strategy to preserve the town’s affordable housing stock as residence and to avoid becoming

a town of visitors. “The wave is coming,” he said.

Over the past year of deliberations, council and Planning Commission members have discussed limiting or banning rentals in some neighborhoods and debated the maximum number of rental nights that should be permitted, among other limitations. Following last week’s discussion, Deputy Town Manager William M. Moore said he would return in a few weeks with some new recommendations.

PURCELLVILLE

Police Dept. Joins Initiative to Reduce Partner Violence

The Purcellville Police Department has formally partnered with the LAWS Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services by joining the Loudoun County Lethality Assessment Program to assist in identifying victims of intimate partner violence.

The LAP partnership seeks to reduce the rates of domestic violence-related homicide by directly linking those victims to community resources such as advocacy, court and hospital accompaniment, crisis hotline, safe shelter and therapy.

The department signed the agreement with LAWS to join the LAP in 2022, with additional training for all staff, both civilian and sworn members, taking place in December.

“Participation in this program is one more tool to help our officers more effectively identify victims of domestic violence who are at the highest risk for serious injuries, and also assist in getting them the resources and support they need to stay safe,” Chief Cynthia McAlister stated.

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Obituaries

Catherine F. Kibble, born 12/31/1924, died 1/5/2023, at age 98 in Lansdowne, Virginia. Born to John M. Deasy and Katherine Buckley, both who emigrated as teenagers from County Cork, Ireland. Siblings Denis J. a lawyer and POW from the Battle of the Bulge, John J, NYC Chief Probation Officer, and Helen Deasy Murray, all predeceased her. Catherine lost her own mother in 1934. A graduate of Cathedral High School in New York City in 1942 she married in August 1946 to Walter T. “Bud” Kibble from Staten Island, a deepsea diver who joined the NYPD and then the FDNY, from which he retired. They moved to Whitestone, Queens and raised two sons, John T., a 638 Steamfitter and James E. (Jim) a DEA SSA. “Bud” passed away in 1983. She remarried her Ball Room dance partner John LaPolla in 1995. John predeceased her in 2000. Catherine is survived by her two sons, John (Andrea) and Jim (Deborah), seven grandchildren, Jimmy (Michelle), Kristine (John Costa), Jacqueline (Ryan Kortze), Michael, Erin (Chris Foy) John Jr (Jennifer) and Laura Jane (UK) (Charles (Haestier). Her soon to be twelve great-grandchildren are Taylor, Jimmy, Chase, Landon, Greyson, Emerson, John Patrick (“JP”), Regan, Colin, Daegan, Alexandra and (TBD) (due April 2023).

Catherine was a staunch Catholic who loved her family and always marveled as to how fortunate she was to have traveled the world in her later years. She continued to be generous to Cathedral HS and the sisters of Charity in New York. The family would like to recognize Capital Hospice, INOVA Hospital in Lansdowne, Heritage Hall Rehabilitation (Leesburg) and Ashleigh Assisted Living (Lansdowne), all who provided exceptional care during her final days. A Catholic mass will be scheduled at St John the Apostle, Leesburg, VA in March and in NY at a later date. Interment will be private at a later date at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in 10 W Stevens Ave, Hawthorne, NY 10532, Hawthorne, NY.

The family requests that no flowers be sent. Share condolences with the family www. LoudounFuneralChapel.com

Catherine F. Kibble

LoCo Living

Khai Nguyen’s Quest for The Best

Pho From Home Makes One Loudoun Debut

BY JAN MERCKER jmercker@loudounnow.com

Khai Nguyen is a perfectionist. After decades in corporate America, Nguyen’s search for the perfect bowl of pho led him to launch his new business, Pho From Home, serving up a from-scratch product that captures the magic of a beloved restaurant favorite.

A longtime foodie and amateur chef, Nguyen decided last year that it was time to take his passion for the aromatic Vietnamese soup to the next level. He spent months perfecting his craft, using locally sourced ingredients and a series of innovative techniques he developed to cover a longstanding challenge: making delicious pho that’s easy to take home.

“I’m obsessive about details,” Nguyen said. “It’s not just the ingredients, it’s the process.”

Nguyen was born in Vietnam and immigrated to Canada as a child as his family fled the war in his home country. Food

was an important part of life for the refugee family of seven, including his mother and six siblings.

“My mom’s a great cook, and food is a big thing with our family,” Nguyen said. “My mother would pinch pennies, but when it came to food, she didn’t take shortcuts. I got that sense of a very healthy respect for food at an early age.”

Nguyen’s work life took him around the globe and expanded his culinary excellence. While working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Hong Kong, he met his wife of 26 years. On one of their first dates in the early ’90s, Nguyen decided to cook dinner for his new love interest. On a tight budget in the pre-smartphone world, he went into a bookstore to memorize a recipe but got the proportions wrong, adding a full pound of butter to the dish. She married him anyway. The couple moved to New York in the mid-90s, and Nguyen took a job on Wall Street. For his 30th birthday, his wife gave him a gift certificate for a

cooking class at an NYC culinary school.

“I learned the basic techniques of French cooking: the vessels, the utensils, the cooking methods. … It was a fantastic class. I still use those techniques today,” he said.

After their first child was born, Nguyen moved his family to Reston in 2000 to be closer to his wife’s family. Nguyen continued his corporate path working as an executive for telecommunications companies. Last year, Nguyen took the plunge and left his job as a vice president with Verizon to pursue his passion. He officially launched Pho From Home in November after spending six months in the kitchen “improving my process and working out the kinks.”

“It’s a real change,” Nguyen said. “This is the first time I’m cooking food for others outside of friends and family. It’s been a wild ride.”

THINGS to do

LOCO LIVE

Live Music: Jim Steele

Friday, Jan. 20, 5 p.m.

Two Twisted Posts Winery, 12944 Harpers Ferry Road, Neersville

Details: twotwistedposts.com

Join local favorite Jim Steele for an evening of fun covers and originals.

Live Music: Jessica Paulin

Friday, Jan. 20, 6 p.m.

Flying Ace Distillery and Brewery, 40950 Flying Ace Lane, Lovettsville Details: flyingacefarm.com

Enjoy covers from the 60s through today as Paulin covers favorites from Joplin to Gaga.

Live Music: Side Piece

Friday, Jan. 20, 9:30 p.m.

Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg Details: spankyspub.com

Side Piece serves up rock and pop hits, old favorites and original mash-ups with fresh twists.

Live Music: Darryl Marini

Saturday, Jan. 21, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

8 Chains North Winery, 38593 Daymont Lane, Waterford Details: 8chainsnorth.com

Marini is a seasoned musician from Los Angeles who now lives in the Shenandoah Valley. A skilled guitarist and vocalist, he has a versatile repertoire covering classic and alt rock, jazz standards, country and pop.

Live Music: Will Shepard

Saturday, Jan. 21, 2 p.m.

Harvest Gap Brewery, 15485 Purcellville Road, Hillsboro Details: harvestgap.com

It’s a fun brewery afternoon with singer/ songwriter Will Shepard.

Live Music: David Davol

Saturday, Jan. 21, 2 p.m.

Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Hillsboro Details: breauxvineyards.com

Davol is back with folk rock and country favorites from the Eagles to James Taylor.

Live Music: Mercy Creek

Saturday, Jan. 21, 2 p.m.

Lost Rhino Brewing Company 21730 Red Rum Drive, Ashburn Details: lostrhino.com

Mercy Creek brings their earthy, edgy, aggressive folk-rock sound to Lost Rhino.

Live Music: Ken Wenzel

Saturday, Jan. 21, 2-5 p.m.

The Barns At Hamilton Station, 16804 Hamilton Station Road, Hamilton Details: thebarnsathamiltonstation.com Wenzel returns to the Barns with his signature roots-rock, country-jazz take on love, learning and life in America.

Live Music: Jake Phillips

Saturday, Jan. 21, 3 p.m.

Flying Ace Distillery and Brewery, 40950 Flying Ace Lane, Lovettsville

Details: flyingacefarm.com

Jake Phillips is a singer/songwriter who has traveled the world. With a powerful voice and

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Pho From Home founder and inventor Khai Nguyen spent months experimenting and perfecting a way to make a delicious pho from scratch that’s easy to make at home.

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dynamic guitar skills, Phillips’s repertoire includes original music and an eclectic set of classic folk and alternative covers.

Live Music: Juliet Lloyd Trio Saturday, Jan. 21, 5 pm.

Lost Barrel Brewing, 36138 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg Details: lostbarrel.com

Singer/songwriter/pianist Juliet Lloyd returns to Lost Barrel with pop, rock and classic soul favorites.

Live Music: Something’s Brewing Saturday, Jan. 21, 7 p.m.

MacDowell Brew Kitchen, 202 South St. SE, Leesburg Details: macsbeach.com

Enjoy classic rock, pop and folk– old and new– from some of the area’s best musicians.

Live Music: The Junior Bryce Band Saturday, January 21, 8 p.m.

Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville Details: monksq.com

An in-demand saxophone sideman in the DC region for years, Bryce has launched his own ensemble serving up groove and hippie funk with some jazz and R&B flavor.

Live Music: The Crown Jewels Saturday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.

Crooked Run Fermentation, 22455 Davis Drive #120, Sterling

Details: crookedrunbrewing.com

Seasoned performers from some of the region’s favorite bands join forces for a dynamic sound.

Live Music: Frank Murray Saturday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.

Ashburn Village Inn, 20020 Ashbrook Commons Plaza, Ashburn

Details: ashburnvillageinn.com

Murray covers favorites from the 60s, 70s and 80s.

Live Music: Short Hill Mountain Boys

Saturday, Jan. 21. 8 p.m.

The Branch, 49 Catoctin Circle SE, Leesburg

Details: bowlthebranch.com

Enjoy old-time picking and singing from a local favorite in a fun environment.

Live Music: Diamond Alley

Saturday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.

Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg

Details: spankyspub.com

BEST BETS

Saturday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m. The

This five-piece DMV dance/rock band performs an exciting mix of contemporary and classic hits and original tunes.

Live Music: Acoustic Moose Sunday, Jan. 22, 1 p.m.

Maggie Malick Wine Caves, 12138 Harpers Ferry Road, Neersville

Details: maggiemalickwinecaves.com

This south-central PA duo with acoustic guitar and dynamic vocal harmonies plays a range of folk rock, blues and classic rock favorites.

Live Music: David Andrew Smith Sunday, Jan. 22, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

8 Chains North Winery, 38593 Daymont Lane, Waterford Details: 8chainsnorth.com

Smith is known for addictive melodies, a soulful vocal style and an off-the-beaten-path pop sensibility.

Live Music: Lenny Burridge Sunday, Jan. 22, 2-5 p.m.

The Barns At Hamilton Station, 16804 Hamilton Station Road, Hamilton Details: thebarnsathamiltonstation.com

Wind down with acoustic blues and Americana, classic rock and new rock from Lenny Burridge.

Live Music: Clark Peklo Sunday, Jan. 22, 2 p.m.

Flying Ace Distillery and Brewery, 40950 Flying Ace Lane, Lovettsville

Details: flyingacefarm.com

Peklo’s repertoire of cool, unexpected covers features a strict No Eagles policy.

LOCO CULTURE

‘The Wizard of Oz’

Saturday, Jan. 21, 7 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 22, 2 p.m.

StageCoach Theatre Company, 20937 Ashburn Road, Suites 115 and 120, Ashburn

Details: stagecoachtc.com

Follow the Yellow Brick Road in this stage version of the classic film. Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion take you on a trip to the Enchanted Land of Oz to meet the Wizard himself. Performances also run Jan. 27-29 and Feb. 3-5. Tickets are $20.

A ‘Soiled’ Path

Sunday, Jan. 22, 3:15-5 p.m.

Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville

Details: regenourfuture.org

This discussion of agricultural land from Regenerating Our Future features farmers, academic researchers, master gardeners, community gardeners and soil advocates. Tickets are $15.

COMING UP

Cabin Fever Film Fest

Friday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 28, 10 a.m.

Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville

Details: franklinparkartscenter.org

Now in its sixth year, the festival celebrates films created by Loudouners in a range of genres. This year, a special category highlights the theme “Exploring the Natural World.” Tickets are $5.

Village at Leesburg Ice Festival

Saturday, Jan. 28, noon-4 p.m.

Village At Leesburg, 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg

Details: villageatleesburg.com

Check out live professional ice carvers as they compete to create the best sculpture, practice your moves on the ice skating rink and enjoy interactive ice games.

PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM

7 p.m. (doors) Tally Ho Theater tallyhotheater.com

SHORT HILL MOUNTAIN BOYS

Branch bowlthebranch.com

THE JUNIOR BRYCE BAND Saturday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m. Monk’s BBQ monksq.com

National Conference Center Hosts Wheelchair Fencing World Cup

BY RENSS GREENE rgreene@loudounnow.com

More than 300 of the best wheelchair fencers in the world gathered at the National Conference Center this week to compete for gold, glory, and a shot at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.

It’s the first time in 20 years that the U.S. has hosted the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup, governed by the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation. Athletes from around the world competed representing Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey and Ukraine, according to Visit Loudoun.

“We’re excited about the tournament for two reasons,” USA Fencing Director of Communications Bryan Wendell said. “It gives us the chance to have the home field advantage and make it feel like a home cup for Team USA, but also to grow the sport of parafencing.”

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Several factors coalesced to inspire Nguyen to follow his culinary dream. The initial spark was lit when Nguyen’s son mentioned his dream of eating pho every day, inspiring his dad to embark on a quest to create a high-quality transportable product. Nguyen is also not shy about sharing his opinion that many DMV pho restaurants are a letdown.

“I have extremely high standards and I’ve been disappointed with every single restaurant I’ve been to,” he said.

The pandemic and shifts in dining habits offered the final push. The early days of the pandemic meant more time in the kitchen for Nguyen, allowing him to hone his craft and business plan. He also saw a need for great tasting pho that diners could take home and heat up.

“I felt that there’s a need for this product,” he said. “I thought people wanted a great product at home at a fair price, convenient and without any compromises on quality or flavor.”

Nguyen currently works out of a shared commercial space at Frontier Kitchen in

just that, partly by trying to bring more competitions to American soil. Wendell said the World Cup might also be a place some spectators could see themselves at the next competition.

“We want people who would qualify as parafencer to be able to see themselves in this sport, and it’s really tough for them to do that if there’s not a home competition,” he said.

Team USA only sent three parafencers

Chantilly but hopes to find his own space in the near future. He offers free pickup from the kitchen during traditional business hours and limited delivery and opened a booth at the Eat Loco Farmers Market earlier this month.

Nguyen makes his product from scratch and sells it frozen. This has meant dispelling a couple of longstanding myths about pho, including the perception that it doesn’t travel well.

“Pho traditionally is meant to be eaten right away,” Nguyen said. But he uses an exacting and labor-intensive process to craft his products, with a focus on keeping the broth clear and the noodles firm from kitchen to freezer to table.

“It’s thinking through the whole entire process end to end: how I prepare the noodles, how I freeze the products, including blast freezing, how I deliver in well-insulated bags.” Always the perfectionist, Nguyen spent months doing research to find the right BPA-free containers that are microwave and freezer safe.

Nguyen sells three varieties: beef, chicken and vegan, priced between $12.95 and $14.95 for a 22-ounce container. All of his pho is made using locally sourced ingredients. He’s buying grass-

to the last Paralympic Games in 2020, in Tokyo, Wendell said. One of those, Ellen Geddes, was among the 17 parafencers Team USA sent to the weekend’s world cup. They were competing for qualifying points that could earn them a spot at the 2024 Paralympic Games.

“Not all of them have paralympic aspirations, but most of them, if you were to ask them 100% honestly, you would hear that it’s on their bucket, on their dream

fed beef and pasture-raised chicken from Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm in Augusta County because of the farm’s Northern Virginia delivery schedule. Nguyen takes special pride in his “truly vegan” recipe, instead of simply adding vegetables to a chicken stock base.

“Vegan for me is not an afterthought. It is its own unique star of the trio. It’s not a second fiddle to the other two,” he said. “It has its own unique flavor profile to take advantage of the vegetable flavor.”

Nguyen is also dispelling the myth that tasty pho requires the flavor enhancer MSG.

“Restaurants in many places use MSG in replacement of good bones and meat. I use a lot of bones and meat, so my flavor does not require added MSG,” he said. “That’s the bottom line”

Handmade bone broth is at the heart of Nguyen’s products and taps into growing consumer interest in the health benefits of bone broth.

“The magic is the amount of time that’s required to cook the bones to extract the nutrients and minerals. That’s another reason I wanted to use grass-fed beef and chicken that’s free from chemicals and growth hormones, Nguyen said.

board,” Wendell said.

The team has also been doing more to put its para-athletes forward.

“We are seeing growth, and it’s been encouraging to see that type of growth,” Wendell said. “It’s been an effort from our CEO down to add more visibility to the sport, even in small ways.” The parafencing logo now features next to the fencing logo on the company’s graphics and at tournaments—“It’s showing that parafencing is a major part of our sport, and an equal part of our sport.”

He said it’s a sport that’s easy to learn, but difficult to master.

“The hand-eye coordination is just one piece of it. The other is being able to fake out your opponent, move faster, out-think them—there’s a reason that people call it physical chess,” he said.

For people who might like to pick up a foil, epee or saber, he recommended the club finder at usafencing.org/try-fencing. Fortunately, the region is a hotbed for fencing, he said, and most clubs have some sort of introductory lesson offer.

“We want this to feel like a home tournament for Team USA, and we’re just encouraging people from the community to come out even if they’ve never watched fencing before,” he said. n

“Those things accumulate in the marrow, so I want to have none of that. Good ingredients make better food.”

With a few months of operations under his belt, Nguyen is working to build community with his presence at local farmers markets and a relationship with the South Lakes High School food bank.

“I want to create a local community that’s centered around food. I buy locally. I support farms that raise their animals humanely and sustainably…Part of the ecosystem is food insecurity that many families in our area experience,” Nguyen said. “I wanted to do my part in serving healthy, tasty food. I’m not foolish to think I’m going to change the food industry with what I do, but I can do my part.” n

Khai Nguyen’s Pho From Home offers free pick-up at Frontier Kitchen in Chantilly Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and limited delivery within 20 miles of the kitchen. Loudouners can also find him at the Eat Loco Farmers Market at One Loudoun Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, go to phofromhome.com

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Turkey’s Elke Lale Van Achterberg faces Italy’s Gemma Collis in women’s épée at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup’s third day at the National Conference Center on Jan. 16.

Legal Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Members of the Loudoun School Board will seek public comment about Loudoun County Public Schools’ Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 at the January 24 and February 2, 2023, School Board meetings.

Comments also will be welcome at School Board meetings throughout the budget process. To speak to the School Board, please visit www.lcps.org/citizenparticipation between 9 a.m. on the Friday prior to the School Board meeting and noon the day of the meeting to complete a brief registration form. Members of the public eligible to address the School Board include:

1. Residents of Loudoun County (including incorporated towns within);

2. Businesses located in whole or part in Loudoun County;

3. Loudoun County taxpayers;

4. Current or former LCPS students; parents and guardians of LCPS students that live outside of Loudoun County; and

5. LCPS employees and retirees; or representatives of organizations serving LCPS employees and students.

Those wishing to speak to the School Board must provide proof that they meet the above criteria. A list of accepted means of identification is available on the Citizen Participation page of the LCPS website.

Walk-up registration will be accepted at the front of the Administration building until 30 minutes before the start of the meeting. Those who register on-site will be added to the end of the list of pre-registered speakers.

Meetings are held at 21000 Education Court, Ashburn, VA 20148.

Those who need translation/interpretation assistance or a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability in order to be able to participate meaningfully in School Board meetings or public hearings should contact the Superintendent’s Office at (571) 252-1020 at least three days prior to the meeting.

1/12 & 1/19/23

TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

LVZA 2022-0004

AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 42, ZONING, ARTICLE 42 VIII (General Regulations), Division 42-VIII-2 (Additional Standards), Section 42-290 (Uses and Structures Paermitted in Required Yards)

The LOVETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL will hold a public hearing on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 6:30 pm in the Town Council Chambers, 6 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovettsville, Virginia, to consider amending Section 42-290 to establish standards that permit decks and accessory structures on townhouse lots to extend to certain property lines of the lot.

All persons desiring to speak will be given an opportunity to do so at this meeting.

Written comments regarding this item can be submitted to clerk@lovettsvilleva.gov by 3:00PM on the day of the meeting. Members of the public may access and participate in this meeting electronically. The proposed zoning amendment is available for review on the Town website at: www.lovettsvilleva.gov/government/ planning-commission/ You may also request a copy be sent to you via email by contacting John Merrithew, Planning Director at (540) 822-5788 between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm weekdays, holidays excepted. In the event the meeting is postponed, the public hearing will be convened on the next regularly scheduled meeting at the same time and place.

1/12/23, 1/19/23

LOUDOUN COUNTY WILL BE ACCEPTING SEALED COMPETITIVE BIDS/PROPOSALS FOR:

COMPANION SERVICES, RFP No. 577791 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, February 3, 2023.

EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS, RFP No. 576784 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, February 16, 2023.

ELECTRICAL SERVICES, IFB No. 564787 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, February 14, 2023.

MAINSTREET PROJECT – POND SEDIMENT REMOVAL, IFB No. 569787 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, February 22, 2023.

PURCHASE OF STREAM CREDITS FOR DULLES WEST BOULEVARD, IFB No. 566784 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, February 15, 2023.

Solicitation forms may be obtained 24 hours a day by visiting our web site at www.loudoun.gov/procurement. If you do not have access to the Internet, call (703) 777-0403, M - F, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

WHEN CALLING, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR ANY TYPE OF DISABILITY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCUREMENT. 1/19/23

Loudoun County Public Schools

Abbreviated School Attendance Zone Change Process

The Loudoun County School Board has initiated an abbreviated attendance zone change process to consider three recommendations proposed to take effect in fall 2023, with the start of the 2023-2024 school year.

• Elementary school students living in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Planning Zones EL36.1 and EL36.2 (including the Kincora community), currently within the Sterling Elementary School attendance zone, are being recommended to attend Steuart W. Weller Elementary School.

• Elementary school students living in LCPS Planning Zone CL24 (including the Church and Market, Crescent Place, King Street Station and Monroe Manor communities), currently within the Catoctin Elementary School attendance zone, are being recommended to attend Frances Hazel Reid Elementary School.

• Future students who will reside in Cattail Run are being recommended to attend Ball's Bluff Elementary School, Smart's Mill Middle School and Tuscarora High School.

All information and data prepared for the School Board in association with the abbreviated attendance zone change process will be posted on the LCPS website (https://www.LCPS.org/Page/248359).

Date School Board Attendance Zone Meeting

Tuesday, January 24, 2023* School Board Attendance Zone Overview

Tuesday, February 14, 2023,* School Board Public Hearing & Action on Proposed Attendance Zone Changes

* Regular School Board Meeting

School Board meetings are broadcast live on Comcast channel 18 and Verizon FIOS channel 43. Broadcasts may also be viewed live on the LCPS website (https://www.LCPS.org/Page/140009).

Detail on how to sign up to speak at the February 14 public hearing is provided at https://www.LCPS.org/Page/223425. In-person sign up will also be accepted on the afternoon of February 14 at the LCPS Administration Building (21000 Education Court, Ashburn) until 30 minutes before the start of the meeting.

Those who need translation/interpretation assistance or a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability in order to participate meaningfully in the School Board meetings or public hearing should contact the Superintendent's Office at 571-252-1020 at least three (3) days prior to the meeting.

Beverly I. Tate, Director

Loudoun County Public Schools

Division of Planning & GIS Services

21000 Education Court, Ashburn, Virginia 20148

Telephone: 571-252-1050

Email: LCPSPLAN@LCPS.ORG Webpage: https://www.LCPS.org/Page/248359

1/19/2023, 1/26/2023, 2/2/2023, 2/9/2023

Legal Notices

PUBLIC HEARING

The LOUDOUN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a public hearing in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room on the first floor of the County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following:

CMPT-2022-0008 & SPEX-2022-0043

GOOSE CREEK SUBSTATION EXPANSION (Commission Permit & Special Exception for a Utility Substation, Transmission)

Dominion Energy Virginia, of Glen Allen, Virginia, has submitted applications for the following: 1) Commission approval to permit the expansion of a Utility Substation, Transmission in the JLMA-20 (Joint Land Management Area – 20) zoning district; and 2) a Special Exception to permit the expansion of a Utility Substation, Transmission in the JLMA-20 zoning district. These applications are subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance. The proposed use requires a Commission Permit in accordance with Section 6-1101 and is listed as a Special Exception use in the JLMA-20 zoning district under Section 2-1303. The subject property is located within the QN (Quarry Notification) Overlay District (Luck Note Area), partially within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 noise contour and partially within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District) (minor floodplain). The subject property is approximately 34.32 acres in size and is located north of Cochran Mill Road (Route 653) and south of Crosstrail Boulevard in the Leesburg Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 151-45-9554. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Leesburg Joint Land Management Area (Leesburg JLMA Employment Place Type)) which designate this area for light and general industry employment uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of up to 1.0.

ZRTD-2022-0001 & ZMOD-2022-0011

PACIFIC CORPORATE PARK (Zoning Conversion in the Route 28 Taxing District and Zoning Modification)

Pacific-Ashburn Campus LLC, of McLean, Virginia, has submitted an application to rezone approximately 43.28 acres from the PD-IP (Planned Development – Industrial Park) zoning district under the 1972 Zoning Ordinance to the PD-IP zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to permit all principal and accessory uses permitted in the PD-IP zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, at maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1.0. The subject property is located within the Route 28 Taxing District and within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60, airport noise contours. The applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification:

Zoning Ordinance Section

§4-506(B), PD-IP Planned Development – Industrial Park, Building Requirements, Building Height.

Proposed Modification

Permit building heights up to 100 feet without additional setbacks from streets or lot lines.

The subject property is approximately 43.28 acres in size and is located south of Waxpool Road (Route 625), west of Pacific Boulevard (Route 1036), east of Broderick Drive (Route 1070), and north of Prentice Drive (Route 1071) in the Broad Run Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 044-46-1959. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Employment Place Type)), which designate this area for Office, Production, Flex Space, and Warehousing uses at up to 1.0 FAR.

WITHDRAWAL (EARLY)

REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF LAND BELONGING TO SURVIVORS TRUST OF MARSH REVOCABLE TRUST (TRUST), TOM BOLANDER, TRUSTEE, FROM THE NEW HILLSBORO AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT

Pursuant to Virginia Code §15.2-4314 and the New Hillsboro Agricultural and Forestal District Ordinance, Survivors Trust of Marsh Revocable Trust (Trust), Tom Bolander, Trustee, of 16483 Hillsboro Road, Purcellville, Virginia, has submitted an application to withdraw a 20.51-acre parcel from the New Hillsboro Agricultural and Forestal District. The subject property is located north of Allder School Road (Route 711) and on the east side of Short Hill Road (Route 718), in the Blue Ridge Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 520-28-0478. The New Hillsboro Agricultural and Forestal District currently has a 4-year period that will expire on April 10, 2026, and is subject to a subdivision minimum lot size of 20 acres.

In accordance with Section 15.2-4307 of the Code of Virginia, the applications may be examined by request at the Loudoun County Government Center, Information Desk, 1st Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or by calling 703-7770246 (option 5) to request hard copies or electronic copies or electronically at: https://www.loudoun.gov/adac (12-5-2022 ADAC Meeting under Agendas and Bylaws). Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: https://www.loudoun.gov/pc (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for Public Hearings Packet).

WITHDRAWAL (EARLY)

REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF LAND BELONGING TO MORTON AND CHRISTINE ADAMS FROM THE NEW OAK HILL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT

Pursuant to Virginia Code §15.2-4314 and the New Oak Hill Agricultural and Forestal District Ordinance, Morton and Christine Adams, of 21990 Oatlands Road, Aldie, Virginia, have submitted an application to withdraw a 35-acre parcel from the New Oak Hill Agricultural and Forestal District. The subject property is located west of Tail Race Road (Route 612) and on the south side of, Oatlands Road (Route 650), in the Blue Ridge Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 393-10-1697. The New Oak Hill Agricultural and Forestal District currently has a 4-year period that will expire on April 14, 2026, and is subject to a subdivision minimum lot size of 40 acres.

In accordance with Section 15.2-4307 of the Code of Virginia, the applications may be examined by request at the Loudoun County Government Center, Information Desk, 1st Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or by calling 703-7770246 (option 5) to request hard copies or electronic copies or electronically at: https://www.loudoun.gov/adac (12-5-2022 ADAC Meeting under Agendas and Bylaws). Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: https://www.loudoun.gov/pc (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for Public Hearings Packet).

SPEX-2022-0026 & ZMOD-2022-0035

ENCOMPASS HEALTH EXPANSION (Special Exception & Zoning Ordinance Modification)

Encompass Health Corporation of Birmingham, Alabama, has submitted an application for a Special Exception to expand a Medical Facility use in the PD-IP (Planning Development-Industrial Park) zoning district. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the proposed use is listed as a Special Exception use under Section 4-504(D). The applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s):

ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION PROPOSED MODIFICATION

§5-1102(F), Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements, Number of Parking and Loading Spaces Required, Adjustments to Parking Requirements.

To permit a parking reduction due to the nature of the facility.

The subject property is located within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, between the Ldn 60-65, outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contours. The subject property is approximately 9.16 acres in size and is located on the north side of Millstream Drive (Route 2626), and west of Stone Springs Boulevard (Route 2625), at 24430 Millstream Drive, Stone Ridge, Virginia, in the Dulles Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 247-20-1488. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Use Place Type)), which designate this area for Residential, Commercial, Entertainment, Cultural, and Recreational uses at a recommended Floor Area Ration (FAR) of up to 1.0.

ZMAP-2021-0018 & ZMOD-2022-0081, Firefox Dulles (Zoning Map Amendment, Zoning Modification)

Firefox Dulles LLC of Herndon, Virginia has submitted an application to rezone approximately 24.6 acres from the MR-HI (Mineral Resource – Heavy Industry) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance to the PD-IP (Planned Development – Industrial Park) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to permit data center; utility substation, distribution; utility substation transmission; and accessory uses under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance at a maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 0.6 (up to 1.0 by Special Exception). The Applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s):

ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION PROPOSED MODIFICATION

§5-1403(B), Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscaping Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer and Setbacks Matrix, Table 5-1403(B).

Reduce the building and parking setbacks along the future Tall Cedars Parkway/Route 50 Alternate Road from 100 feet and 75 feet respectively to 50 feet.

The subject property is located within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, within the Ldn 65 or higher aircraft noise contours, and partially within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District). The subject property is approximately 24.6 acres in size and is located north of John Mosby Highway (Route 50), west of Pleasant Valley Road (Route 609) and on the south side of South Perimeter Road in the Dulles Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 097-40-9598. The area is governed by the policies of the 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Industrial/Mineral Extraction Place Type) which designates this area for large manufacturing, contractor with outdoor storage, and other productive uses at a recommended FAR of up to 0.6.

Legal Notices

ZOAM-2020-0001

ZONING ORDINANCE

REWRITE

(Zoning Ordinance Amendments)

Pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 15.2-2204, 15.2-2285, and 15.2-2286, the Planning Commission gives notice of its intent to consider and recommend a proposed ordinance that will repeal the existing Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance (commonly known as the “Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance”), amending, replacing, renumbering, and re-ordaining it as the new Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance (“Zoning Ordinance Amendments” or “Zoning Ordinance”).

New Format and Numbering for the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance

The proposed new Zoning Ordinance has been reorganized and renumbered into Chapters 1-13. When appropriate, cross-references (CR) to corresponding provisions of the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance (R93ZO) are provided in this notice, as applicable. Proposed amendments may establish new regulations; revise or delete existing regulations; or incorporate provisions from R93ZO with revisions necessary to clarify the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance, to implement and maintain internal consistency, to correct typographical and grammatical errors, and to update formatting and cross-references.

Public Hearings

The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on August 30, 2022, concerning Chapters 8, 10, and 12 and the Appendices and portions of Chapters 7, 11 and 13 of the proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments. The following is a descriptive summary of the remaining portions of the proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments that will be considered at the public hearing scheduled for Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. This descriptive summary covers the main points of the proposed amendments but does not explain every detail of the text. The Planning Commission may recommend additional amendments to the proposed text as a result of its hearings and deliberations.

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Section 1.01

Title, Purpose, and Intent

CR R93ZO Sections 1-101 & 1-102

• Incorporate existing Title, Purpose, and Intent of the Zoning Ordinance.

• Clarify that the term “Zoning Ordinance”, as used in the text, refers to the ordinance in effect at any given time unless otherwise stated.

Section 1.02 Application of Zoning Ordinance

CR R93ZO Section 1-103

• Incorporate existing regulations regarding Territorial Application, General Application, General Prohibition, Private Agreements, Zoning Permits Issued Prior to Effective Date, Pending Applications, Provisions Declared Invalid, Conflicting Provisions, Proffered Conditions, Approved Subdivisions and Site Plans, and Effective Date.

• Revise text to clarify that development in accordance with existing special exception or variance approval must comply with the Zoning Ordinance, except in the event of conflict between the Zoning Ordinance and the existing approval.

• Revise text to clarify that commercial and industrial property within the Route 28 Transportation Improvement District (Route 28 Tax District) that is currently administered under the “1972 Zoning Ordinance” will continue to be administered under that ordinance unless property owner obtains approval of a ZMAP or ZRTD application; commercial or industrial property in Route 28 Tax District that has a prior approved ZMAP or ZRTD or that previously elected to waive Route 28 Tax District protections may develop in accordance with applicable vested rights under Code of Virginia and will otherwise be administered under the current Zoning Ordinance.

• Revise text to confirm that Zoning Ordinance is not intended to impair vested rights accruing under Code of Virginia Sections 15.2-2307 or 15.2-2303(B) or legal protections in the Route 28 Tax District secured by 15.2-4903(C).

• Add provision confirming that single-family detached and attached dwelling condominium projects are subject to the same District Dimensional Standards and Transportation regulations as physically identical projects under a different form of ownership.

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Section 1.03 Interpretation of Official Zoning Map and 1.04 Interpretation of Map and District Boundaries

CR R93ZO Sections 1-201 through 1-202, 1-300, 6-407

• Incorporate existing rules of interpretation for terms used in the Zoning Ordinance with some updates (e.g., use of the terms “must”, “day”, and “such as”).

• Incorporate existing provisions regarding Zoning Map and District Boundaries.

• Revise regulations identifying the official Zoning Map; add provision identifying authoritative data source for locations and district boundaries.

• Incorporate existing provisions regarding Zoning Administrator’s authority to make cartographic interpretations of environmental resource maps and areas, including Mountainside Overlay District, Floodplain Overlay District, Steep Slopes Areas, and Limestone Overlay District; add River and Stream Corridor Resources to the existing list of environmental resources.

CHAPTER 2: ZONING DISTRICTS

CR R93ZO Articles 2 & 3 and Article 4, Divisions A & D

• Consolidate regulations for all Zoning Districts into one chapter, organized into the following categories: Urban Policy Area, Suburban Policy Area, Transition Policy Area, Rural Policy Area, Joint Land Management Area, and Countywide Zoning Districts, and a Planned Development Zoning District.

• Revise text regarding the purpose of, and regulations regarding the location of future rezonings to, non-Legacy Zoning Districts to be more consistent with the associated Place Types, Housing, Quality Development, and other applicable policies under the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (2019 GP).

• Relocate certain requirements from individual Zoning District regulations to other chapters/sections as follows:

• Use and accessory uses to Chapter 3: Uses.

• Use limitations for specific uses to Chapter 4: Use-Specific Standards.

• Regulations regarding site development; open space; tree planting, replacement, and preservation; landscaping, buffers and screening; street tree; light, noise, and vibration; parking; transportation; utilities; and owners associations to Chapter 7: Development Standards.

• Signs to Chapter 8: Signs.

• Regulations regarding Unmet Housing Needs Units applicable to the Planned Development-Mixed Use Business (PD-MUB) Zoning District to Section 9.02, Unmet Housing Needs Program.

• Regulations regarding rezonings and concept plan amendments specifically applicable to the PDMUB, Planned Development–Transit Related Employment Center (PD-TREC), and Planned Development–Transit Related Center (PD-TRC) Zoning Districts to Section 11.10, Zoning Amendments.

• Regulations regarding special exceptions applicable to certain quarrying operations in the Mineral Resource-Heavy Industrial (MR-HI) Zoning District to Section 11.11, Special Exception Review.

• Establish new regulations for rezoning requests for incremental additions to existing zoning districts.

• Rename certain Zoning Districts by deleting “Planned Development” (“PD”) from the name.

• Delete the Planned Development-Countryside Village (PD-CV) Zoning District (R93ZO Section 4-900) and Route 28 Corridor Optional Overlay Districts (R93ZO Article 4, Division D).

• No property currently is mapped to PD-CV.

• Property that currently is mapped to a Route 28 Corridor Optional Overlay District will retain its designation on the Zoning Map.

Section

2.01

Urban Policy Area Zoning Districts

Section 2.01.01 Transit Related Center (TRC) Zoning District (currently Planned Development–Transit Related Center (PD-TRC))

CR R93ZO Section 4-1100

• Rename the PD-TRC Zoning District to TRC.

• Decrease minimum TRC size from 40 acres to 20 acres.

• Delete the 25-acre minimum size for incremental additions to the TRC.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table, and:

• Delete minimum lot size requirements applicable to single-family dwellings.

• Establish new maximum front yard requirements for the Inner and Outer Cores and TDSA.

• Delete maximum building height requirements in the Inner Core and Outer Core.

• Decrease maximum building height from 100 feet to 95 feet for multifamily and nonresidential uses and 50 feet for single-family dwelling units in the Transit-Designed Supportive (TDSA).

• Increase minimum permitted building height from 35 feet to 95 feet in the Inner Core subarea, and 25 feet to 70 feet in the Outer Core.

• Establish new minimum building heights of 50 feet for multifamily and nonresidential uses and 25 feet for single-family dwelling units in the TDSA.

• Establish new minimum floor area ratio (FAR) of 2.0 for the Inner Core and 1.4 for the Outer Core.

• Increase maximum FAR from 0.4 to 1.5 in the TDSA and establish new incentive elements to increase TDSA maximum FAR to 2.0.

• Amendments to TDSA maximum building height, TRC minimum building heights, and minimum FAR in the Inner and Outer Cores will apply to future rezonings to TRC and will not apply to properties currently mapped PD-TRC.

• Revise mix of uses requirements as follows:

• For the residential land-use category, revise Inner and Outer Core requirements from a minimum of 20% of gross land area to 40% to 60% of approved square feet (SF) within the Inner Core and 60% to 80% of approved SF within the Outer Core, and establish new TDSA requirements of 70% to 90% of approved SF for multifamily attached dwelling units, maximum 50% of land area for single-family attached and multifamily stacked dwelling units, and 5% of land area for single-family detached dwelling units.

• For the nonresidential land-use category, revise Inner and Outer Core requirements from minimums of 20% and 10% of gross land area for Office and Commercial Retail and Services, respectively, to a combined 40% to 60% of approved SF within the Inner Core and 20% to 40% of approved SF within the Outer Core, and establish new TDSA requirement of 10% to 30% of approved SF.

• For the Public/Civic land-use category, revise Inner and Outer Core requirements from a minimum of 20% of gross land area for Parks, Civic and Open Space to a minimum of 5% of approved SF within the Inner Core and 5% of approved SF within the Outer Core, and establish new TDSA requirement of a minimum 5% of approved SF.

• Require concept development plans associated with incremental additions to tabulate and show how proposed uses will maintain required mix of uses.

• Establish new vertical mix requirements for buildings to require that 70% of all buildings in the Inner Core, 50% of all buildings in the Outer Core, and 30% of all buildings (excluding single-family and multifamily stacked buildings) in the TDSA have a vertical mix of uses.

• Revise requirements regarding minimum percentage of block frontage that must contain pedestrian-oriented uses to specify use categories.

• Revise road network requirements that apply in addition to road network requirements under Section 7.07.02 to provide requirements for vehicular connections to transit stations that used to apply only to the TDSA subarea to the entire TRC.

• Revise requirements for sidewalks and shared use paths that apply in addition to pedestrian and bicycle network requirements under Section 7.07.03 to provide requirements for connections to transit stations that used to apply only to the TDSA subarea to the entire TRC.

• Delete multifamily stacked, single-family attached, and single-family detached dwelling units as permitted uses in the Inner and Outer Cores.

• Delete use limitations for Ambulatory Retail/Food and Beverage Sales.

• Delete requirements for Final Development Plans (“FDP” or “FIDP”).

Legal Notices

Section

2.01.02 Urban Employment (UE) Zoning District (currently Planned Development–Transit Related Employment Center (PD-TREC))

CR R93ZO Section 4-1000

• Rename the PD-TREC Zoning District to UE.

• No decrease to this Zoning District’s current permitted maximum FAR will result from these amendments.

• No property currently is mapped to PD-TREC.

• Delete the Inner Core and Outer Core subareas of PD-TREC.

• Decrease minimum district size from 40 acres to 20 acres.

• Revise requirements regarding incremental additions to the UE, including deleting the 25-acre minimum size.

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Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table, and:

• Decrease maximum building height from no maximum to 100 feet.

• Decrease minimum permitted building height from 35 feet to 30 feet.

• Establish a minimum FAR of 1.0.

• Increase maximum FAR from 2.0 to no maximum FAR.

• Establish mix of uses requirements to permit up to 100% of the approved square footage to be for general nonresidential uses and/or public/civic uses.

• Revise open space requirements to provide requirements regarding the Broad Run Floodplain’s use to provide pedestrian connections and on-site amenities that apply in addition to open space requirements under Section 7.02.

• Revise requirements regarding minimum percentage of block frontage that must contain pedestrian-oriented uses to specify use categories.

• Revise road network requirements that apply in addition to road network requirements under Section 7.07.02 to provide requirements for vehicular, connections to transit stations that used to apply only to the Outer Core subarea to the entire UE.

• Revise pedestrian-oriented building orientation, placement, and uses requirements regarding organization of buildings regarding open space and the Broad Run Floodplain, minimum percentages of lot width that must be occupied by building walls and other features.

• Revise pedestrian and bicycle network requirements to provide requirements for sidewalks and shared use paths that apply in addition to pedestrian and bicycle network requirements under Section 7.07.03.

• Delete requirements regarding no maximum FAR on individual building lots, vertical mixes of uses in buildings, use limitations regarding Ambulatory Retail/Food and Beverage Sales; exemption from tree canopy requirements under Section 7.03 that previously would have applied to inner core subarea; and requirements for Final Development Plans (“FDP” or “FIDP”).

Section 2.02 Suburban Policy Area Zoning Districts

Section 2.02.01 Suburban Neighborhood-4, -6 (SN-4, SN-6) Zoning Districts

• Establish the new SN-4 and SN-6 Zoning Districts including a purpose statement and regulations regarding applicability of the SN-4 and SN-6 to the Suburban Neighborhood Place Type under the 2019 GP; dimensional standards, including lot, yard, building, and density requirements; mix of uses; dwelling unit type mix; lot access; garage design; and infill development.

Section 2.02.02 Suburban Compact Neighborhood-8, -16, -24 (SCN-8, SCN-16, SCN-24) Zoning Districts

• Establish the new SCN-8, SCN-16, and SCN-24 Zoning Districts including a purpose statement and regulations regarding applicability of the SCN-8, SCN-16, and SCN-24 to the Suburban Compact Neighborhood Place Type, or Suburban Neighborhood and Suburban Mixed Use Place Types if certain criteria are met, under the 2019 GP; dimensional standards, including lot, yard, building, and density requirements; mix of uses; dwelling unit type mix; lot access; garage design; and alternative location criteria for the SCN-8, SCN-16, and SCN-24 to be applicable to the Suburban Neighborhood and Suburban Mixed Use Place Types.

Section 2.02.03 Town Center (TC) Zoning District (currently Planned Development-Town Center (PD-TC))

CR R93ZO Section 4-800

• Rename the PD-TC Zoning District to TC.

• This amendment does not propose any decrease in permitted maximum FAR for property currently mapped PD-TC.

• Prohibit modification of permitted maximum size of TC.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into one table, and:

• Replace the minimum 10-foot yard for off-street surface parking within the Town Center Core with a requirement to provide a yard pursuant to Section 7.06.10.D and increase the minimum yard for off-street surface parking within the Town Center Fringe from 10 feet to 15 feet.

• Decrease maximum building height from 120 feet to 60 feet, and minimum building height from 24 feet to 15 feet for buildings 2,000 square feet or less.

• Decrease maximum FAR from no maximum to 1.0 and establish new incentive elements that may be used to increase maximum FAR to 1.5.

• Amendments to maximum and minimum building height and maximum FAR will only apply to future rezonings to TC and will not apply to properties currently mapped PD-TC.

• Consolidate mix of uses requirements into one table, and revise requirements for residential, nonresidential, and public/civic uses.

• Establish tabulation requirements to track mix of uses applicable to concept development plans and subdivision and site plan applications.

• Establish new vertical mix requirements including requiring ground floor pedestrian-oriented uses and incorporating drive-through facilities into mixed use buildings.

• Establish new open space requirements for incremental additions to the TC that apply in addition to open space requirements under Section 7.02.

• Establish new requirement for the Town Center Core regarding location of buildings and uses, orienta-

tion of primary facades, and access to principal entrances.

• Revise requirements regarding minimum percentage of block frontage that must contain pedestrian-oriented uses to specify use categories.

Section 2.02.04 Commercial Center-Neighborhood Center (CC-NC) and Commercial Center-Community Center (CC-CC) Zoning Districts (currently Planned Development-Commercial Center (Neighborhood Center) (PD-CC(NC) and Planned Development-Commercial Center (Community Center) (PD-CC(CC))

CR R93ZO Section 4-200

• Rename the PD-CC(NC) and PD-CC(CC) Zoning Districts to CC-NC and CC-CC, respectively.

• This amendment does not propose any decrease in permitted maximum FAR for property currently mapped PD-CC(NC) or PD-CC(CC).

• Separate existing PD-CC provisions into 1 section covering both CC-NC and CC-CC (described here) and 1 section covering both PD-CC(SC) and PD-CC(RC) (described later).

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Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table, and:

• Decrease minimum required yards adjacent to certain residential zoning districts and uses to 50 feet and establish minimum percentages of buildings required to along the minimum front yard.

• Establish new requirement for certain accessory uses in CC-NC to not be visible from the road.

• Establish new maximum size of individual uses, and special exception to increase maximum building height from 45 feet to 60 feet, for CC-CC.

• Increase maximum FAR to 0.6, with further increases up to 1.0 if a parking structure is provided.

• Establish new table for mix of uses requirements with requirements for nonresidential and public/civic uses.

• Establish transitions requirements for vehicular and pedestrian linkages that apply in addition to transitions requirements under Section 7.01.06.

Section 2.02.05 Legacy Suburban Policy Area Zoning Districts

Section 2.02.05.01 Single-Family Residential-1, -2, -3 (R-1, R-2, R-3) Zoning Districts

CR R93ZO Sections 3-100, 3-200, 3-300, 6-1400, 7-500 & 7-600

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of R-1, R-2, and R-3 beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Consolidate existing R-1, R-2, and R-3 regulations into one section.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, building, and density requirements into 1 table.

• Rename the cluster development options for reducing lot size up to 20% and reducing lot sizes 20% to 50% to Cluster and Compact Cluster, respectively.

• Incorporate existing cluster, suburban, or traditional design subdivision option requirements from R93ZO Section 6-1400, and R93ZO R-2 and R-3 Affordable Dwelling Unit (ADU) development zoning district regulations.

Section 2.02.05.02 Single-Family Residential-4 (R-4) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Section 3-400, 6-1400 & 7-700

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of R-4 beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

• Rename the cluster development options for reducing lot size up to 20% and reducing lot sizes 20% to 50% to Cluster and Compact Cluster, respectively.

• Incorporate existing cluster, suburban, or traditional design subdivision option requirements from existing Section 6-1400, and R93ZO R-4 ADU development zoning district regulations.

Section 2.02.05.03 Single-Family Residential-8 (R-8) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Sections 3-500 & 7-800

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of R-8 beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table, and establish new maximum height for multifamily dwelling units.

• Incorporate existing R-8 ADU development zoning district regulations.

• Delete size and location requirements for R-8.

Section 2.02.05.04 Townhouse/Multifamily Residential (R-16) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Sections 3-600 & 7-900

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of R-16 beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table, and establish new minimum width for single-family attached quadruplex dwelling units and maximum height for SFD manufactured dwelling units.

• Incorporate existing R-16 ADU development zoning district regulations.

• Delete size and location requirements for R-16, and the traditional design option for single-family attached dwelling units.

Section 2.02.05.05 Multifamily Residential (R-24) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Sections 3-700 & 7-1000

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of R-24 beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

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Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

• Incorporate existing R-24 ADU development zoning district regulations.

• Delete size and location requirements for R-24.

Section 2.02.05.06 Planned Development-Housing (PD-H) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Section 4-100

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of PD-H beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

Legal Notices

• Revise certain use names for those uses that are be permitted by-right if identified on the Concept Development Plan and delete “Non-commercial recreation facilities” from this list.

• Revise Timing of Development provisions.

Section 2.02.05.07 Planned Development-Commercial Center (Small Regional Center) and (Regional Center) (PD-CC(SC) and PD-CC(RC)) Zoning Districts

CR R93ZO Section 4-200

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of PD-CC(SC) and PD-CC(RC) beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Separate existing PD-CC provisions into 1 section covering both PD-CC(SC) and PD-CC(RC)CC (described here) and 1 section covering both CC-NC and CC-CC (described previously).

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

Section 2.02.05.08 Planned Development-Research and Development Park (PD-RDP)

CR R93ZO Section 4-400

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of PD-RDP beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

• Establish new exemption for data center uses from certain road network requirements under Section 7.07.02.

• Delete size and location requirements.

Section

2.02.05.09

Planned Development-Special Activity (PD-SA)

CR R93ZO Section 4-700

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of PD-SA beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

• Delete size and location requirements.

Section

2.02.05.10

Planned Development-Active Adult/Age Restricted (PD-AAAR)

CR R93ZO Section 4-1300

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of PD-AAAR beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

• Delete size and location requirements.

Section 2.02.05.11

Planned Development-Mixed Use Business (PD-MUB)

CR R93ZO Section 4-1350

• Revise regulations to prohibit the expansion of PD-MUB beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

• Consolidate minimum use percentages into 1 table.

• Revise minimum public plaza size for PD-MUB zoning districts greater than 100 acres to exclude major floodplain from calculation of total land area.

• Delete size and location requirements.

Section 2. 02.05.12 General Business (GB)

CR R93ZO Section 3-800

• Revise regulations to prohibit the expansion of GB beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

Section

2.

02.05.13

Commercial Light Industrial (CLI)

CR R93ZO Section 3-900

• Revise regulations to prohibit the expansion of CLI beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Delete auxiliary uses requirements (uses previously listed as auxiliary uses have been reclassified as permitted principal uses in CLI).

Section 2.03 Transition Policy Area Zoning Districts

Section 2.03.01 Transitional Residential-10,

-3, -1 (TR-10, TR-3, TR-1)

CR R93ZO Sections 2-1400, 2-1500, 2-1700 & 5-701

Zoning District

• Consolidate existing TR-10, TR-3, and TR-1 regulations into one section, and incorporate existing Transition (TR) Districts Lot Standards from R93ZO Section 5-701.

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• This amendment does not propose any decrease in permitted or approved maximum density/FAR for property currently mapped TR-10, TR-3, or TR-1.

Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table, and clarify 40-foot maximum building height.

• Revise siting of the open space and building lot requirements to permit subdivisions creating 4 or fewer lots to locate open space on lots if subject to an appropriate easement.

• Delete language specifying site layout of lot areas and open space is to occur during review of the preliminary plat of subdivision.

• Delete requirements to locate building lots to reduce visibility from public rights of way and other groups of building lots.

Section 2.03.02 Transition Small Lot Neighborhood (TSN) Zoning District

• Establish the new TSN Zoning District including a purpose statement and regulations regarding applicability of the TSN to the Transition Small Lot Neighborhood Place Type under the 2019 GP; minimum district size; incremental additions; dimensional standards, including lot, yard, building, FAR, and den-

sity requirements; mix of uses; lot standards, including lot yield and grouping; open space and building lot siting; and recognizing protections of the Right to Farm Act.

Section 2.03.03 Transition Compact Neighborhood (TCN) Zoning District

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Establish the new TCN Zoning District including a purpose statement and regulations regarding applicability of the TCN to the Transition Small Lot Neighborhood Place Type under the 2019 GP; minimum district size; incremental additions; dimensional standards, including lot, yard, building, FAR, and density requirements; mix of uses; lot yield; open space and building lot siting; and lot access that apply in addition to lot access requirements under Section 7.07.01.

Section 2.03.04 Transition Community Center (TCC) Zoning District

• Establish the new TCC zoning district including a purpose statement and regulations regarding applicability of the TCC to the Transition Community Center Place Type under the 2019 GP; minimum district size; incremental additions; dimensional standards, including lot, yard, building, FAR, and density requirements; mix of uses; district vehicular access that apply in in addition to lot access requirements under Section 7.07.01; transition standards that apply in in addition to transitions requirements under Section 7.01.06; and open space and building lot siting.

Section 2.03.05 Legacy Transition Policy Area Zoning Districts

Section 2.03.05.01 Transitional Residential-2 (TR-2) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Section 2-1600 & 5-701

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of TR-2 beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Incorporate and consolidate existing Transition (TR-2) Districts Lot Standards from R93ZO Section 5-701.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table, and clarify 40-foot maximum building height.

• Revise siting of the open space and building lots requirements to permit subdivisions creating less than 5 lots to locate open space on lots if subject to an appropriate easement.

• Delete requirement for site layout of lot areas and open space to occur during review of the preliminary plat of subdivision.

Section 2.04 Rural Policy Area Zoning Districts

Section 2.04.01 Agricultural Rural-1 (AR-1) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Section 2-100

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, building, and density requirements into 1 table

• Upon adoption by the Board of Supervisors, incorporate provisions of Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOAM)-2020-0002, Prime Agricultural Soil and Cluster Subdivisions.

Section 2.03.02 Agricultural Rural-2 (AR-2) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Section 2-200

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, building, and density requirements into 1 table.

• Upon adoption by the Board of Supervisors, incorporate provisions of ZOAM-2020-0002, Prime Agricultural Soil and Cluster Subdivisions.

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Section 2.04.03 Legacy Rural Policy Area Zoning Districts

Section 2.04.03.01 Agricultural-10 (A-10) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Section 2-300

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, building, and density requirements into 1 table and reduce minimum lot width for standard and cluster developments.

Section 2.04.03.02 Agricultural Residential (A-3) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Section 2-400

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, building, and density requirements into 1 table, and reduce minimum lot width.

Section 2.04.03.03 Countryside Residential-1, -2, -3, -4 (CR-1, CR-2, CR-3, CR-4) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Sections 2-500, 2-600, 2-700 & 2-800

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of CR beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Consolidate existing R93ZO CR-1, CR-2, CR-3, and CR-4 provisions into 1 section.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

• Incorporate existing CR-2, CR-3, and CR-4 ADU development zoning district regulations.

• Establish new road network requirements that apply in addition to road network requirements under Section 7.07.02.

Section 2.04.03.04 Rural Commercial (RC) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Section 2-900

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of RC beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

• Revise requirement for roads and blocks to have a general rectilinear pattern to apply only to RC that also is in a Village Conservation Overlay District (VCOD) with roads and blocks that have a general rectilinear pattern.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

Section 2.04.03.05 Planned Development-Rural Village (PD-RV) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Section 4-1200

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of PD-RV beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

Legal Notices

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

• Delete size and location requirements and use limitation that prohibits dangerous or noxious workplace uses.

Section 2.04.03.06 Rural Hamlet

CR R93ZO Section 5-702

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table.

• Delete provisions governing the application of rural hamlet regulations where there are conflicts with general zoning, subdivision, or other regulations and requirements.

Section 2.05

Joint Land Management Area Zoning Districts

Section 2.05.01 Joint Land Management Area-1, -2, -3 (JLMA-1, JLMA-2, JLMA-3) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Sections 2-1000, 2-1100 & 2-1200

• Consolidate existing JLMA-1, JLMA-2, and JLMA-3 provisions into 1 section.

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of JLMA-1, JLMA-2, and JLMA-3 beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, building, and density requirements into 1 table, and establish new maximum lot coverage requirements and density increases if affordable dwelling units are provided.

• Revise Compatibility Standards to prohibit areas for loading, delivery, and collection of refuse for nonresidential uses between the nonresidential use and an adjoining residential use.

• Establish new road network requirements that apply in addition to road network requirements under Section 7.07.02.

• Delete provisions regarding Alternate Neighborhood Development Standards and providing public street connections to adjacent developable land every 660 feet.

Section 2.05.02

Legacy Joint Land Management Area Zoning Districts

Section 2.05.02.01 Joint Land Management Area-20 (JLMA-20) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Section 2-1300

• Revise regulations to prohibit expansion of JLMA-20 beyond currently mapped zoning district boundaries.

Section 2.06

Countywide Zoning Districts

Section 2.06.01 Office Park (OP) Zoning District (currently Planned Development-Office Park (PDOP))

CR R93ZO Section 4-300

• Rename the PD-OP Zoning District to OP.

• This amendment does not propose any decrease in permitted maximum FAR for property currently mapped PD-OP.

• Delete the 1-acre minimum size for incremental additions to the OP.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table, and decrease the yard for buildings adjacent to roads from 35 feet to 30 feet and increase the yard for parking adjacent to roads from 25 feet to 30 feet.

• Establish new table for mix of uses requirements with requirements for nonresidential and public/civic uses.

• Establish a new exemption for data center uses from the road network requirements under Section 7.07.02.

Section 2.06.02 Industrial Park (IP) Zoning District (currently Planned Development-Industrial Park (PD-IP))

CR R93ZO Section 4-500

• Rename the PD-IP Zoning District to IP.

• This amendment does not propose any decrease in permitted maximum FAR for property currently mapped PD-IP.

• Decrease minimum district size from 20 acres to 10 acres.

• Delete the 1-acre minimum size for incremental additions to the IP.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table, and decrease the yard for buildings adjacent to roads from 35 feet to 30 feet and increase the yard for parking adjacent to roads from 25 feet to 30 feet.

• Establish new table for mix of uses with requirements for nonresidential and public/civic uses.

• Establish a new exemption for data center uses from the road network requirements under Section 7.07.02.

Section 2.06.04 Mineral Resource-Heavy Industry (MR-HI) Zoning District

CR R93ZO Section 3-1000

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table, and increase the minimum yard adjacent to agricultural and residential zoning district or residential uses from 50 feet to 100 feet.

• Establish new table for mix of uses with requirements for nonresidential and public/civic uses.

• Establish a new exemption for extractive industry uses from the road network requirements under Section 7.07.02.

Section 2.07 Planned Unit Development (PUD) Zoning District

• Establish the new PUD zoning district that allows planned developments that implement the policies of the 2019 GP and could not otherwise develop under another zoning district, including a purpose statement and regulations regarding creation of the PUD through a rezoning in accordance with Sections 11.10.01 and 11.10.09; authorization to impose associated conditions, safeguards, and restrictions; and size, composition, building type, lot, yard, use, density or FAR, and open space requirements for the PUD.

CHAPTER 3: USES

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Consolidate use tables and general regulations for Principal Uses, Accessory Uses, and Temporary Uses for all zoning districts into a single chapter.

Section 3.01 Uses Generally

• Explain the organization of principal Use Tables to include Use Classifications, Use Categories and specific Uses.

• Clarify the number of principal uses permitted on each lot and the minimum lot size requirements when multiple principal uses are located on the same lot.

• Clarify process for Zoning Administrator to determine whether a use not specifically identified in Chapter 3 may be permitted.

• Incorporate existing provision exempting Stream Restoration and Wetland Mitigation from zoning district regulations (R93ZO Section 1-103(D)(3)); clarify that Floodplain Overlay District, Mountainside Overlay District, Limestone Overlay District, and Natural and Environmental Resources regulations in Chapters 5 and 6 do apply.

Section 3.02

Use Tables

• Establish five use tables for all principal uses, organized as follows:

• 3.02.01 Urban and Suburban Policy Area Zoning Districts

• 3.02.02 Legacy Suburban Policy Area Zoning Districts

• 3.02.03 Transition, Rural, and JLMA Policy Area Zoning Districts

• 3.02.04 Legacy Transition, Rural, and JLMA Policy Area Zoning Districts

• 3.02.05 Countywide Zoning Districts

• Consolidate and/or rename existing uses. A spreadsheet identifying the uses included in the proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments with cross-references to the prior use name under the R93ZO (“Uses Crosswalk”) will be available for public inspection along with the proposed Zoning Ordinance text.

• Revise permissibility of certain land uses, as follows:

• Reclassify auxiliary uses in the PD-OP, PD-IP, PD-GI, and CLI zoning districts to principal uses.

• Reclassify listed accessory uses in the MR-HI, RC, GB, PD-CC(NC), PD-CC(CC), PD-CC(SC), PD-CC(RC), PD-RDP, PD-GI, PD-RV, and PD-TRC zoning districts to principal uses.

• Remove “Cohousing” as a permitted use in the AR-1 and AR-2 zoning districts.

• Remove Magazine contained explosives facility as a use permitted by Special Exception in the A-3 zoning district.

• Remove Stockpiling of dirt as a use permitted by Special Exception in the AR-1 and AR-2 zoning districts.

• Remove Dwelling, single-family detached, and Dwelling, single-family attached, as uses permitted in the PD-TRC Outer Core Subarea.

• Remove Car wash, accessory to convenience store, in the TRC and RDP zoning districts.

• Remove retail sales accessory to residential in the PD-RV zoning district and address this use as a Home Occupation.

• Add Dwelling, single-family attached as a use permitted in the R-2, R-3, and R-4 zoning districts, not to exceed 35% of the total number of dwelling units in a development.

• Add Dwelling, multifamily as a use permitted in the R-8 zoning district, not to exceed 50% of the total number of dwelling units in a development.

• Add Continuing care facility as a use permitted in CC (NC) and CC (CC).

Section 2.06.03

General Industry (GI) Zoning District (currently Planned Development-General Industry (PD-GI))

CR R93ZO Section 4-600

• Rename the PD-GI Zoning District to GI.

• This amendment does not propose any decrease in permitted maximum FAR for property currently mapped PD-GI.

• Delete the 1-acre minimum size for incremental additions to the GI.

• Consolidate dimensional standards for lots, yards, and building requirements into 1 table, and:

• Revise minimum 1 acre lot size to be exclusive of major floodplain.

• Decrease the yard for buildings adjacent to roads from 35 feet to 30 feet and increase the yard for parking adjacent to roads from 25 feet to 30 feet.

• Increase maximum building height from 45 feet to 50 feet.

• Establish new table for mix of uses with requirements for nonresidential and public/civic uses.

• Establish a new exemption for data center uses from road network requirements under Section 7.07.02.

• Add Contractor as a use permitted in TRC, UE, TC, CC (NC), PD-CC (SC), PD-CC (RC), PDMUB, GB, TCC.

• Add Building and landscaping materials supplier as a use permitted in MR-HI and permitted by Special Exception in GI.

• Add Energy storage as a use permitted by Special Exception in MR-HI and GI.

• Add Maintenance and repair services as a use permitted in IP and GI.

• Add Ground passenger transportation (e.g., taxi, charter bus) as a use permitted by Special Exception in TRC Outer Core and GI.

• Add Auction facility, livestock as a use permitted by Special Exception in AR-1 and AR-2.

• Add Convenience store (with gasoline sales) as a use permitted by Special Exception in OP, IP, and MR-HI.

• Add School, technical/trade as a use permitted by Special Exception in IP and GI.

• Add Entertainment facility as a use permitted by Special Exception in PD-CC (SC), PD-CC (RC), TC Core, and TC Fringe.

• Add Dog park as a use permitted by Special Exception in TC Fringe.

Legal Notices

• Change Nursery, production from a Special Exception use to a permitted use in TR-10, TR-3, TSN, JLMA-1, JLMA-2, JLMA-3, A-10, A-3, and CR-1.

• Change Hotel/Motel from a Special Exception use to a permitted use in PD-CC (SC) and PD-CC (RC).

• Change Child day care from a Special Exception use to a permitted use in IP, R-1, R-2, R-4, R-8, R-16, R-24, and GB.

• Change Community center from a Special Exception use to a permitted use in R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-8, R-16, R-24.

• Change Library from a Special Exception use to a permitted use in R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-8, R-16, R-24, CLI.

Section 3.03 Accessory Uses

CR R93ZO Sections 5-100 & 5-400

• Identify all permitted accessory uses and structures in a single table.

• Incorporate and relocate existing Use Limitations for accessory uses into one section.

• Establish new regulations regarding Donation Drop-off Boxes, retail sales accessory to industrial uses, vehicle parking, accessory vehicle service, mobile vendors, and outdoor sales.

Section 3.04 Temporary Uses

CR R93ZO Section 5-500

• Incorporate existing provisions regarding Temporary Uses with revisions:

• Revise criteria for temporary special event permits, including to clarify permissible locations.

• Relocate procedures and approval criteria for temporary zoning/special event permits to Section 11.04.

• Remove the sketch plan requirement for Temporary/Fire Rescue Stations and only require a zoning permit exhibit to show satisfaction of setback criteria.

• Establish a new exemption from the requirement to obtain a temporary zoning permit for temporary special events held in required publicly accessible gathering spaces in the TRC, TC, and PD-MUB Zoning Districts.

CHAPTER 4: USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS

• Establish new chapter prescribing standards and regulations for specific Uses; organized by Use Classifications.

• Incorporate standards for specific Uses from R93ZO Section 5-600 with revisions to some standards as described below and otherwise to reflect consolidation of uses or change in use names.

• Remove standards for uses no longer allowed in the Zoning Ordinance or for which Use Specific Standards no longer apply, including Magazine Contained Explosive Facilities, Airport/Landing Strip, Cross-Country Ski Business and Eco-Tourism, and Business Service Establishment (R93ZO Sections 5-622, 5-633, 5-647, 5-661).

• Establish use-specific standards for the following uses:

• Live/Work Dwelling (Section 4.02.04)

• Multifamily Dwelling Units (Section 4.02.10)

• Guest Farm or Ranch (Section 4.03.04)

• Automobile Car Sharing (Section 4.04.04)

• Business Support Services (Section 4.04.07)

• Feed and Farm Supply Center (Section 4.04.15)

• Personal Services (Section 4.04.18)

• Vehicle Repair, Light (Section 4.04.23)

• Recreation (Section 4.05.16)

• Outdoor Storage (Section 4.06.07)

• Research and Development (Section 4.06.08)

• Parking Facility (Section 4.07.01)

• Solar Facilities (Section 4.07.04)

• Agriculture, Bona Fide (Section 4.08.01)

• Stable or Livery (Section 4.08.06)

• Stable, Private (Section 4.08.07)

• Delete requirements for Landscaping/Buffering/Screening, Exterior Lighting, Noise, Parking, and Road Access that are located in Chapter 7: Development Standards; certain unique standards have been retained in Chapter 4.

• Delete requirements for signs that have been relocated to Chapter 8: Signs.

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Section 4.01 Purpose and Applicability

CR R93ZO Section 5-600

• Confirm that Use-Specific Standards apply in addition to all other applicable standards, may be modified by minor special exception unless otherwise specified, and are subject to any applicable proffers or conditions of approval.

Section 4.02.01 Accessory Dwellings

CR R93ZO Section 5-613

• Establish that accessory dwellings are not included in density calculations, attached accessory dwelling are subject to yard requirements for principal structure, and accessory dwellings in PD-RV Village Center Commercial Workplace Areas must be above ground-floor.

Section 4.02.02 Continuing Care Facility

CR R93ZO Section 3-907(P)

• Relocate existing regulations from CLI Zoning District regulations for standards applicable to continuing care facilities within that zoning district.

Section 4.02.05 Manufactured Homes

CR R93ZO Section 5-620

• Delete standard for RV storage area on a separate lot.

Section 4.02.08 Dormitory, Seasonal Labor

CR R93ZO Section 5-632

• Reduce setback from offsite single family detached dwellings from 300 feet to 100 feet.

Section 4.02.09

Single-Family Dwelling Units

CR R93ZO Sections 4-809(G), 4-1111(G) & 4-1358(I)

• Limit single-family attached townhouse structures to no more than 8 units in a row.

• Revise standards for single family dwelling units located in the TRC, TC, and PD-MUB Zoning Districts.

• Establish new regulation limiting the types of single-family attached dwellings in the TCN Zoning District to duplex, triplex and quadraplex units.

Section 4.02.11 Tenant Dwellings

CR R93ZO Section 5-602

• Revise regulations to add AR-1 and AR-2 to the list of zoning districts in which tenant dwellings may be located on an open space parcel

Section 4.03.01 Bed and Breakfast Homestay, Bed and Breakfast Inn, Country Inn and Rural Resorts

CR R93ZO Section 5-601

• Clarify that owner or manager of Bed and Breakfast Inn or Country Inn must be onsite at all times when premises is occupied by overnight guests or private party attendees.

• Clarify that only one Bed and Breakfast Inn or Country Inn use type is permitted on a lot in the AR-1, AR-2 and A-3 Zoning Districts.

Section 4.03.02 Camp, Day and Boarding

CR R93ZO Section 5-645

• Delete separate standard for minimum lot area standard for camps with less than 15 campers. This requirement is included within the standard for camps with up to 30 campers.

Section 4.03.03 Campgrounds

CR R93ZO Section 5-646

• Revise communication standard to reflect current forms of communication.

Section 4.03.05 Hotel/Motel

CR R93ZO Section 5-611

• Establish exception standard for direct access in TRC, TC and PD-MUB Zoning Districts.

• Revise separation standards to require Buffer Type B and minimum width of 100 feet between Hotel/ Motel and zoning districts allowing residential use, except in TRC, TC, PD-AAAR, and PD-MUB Zoning Districts; delete separation standards for agricultural and institutional uses.

• Revise standards that apply to Hotels/Motels in the OP and IP districts to apply to the TC and RDP districts also.

• Revise regulation to allow use by Special Exception when Hotel/Motel does not meet standards for certain amenities in TC, RDP, OP and IP Zoning Districts.

• Establish standards for Hotel/Motel uses located in the TRC, UE, TC, and PD-MUB Zoning Districts.

Section 4.04.01 Animal Hospital

CR R93ZO Section 5-631

• Revise standards to apply to the animal hospitals in the UE and RC Zoning Districts and exclude the animal hospitals in the GI district.

• Establish standards for animal hospitals in the UE district.

Section 4.04.02 Antique Shop, Art Gallery, Studio or Craft Shop

CR R93ZO Section 5-650

• Revise standards to apply to antique shop, art gallery, studio or craft shop uses in the CLI Zoning District.

Auction House

Section 4.04.03

CR R93ZO Section 5-651 & 4-1358(E)

• Relocate standards for auction house use in the PD-MUB district to Chapter 4 and establish such standards for the TC and TRC districts.

Section

4.04.05 Banquet/Event Facility

CR R93ZO Section 5-642, 3-903 & 3-904

• Revise standards to exclude use-specific standards for banquet/events facility use within the TC Zoning District

• Relocate standards to Chapter 4 for the CLI district.

Section 4.04.08.

Child Day Care and Child Day Home

CR R93ZO Section 5-609

• Revise minimum lot size standard for child day homes of more than 9 children.

• Delete requirement for site plan submittal.

• Establish maximum number of children for child day care in the TSN, TCN, and TCC Zoning Districts.

Legal Notices

Section 4.04.09 Nursery, Commercial and Production

CR R93ZO Section 5-605

• Revise standard for area dedicated to production for production nurseries.

Section 4.04.11

Craft Beverage Manufacturing

CR R93ZO Section 5-668

• Establish standards for small-scale brewery manufacturing and small-scale distillery manufacturing.

• Establish standard for hours of operation.

Section 4.04.12

Drive-through Facilities

CR R93ZO Section 5-659

• Revise standards to include drive-through facilities associated with restaurants and other retail uses.

• Establish standard requiring a special exception in the TRC, TC, and PD-MUB Zoning Districts.

Section 4.04.14.

Farm Markets

CR R93ZO Section 5-603

• Revise standard for minimum percentage of products made in Loudoun County.

• Revise standard method for calculating parking.

Section 4.04.16

Kennels/Indoor Kennels

CR R93ZO Section 5-606 & 4-607(H)

• Delete general standards for kennels and indoor kennels and relocated to definitions.

• Consolidate standard for setback of buildings adjacent to residentially zoned property within the GI Zoning District.

Section 4.04.19 Restaurant

CR R93ZO Section 5-643

• Revise standard requiring approval of a minor special exception.

Section 4.04.20 Small Business, Agricultural, and Rural

CR R93ZO Section 5-614

• Revise the minimum setback for all structures or storage yards used for the storage of heavy equipment from all lot lines adjacent to existing residential dwellings.

• Delete standard requiring submittal of a sketch plan.

Section 4.04.22 Vehicle Repair, Heavy

CR R93ZO Section 4-607(J)

• Relocate standards to Chapter 4 and establish for all zoning districts.

Section 4.05.01

Amphitheater

CR R93ZO Section 5-649

• Revise standards to apply to the Amphitheater use in the PD-MUB, TSN, TCN, TCC, and TC Zoning Districts.

• Permit capacity to exceed 2,000 by Special Exception in the PD-MUB and TC districts.

Section 4.05.03

Agricultural Education or Research

CR R93ZO Section 5-644

• Revise standards to apply to use in the AR-1, AR-2, and JLMA-20 Zoning Districts.

Section 4.05.04

Assembly

CR R93ZO Section 5-639

• Revise standards to apply to use in all zoning districts.

• Establish standard for when to require special exception approval in the AR, JLMA, TR-10, TRC, UE, GI, PD-RDP, GB, and RC Zoning Districts.

• Establish limit of maximum area for storage yards.

• Revise minimum setback standards for parking from 50 feet to 100 feet.

Section 4.05.08

Death Care Services

CR R93ZO Sections 5-637 & 5-658

• Revise standards for general setbacks and setbacks from residences.

• Establish standard for providing sufficient car stacking on-site to form funeral processions.

• Consolidate standards for cemetery, mausoleum, crematorium and funeral home uses.

Section 4.05.10 Farm Based Tourism

CR R93ZO Section 5-628

• Revise standard for hours of operation.

Section 4.05.12 Health and Fitness Centers

CR R93ZO Section 4-607(K)

• Relocate standards to Chapter 4 and establish for all zoning districts.

• Establish standards for massage services as an accessory use.

Section 4.05.14

Private Schools

CR R93ZO Sections 5-623 and 5-655

• Revise and consolidate standards for permitted zoning districts and notification.

Section 4.05.17

Rural Retreat

CR R93ZO Section 5-619

• Establish standards for hours or operation, adaptive reuse, and sewer and water.

• Delete standard for requirement of a sketch plan.

Section 4.05.18 Schools, Public (Elementary, Middle or High)

CR R93ZO Section 5-666

• Revise standards for by-right and special exception approval.

• Establish standard for trails in the GI Zoning District.

• Revise standards for setbacks for principal buildings from Agricultural or Residential zoning districts and from Industrial/Commercial/Office zoning districts.

• Revise standards for secondary access and traffic impact analysis.

• Establish standards for principal vehicular and emergency access within the GI Zoning District.

Section 4.06.01 Contractor

CR R93ZO Section 5-662

• Revise contractor allowance in the RC Zoning District from lawn and landscape contractors to all contractors, subject to a prohibition on outdoor storage.

• Establish standards for outdoor storage and parking for contractor vehicles.

Section 4.06.02 Data Center

CR R93ZO Section 5-664

• Revise regulations for Data Center uses, including provisions regarding architectural design standards, principal building facades, mechanical equipment screening, site design elements, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, landscaping, lighting, noise, environmental considerations, setbacks, step-backs, variation in height, and additional requirements. Amendments include new regulations and revisions to and deletions of existing regulations. Additional amendments to the proposed text regarding data center uses as a result of Planning Commission hearings and deliberations are anticipated.

Section 4.06.03 Extractive Industries

CR R93ZO Section 3-1005 through 3-1008 & 5-1506

• Consolidate, relocate, and revise standards for Stone Quarrying, Extraction, and Mining and standards for Mineral Resource Extraction and Processing.

Section 4.06.04 Flex Buildings

CR R93ZO Section 5-608

• Revise standard for gross floor area of each building dedicated for Industrial/Production uses.

• Delete standards for maximum height requirement.

• Establish standards for uses permitted within flex buildings.

Section 4.06.05 Manufacturing, General

CR R93ZO Sections 4-809(E) and 4-1358(J)

• Relocate and consolidate standards for Manufacturing, General applicable to the TC and PD-MUB Zoning Districts.

Section 4.06.06 Mini-Warehouse

CR R93ZO Sections 4-507(K) PD-IP, 4-809(C), 4-1111(F), 4-1358(G) and 5-665

• Consolidate and relocate the standards for mini-warehouse uses.

• Revise standards to apply to mini-warehouses in TRC, IP, TC, PD-MUB, GB, and PD-RV Zoning Districts.

Section 4.06.09 Sawmills

CR R93ZO Section 5-629

• Revise minimum lot sizes based on level of use.

• Revise maximum permitted size of storage yards.

• Establish standard for setback of buildings adjacent to residential zoned property within the GI zoning district.

Section 4.06.10 Wholesale Distribution, Warehousing, and Storage

CR R93ZO Section 5-663

• Revise standard to reference the wholesale distribution, warehousing, and storage use.

Section 4.07.02 Public Utilities

CR R93ZO Sections 5-621 and 4-607(H)

• Consolidate standard for setback of buildings adjacent to residentially zoned property within the GI Zoning District.

Section 4.07.05 Stockpiling

CR R93ZO Section 5-657

• Revise standards for siting in environmentally sensitive areas.

Section 4.07.06 Telecommunications Facility

CR R93ZO Section 5-618

• Delete standard for commercial advertising on structures.

Section 4.07.07 Utility Substations

CR R93ZO Section 5-616

• Consolidate the standards for minimum lot size of utility substation, transmission, and distribution uses.

Section 4.08.05 Brewery, Limited

CR R93ZO Section 5-667

• Delete standard requiring submittal of a sketch plan.

Legal Notices

• Establish standards for permitted location of limited brewery uses.

• Establish standards for intensity and character of limited brewery uses.

Section 4.08.09 Winery, Commercial

CR R93ZO Section 5-625

• Establish standards for associated uses

• Establish standard for special exception approval for facilities over 20,000 square feet.

Section 4.09

Adaptive Reuse

• Relocated from Chapter 10 as advertised in the notice for the August 30, 2022, public hearing

• Revise standards for eligibility.

CHAPTER 5: OVERLAY DISTRICTS

Section 5.01

General Provisions of Overlay Districts

• Consolidate regulations for all Overlay Districts into a single chapter.

• Relocate provisions regarding interpretation of Overlay District map features and Overlay District boundaries to Chapter 1, and additional procedures and submission requirements applicable to Overlay Districts to Chapter 11.

• Relocate all definitions applicable to Overlay Districts to Chapter 13, except for definitions specific to Floodplain Overlay District under Section 5.03.

• Clarify that uses in underlying zoning districts are subject to the additional regulations, restrictions, and prohibitions of Overlay Districts.

Section 5.02

Airport

Impact Overlay District (AIOD) (currently abbreviated as AI)

CR R93ZO Section 4-1400

• Incorporate existing AIOD provisions.

• Upon adoption by the Board of Supervisors, incorporate amendments to AIOD reflected in ZOAM2021-0002, Airport Impact Overlay District.

Section 5.03 Floodplain Overlay District (FOD)

CR R93ZO Section 4-1500

• Incorporate existing FOD provisions.

purpose of constructing an addition to an existing principal building or an accessory building.

• Establish new maximum lot size requirement that does not permit the size of a new lot to be greater than the largest existing lot along the same road as and within a certain distance of the new lot.

• Establish new variation of lot sizes and dimensions requirements regarding lot widths for new lots.

• Establish new garage standards regarding requirement for garages to be detached from the principal building and maximum width and height of garage door openings.

• Establish new connections to existing roads requirements regarding road design to avoid dead ends and culs-de-sac and regulated natural resources, and road network and block lengths for certain new developments.

Section 5.08 Historic Overlay District (HOD) (currently Historic Districts (HD))

CR R93ZO Sections 6-1800 and 6-1900

• Consolidate Historic District procedures and regulations into one section.

• Revise provisions as follows:

• Permit demolition of non-contributing site elements as a minor action that may receive Certificate of Appropriateness-Administrative for Minor Actions (CAPA) approval.

• Delete requirement regarding recordation of resolutions approving zoning map amendments related to HOD boundary changes in the Circuit Court land records.

CHAPTER 6: NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL

RESOURCES (NER)

• Establish a new Chapter that incorporates existing Steep Slopes Standards and establishes new regulations regarding river and stream corridor resources.

Section 6.01 River and Stream Corridor Resources (RSCR)

CR R93ZO Section 5-1000

• Replace existing regulations regarding the Scenic Creek Valley Buffer with new regulations regarding River and Stream Corridor Resources (RSCR) including:

• Purpose and applicability of RSCR regulations to all land located within a minimum 300 feet of the bankfull along either side of Scenic Rivers and the Potomac River, Bull Run, and Broad Run, and within a minimum 100 feet of the bankfull along either side of all other rivers and streams and other waterbodies, which minimum distances may be increased by up to 50 feet and are composed of the Resource Area (e.g., floodplain, very steep slopes) and a RSCR Buffer Area.

Section 5.04

Mountainside Overlay District (MOD) (currently Mountainside Development Overlay District (MDOD))

CR R93ZO Section 4-1600

• Establish new mountainside resource protection provisions including setback requirements applicable to ridgelines and springs within which uses are not permitted, requirements regarding submission of exhibits depicting of such setbacks and buildable areas with subdivision applications, and certain exemptions from setback requirements for fences, trails and passive recreation facilities, restoration and revegetation, and construction of single family dwellings on lots in existence as of the adoption date of this Zoning Ordinance.

• Replace exemption from MOD for certain agricultural, horticultural, forestry, or silvicultural uses with an exemption for Bona Fide Agriculture.

• Revise Performance Standards in Somewhat Sensitive and Sensitive Areas and in Highly Sensitive Areas to require special exception approval for the subdivision of land into 3 or more lots and decrease maximum centerline grade for private roads and driveways to 14%.

• Prohibit extractive industry uses within the MOD.

Section 5.05 Limestone Overlay District (LOD)

CR R93ZO Section 4-1900

• Replace exemption from LOD for certain agricultural operations and forestry and silviculture with an exemption for Bona Fide Agriculture.

• Revise Karst/Sensitive Environmental Feature Setback requirements to be provided as 1 table and establish a new 50-foot setback for certain underground solution channels.

Section 5.06 Quarry Notification Overlay District (QNOD) (currently abbreviated as QN)

CR R93ZO Section 4-1800

• Incorporate existing QN provisions.

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Section 5.07 Village Conservation Overlay District (VCOD)

CR R93ZO Section 4-2100

• Revise regulations regarding district boundaries to replace the reference to “Aldie Mountain” with a reference to “Bowmantown (also known as Aldie Mountain)”, and expansion of VCOD boundaries to permit such expansion only in areas designated as the Rural Historic Village Place Type of the 2019 GP.

• Revise VCOD development standards as follows:

• Reduce existing maximum building height from 50% to 25% of the average height of principal buildings within a certain distance of the lot(s) being developed.

• Establish new buildings features requirements regarding consistency of certain building design elements with existing buildings within a certain distance of the lot(s) being developed.

• Establish new building area requirements for size of proposed buildings to be within 50% of the average size of existing buildings within a certain distance of the lot(s) being developed.

• Replace existing front yard requirement with requirement for buildings to be set back from front lot lines a distance within 25% of the distance that existing buildings are set back from front lot lines within a certain distance of the lot(s) being developed.

• Establish new side and rear yard requirements for buildings to be set back from side and rear lot lines a distance within 50% of the distance that existing buildings are set back from front lot lines within a certain distance of the lot(s) being developed.

• Establish new 25% increase of maximum lot coverage for existing nonconforming lots for the

• Exemptions from RSCR regulations for Bona Fide Agriculture, single-family dwellings, and certain accessory uses on existing lots of record, and additions to existing buildings and structures that do not exceed a certain size.

• Regulations regarding calculation of minimum width of RSCR.

• Prohibition on diversion of any Scenic River, with exception for road crossings identified by the 2019 Countywide Transportation Plan.

Section 6.02

Steep Slope Areas

CR R93ZO Section 5-1508

• Replace existing exemption from Steep Slope Areas regulations for agricultural operations and timber harvesting with an exemption for Bona Fide Agriculture.

• Delete regulations regarding modification of development standards, administration of performance standards, and enforcement of performance standards.

Section 6.03 NER (Natural and Environmental Resources)

CR R93ZO Section 5-1508

Use Table

• Incorporate and revise existing permitted and special exception uses and activities for Moderately Steep Slope Areas and Very Steep Slope Areas, establish new permitted and special exception uses and activities for RSCR Buffer Areas, and consolidate all uses and activities into a new NER use table.

• Revise regulations governing how the NER use table and other regulations regarding the permitted, minor special exception, and special exception uses of underlying zoning districts and overlay districts are to be interpreted together.

Section 6.04

Development, Land Disturbance, and Additional Use Specific Standards

CR R93ZO Section 5-1508

• Incorporate existing development standards applicable to very steep slope areas and moderately steep slope areas and apply such development standards to the RSCR Buffer Area.

• Establish new development standards applicable to very steep slope areas, moderately steep slope areas, and the RSCR Buffer Area regarding permeable surfaces, Virginia Natural Heritage Resources, Virginia Wildlife and Habitat, preservation of existing vegetation, and siting and disturbance.

• Consolidate all development standards into a new NER development and land disturbance standards table.

• Establish new additional use specific standards applicable to very steep slope areas and moderately steep slope areas regarding shared-use paths, and applicable to RSCR regarding trails.

CHAPTER 7: DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

Section 7.02 Open Space

CR R93ZO Sections 2-103(C), 2-203(C), 2-305, 2-500, 2-607(E), 2-707(E), 2-1005, 2-1105, 2-1200, 2-1501, 2-1601, 3-100, 3-200, 3-300, 3-400, 3-507(F), 3-907, 4-100, 4-207(B), 4-307(C), 4-407(A), 4-507(B), 4-607(B), 4-707(B), 4-808, 4-1100, 4-1300, 4-1350, 5-700, & 6-1404, and Article 8, Definitions.

• Consolidate existing provisions regarding open space from individual zoning district regulations, into one section applicable to all zoning districts.

• Revise existing and establish new regulations regarding:

• Open space requirements for zoning districts.

• Additional open space may be required pursuant to Chapter 3: Uses and Chapter 4: Use-Specific Standards.

Legal Notices

• Location of open space.

• Method for calculating open space provided, including increases and reductions for certain open space areas.

• Active recreation open space for residential development.

• Ownership and maintenance of open space.

• Require all open space to be within an easement acceptable to the Board of Supervisors.

CHAPTER 9: ATTAINABLE HOUSING

• Consolidate provisions regarding Affordable Dwelling Units (ADUs), Unmet Housing Needs Units (UHNUs), and Affordable Housing Units (AHUs) into 1 chapter.

9.01 Affordable Dwelling Unit (ADU) Program

CR R93ZO Articles 7 & 8

• Revise existing and establish new provisions regarding:

• Administration and Enforcement, including the Zoning Administrator’s administration and enforcement the ADU Program and ADUs compliance with Chapter 1450 of the Codified Ordinances.

• The required number of ADUs for different dwelling unit types.

• Application types that are required to provide ADUs, and corresponding density increases for different dwelling unit types and zoning districts.

• Calculation of required number, dwelling unit type, and dwelling unit size of ADUs.

• Depiction of ADU calculations and locations on plats and plans.

• Compatibility and interspersion of ADUs with market rate dwelling units in the development.

• Modifications to ADU Program requirements.

• Delete existing provisions regarding:

• Permitted non-participation in the ADU Program for developments with densities equal to or less than 1 unit per 40,000 square feet.

• Exemptions from ADU Program for certain types of applications, and exemption for certain zoning districts (R-1, CR-1, TR-1, and JLMA-1).

• 90-day review period for site plans or subdivision plats proposing ADUs.

• Waived fees and 180-day review period for amending a concept development plan to only provide ADUs.

9.02 Unmet Housing Needs Unit (UHNU) Program

CR R93ZO Sections 4-1356, 4-1357, 4-2405, 4-2409, 4-2410 & 4-2703

• Establish new provisions regarding the UHNU Program, including purpose and applicability to TRC, TC, SCN, and PD-MUB zoning districts and adaptive reuse; administration and enforcement of the UHNU Program; substitution of UHNUs with AHUs; income range requirements for purchase and for rental UHNUs; calculation of required number of UHNUs; depiction of UHNU calculations and locations on plats and plans; compatibility and interspersion of UHNUs with market rate dwelling units; timing of construction and availability of UHNUs in relation to market rate dwelling units in the development; covenant requirements applicable to UHNUs, and modifications to UHNU Program requirements.

• Incorporate existing provisions regarding UHNUs in the PD-MUB Zoning District.

9.03 Affordable Housing Unit (AHU) Program

CR R93ZO Articled 7 & 8

• Incorporate existing provisions regarding the AHU Program.

• Revise AHU Program requirements to permit AHUs to be substituted for UHNUs if certain requirements are met.

• Establish new requirements regarding timing of construction for multifamily attached structures and documentation options for demonstrating conformance with building material and architectural design requirements.

CHAPTER 11: PROCEDURES

Subsection 11.10.06, Urban Policy Area Zoning Districts –

CR R93ZO Section 4-1103(B)

Additional Requirements

• Incorporate existing and establish new regulations regarding concept development plans associated with Zoning Map Amendments and Zoning Concept Plan Amendments for the TRC and UE Zoning Districts, including location of subareas if applicable, type and scale of proposed buildings and uses, site and building designs, and development schedule if phasing is proposed.

Subsection 11.10.07, Planned Development–Mixed Use Business (PD-MUB) Zoning District – Additional Requirements

CR R93ZO Section 4-1354(I) & (J)

• Incorporate existing regulations regarding concept development plans associated with Zoning Concept Plan Amendments for the PD-MUB Zoning District, including development design, mix of uses, and building design guidelines.

Subsection 11.10.09, Planned Unit Development (PUD) – Additional Requirements

CR R93ZO Section 6-1500

• Establish new regulations regarding Zoning Map Amendments and Zoning Concept Plan Amendments for the new PUD zoning district, including PUD master plans, statement of justification, use of private roads, administrative and non-administrative amendments to PUD master plans, and authority for Zoning Administrator to grant a single one-year extension for proffers associated with the approval of a PUD.

CHAPTER 13: DEFINITIONS

CR R93ZO Article 8

• Add, delete, and revise definitions as appropriate, including for example:

• Include as a defined term all principal and accessory uses identified in Chapter 3.

• Delete uses and other defined terms that are no longer used in the Zoning Ordinance.

• Revise definitions, as needed, for clarity or for consistency with other amendments in the Zoning Ordinance text.

• Definitions will continue to be updated as the Planning Commission considers and recommends revisions to the proposed Zoning Ordinance text through its hearings and deliberations

• Delete the following definitions:

• A: Abattoir; Active Recreational Uses; Adult Entertainment; Air Conditioner Condenser; Automobile Service Station/Automotive Service Station; Automobile Sales Lots; Aviary.

• B: Base Flood; Basement; Building Coverage; Building Footprint; Building Inspector; Business Service Establishment.

• C: Cellar; Central Farm Distribution Hub for Agricultural Products; Channel Scarline; Code; Church, Synagogue, Temple or Mosque; Coffeehouse or teahouse; Co-housing; Commercial Repair Garage; Convent; Corporate Training Center; Cross-Country Ski Business; Cross Section.

• D: Density, Net Residential; Direct Business Market; Distribution Facility; Downstream Bedload Movement; Dwelling, Ancillary.

• F: Facility for Lessons in Dance, gymnastics, judo and sports training; Farm Machinery Repair; Flood Insurance Rate Map; Flood Insurance Study; Floodplain; Floodplain 100-year; Floodplain Alteration; Floodplain, Major; Floodplain, Minor.

• G: General Business Service.

• H: Home Service Establishment.

• I: Industrial, Scientific or Technical Exposition.

• M: Maneuvering Space; Market Study; Minimum Stream Buffer; Minor Utilities; Motor Vehicle Sales Limited to Racecars; Motor Vehicle Service and Repair, Heavy; Motor Vehicle Service and Repair, Light.

• P: Park and Open Space; Park, Countryside Village Community; Park, Countryside Village Neighborhood; Passive Recreational Uses; Pedestrian Way; Perennial Way; Pet Farm.

• R: Racecars; Recreation Space, Active; Recycling Drop-Off Center, Private; Recycling Drop-Off Center, Public; Road, Village Neighborhood; Road, Village Through.

• S: Sign, Farm; Sign, Informational; Sign, Non-PD District Project Directional; Sign, PD-H Community Directional; Sign, Project Identification; Sign, Public/Quasi-Public; Sign, Real Estate; Sign, Residential Name; Sign, Wayside Stand; Sign, Window or Display (Business); Sign, Window or Display (Non-Business); Solid Waste Vehicle; Studio Space-Artist, Craftsperson, Writer, etc.

• T: Training Facility; Transitional Use; Transportation System Management Plan; Tree, Flowering.

• U: Use, Auxiliary; Utility Lines in the Floodplain; Utility Substation, Distribution.

• W: Wholesale Trade Establishment.

• Establish the following new definitions:

• A: Abutting; Adaptive Reuse; Adjacent; Adjacent Steep Slopes; Affordable Dwelling Unit Program; Agricultural Structure; Agriculture, Bona Fide; Agriculture Supportive Business; Alley; Amphitheater; Animated Sign; Archery; Area Median Income (AMI); Auction Facility, Livestock; A-Weighted Sound Level.

• B: Bank or Financial Institution; Building and Landscaping Materials Supplier; Business Support Services.

• C: Channel Letter; Civic Use; Commercial; Commercial Strip Development; Communications Facility; Community Garden; Companion Animal; Composting Facility; Congregate Housing; Contributing; Convenience Store (with Gasoline Sales); Covered Activities; Conversion Condominium; Crest; Cultural Tourism.

• D: Decommission, Solar Facility; Dinner Theatre; Donation Center; Donation Drop-off Box; Dry Cleaning Plant; Dwelling, Live/Work; Dwelling, Tenant.

• E: Emergency; Energy Storage; Entertainment Facility; Establishment; Extractive Industries.

• F: Façade; Facility; Farm; Farm Distribution Hub; Fenestration; Flex Building; Focal Point; Food Preparation; Freight; Functionally or Economically Obsolete.

• G: Government (General); Green; Ground Passenger Transportation (e.g. Taxi, Charter Bus); Groundwater Extraction, Commercial.

• H: Halo Lit; Heliport or Helistop; Historic Resource; Historic Setting.

• I: Illumination, External; Industrial Storage; Intensity.

• L: Legacy Zoning District; Ldn; 45 db(A) Ldn; Library; Live/Work Dwelling.

• M: Machinery and Equipment Sales and Services; Maintenance and Repair Services; Manufacturing, General; Manufacturing, Intensive; Marina; Market Rate Dwelling Unit; Mechanical Equipment; Media Production; Micro-Grid Energy System; Micromobility Devices; Mixed-Use Residential; Mobile Vendor.

• N: Native Plant; Natural Heritage Resources; National Historic Landmark; Neon; Natural, Environmental, and Heritage Resources; Net Metering/Net Energy Metering; Non-Contributing; Nonresidential.

• O: Official Notice; Oil and Gas Storage; Open Space, Agricultural; Open Space, Community; Original Art Display.

• P: Parcel; Park, Regional; Parking Facility; Pedestrian and Bicycle Network; Perennial Headwaters; Perennial Sinking Stream; Permeable; Personal Instructional Services; Pet Shop; Photovoltaic (PV).

• R: Rainwater Harvesting; Receiving Property; Recreation, Active; Recreation, Passive; Recycling Collection Center; Religious Housing; Residential; Resource Area Width; Restaurant, Fast Food with Drive-Through Facility; Restaurant, Fast Food Excluding Drive-Through Facilities; Restaurant, Sit-Down; Retail, General; Riparian Forest; Riparian Protection Buffer; Rivers and Streams; River and Stream Corridor Resources (RSCR); Road, Centerline of; Road, Local; Road, Public; Roofline; Rural Retreat.

Legal Notices

• S: School, Business/Technical; Setback, Perimeter; Sewer Pumping Station; Shared-Use Path; Shooting Range, Indoor; Sign, Animated; Sign, Backlight; Sign, Development Entry; Sign, Entry; Sign, Digital; Sign, Feather; Sign, Incidental; Sign, Light Post Banner; Sign, Monument; Sign, Mural; Sign, Pylon; Sign, Subdivision Entry; Sign, Window; Sign Face; Slaughterhouse; Small Business, Agricultural and Rural; Snack or Beverage Bars; Solar Energy Equipment, Facilities or Devices; Solar Facility; Solar Facility, Site Specific; Solar Facility, Utility Scale; Solid Waste Facility; Sound; Specimen Tree; Steep Slopes; Stream Restoration; Substantial Conformance.

• T: Trails; Transit Facilities; Travelway.

• U: Unmet Housing Needs Unit (UHNU); Use, Interim; Use, Temporary; Utility, Major; Utility, Minor.

• V: Variable Riparian Preservation Buffer; Vehicle Charging Station; Vehicle Repair, Heavy; Vehicle Repair, Light; Vehicle Sales; Vehicle Service Station; Vehicle Storage and Impoundment; Vehicular Access; Vertical Cost; Virginia Landmark Register.

• W: Water Extraction; Wholesale Distribution, Warehousing and Storage; Wood, Metal and Stone Crafts.

• Z: Zoning Map, Official.

• Revise the following definitions (brackets indicate a replacement term):

• A: Adult Day Care Center [Adult Day Care]; Affordable Dwelling Unit; Affordable Housing Unit; Agricultural Research Facility [Agricultural Education or Research]; Agriculture; Airport; Animal Husbandry; Arboretum; Auction.

• B: Botanical Garden.

• C: Campground; Caretaker’s Residence [Caretaker or Guard Residence]; Car Wash; Child Care Center [Child Day Care]; Civic Uses; Child Care Home [Child Day Home]; Civic, Social, or Fraternal Association Meeting Place [Civic, Social, or Fraternal Meeting Place]; Comprehensive Plan; College or University; Conference and Training Centers [Conference and Training Facilities]; Congregate Housing Facility [Congregate Housing]: Contiguous; Continuing Care Facility; Contractor Service Establishment [Contractor]; Convenience Food Store [Convenience Store]; Cultural Center [Cultural Facility].

• D: Data Center; Director of Planning [Director]; Dwelling, Accessory; Dwelling, Single-Family Attached; Dwelling, Single-Family Detached; Dwelling, Townhouse; Dwelling, Triplex; Dwelling Unit.

• E: Electric Generating Plant and Transmission Facility.

• F: Farm Based Tourism; Farm machinery sales, rental and service [Farm Machinery]; Farm Market; Feed and Farm Supply Center; Frontage; Funeral Home [Funeral Services].

• G: Guest House.

• H: Health and Fitness Center.

• I: Impervious Surface [Impermeable Surface]: Industrial Use [Industrial/Production Use]; Inner Core Subarea.

• J: Junkyard.

• K: Kennel; Kennel, Indoor.

• L: Lodging Unit.

• M: Manufactured Housing [Manufactured Home]; Maximum Extent Feasible; Medical Care Facility, Outpatient Only [Medical Care Facility]; Motor Vehicle Sales and Accessory Service; MDOD Mountainside Development Overlay District [MOD (Mountainside Overlay District)].

• N: Nature Study Area.

• O: Open Space; Outdoor Storage, Vehicles; Outer Core Subarea; Overlay District.

• P: Park, Neighborhood [Park, Community]; Pedestrian-Oriented Uses; Pedestrian Walkway; Personal Service Establishment [Personal Service]; Pet; Playground [Playground/Play Space]; Play Space [Playground/Play Space]; Plaza; Public Safety.

• R: Recreation Establishment, Indoor [Recreation, Indoor]; Recreation Establishment, Outdoor [Recreation, Outdoor or Major]; Recreational Vehicle Park; Religious Assembly; Research and Development Use [Research and Development]; Residential Use; Ridgeline; Rooming House [Rooming and Boarding].

• S: Setback; Sign; Sign, Banner; Sign, Building Mounted [Sign, Building]; Sign, Directional, On-Site [Sign, On-Site]; Sign, Government/Official Notices [Sign, Government]; Sign, Ground Mounted [Sign, Ground]; Sign, Historical Markers [Sign, Historical Marker]; Sign, Illuminated; Sign, Pole Mounted [Sign, Pole]; Sign, Temporary; Silviculture; Stream Bank; Stable; Stockpiling of dirt [Stockpiling]; Stockpiling of dirt, Temporary [Stockpiling, Temporary]; Street, Centerline of; Street Tree; Structure.

• T: Telecommunications Use and/or Structure [Telecommunications Facility]; Tenant Dwelling [Dwelling, Tenant]; Theater, Indoor [Theater]; Town Green; Training Facility; Transit-Designed Supportive Subarea [Transit-Designed Supportive Area (TDSA)]; Tree Canopy or Tree Cover [Tree Canopy; Tree Cover]; Tree, Large Deciduous.

• U: Utility Substation, Dedicated [Utility Substation]; Utility Transmission Line, Underground.

• V: Very Steep Slopes Area [Very Steep Slopes].

• W: Water, Public; Water Storage Tank; Water Well, Municipal; Winery, Commercial.

• Z: Zoo.

INCORPORATION OF EXISTING STANDALONE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS (ZOAMs)

The Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors are currently considering four independent ZOAMs— as described below—which have been advertised for public hearing separately from the proposed new Zoning Ordinance. Upon adoption by the Board of Supervisors, the provisions of each approved ZOAM will be incorporated into the applicable sections of the new Zoning Ordinance. Information regarding each ZOAM may be found at www.loudoun.gov/zoningordinancerewrite.

ZOAM-2020-0002, Prime Agricultural Soil and Cluster Subdivisions

Proposes to amend the regulations for the Cluster Subdivision Option in the AR-1 and AR-2 Zoning Districts to protect and conserve agriculturally productive Prime Farmland Soils and further implement the clustered rural residential development policies of the 2019 GP. Prime Farmland Soils are defined by reference to soil mapping units identified in the County’s Geographical Information System (WebLOGIS). The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on ZOAM-2020-0002 on November 14, 2022. The Planning Commission will continue its deliberations on this ZOAM at a future work session.

ZOAM-2018-0001, Short Term Residential Rentals

Proposes to establish two new short-term residential rental uses (STRR): (1) Short-Term Rental – Residential Accessory (STR-RA), which is an accessory use to a principal dwelling unit; and (2) Short-Term Rental – Commercial Whole House (STR-CWH), which is a principal use located in a single family detached dwelling unit that is solely used as a STRR. This ZOAM would specify the zoning districts in which STR-CWH is allowed (either by right or with approval of a special exception or minor special exception), and it would establish additional regulations for STR-RA and STR-CWH to mitigate or otherwise address the impacts of these new uses. The Planning Commission has completed its deliberation of ZOAM 2018-0001, forwarding the proposed amendments to the Board of Supervisors with a recommendation of approval. The ZOAM is currently scheduled for the Board of Supervisors public hearing on January 11, 2023.

ZOAM-2021-0002, Airport Impact Overlay District

Proposes to amend regulations and definitions pertaining to the Airport Impact Overlay District (AIOD) The ZOAM is being considered along with corresponding comprehensive plan (CPAM) and zoning map (ZMAP) amendments, to implement the 2019 Washington Dulles International Airport Aircraft Noise Contour Map Update. The proposed ZOAM would update references to the noise study for Washington Dulles International Airport in the Zoning Ordinance text, revise and clarify notice and disclosure requirements for property sales within the AIOD, and clarify protections for previously approved residential rezonings within the AIOD. The Planning Commission has completed its deliberation of ZOAM2021-0002, forwarding the proposed amendments to the Board of Supervisors with a recommendation of approval. The Board of Supervisors conducted a public hearing on this ZOAM on November 9, 2022. ZOAM-2021-0002 is currently scheduled for further consideration and possible action by the Board of Supervisors on January 17, 2023.

ZOAM-2022-0002, Amendment to Add “Ground-Mounted Solar Energy Generation Facility” as a Permitted Use in the PD-GI Zoning District

Amends the PD-GI zoning district regulations to add “Utility generating plant and transmission facility, ground-mounted solar energy generation facility only” as a permitted use subject to new use limitations. (R93ZO Sections 4-603(BBB) & 4-607(L)) The use limitations include, among others, a 500-acre minimum lot size. A proposed facility in the PD-GI zoning district that does not satisfy the use limitations will be required to seek special exception approval. The Board of Supervisors approved ZOAM-2022-0002 on December 6, 2022. The provisions of this approved ZOAM will be incorporated into applicable sections of the new Zoning Ordinance.

The public purposes of the proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments are to implement the Loudoun County 2019 Comprehensive Plan; to implement applicable provisions of the Virginia Code; and to achieve the purposes of zoning as set forth in Virginia Code §§ 15.2-2200 and 15.2-2283, including, without limitation, furtherance of the public necessity, convenience, general welfare, and good zoning practice and facilitating the creation of a convenient, attractive, and harmonious community.

Copies of the above-referenced sections from the proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments and the Uses Crosswalk may be examined at the Office of the County Administrator, First Floor Information Desk, County Government Center, Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or call (703) 777-0246, or email zorw@loudoun.gov Copies may also be examined electronically at www.loudoun.gov/zoningordinancerewrite

Unless otherwise noted above, full and complete copies of the above-referenced amendments, applications, ordinances and/or plans, and related documents may be examined in the Loudoun County Department of Building and Development, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 2nd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday or call 703-7770220, or electronically at www.loudoun.gov/lola. This link also provides an additional opportunity for public input on active applications. Additionally, documents may be viewed and downloaded electronically the week before the hearing at www.loudoun.gov/pc. For further information, contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-777-0246.

Citizens are encouraged to call in advance to sign up to speak at the public hearing. If you wish to sign up in advance of the hearing, please call the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-7770246 prior to 12:00 PM on the day of the public hearing. Speakers may also sign up at the hearing. Written comments are welcomed at any time and may be sent to the Loudoun County Planning Commission, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 3rd Floor, MSC #62, Leesburg, Virginia 20175, or by e-mail to loudounpc@loudoun.gov. If written comments are presented at the hearing, please provide ten (10) copies for distribution to the Commission and the Clerk’s records. All members of the public will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters. Any individual representing and/or proposing to be the sole speaker on behalf of a citizen’s organization or civic association is encouraged to contact the Department of Planning and Zoning prior to the date of the public hearing if special arrangements for additional speaking time and/or audio-visual equipment will be requested. Such an organization representative will be allotted 6 minutes to speak, and the Chairman may grant additional time if the request is made prior to the date of the hearing and the need for additional time is reasonably justified.

Citizens are encouraged to call the Department of Planning and Zoning on the day of the public hearing to confirm that an item is on the agenda, or, the most current agenda may be viewed on the

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Planning Commission’s website at www.loudoun.gov/pc . Regularly scheduled Planning Commission public hearings are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month. In the event the public hearing cannot be conducted on that date due to whether or other conditions that make it hazardous for members to attend the hearing, the public hearing will be continued to the next day (Wednesday). In the event the public hearing may not be held on that Wednesday due to weather or other conditions that make it hazardous for members to attend the hearing, the public hearing may be continued to the first Thursday of the next month.

Hearing assistance is available for meetings in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room. FM Assistive Listening System is available at the meetings at all other locations. If you require any type of reasonable accommodation as a result of a physical, sensory or mental disability to participate in this meeting, contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-777-0246. Please provide three days’ notice.

BY ORDER OF: FOREST HAYES, CHAIRMAN LOUDOUN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2024-2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM

Pursuant to Va. Code § 15.2-2239, the Leesburg Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, February 2, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, to solicit public comment on the proposed Fiscal Year 2024-2029 Capital Improvements Program (CIP).

The following table reflects potential Fiscal Year 2024 requested funding totaling $50,071,334. The final requested funding amount will be included in the Town Manager’s Fiscal Year 2024 Proposed Budget scheduled to be presented to Town Council during their regular meeting the evening of February 14, 2022 at 7:00 P.M.

CATEGORY

FY 2024

AMOUNT MAJOR PROJECTS

ADMINISTRATION $2,235,964 § Management costs associated with administering the Capital Improvements Program

GENERAL GOVERNMENT $10,425,000

PARKS & RECREATION $754,000

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS $17,590,000

Downtown Streetlights Phase II

Police Station Expansion

Town Shop Expansion and Refurbishment

Pickleball / Junior Tennis Courts

Miscellaneous Playground Surface and Equipment

Battlefield Parkway/ Route 15 Bypass Interchange

East Market Street & Battlefield Parkway Interchange

Edwards Ferry Road NE Sidewalk Improvements

Evergreen Mill Road Widening

Market St. / King Street Intersection Improvements

Miscellaneous Roadway, Pedestrian, and ADA Projects

Morven Park Road Sidewalk

Plaza Street Sidewalk

Royal Street Improvements – Church Street to Wirt Street

Rt. 15 Bypass / Edwards Ferry Rd. Interchange

Traffic Signal Fiber Connections

STORM DRAINAGE $1,202,300 § Lawson Road Pedestrian Crossing of Tuscarora Creek

Town Branch Stream Channel Improvements at Mosby Drive – Catoctin Circle to Morven Park Road

AIRPORT $6,741,000 § Airport North Apron Paving – Hangars C & D Rehabilitation

Airport Apron Paving

Airport North Hangars

UTILITIES $11,123,070 § Excavated Materials Holding and Drying Facility

Town-wide Waterline Improvements and Repairs § Utility System Storage Facility § Water Pollution Control Facility Solids Processing Improvements § Water Pollution Control Facility Storage Tanks Recoating & Rehabilitation § Water Supply and Wastewater SCADA Systems Replacement § Water Treatment Plant Sludge Disposal Improvements

Copies of the proposed CIP Summary with a complete list of projects are available in the Department of Finance & Administrative Services, Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. by calling 703-771-2763. Questions should be directed to Clark Case, Director of Finance and Administrative Services at 703-771-2720.

At this hearing, all persons desiring to express their views concerning this matter will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations should contact the Clerk of the Commission at 703-7712434, three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

1/19 & 1/26/23

1/5, 1/12 & 1/19/23

ATTENTION

LOUDOUN COUNTY VEHICLE OWNERS

FILING DUE FEBRUARY 1

Notification of 2023 personal property filing requirements has recently been mailed to all automobile, truck, motorcycle, camper, trailer, boat, motorhome, aircraft, or mobile homeowners on the county’s tax rolls. In order to assist us in establishing accurate assessment information for the 2023 tax year Changes should be reported online at: www.loudoun.gov/efile

A filing notification with instructions about online filing has been mailed to each household of record. The notification will indicate whether a filing is required or is optional for any vehicle owned in Loudoun County based on the vehicle type, the date the vehicle was located in Loudoun, and whether a filing was previously made on the vehicle.

Unless otherwise instructed, please report corrections, unusually high mileage, unrepaired body damage, serious mechanical defect, address changes or the sale, move or disposal of any vehicle by February 1, 2023, online at: www.loudoun.gov/efile

Beginning this year, motorcycles may be eligible for an assessment reduction for high mileage. Filing forms are being mailed to motorcycle owners currently on Loudoun County’s tax rolls so that they may report the motorcycle’s mileage as of January 1, 2023. A high mileage chart is available online at www.loudoun.gov/vehicle-mileage

Newly acquired vehicles or vehicles recently entering Loudoun County must be reported to my office within 60 days of purchase or move to Loudoun County or one of its incorporated towns to avoid a 10% late filing penalty. Owners of vehicles in the County are subject to taxes beginning on the date the vehicle came to Loudoun regardless of when it is registered with the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) or displays out of state license plates.

Owners of vehicles displaying out-of-state license plates not otherwise exempt from obtaining Virginia license plates will be charged an additional annual license fee of $100. A $250 penalty may also be imposed on owners of vehicles that are not registered with DMV within 60 days of the owner’s having established residency in Virginia.

Military service members residing in Loudoun County who have separated from military service and were receiving a tax exemption due to claiming a domicile outside of Virginia should contact the Commissioner of the Revenue’s Office to report their change in active-duty status so their exemption can be removed.

Loudoun County now bills for and collects personal property taxes and vehicle license fees for vehicle owners in most of Loudoun’s incorporated towns, including Hamilton, Leesburg, Lovettsville, Middleburg, Purcellville, and Round Hill. Owners of vehicles within an incorporated town will receive a consolidated tax bill that includes both County and town taxes.

We encourage you to connect with us virtually since most transactions with our office can be completed online. For more information or filing assistance, please visit www.loudoun.gov/cor or contact the Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue at cartax@loudoun.gov or 703-777-0260.

Regular office hours are weekdays from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.

Leesburg Office

1 Harrison St. SE, First Floor

Sterling Office

46000 Center Oak Plaza

Mailing Address PO Box 8000

Leesburg, VA 20177-9804

Phone: 703-777-0260

Robert S. Wertz, Jr. Commissioner of the Revenue Loudoun County

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TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING

LVCU 2022-0003,

APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT

Pursuant to Sections 15.2-2204 and 15.2-2286 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, the LOVETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a joint public hearing Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 6 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovettsville, Virginia, to consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit filed by AT&T Mobility of Hanover, Maryland, to amend previously approved Conditional Use Permit, LVCU 20220001, and relocate the approved emergency power generator and automatic transfer switch at the Town water tank located at 14-A Quarter Branch Road. The proposed generator location would be inside the fenced equipment compound. The subject parcel fronts on Potterfield Drive and is further identified as Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN): 333-45-9227. No changes are proposed to the existing antennae or equipment onsite.

All persons wishing to speak will be given the opportunity to do so at this meeting.

Written comments regarding this item can be submitted to clerk@lovettsvilleva.gov by 3:00PM on the day of the meeting. Members of the public may access and participate in this meeting electronically. The proposed Conditional Use Permit is available for review on the Town website at: www.lovettsvilleva.gov/government/planning-commission/ You may also request a copy be sent to you via email by contacting John Merrithew, Planning Director at (540) 822-5788 between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm weekdays, holidays excepted. In the event the meeting is postponed, the public hearing will be convened on the next regularly scheduled meeting at the same time and place.

1/12/23, 1/19/23

NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND INTENT TO FORFEIT

Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of the Interior is hereby commencing a forfeiture proceeding against the following items of wildlife or wildlife products, which were seized in the Eastern District of Virginia on the dates indicated because they were involved in one or more violations of any of the following laws: Endangered Species Act, Title 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1538, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 11 U.S.C. Sec. 1371-1372, the Lacey Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 3372, Wild Bird Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 4901-4916, or the African Elephant Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 4221-4245. These items are subject to forfeiture to the United States under Title 16, U.S.C. Sec. 1540(e), 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1377, or 16 U.S.C. Sec. 3374 and Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 12.23. Any person with an ownership or financial interest in said items who desires to claim them must file a claim with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, 23703-C Air Freight Lane, Suite 200, Dulles, VA 20166; telephone (703) 661-8560. Such claim must be received by the above office by 02/08/2023. The claim will be transmitted to the U.S. Attorney for institution of a forfeiture action in U.S. District Court. If a proper claim is not received by the above office by such date, the items will be declared forfeited to the United States and disposed of according to law. Any person who has an interest in the items may also file with the above office a petition for remission of forfeiture in accordance with Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 12.24, which petition must be received in such office before disposition of the items. Storage costs may also be assessed.

INV #

SEIZURE

DATE VALUE ITEMS SEIZED

2022505651 12/09/2022 $50,000 Twenty-Three (23) Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) leather products

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LOUDOUN COUNTY

IN RE: Estate of Carolyn D. Winter

Fiduciary No. 20071

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS will hold a public hearing in the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ROOM, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following:

VARI-2022-0002 SALMAN – FEYES CIRCLE

Raied Salman and Athra Khalaf of Herndon, Virginia, have submitted an application for a variance to permit a deviation from the following provision of the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance in order to permit the construction of a single-family detached dwelling on the subject property located 15.0 feet from the rear property line: Section 3-404(C)(3) – Lot Requirements for Suburban Design Option, Yards, Rear, which requires a twenty-five (25) foot rear yard. The subject property is zoned R-4 (Single Family Residential) under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance and is located within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one (1) mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contour. The subject property is approximately 0.31 acre in size and is located on the south side of West Church Road (Route 625), approximately 0.1 mile east of the intersection of West Church Road and Morgan Way (Route 1820), and approximately 0.06 mile west of the intersection of West Church Road and Magnolia Road (Route 1525) at 45581 Feyes Circle, in the Sterling Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 032-46-8230

APPL-2022-0004

18679 WOODBURN ROAD - GALUSKI ACCESSORY DWELLING

John Galuski of Leesburg, Virginia has submitted an application for an appeal of the October 24, 2022, Zoning Administrator determination, ZCOR-2022-0184, which found that the proposed additional accessory dwelling unit in zoning permit application #Z20477420101 violates Sections 5-613(C) and 5-102(C) of the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance. The proposed construction constitutes an additional accessory dwelling unit which would exceed the permissible number of accessory dwelling units allowed in an AR-1 (Agricultural Rural) zone, prohibited by Section 5-613(C). In addition, the proposed accessory dwelling unit would be located within a 25-foot yard, prohibited by Section 5-102(C). The subject property is zoned AR-1 (Agricultural Rural-1) under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance and is located partially within the MDOD (Mountainside Development Overlay District) (Somewhat Sensitive and Sensitive Areas). The subject property is approximately 7 acres in size and is located approximately 0.5 mile north of Grove Church Court (Route 1058) on the west side of Woodburn Road (Route 769) addressed as 18671, 18677, and 18679 Woodburn Road, Leesburg, Virginia, in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 311-36-4631.

APPL-2022-0005

ZONING PERMIT #Z20643250001 FOR A GROUP HOME IN AR-1 AT 20173 GLEEDSVILLE ROAD

Hilary Kozikowski, Aaron Kozikowski, Lawrence Thomas, Mary Catherine Thomas, Thomas Wright, Cheryl Wright, Lynne Wright, Michael Wright, William Feitshan, Beverly Feitshan, Addie Palmer, and Craig Palmer of Leesburg, Virginia, have submitted an application for an appeal of the November 16, 2022 issuance of Zoning Permit #Z20643250001 for a Group Home in AR-1 at 20173 Gleedsville Road, Leesburg, Virginia. The subject property is zoned AR-1 (Agricultural Rural-1) under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance. The subject property is approximately 2.26 acres in size and is located on the west side of Gleedsville Road (Route 650), approximately 0.30 mile north of the intersection of Gleedsville Road and Woodside Place (Route 1001) and Browns Creek Place (Route 1007) at 20173 Gleedsville Road in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN 31530-2419.

Full and complete copies of the above-referenced application(s) and related documents may be examined in the Loudoun County Department of Planning and Zoning, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 3rd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or call (703) 777-0246.

SHOW CAUSE ORDER

It appearing that a report of the debts and demands against the Estate of Carolyn D. Winter, deceased January 7, 2022, has been filed in the Clerk's office, and that six months have elapsed since the qualification of James M. Jaxtheimer, Administrator C.T.A.

IT IS ORDERED that the creditors of, and all others interested in, the Estate, do show cause, if any they can, on the 27th day of January, 2023, at 9:00, before this Court at its courtroom, 18 E. Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, against the payment and delivery of the Estate of Carolyn D. Winter, deceased, to the legatees, with or without refunding bonds as the Court prescribes.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the foregoing portion of this Order be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in Loudoun County 1/12 & 1/19/22

All members of the public will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters. Citizens are encouraged to call in advance to sign up to speak at the public hearing. If you wish to sign up in advance of the hearing, please call the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-777-0246 prior to 12:00 PM on the day of the public hearing. Speakers may also sign up at the hearing. Written comments are welcomed at any time and may be sent to the Loudoun County Board of Zoning Appeals, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 3rd Floor, MSC #62, Leesburg, Virginia 20175, or by e-mail to stephanie.capps@loudoun. gov. If any member of the public requires a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability in order to participate in a public meeting, please contact the Office of the County Administrator at 703-7770200/TTY-711. At least one business day of advance notice is requested; some accommodations may require more than one day of notice.

Nan M. Joseph Forbes, Chairman

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NOTICE OF IMPOUNDMENT OF ABANDONED VEHICLES

This notice is to inform the owner and any person having a security interest in their right to reclaim the motor vehicle herein described within 15 days after the date of storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody, and the failure of the owner or persons having security interests to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner, and all persons having security interests of all right, title and interest in the vehicle, and consent to the sale of the abandoned motor vehicle at a public auction. This notice shall also advise the owner of record of his or her right to contest the determination by the Sheriff that the motor vehicle was “abandoned,” as provided in Chapter 630.08 of the Loudoun County Ordinance, by requesting a hearing before the County Administrator in writing. Such written request for a hearing must be made within 15 days of the notice.

YR. MAKE MODEL VIN STORAGE PHONE#

2003 MAZDA TRIBUTE 4F2YZ94123KM47292 BATTLEFIELD 703-378-0059

2013 FORD EC2 1FTNE2EW8DDA78136 AL’S TOWING 703-435-8888

2017 JEEP GCH 1C4RJEBG0HC828930 AL’S TOWING 703-435-8888

2008 KIA RIO KNADE123286323195 LCSO IMPOUND LOT 571-367-8400

2005 CHEVY COBALT 1G1AL12F757559040 LCSO IMPOUND LOT 571-367-8400 1/19 & 1/26/23

LVCU 2021-0001,

TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT

Pursuant to Sections 15.2-2204 and 15.2-2286 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, the LOVETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL will hold a public hearing Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 6 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovettsville, Virginia, to consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit filed by One Family Brewing LLC to increase the building setback from Lutheran Church Road beyond the 40-foot maximum setback permitted in the CRA-1 Commercial Residential Annexation zoning district pursuant to Lovettsville Town Code Section 42233(d)(3). The parcel of land that is the subject of this request is identified as Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN): 371-39-4189 and is 27.07 acres in area. The property is located at 12890 Berlin Turnpike.

All persons desiring to speak will be given the opportunity to do so at this meeting.

Written comments regarding this item can be submitted to clerk@lovettsvilleva.gov by 3:00PM on the day of the meeting. Members of the public may access and participate in this meeting electronically. The proposed Conditional Use Permit is available for review on the Town website at: www.lovettsvilleva. gov/government/planning-commission/ You may also request a copy be sent to you via email by contacting John Merrithew, Planning Director at (540) 822-5788 between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm weekdays, holidays excepted. In the event the meeting is postponed, the public hearing will be convened on the next regularly scheduled meeting at the same time and place.

1/12/23, 1/19/23

PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

The Town of Leesburg will accept proposals electronically via the Commonwealth’s e-procurement website (www.eva.virginia. gov), until 3:00 p.m. on February 14, 2023 for the following:

RFP No. 100170-FY23-41

WORKFORCE FINANCIAL MODELING SOFTWARE

The Town of Leesburg is soliciting sealed proposals from qualified firms to provide a workforce financial modeling software that aids the Town in forecasting and understanding the total costs of compensation, benefits, and personnel decisions.

For additional information, visit: http://www.leesburgva.gov/bidboard

1/19/23

PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TOWN LIABILITY INSURANCE

The Town of Leesburg will accept sealed proposals electronically via the Commonwealth’s e-procurement website (www.eva. virginia.gov), until 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 9, 2023, for the following:

RFP NO. 100161-FY23-36

TOWN LIABILITY INSURANCE

The Town of Leesburg (the “Town”) is soliciting sealed proposals from insurance brokers, group self-insured pools, and insurance carriers/companies to provide the above-referenced insurance.

For additional information, visit: http://www.leesburgva.gov/bidboard

1/19/23

ABC LICENSE

J Morris Flowers LLC trading as J Morris Flowers, 120 E Market St, Ste B, Leesburg, VA 20176-3120.

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA AlCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine and Beer off Premises - Gift Shop license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Jennifer Morris, Owner

Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200. 01/19 & 01/26/23

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TO CONSIDER RENEWING THE EXISTING FRANCHISE WITH WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY

Pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 15.2-2100 et seq., notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia, will hold a public hearing on:

Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA

to consider the adoption of the following ordinance:

AN ORDINANCE RENEWING THE EXISTING FRANCHISE WITH WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY

The proposed ordinance to renew the franchise permits Washington Gas Light Company to continue to use and occupy the streets, alleys and other public grounds of the Town of Leesburg for the construction, maintenance and operation therein of a system of pipes, mains, connections, meters and other equipment and appliances as necessary or convenient for the transmission, distribution, and sale of natural gas in and to any part of the Town of Leesburg.

A copy of the proposed ordinance is available from the Town Clerk, located in Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.); or by calling Eileen Boeing, Town Clerk, at 703-771-2733.

At this hearing, all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations should contact the Clerk of Council at 703-771-2733, three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.

1/12/2023 & 1/19/2023

NOTICE OF ABANDONED BICYCLES

Notice is hereby given that the bicycles described below

of the listed bicycles are not identified within sixty (60)

shall be entitled to them if he/she desires. All unclaimed bicycles will be

County.

Drawing the Lines

A Board of Supervisors majority this week voted to adopt new boundaries for the high noise zone around Dulles Airport.

The update came after months of strong opposition by residents in neighborhoods that have experienced sharp increases in noisy overflights as the airline industry rebounded from the pandemic slowdown.

Their objections focus on the implications of being brought inside the high noise zone boundaries—ranging from concerns over their property values to costs of installing noise attenuations features. In adopting the new boundaries, supervisors approved an unprecedented maneuver to carve out 991 existing homes and another 1,100 that have been approved but not yet built from the high noise zone. That action doesn’t reduce the noise impacts the residents will experience, but will exempt them from requirements typically imposed in those areas.

The only real solution to their problem, county supervisors agree, is to alter the flight paths in a way that would lower the noise levels—most likely by redirecting traffic to routes that formed the basis of the previous noise projections. Those studies that predicted their homes would not be subject to the highest noise impacts.

As part of their action, supervisors committed to working with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority in hopes of establishing new flight path rules that would shift flights away from those neighborhoods.

If successful, that effort likely would push more air traffic over land west of the airport—to an area that had been included in the previous high-noise zone, but, following the board’s action this week, now would be open to residential development for the first time. Already, applications to build more than 1,000 residences there are in the pipeline. That only sets up the prospects for more conflicts between residents and the airport.

However, some board members signaled their intent to bring the matter back for another vote in hopes that some other approach could be taken.

Clearly, the issue is not settled.

If supervisors are committed to pushing for new flight patterns, it makes little sense to adopt the noise zones—areas that dictate where new residential units are permitted to be built. If successful, those boundaries will be obsolete. Likewise, it is unwise to erase the existing high-noise zone boundaries if the goal is to direct more aircraft to those areas.

A better approach is to temporarily halt consideration of any new residential development on land covered by the former or new high-noise zones until the future flight paths can be confirmed.

Over the past 60 years, county leaders have worked to avoid conflicts with residential uses that would bring pressure to curtail the growth potential of Dulles Airport, long an important economic engine for the county and the commonwealth. That commitment must continue. n

Norman K. Styer, Publisher and Editor - nstyer@loudounnow.com

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Uncomfortable History

Editor:

I would like to add my voice to that of Chris Stevenson’s in last week’s issue of Loudoun Now. Thank you, Chris, for your words.

Born in 1962, but not living in the U.S. until the 1970s, I grew up in Nashville TN, knowing absolutely nothing about the lived experience of my non-white friends. I started second grade in Nashville, the year after the schools had been desegregated so I thought it was totally normal to have Black kids as classmates. As an 8-year-old, the concept of race relations was a non-issue. In my family I was taught to always speak to the Black people we knew and encountered respectfully. I never heard any derogatory language about Black folks from family members. In school we were taught about slavery and given a cursory overview of reconstruction, but then moved on as if all that was settled now and in the past. The stories of the Native Americans were barely touched.

At the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement, moved by an interview with Ibram X. Kendi, I determined to find and read everything I could about the history that I had not been taught. And I learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre, Compton, Red-lining practices, the role white churches played in the south teaching and supporting “Lost Cause” orthodoxy, the preaching of white supremacy from political leaders like George Wallace and Strom Thurmond, the medical experimentation on Black people ... the list goes on and on. And I became angry. Very angry. Not only because of these terrible injustices, but also because my history classes had excluded this information. It had been sanitized. Erased. So many of us from that era were turned loose in a socioeconomic environment to bumble around in ignorance without the tools needed to successfully recognize racial injustice in its many social, economic and institutional forms.

It is vital that our school systems find an age-appropriate way to begin incorporating this aspect of our American past into the history curricula. Can we imagine any German school student

LETTERS to the Editor

who has not been taught about the concentration camps and the Holocaust? (It would be helpful to find out how they have integrated that disturbing subject into their history curricula and at what age.) Our students graduate knowing more about the Holocaust than they do about Jim Crow. This cannot continue. Will it be uncomfortable? Yes. But that is not a reason to not do it. Sitting with one’s discomfort is not a bad thing. It makes us ask questions. It reveals things to us. It’s a good critical thinking exercise. And lastly, it is nothing to fear.

— Melanie Rider, Leesburg

A Right to the Report

Editor:

It is imperative for School Board members to remember that as individuals elected to represent the local community, they must work to meet the needs of the public and local school district. As a School Board member, it is not about your individual desires or goals, but the collective needs of the community.

That brings us to the situation regarding the independent review of the mishandling of the sexual assaults of two students by another student in two Loudoun County High schools. 14 months after the report was completed by the School Board’s attorneys, it still has not been released to the public. The public has a right to see that report.

At the Dec. 13, 2022, School Board meeting, five of the nine School Board members voiced support for releasing the report in the name of transparency. So why has it not been released? Why has waiving attorney-client privilege not even come up for a vote? In my opinion, it’s about politics.

I believe the reason the chairman of the School Board—both Jeff Morse who was chairman in 2022 and Ian Sorotkin the current chairman—has not brought this to a vote, is because it is an election year. It might hurt the re-election chances of some board members. It also might lead to the dismissal of certain senior LCPS staff. Is it possible they are putting politics ahead of student safety and community engagement? If true, that is despicable. If not true, what is the reason? If there is another sexual

assault within LCPS and the School Board did not release the report and the report could have brought about changes that would have prevented the assault, although they can’t be sued, they’ll have to live with that for the rest of their lives. If mistakes were made, people need to be held accountable and learn from them.

I will remind Mr. Sorotkin that his allegiance is to the community and the children of LCPS, not his seat on the board. Being Chairman for the School Board overseeing an LCPS system that has 83,000 students and 12,500 teachers and staff is an awesome responsibility and if he doesn’t have the character and integrity to put the report to a vote, or at the very least tell the public why the report has not been released, then regardless of the consequences, he must resign.

— Chris Hodges, Broadlands

Thank You

Editor:

For more than 25 years, The Salvation Army of Loudoun has fought poverty in our community. We have weathered many a storm through the years, and now we face another: the traumatic ripple effect on working families and others from COVID-19. We know, firsthand, that members in our community are still struggling, and the rising costs of inflation is compounding the crisis.

Every day, more and more people have come to The Salvation Army of Loudoun asking for our help. Our clients need support with rent, eviction prevention, utility bills, diapers, clothing, and emergency food assistance, and we do not expect that the need for our help—and our hope —will slow down anytime soon.

It was critically important to us to conduct an over-the-top Angel Tree program. And that we did. We want to thank all the donors and volunteers who made the Christmas season happy and bright for almost 1,500 children who received Christmas gifts through our Angel Tree and Sheetz for Kids programs. The Salvation Army of Loudoun County’s Angel Tree program is superbly well run and managed by three amazing volunteers along with our staff. More importantly, close to 120

devoted volunteers provided 700 hours of service in our distribution center to assist with the organization and the distribution of the presents. I also want to express our appreciation to Rappaport at the Village of Leesburg who donated the site to us. My Guys Moving donated their time and equipment to pick up and deliver thousands of gifts to the distribution center and Wegmans for their generosity. More than 50 businesses, individuals, the faith community, HOA’s and civic organizations contributed incredible gifts to support the children we knew would not have had gifts for Christmas. Our communities outpouring of kindness was extraordinary.

The Salvation Army’s iconic Red Kettle campaign ran from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Kettles were located at Giant, Safeway, and Walmart stores in Loudoun. We raised about $90,000 during this time. We also want to thank our Kettle sponsors—M.E. Flow, Inc., Ketterman’s Jewelers, Mr. Print and Valley Energy. However, the success of the Red Kettle campaign is directly related to volunteerism and—of course— generous donors. This year, 78 volunteers from clubs, schools, the faith community, families, and businesses contributed 418 hours of service. The funds we receive from the Red Kettle campaign stay right here in Loudoun County. Our Red Kettle campaign is critical to our ability to provide basic and essential needs to those struggling in our community.

With the help of generous donors and volunteers, The Salvation Army embodied its Christmas theme, “Hope Marches On.” We are truly blessed and humbled by our community’s generosity.

Learn more about the work that The Salvation Army of Loudoun does throughout the year on at salvationarmypotomac.org/ loudouncountycorps, or call 703-771-3371.

A hearty thank you for all you have provided. Have a blessed 2023.

— Sergeant John McKee, Pastor Loudoun County Corps Administrator

give up some of our power for the benefit of others,” Supervisor Juli E. Briskman (D-Algonkian) said. “How can we not be brave enough to learn about in publicly acknowledge bad racist and sexist policies, and their impacts, and then work to resolve the legacy impacts?”

The only supervisor to vote against the resolution, Supervisor Caleb E. Kershner (R-Catoctin), said it would inject race into the county government’s decisions.

“We fought a whole war in this country because government was making those decisions based on race, and we fought that war, we went through the civil rights movement, we went through so much in this country … Are we perfect? No. Have we changed some of that? Yes. Are we moving in the right direction? Correct. But guess what? Now, we’re going to have government, it’s going to be looking

at all these various areas with the lens of race,” he said.

Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge) said he abstained because of a passage in the board’s rules of order that resolutions should be noncontroversial.

In public comment sessions before the vote, people lined up to argue both for and against the equity resolution. Some supervisors reacted strongly to people who used the words of Martin Luther King Jr. to argue against the equity resolution. Supervisor Sylvia R. Glass (D-Broad Run), whose sister was one of the first students to desegregate Prince William County Public Schools, said she had to respond to those comments.

“I think when they say that, they really believe it. They believe that, using his words to skew what he really wanted for this country,” she said. “And to say that we don’t need equity, that racism doesn’t exist—OK, so maybe my sister had a misunderstanding when she tried to integrate the schools back in the 1960s. Maybe they

really did want her there, and my family was just confused about that. Maybe George Floyd—maybe it was a misunderstanding how he died. Come on now.”

“If you champion Dr. Martin Luther King and champion the March on Washington, then you should be championing the equity resolution, not talking about going against it,” Vice Chair Koran T. Saines said. “That tells me you really don’t know the true history and everything that that man was talking about, what he was preaching.”

Saines pointed out King was involved in planning the Poor People’s Campaign. At the time of his assassination, King was helping plan the campaign, a protest march in Washington, DC, calling for a $30 billion Economic Bill of Rights that would guarantee among other things a living wage to every person able to work and adequate income for people who cannot find jobs or are not able to work.

King’s views went further than supervisors have considered; for example, in an interview with Playboy Magazine in

1965, King argued for $50 billion in reparations over 10 years, which he pointed out at the time was less than a year of defense spending. In today’s dollars that would be about $87.9 billion.

The equity resolution first came to the board in December, when supervisors decided to hold off on a vote to give members more time to deliberate. At that time, some supervisors criticized it for focusing largely on race, arguing it should also deal in things like discrimination against women. At the Tuesday meeting, the resolution was expanded to eliminate barriers to progress and access due to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, language, age, genetic information, family medical history and socioeconomic status.

The resolution was approved on a 6-1-1-1 vote Jan. 17, with Kershner opposed, Buffington abstaining, and Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) absent. n

Airport noise

Kicking the can down the road, leaving uncertainty where we have a comprehensive plan that says one thing and a zoning ordinance that’s stuck in 1993, just creates uncertainty.”

And County Attorney Leo Rogers warned that zoning noise maps not based on a noise study may not stand up to a challenge in court.

Supervisors instead voted to update all of the noise maps, with carveouts in the new 65+ Ldn where residential development is already approved, seeking to avoid placing those homes under unnecessary regulation. They also strengthened the notification requirement seeking to make sure the homeowners’ associations notify people of the airport noise before they buy a house. And they directed county staff members to work with the FAA to understand the options available to address residents’ concerns.

And some supervisors remained hopeful there may be a way to help Brambleton residents with the airport noise.

Randall abstained from the vote, saying she was unwilling to support the change, but noting under the board’s parliamentary procedures she could bring the issue back up for reconsideration in the future if she was not on the losing side of the vote.

“I don’t know that there is any other solution besides the departure lines. I mean, we’re not going to move the homes, right? That is the solution, fixing the departure lines,” she said.

Randall asked airports authority State and Local Government Affairs Manager Michael Cooper whether the authority would commit to joining the county in approaching the FAA; under Randall’s repeated questioning, he said the authority “will work with the county in every way we can to be an active participant in the county going to the FAA.”

“This is not the end of process. This motion, I believe, has just as good chance at solving the issues that the Brambleton folks have had about overflights as any other approach would have, because it’s specifically directing staff to go do that, and to develop that strategy to bring it to the board,” Letourneau said.

Supervisors voted 6-1-1-1 for the new maps, with Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge) opposed, Supervisor Caleb E. Kershner (R-Catoctin) absent, and Randall abstaining.

Correspondence provided by the airports authority shows it was warning about jet noise in Brambleton at least as

early as 2013. In response to a referral request on an application to build 458 more homes in Brambleton, airports authority Planning Department Manager William Lebegern cautioned county planners about rezoning land for residential uses south of Shreveport Drive—since renamed Evergreen Mills Road—and east of Belmont Ridge Road.

“Although this development will be located outside of the Ldn 65 noise contour, it is located under the extended centerline of Runway 12-30 less than three statute miles from the runway end. This area will continue to be exposed to numerous over flights and noise associated with aircraft departing off Runway 30 and arriving on Runway 12 at Washington Dulles International Airport,” he wrote.

Runway 30 and Runway 12 refer to the same runway—airport runways are named based on their compass direction and so can have two names depending on which way the airplane is going.

That letter sparked concerns from the Planning Commission at the time, but the Board of Supervisors approved those plans in January 2015.

The airports authority in 2017 also warned about airport noise on the very subdivision that created Birchwood at the Brambleton, once again writing that those homes would be see planes going overhead from Dulles’ busiest runway.

“In calendar year 2016, 72% of all departures at Dulles International Airport originated from Runway 30. Departure altitudes over the property will range between approximately 1,000 and 2,500 feet, depending on aircraft type, weight and weather conditions,” current Planning Department Manager Gregg Wollard wrote. “Based upon operational characteristics such as the location of the flight tracks, flight frequency, and low altitude, the Airports Authority predicts an increase in aircraft overflight noise complaints even if required AIOD mitigation measures are implemented by the county.”

And in December 2021, after the new noise study had been produced and while the county government was still working to get it written into county zoning, the airports authority warned against Cedar Terrace at South Riding, a rezoning application to permit 1,098 apartments on 42 acres at the southwest corner of Rt. 50 and Loudoun County Parkway. At the time it was submitted, that land was still outside the highest-noise zone in the county’s maps, but the new noise study had already shown the northern portion was now in the 65+ Ldn area. That application is still under review and would require a decision by the county board. n

Meet Courtney.

Courtney is a manager of a hotel in Ashburn. Though Courtney and her husband tried to buy a home in Loudoun, the market forced her out of Loudoun. She now has a 60 minute commute adding to local road congestion.

She’s not alone. 61.2% of Loudoun’s workforce lives outside the county. More housing options for Loudoun’s workforce is essential to the future of Loudoun.

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