Planning
Commission Public Hearing on Kincora
Monday, May 21, starts at 6:00 PM
Agenda Item #10
County
Government Center
Speak
up and ask our elected officials to say no to Kincora. We
are concerned that:
- Town
centers are being considered on an individual basis without
a comprehensive community plan for our eastern communities,
like the county is supposed to have done.
- The
Route 7 corridor has enough built and planned retail to
meet demand for the next 20 years,
according to the recent Route
7 Retail Study commissioned
by the county.
- This
land was set aside for keynote employment, but the developer
is planning 1,400 new houses plus commercial, office, and
retail space. We
don't need to accept 1,400 new houses that will add to
our taxes and traffic in order to get the new jobs.
More
Information
Kincora
website
Summary
of outstanding issues (PDF)
Prepared by the Piedmont Environmental Council
Don't Let Developers Decide the Rules of the Game
Developers
are once again trying to open the door to more new houses in
eastern Loudoun. A developer-led
committee is recommending significant amendments to our county's zoning
ordinance that would increase developer profits while leaving
us with the burden of increased taxes and traffic.
If
approved, these changes would allow developers to build more
houses per acre than previously allowed without a public hearing
-- and they wouldn't have to pay proffers for the extra houses. Does
this make sense when there are still more than 30,000 new houses
approved but not yet built?
Tell
the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors it
is unacceptable to consider wholesale changes to our county's
zoning ordinance without a fair and transparent process with
meaningful citizen engagement. We
hope you will also speak out at the public hearing:
Planning
Commission Public Hearing
on Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance
Monday, May 21, starts at 6:00 PM
Agenda Item #11
County Government
Center
More
Information
Proposed
amendments to the zoning ordinance
(PDF)
What
is zoning? An
ordinance that divides the county into different districts
or zones. The
land in each zone is assigned specific use or uses, either "by
right" or
as a "special exception."
Land can be
zoned for residential, business, commercial, industrial, agricultural,
open space, etc, uses. Within each district,
the intensity of land use can vary. For example, an area
zoned residential could include townhouses, apartments, and/or
single family detached houses.
Zoning is
also used to ensure that land uses are appropriate and compatible.
For example, an area zoned as residential prohibits land fills,
factories, etc that would be undesirable neighbors for the residents.
Also, environmentally sensitive areas can be zoned for uses that
won't threaten a drinking water supply or crucial wildlife habitat.
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