Planning Commission Meeting - Feb 19, 2026

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Leesburg Planning Commission 2h 18m 2 speakers 5 agenda items transcribed 2 months ago official recording ↗

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Coming up in 20 minutes, proof that the oboe is not just there to tune the orchestra and then politely sit down. Brenno Blount's concertino for oboe and strings puts that slender reed right out in front and says, you're in charge now. Blouth, a Brazilian composer with a sharp ear for color and rhythm, writes music that lets the oboe sing in long searching lines and then pivot into something nimble and alive. The strings don't compete, but they do occasionally stir the pot. It's a compact conversation between breath and bow. The concertino for oboe and strings, just 20 minutes ahead. I do love that one. I think you'll enjoy it too with Camerata Barloche, Andre Spillers, the oboe soloist coming up.

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Right now it's Julia Florida by Agustin Barrios, played by John Williams.

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So,

Ron Campbell 3:30

I want to encourage us all to feel free to jump in. So the fact that one commissioner brings up an item or a topic doesn't disallow any of us from piggybacking or speaking to that issue to make sure that we all fully understand it because we all have to vote on it. So I think it's important that whatever questions that you have certainly come forward. Are there any petitioners tonight?

James David (Director, Dept. of Community Development) 3:58

Nobody signed up.

Ron Campbell 4:00

Okay, so we're not gonna read the petitioner section tonight. Well, tonight is a work session, the zoning ordinance rewrite, and the additional review of proposed residential density increases. Director David, you have the floor.

James David (Director, Dept. of Community Development) 4:19

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And as you so eloquently stated, we are in a work session tonight for the zoning ordinance rewrite. And we are going to be mainly just going back through everywhere that we have proposed increases in residential density from the existing zoning ordinance to the zoning ordinance rewrite. But for those that are following along at home, the commission's been diligently working through this zoning ordinance rewrite for over a year now, has held 18 work sessions, has made good progress on the draft, and we are nearing our wrap-up stages here and going through some of our remaining hot topics. So. Turning now to the proposed residential density increases. And this screen above me is working.

James David (Director, Dept. of Community Development) 5:09

So maybe just draw your attention over here. We got it over there too. Great. All right. Okay. So I thought I would start off with just a reminder of kind of where we began and why we chose to look at increasing some residential densities we started with your new town plan and that's the 2022 legacy leesburg town plan if you do a control f in that document housing comes up 400 times and so there's lots of policy statements in there around housing but i picked these out because they kind of resonated with what we are trying to achieve in your implementation tool, which is your zoning ordinance. So the town plan calls for creating a diversity of housing types. It calls for expanding the range of housing to give options to people on all phases of life and incomes.

James David (Director, Dept. of Community Development) 6:00

It identifies housing options are key to attracting and retaining workforce. So we're talking economic development there. The town plan policy in the Crescent District Master Plan calls for future redevelopment in the Crescent District to introduce additional multifamily housing options. Also, there's policy that says promote a diverse range of housing options, and there's even policy that specifically says focus new housing in the downtown area and Crescent District. So your policy document does support looking at opportunities to increase your housing supply. And should note that if you talk about housing for all incomes at all phases of life, there is a limited housing supply and that housing demand in Leesburg and the region is far outpacing that housing supply.

James David (Director, Dept. of Community Development) 6:48

So it's difficult for young folks or folks trying to get into the housing market to afford that new home unless we do things like increase the housing supply to kind of help drive those initial prices down. We've also seen our council indicate that they are interested in additional housing in targeted key areas.