Zoning Ordinance Committee - Jun 03, 2026
meeting
Loudoun County Board Committees and Advisory Boards
15 min
8 agenda items
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What was the opening motion and approval process for the June 3 Zoning Ordinance Committee meeting?
So I made it through the traffic on time. You're like Because my oldest is home, so I have a built in babysitter. That's Jim is still picking this. I don't have a job yet. So all right, I'm gonna call the meeting to order. Now the pen's here. Thank you. Uh welcome to the June third zoning ordinance committee meeting. Uh seeing no public input, do we have any disclosures? See none. Can we get a motion for approval on the action report or a or comment? I'm talking. Wait, who said that? Mr. Malone. Secondo. Mr. Jens Seconds. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. I carry it's Ryan. All right. Thank you. So we'll start off there with the data center standards and locations, Zoam and CPAM. Uh the current project plan is still tracking.
Um and that plan is for staff to attend the next July, the July Zoc meeting, and um give an overview of the project, kick it off, and bringing text amendments at the subsequent meetings after that. Um, just to give you a little bit of a taste of some of the flavor. Uh we'll be looking at standards for data centers, utility substations. We've got some language. for microgrids, BES, which is battery energy storage systems and other standards. So we're gonna kick that off, kind of whet your appetite for what we'll be seeing over the next few months with that project. Any questions about that one?
How did the committee introduce the upcoming data‑center, utility‑substation and micro‑grid standards project?
All right. The zoning ordinance rewrite adjustments number one. Uh you can see there from the agenda. Uh don't have a whole lot to report. That's Installed at the moment. Uh we have some text that's just about ready to be reviewed. But uh specifically we've had to pull some text out and fast track those and I'll get into that in D and E below. Um, so I'll just go ahead and jump right into I think last month, in my absence, Bradley Polk. Advise you guys that I was bringing a resolution of intent to amend for chapter ten in procedures, specifically the placard notice. Um that motion was passed. Uh the resolution was adopted last night. Um And so we'll be continuing on with that. That is a clarification. I know we had some some input on the placards and some things.
We can take that up separately, um in a in a in a separate item. However, this one is specifically when we went through the zoning ordinance rewrite. The reformatting broke the placard notice part uh paragraph into two. And by reformatting and breaking it into two separate paragraphs. It took away the interpretation that the county did not need to placard every Z map and rezoning that we had, and instead it made it abundantly clear that we do have to. That's not a requirement by state law. And that puts us in a very bad position when we have large rezonings or re um Z maps like the Flood Plain Overlay District that we're working on right now. So um This is being expedited because this is a requirement that puts us in a very bad position.
That is not something that we need to require. So that got approved last night as the resolution intent to amend. I'll be taking that to Planning Commission public hearing on July twenty third. Any questions about that one? What uh was that the URE? I'm sorry. Was that D or Oh that was D. So that's not coming to us? That is not coming to you.
What changes were proposed to the zoning‑ordinance rewrite, especially the placard‑notice paragraph?
I've got a question. Yes, sir. So the uh so the we discussed last time and I think I project acknowledgement on that. The uh so how does that weave in? Is that still a separate item that we can bring up? Yes, it it'll have to be a separate item. So um I can work with you on what you'd like to see and we can look at that and see if it's something that Zach wants to recommend. Well our motion last time was I don't remember the wording, but something to request the board. Wasn't it? We we did something to try to push something forward to get this moving, more so than you guys talking again. Well, I think we did something to have an opportunity to address your point, which is you can't read 'em. Right. Correct.
Right. And so but that was supposed to go to the board to say, can we talk about it or something, wasn't it? So my what our motion my understanding and Ryan, you can correct me, is the Roy is broad enough that we can deal with that during the details.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What was the opening motion and approval process for the June 3 Zoning Ordinance Committee meeting?
0:02–1:51
2
How did the committee introduce the upcoming data‑center, utility‑substation and micro‑grid standards project?
1:51–3:55
3
What changes were proposed to the zoning‑ordinance rewrite, especially the placard‑notice paragraph?
3:55–5:47
4
Why was a fast‑track resolution adopted to amend Chapter 10 placard notices and what timeline was set?
5:47–7:52
5
What is the purpose of the ad‑hoc committee on the “Walrus” study and how will its schedule be structured?
7:52–10:04
6
How are the upcoming July, September and November planning‑commission meetings being coordinated?
10:04–12:18
7
What staffing and drafting timeline concerns were raised for the zoning‑ordinance revisions?
12:18–13:49
8
How did the committee conclude the meeting and what were the final motions to adjourn?
13:49–15:15