Planning Commission Work Session
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Loudoun County Planning Commission
1h 31m
5 speakers
8 agenda items
transcribed 8 days ago
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What agenda items were scheduled for the July 11 2024 Planning Commission work session?
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Thank you.
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Good evening, everyone. The July 11, 2024 Loudoun County Planning Commission work session will now come to order. As is our custom, please let us stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the
flag
of the United States of America
and to
the
republic for which it stands, one nation, under God,
indivisible, with
liberty and
justice for all. Thank you. As a reminder, the Planning Commission has updated its bylaws for work sessions. The Commission will no longer take public comment at work session meetings. I know many of you were following that July 1 change, so we're back to the way we were a year ago. We have the June 13, 2024 work session minutes. Do I have a motion to approve?
Madam Chair, I move that the Planning Commission approve the Loudoun County Planning Commission work session meeting minutes for June 13, 2024 as presented.
Second.
Motion is made by Vice Chair Combs, seconded by Commissioner Banks. Do we have any changes or corrections to those minutes? Seeing none, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? The motion carries 7-0-2. Commissioners Kearse and Miller are absent this evening due to travel. All right, before we get into our agenda items, I'll ask for any disclosures from commission members. I'll start down at the end and work our way up. None? I spoke with Packy Crown about the application today. Thank you, Commissioner Jasper.
Anybody, anybody, anybody? Commissioner Myers. I, too, also had a conversation with Packy Crown regarding tonight's application.
Commissioner
Banks.
I had a discussion with Matt Leslie today regarding tonight's application.
Okay, Vice Chair Combs.
I had a conversation today with Packy Crown regarding the Goose Creek Village West application.
Okay. I had a conversation today, and I'm going to be the one who disrupts the trend, with Dominion Power and their team regarding an upcoming application before us for their wiring shop. All right. We are ready to get into our one work session item for the evening, LEGI 2023-0038, Goose Creek Village West. Darby, I believe this is yours, and I know Jackie, you're gonna join him down there. So we are ready whenever you all are.
Good evening, my name is Darby Metcalf with the Department of Planning and Zoning. I'm here tonight to present the application for Goose Creek Village West. The subject property is 20 acres west of Belmont Ridge Road on the east side of the Dulles Greenway and the north side of Sicklin Road in the Ashburn Election District. The property is zoned Office Park under the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance. Goose Creek Village, in which the property is located in, has been designated as the suburban mixed-use place type. The applicant is requesting a zoning map amendment to rezone the site to R16 ADU Legacy Zoning District to permit 221 dwelling units, including a mixture of single family and multi-family units.
I will note the applicant proposes 72 multi-family attached units exclusively as affordable housing units. The applicant is additionally requesting a special exception to reduce the minimum yard setbacks for all units, summarized on the screen. The applicant also proposes zoning modifications to development standards to include increases the heights, total number of units per single family building, fronting onto open space, and reduced setbacks from Sicklin and the Dulles Greenway. For reference, here is an annotated excerpt of the applicant's concept development plan. The multifamily stacked units are located along Sicklin Road in purple. The AHU building is located in red in Land Bay B, adjacent to Sicklin Road.
The single family units are internal to the site in brown and yellow, identified as small and large town homes. Since the public hearing, the applicant has withdrawn several modifications to increase lot coverage, allow balconies and decks to extend to rear property lines, reduce parking, and modify tree canopy calculation. Additionally, the applicant is committed to specific active recreation amenities and to additional vegetation. The applicant has also increased the cash in lieu of a crosswalk along Sicklin Road if VDOT does not approve a crosswalk and specified the type of preferred crosswalk.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What agenda items were scheduled for the July 11 2024 Planning Commission work session?
1:08–14:02
2
How did the commission approve the June 13 2024 work‑session minutes and address member disclosures?
14:02–25:24
3
What are the key features and zoning requests of the Goose Creek Village West application?
25:24–36:45
4
How did commissioners discuss setbacks, road speeds, and safety concerns for the proposed development?
36:45–47:48
5
What clarification was sought about unit sizes, attached vs. detached homes, and affordable‑housing percentages?
47:48–1:01:12
6
Why did some commissioners oppose the motion and what were their main objections?
1:01:12–1:10:46
7
What decisions were made on the upcoming public‑hearing items and future work‑session agenda?
1:10:46–1:19:39
8
How did the commission conclude the meeting and outline next steps for pending applications?
1:19:39–1:31:11
Speakers
5 identified
Robin-Eve Jasper 22 min
Dale Polen Myers 18 min
Michelle Frank 7 min
Eric D. Combs 6 min
Ad Barnes 2 min
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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