Zoning Ordinance Rewrite

Planning Commission Schedules Work Sessions; Forms Subcommittee to Consider Uses

At its February 25, 2023, work session, the Planning Commission formed a Uses Subcommittee to focus on uses in zoning districts, which are addressed in Chapter 3: Uses; Chapter 4: Use-Specific Standards; and Chapter 13: Definitions of the draft Zoning Ordinance. The subcommittee has scheduled several meetings in March and April; the full Planning Commission has scheduled several work sessions in March, April, May and June. The schedule of the meetings, which will take place at the Loudoun County Government Center, 1 Harrison St SE in Leesburg, is below. Dates of all Planning Commission meetings and other public meetings of the Loudoun County government can be viewed at loudoun.gov/calendar.

Upcoming Planning Commission Zoning Ordinance Rewrite Meetings

Date Time Location Type
Thursday, March 16 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  Board Room, Government Center Uses Subcommittee
Thursday, March 16 6:00  - 10:00 p.m. Dulles Room, Government Center Planning Commission Work Session
Wednesday, March 22 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Board Room, Government Center Uses Subcommittee
Thursday, March 23 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. Board Room, Government Center Planning Commission Work Session
Thursday, March 30 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Board Room, Government Center Uses Subcommittee
Monday, April 10 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Board Room, Government Center Uses Subcommittee
Saturday, April 15 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Board Room, Government Center Planning Commission Work Session
Tuesday, April 25 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Board Room, Government Center Uses Subcommittee
Thursday, May 4 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. Board Room, Government Center Planning Commission Work Session
Thursday, May 11 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Board Room, Government Center Uses Subcommittee
Thursday, May 18 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. Board Room, Government Center Planning Commission Work Session
Monday, June 5 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.  Board Room, Government Center Planning Commission Work Session
  • Documents prepared for the meetings will be posted here.
  • The live and archived video of the meetings can be viewed here.

Past Planning Commission Work Sessions

The Planning Commission held a work session March 9, 2023, which included discussion of proposed changes to the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance, specifically, Chapter 8: Signs

February 25, 2023, Work Session

February 9, 2023, Work Session

Future work session dates will be posted on the Loudoun County calendar.

Planning Commission Public Hearings

  • The Planning Commission held a public hearing on proposed changes to the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance January 24, 2023. 
  • In August 2022, the Planning Commission held an initial public hearing on a limited number of chapters of the draft ordinance. The January 2023 public hearing considered the remaining portions of the proposed ordinance.
  • Links to the draft text and other documents prepared for the public hearing are online below.  
  • At the January public hearing, the commission also considered incorporating four independent Zoning Ordinance Amendments (ZOAMs) into the draft Zoning Ordinance, upon the Board of Supervisors’ adoption of each of the ZOAMs. Learn more about each ZOAM here: Current Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance Amendments
  • Following completion of the Planning Commission’s review, the recommended text will be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for review. 

Provide Comments on the Proposed Zoning Ordinance

Review Proposed Text

Proposed text updates for portions of the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance considered by the Planning Commission January 24, 2023, are available for public review. These will continue to be discussed and revised during the Planning Commission work sessions in 2023. The documents below include the "clean" version of the proposed text as well as the "redline" version, which illustrates revisions made to the draft text since the April 2022 version that the public reviewed and commented on during the 90-day public comment period that occurred April 18 - July 18, 2022. Note that the proposed draft text for Chapter 11 considered January 24 comprises three sections that were not included in the draft text considered at the August 30, 2023, Planning Commission public hearing. The bulk of Chapter 11 was considered by the Planning Commission at the public hearing August 30. 

Zoning Uses Cross-Reference

View a document that cross-references Use Names from the current Zoning Ordinance and Use Names in the proposed Zoning Ordinance text, as presented in Chapter 3: Uses.

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Contact Us

  • For questions about the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite project, email Planning and Zoning or call 703-777-0246.