Summary Statement:
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Abstract:
The 2019 Comprehensive Plan, that was adopted by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors on June 20, 2019, divides Loudoun County into five policy areas that serve as the basis for all future land use planning. These include the Suburban, Transition, Rural, and Urban Policy Areas and the JLMAs surrounding 4 of the 7 incorporated towns within the County. Each policy area has a preferred development pattern that is distinct and will determine the location of public infrastructure and facilities over the next 20 years.
Eastern Loudoun largely constitutes the Suburban Policy Area and is in turn made up of four distinct communities namely, Ashburn, Sterling, Potomac and the Dulles Communities. The western two-thirds of the County comprises the Rural Policy Area; promoting rural economy uses and limited residential development. The Transition Policy Area separates the two and is envisioned to support distinct development patterns that will serve as spatial and visual transitions between the Suburban and Rural Policy Areas.
A Joint Land Management Area (JLMA) is an area surrounding an incorporated town that is planned to eventually be served by town water and sewer. These areas are governed by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, but are anticipated to be annexed by the towns and are jointly planned by the County and the towns. Data are compiled from the Loudoun County General Plan and subsequent Area Management Plans.
Purpose:
The 2019 Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors on June 20, 2019 divides into policy and policy sub-areas for planning purposes. The policies and design guidelines for each area provide guidance for development decisions. County's ultimate development pattern will be based on the long-term commitment to maintaining distinct Suburban, Transition, Rural, and Town Policy Areas. Each policy area has a preferred development pattern that is distinct and that will determine the location of public infrastructure and facilities over the next twenty years.
Supplemental Information:
Data are stored in the corporate ArcSDE Geodatabase as a policy feature class. The coordinate system is Virginia State Plane (North), Zone 4501, datum NAD83 HARN.
Maintenance and Update Frequency:
None Planned
Completeness Report:
Features may have been eliminated or generalized due to scale and intended use. To assist Loudoun County, Virginia in the maintenance of the data, please provide any information concerning discovered errors, omissions, or other discrepancies found in the data.
HJLM - Hamilton Joint Land Management (JLMA) LJLM - Leesburg JLMA PJLM - Purcellville JLMA RJLM - Round Hill JLMA RUR-20 - Rural - 20 RUR-40 - Rural - 40 SUBN - Suburban TOWN - Town - Town boundary for policy area purpose; not a maintained town boundary. TRANLB - Transition / Lower Bull Run TRANLF - Transition / Lower Foley TRANLS - Transition / Lower Sycolin TRANMG - Transition / Middle Goose TRANUB - Transition / Upper Broad Run TRANUF - Transition / Upper Foley URBAN - Urban
Data Owner:
Department of Planning