Description: The County is divided into four policy areas that serve as the basis for all future land use planning. These include the Suburban, Transition and Rural 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 constitutes 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.
Description: This layer establishes the boundaries for Small Area Plans, authorized under Code of Virginia Section 15.2-2303.4, encompassing the Urban Policy Areas, Suburban Policy Area, Transition Policy Area, Leesburg JLMA, and the three Silver Line Metrorail Stations within the County. They areas are exempt from the proffer legislationprovisions established by Code of Virginia Section 15.2-2303.4.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Revitalization Areas identify those portions of Loudoun County, specifically the entire Suburban Policy Area & a portion of the Leesburg Joint Land Management Area, where residential developers can receive tax credit funding for proposed apartment projects. They also </SPAN><SPAN>gain additional points in the Virginia Housing Development Authority's (VDHA) Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) competitive tax credit scoring system. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>In the LIHTC competition, with application review based on a point system, an application can receive 15 points for its location in a designated revitalization area. These 15 points may make the difference in winning the LIHTC in the competitive application process leading to the development of an affordable rental project.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This feature class contains the location of approved legislative applications, with the boundary at the time of application approval. The legislative applications mapped include Commission Permits (CMPTs), Comprehensive Plan Amendments (CPAM's), Zoning Appeals (APPL), Sign Development Plans (SIDP's), Special Exception (SPEX's), Minor Special Exception (SPMI's), Variances (VARI's), Zoning Concept Plan Amendment (ZCPA), Rezonings (ZMAP's) and Rt 28 Tax District Rezoning (ZTRD's)</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>This data layer contains all </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>study area boundaries for </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Phase I </SPAN><SPAN>(site identification level) archaeological surveys and </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Phase IA </SPAN><SPAN>(also known as reconnaissance level or archaeological potential or assessment) surveys as well as </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Phase II </SPAN><SPAN>Archaeological Significance Evaluations and </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Phase III </SPAN><SPAN>Archaeological Data Recovery Excavations and </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Archaeological Cemetery Boundary Delineations</SPAN><SPAN>conducted in Loudoun County, VA. The data layer is intended to capture those portions of Loudoun County that have been examined professionally for the presence or potential presence of surface or subsurface archaeological remains or sites. Data were compiled from cultural resource management reports submitted to Loudoun County or the Virginia Department of Historic Resources typically in response to local, state, and/or federal requirements or in association with independent research initiatives. Source material was digitized from study area maps included in submitted reports. Digital data from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources has also been incorporated in certain cases where available and, as appropriate, amended or edited to more closely conform with actual project boundaries. A COL-ID number (County of Loudoun ID) is used to identify the report associated with each survey polygon. Each survey polygon also identifies the study type (whether Phase I, Phase IA/Reconnaissance, Phase II, Phase III, or Cemetery Boundary Delineation) and contains the report title, report author(s), report author(s)’s affiliation, report date (month, year), associated Loudoun County land development application number and name, associated Virginia Department of Historic Resources project review file number, and information regarding the agency, individual, and date of data digitization. For specific survey methodologies, the user must consult the individual survey reports.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>