Leesburg

Full cut-off lighting fixtures shall be mounted horizontal to the ground and shall be used for all walkway, parking lot, canopy and building/wall mounted lighting and all lighting fixtures located within those portions of open-sided parking structures that are above ground.

A Certificate of Appropriateness shall be required prior to the alteration of any building or structure ... located in the H-1 Overlay District.

A Certificate of Appropriateness shall be required prior to the alteration of any building or structure (defined for the purposes of this section as anything man-made, including, but not limited to outbuildings, fences, walls, lamp posts, light fixtures, signs, signposts, driveways, walkways and paving) located in the H-1 Overlay District

An at grade platform deck not exceeding twelve (12) inches in height, no less than two (2) feet from the side and rear property lines, not exceeding two hundred (200) square feet in area, without footers for support but supported by the ground only and located in the rear yard only.

A Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) shall lapse and become void when: A. Construction projects: Construction has not commenced within twenty-four (24) months from the date the COA was issued. A six-month extension may be granted by the Zoning Administrator when the applicant clearly demonstrates, in writing, diligent pursuit of other extra-jurisdictional land development approvals. The extension request shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator no less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of the COA, or its extension. The Zoning Administrator shall provide written notification of the administrative extension to the owner/applicant and adjacent property owners. Up to, but no more than, four (4) extensions may be administratively approved by the Zoning Administrator. B. Sign installations: Installation of an approved COA for a sign(s) has not occurred within twelve (12) months from the date the COA was issued. A one-time six-month extension may be granted by the Zoning Administrator when the applicant clearly demonstrates, in writing, diligent pursuit of other extra-jurisdictional land development approvals. The extension request shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator no less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of the COA. The Zoning Administrator shall provide written notification of the administrative extension to the owner/applicant and adjacent property owners.

Appeals to the Town Council from any final decision of the Board of Architectural Review may be made by any resident, property or business owner, or applicant by filing a petition with the Clerk of Council, setting forth the basis of the appeal, within thirty (30) days after the final decision of the Board of Architectural Review is rendered.

Complete applications must be submitted at least seventeen (17) days before the scheduled monthly meeting at which the applicant is requesting consideration. The Preservation Planner, or their designee, shall acknowledge acceptance or rejection of an application within 10 business days from the date of submittal.

From the date of the communication, if sixty (60) days have lapsed, the Preservation Planner may void and officially withdraw an application from consideration.

The Board of Architectural Review shall render a final decision upon any matter properly before it within seventy-five (75) days or less after the first public hearing on the matter. Any application not acted upon within this 75-day period shall be deemed approved unless the parties mutually agree to extend the action time beyond this 75-day period to a date certain.

The design guidelines upon which approval or denial is to be based are the Old and Historic Design Guidelines, adopted by the Town Council January 27, 2009, and as amended from time to time, and which include the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation as referenced as Appendix A.

Unless otherwise expressly exempted, no structure, building, or sign located on land shall be erected, reconstructed, altered or restored on property subject to the H-2 Overlay District standards of Sec. 7.6 until the plans for such shall have been approved by the Board of Architectural Review in accordance with the Architectural Control Certificate of Appropriateness procedures of Sec. 3.11.

The Preservation Planner may administratively approve the following modifications: (a) change in the color of brick selected for a project; (b) change in the profile of door and window moldings; (c) change in the type of siding used in a small area which does not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total area of a building; and (d) change in the style of a door or window.

The Preservation Planner shall have the authority to administratively review and approve requests for Certificates of Appropriateness for all signs in the H-2 Corridor Overlay District if the Preservation Planner determines that the requested sign(s) meet the standards set forth in Article 15 of the Zoning Ordinance, the H-2 Corridor Overlay District Design Guidelines and the H-2 Corridor Sign Guidelines.

Appeals to the Town Council from any final decision of the Board of Architectural Review may be made by any resident, property or business owner, or applicant by filing a petition with the Clerk of Council, setting forth the basis of the appeal, within thirty (30) days after the final decision of the Board of Architectural Review is rendered.

A Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) shall lapse and become void unless: A. Construction has commenced within twenty-four (24) months from the date the COA was issued; or B. Prior to the sunset of twenty-four month period in (A.) above, the applicant has obtained a six-month extension from the Zoning Administrator by clearly demonstrating to the Zoning Administrator diligent pursuit of other necessary land development approvals. The Zoning Administrator shall include notification of the request for an administrative extension to adjacent property owners. There is no limit to the number of six-month extensions that an applicant may obtain.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to any of the following: A. Regular maintenance of structures, buildings, or signs (as opposed to the reconstruction, alteration or restoration). B. Single-family detached dwellings; C. Attached dwellings (including townhouses and duplexes); and D. Construction within approved Planned Development Districts.

For the purposes of this section, changing the exterior color and/or materials of a structure, building or sign shall be deemed an alteration and not regular maintenance.

Complete applications must be submitted at least seventeen (17) days before the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Architectural Review.

The Board of Architectural Review shall render a final decision upon any matter properly before it within seventy-five (75) days or less after the first public hearing on the matter. Any application not acted upon within this 75-day period shall be deemed approved unless the parties mutually agree to extend the action time beyond this 75 day period to a certain date certain.

Unless otherwise expressly exempted in accordance with Sec. 3.12.2, no street or connection to an existing street; park; public area; public building; public structure, public utility facility or public service corporation shall be constructed, established or authorized until the general location or approximate location, character and extent of such project has been approved by the Planning Commission as being substantially in accord with the adopted Comprehensive Plan.