The town of Leesburg, VA, partnered with Kendig Keast Collaborative in 2023 to update and rewrite their 20-year-old Zoning Ordinance. The town had recently adopted a Town Plan to identify a vision and plan for its future, and one of the goals for this rewrite was to bring the zoning regulations in line with this vision.
The new Zoning Ordinance was drafted using enCodePlus’ CloudWriter platform, which facilitated the editing process by enabling town staff and consultants to draft together in an online space where changes could be seen in real-time, without the need to share Word or PDF documents back and forth.
While the new Zoning Ordinance was being drafted, the previous version was available to view in the town’s public enCodePlus portal. In addition, the public could view the Legacy Leesburg Town Plan, the town’s Design and Construction Standards Manual, and the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations. Each of these documents was fully searchable and incorporated hyperlinked internal cross-references and pop-up definitions to help users navigate and understand the regulations.
With a user-friendly enCodePlus portal, and the planning expertise of Kendig Keast Collaborative, the town of Leesburg was able to provide their citizens with a new, modern Zoning Ordinance.
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GIS display of applicable land uses and height, area and bulk standards for a zoning district or user-defined area.
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