LCSB Dulles South

HS-9, ES-29 and

County of Loudoun Public Use Site

Hovatter Farms LLC Property

Commission Permit Application

Community Information Meeting

March 27, 2017

Acreage: 151.5 ac.

Wetlands: 8.51 ac.

Minor Floodplain: 12.33 ac.

Steep Slopes: none

Access: Lightridge Road to

Braddock Road

Utilities: To be extended

Property Restrictions:

no proffers

no covenants

no known easements

Site Feasibility to be

confirmed during

study period.

Comprehensive Plan:

Transition

Zoning: TR3-UBF

Purpose: to determine if the proposed public use is

consistent with the adopted Comprehensive Plan

• CMPT 2017-0001 Application Accepted -1/20/17

• Referral Review (30 days)

• Planning Commission Public Hearing (March 28th)

• Board of Supervisors Business Meeting (within 60

days of Planning Commission action)

Commission Permit

High School and Elementary

School Proposal

• Two Story High School: 305,000+/- SF with P.E. Fields

and Lighted Athletic Competition Fields (Stadium,

Baseball, Softball, Tennis); 1800 student capacity;

Planned Opening Fall 2020

• Two Story Elementary School: 105,000+/- SF with P.E.

Fields (rectangular and soft ball); 928 student capacity;

opportunity for additional fields beyond PE program;

Planned Opening Fall 2023

County Public Use Site

•30+ Acre Site

•Anticipated Use: Public Park

•Conceptual Layout proposes lighted community ballfields

•Site could be utilized for alternate public uses

•Site will be reviewed through County’s Capital Improvement Program for use and funding

•Site to be subdivided and owned by Board of Supervisors

Site Access

•Lightridge Road to Braddock Road

•Braddock Road is planned as a 2-lane road between Northstar Blvd. and Rt. 15

•Separate Bus from other school traffic

• Improvements to be determined at Site Plan

•Anticipate right-of-way dedication

•Construction of Lightridge Road from Braddock across site frontage

• Intersection and turn lane improvements

Site Access Adjustments

•Most northerly entranced shifted south approximately 150+ feet and is primary access for teachers, parents & students

• Park entrance moved from northern access to southern access

•Northern access road will terminate at stadium complex instead of crossing floodplain to public use site

• Southern access used for both buses and the park

• Southern access separated from the bus loop

Site layout

School buildings and associated fields have been adjusted to:

•Accommodate change in access and increased buffering

•Recognize field delineated wetlands (8.51 acres)

County Public Use Site

•Majority of wooded area on northern portion of Public Use site to be preserved

•Proposed play area (passive recreation uses) will be located within the wooded area

•Fields have been relocated out of wooded area

•Emergency access will be via extension of high school parking lot

Tree Save Area

•Active recreation fields shifted to the south

•Softball field removed

•Large rectangular fields aligned to increase sports opportunities

Buffering

• Increased buffers along northern boundary adjacent to high school stadium complex

• Six-foot high berm with landscaping on top added to increase buffers between school athletic fields/stadium and Willowsford park and residences

•Buffers located to fill in gaps where there is no existing tree line

Landscaping and Buffering

Landscape Buffer Existing Barn – Installed Height

Landscape Buffer Existing Barn – Ten Year Height

100’ Buffer Section: Installed HeightAlong Northern Property Boundary

100’ Buffer Section: Ten Year HeightAlong Northern Property Boundary

Arcola ESTall Cedars Parkway2007

Lunsford MSBraddock Road &Loudoun County Parkway2011

John Champe HSNorthstar Blvd.2012

Riverside HSUpper Belmont Place2015

Riverside HSKipheart Drive2015

Feasibility Review

•Studies Completed:•Preliminary Traffic Study•Phase IA Archaeological Review•Phase I Environmental•Wetlands Study•Rare and Endangered Species Database Review•Preliminary Geotechnical

Results of feasibility review finds the site suitable for the proposed uses.

Participate in Review

Loudoun County Planning Commission

Loudoun County Planning Department

1 Harrison Street, S.E, 3rd Floor

P.O. Box 7000

Leesburg, VA 20177

703-777-0246

Email: loudounpc@loudoun.gov

County web site: www.loudoun.gov

Contact Information:

Loudoun County Public SchoolsDepartment of Planning Services

21000 Education CourtAshburn, VA 20148

Phone: 571-252-1156Email: Sara.HowardObrien@lcps.org

Website: www.lcps.org

(Application Information Posted Under Planning Services)