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The following Plan Amendments have been recently adopted by the Board of Supervisors. A link to the adopted Plan text is included, if available. Please note: The adopted text may not yet be incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan.
Amendments to the Area Plans
2007-01 - Transportation Plan Update Process, Phase II, Technical Corrections, S01-CW-17CP(B) - This Plan amendment was authorized by a motion of the Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission. It consists of technical and editorial changes to the text and transportation-related figures in the four Area Plan volumes of the Comprehensive Plan to be consistent with the Fairfax County Transportation Plan Map, as adopted by the Board of Supervisors on July 31, 2006 in S01-CW-17CP, as well as to be technically correct with respect to: typographical errors, transportation figure annotations and cartographic improvements, text formatting improvements, factual corrections and corrections due to transportation improvements or projects having been implemented or completed. In addition to the technical and editorial changes to the text and transportation-related figures, a circle was added to the Fairfax County Transportation Plan Map designating a full interchange improvement at Fairfax County Parkway and Sunset Hills Road/Spring Street. Adopted 8/6/2007
2007-02 - United Parish of Reston, S07-III-UP1 - The Board of Supervisors adopted new Comprehensive Plan text related to an approximately 4.33 acre site (tax map 26-1((13))1) on Colts Neck Road. The new Plan recommendation supports an option for elderly housing and restoration of the impaired Snakeden Stream Valley. Adopted 9/10/2007
2007-03 - Kingstowne Regional Library (Lee Village at Silverlake), S07-IV-RH1 - The Board of Supervisors approved a Plan Amendment for property located on the east side of Beulah Street near its intersection with Manchester Boulevard. The property is located in the RH4-Lehigh Community Planning Sector (Tax Map 91-3 ((9)) 8b) in the Lee Supervisor District. The approved Plan Amendment provides an option for workforce housing with conditions on a parcel planned for elderly housing, nursing home, churches, medical facilities and other public and quasi-public uses. Adopted 9/24/2007
2007-04 - LP2- Lorton South Community Planning Sector, APR 05-CW-3ED – The Board of Supervisors adopted editorial updates to the Comprehensive Plan text of the Lorton South Community Planning Sector in the Lower Potomac Planning District. The district extends from Pohick Creek to the Occoquan River and is generally located along Interstate-95. The amendment updates the Plan text based on existing conditions and adds new maps that illustrate the individual LP2 land units and their sub-units. Sub-units B5-a and B5-b have been merged. No land use or intensity recommendations have been changed. In an effort to clarify the renumbering, a matrix has been created, which lists the old and new Figure numbers, community planning sector, and action. Adopted 1/28/2008
2007-05 - McLean Community
Busineess Center Design Standards – The Board of Supervisors adopted
editorial updates to the Comprehensive Plan text of the McLean Community
Business Center (CBC) Open Space Design Standards, in the McLean Planning
District. The McLean CBC is a large community shopping, service and
residential area approximately 230 acres in size centered at the
intersection of Chain Bridge Road and Old Dominion Drive, in the
Dranesville Supervisor District. The amendment updates the Plan text to
better reflect current lighting and fixture standards and provide for
improved streetscape amenities in the McLean CBC. Adopted
5/5/2008
Amendments to the Policy Plan
2007 P-01 - Workforce Housing, S07-CW-2CP - On September 24, 2007, the Board of Supervisors adopted new Policy Plan text regarding Workforce Housing.
The changes include:
- A new definition of Workforce Housing
- Information about how Workforce Housing will be generated in Fairfax County
- A new policy encouraging Workforce Housing
- Guidelines for providing Workforce Housing in a new Appendix to the Housing Section.
2007 P-02 - Air Quality and Green Buildings, S07-CW-3CP - The Board of Supervisors adopted an amendment to the Policy Plan to strengthen Comprehensive Plan guidance regarding air quality issues, to incorporate within the Plan support for green building practices and to encourage and promote the application of these practices through Policy Plan guidance. Included in the amendment are new policies establishing linkages between the incorporation of green building/energy conservation practices and attainment of certain Comprehensive Plan Options, planned uses or densities/intensities of development. The Plan Amendment also includes related additions and definitions. Adopted 12/3/2007
2007 P-03 - Stream and Buffer Area Protection and Restoration, S07-CW-4CP - The Board of Supervisors adopted an amendment to the Policy Plan to strengthen Comprehensive Plan guidance regarding the protection and restoration of streams and associated buffer areas along stream channels upstream of Resource Protection Areas and Environmental Quality Corridors. Adopted 2/25/2008
For More Information
Contact the Planning Division of the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-324-1380, TTY 711 for more information about the planning process.