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The
following proposed amendments to the Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance are
scheduled to be authorized or have been authorized for advertisement of
public hearings before the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors.
Please note that hearing dates and times may be subject to change.
For the convenience of the public, copies of the Staff Reports for the Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments are available for review in portable document format (PDF) by clicking the amendment title below. In order to view these documents, you will need to have the free Adobe Reader Version 6.0 or higher installed on your computer. Some attachments to the Staff Reports may not be available in electronic format. If you are interested in viewing these documents, please contact the Zoning Administration Division at 703-324-1314.
Residential Studios - Request for Comments
Staff of the Department of Planning and Zoning is soliciting your input on a draft Zoning Ordinance amendment regarding Residential Studios. The amendment will establish a multiple family dwelling unit use, to be called Residential Studios, which will be specifically limited in terms of unit size, development size, maximum income/rent, and other factors. The use would be permitted in most residential, commercial, industrial and planned development districts by special exception. The Board of Supervisors has identified a concern with the proposed provisions that could allow the opportunity to convert a single family dwelling to a residential studio development and; therefore, such conversions may be eliminated from the proposed amendment that would be presented to the Board of Supervisors for consideration. As indicated in the attached memorandum, comments can be sent via regular mail to Donna Pesto, Zoning Administration Division, 12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 807, Fairfax VA 22035 or via email to donna.pesto@fairfaxcounty.gov .
Planning Commission Public Hearing: To be determined
Board of Supervisors' Public Hearing: To be determined
Public Entertainment Establishments
The proposed Zoning Ordinance amendment: 1) Revises the eating establishment definition to clarify that entertainment provided for the enjoyment of the patrons that is deemed by the Zoning Administrator to be clearly accessory and incidental to the principal dining function may be permitted; (2) Requires the submission of a dimensioned floor plan prior to the issuance of a Non-Residential Use Permit for an eating establishment; (3) Adds a new public entertainment establishment use requiring special exception approval by the Board of Supervisors (Board) in the C-6 through C-9 Districts and in the P districts when depicted on an approved development plan or by special exception approval by the Board; and (4) Adds a new banquet/reception hall use requiring special exception approval by the Board in the C-6 District, by right in the C-7, C-8 and C-9 Districts, and permitted in the P districts when depicted on an approved development plan or by special exception approval by the Board.
Planning Commission Public Hearing: To be determined
Board of Supervisors' Public Hearing: To be determined
The proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment would allow an increase in the maximum number of children allowed to be cared for in a home child care facility with special permit approval from ten to as many as twelve; would revise the special permit additional standards for home child care facilities to also require conformance with the home child care facility use limitations for by-right accessory uses (except for the numbers of children and non-resident employees), to require the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) to review vehicular access to the site, and to allow the BZA to consider the availability of on-street parking and /or alternative drop off and pick up areas; allow home child care facilities that have more than seven children in a single family detached dwelling and five children in all other dwelling types to be allowed in any P district with special permit approval by the BZA; and reduce the current special permit application fee of $1,100 for home child care facilities to as low as $435.
Planning Commission Public Hearing: March 20, 2013 at 8:15 p.m.
Deferred Planning Commission Public Hearing: April 4, 2013 at 8:15
p.m.
Board of Supervisors' Public Hearing: May 14, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.
Deferred Board of Supervisors' Decision: June 18, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.
The proposed amendment would: (a) allow a modification due to error in building location of the locational requirements for freestanding accessory structures to be approved administratively by the Zoning Administrator or by special permit by the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA); (b) allow the BZA to approve a reduction in the minimum yard requirements due to errors in building locations that are no greater than 10% of the measurement involved in conjunction with the approval of a special permit for another use or approval of a variance on the property, or in conjunction with another error in building location on the property that exceeds 10%; and (c) require that at least one member of the Architectural Review Board is an archaeologist.
Planning Commission Public Hearing: July 10, 2013 at 8:15 p.m.
Board of Supervisors' Public Hearing: September 24, 2013 at 4:00
p.m.
Temporary Family Health Care Structures
The proposed amendment incorporates the state mandated provisions of Sect. 15.2-2292.1 of the Code of Virginia pertaining to temporary family health care structures into the Zoning Ordinance by defining a temporary family health care structure and allowing such structures as a permitted accessory use on property zoned for and developed with a single family detached dwelling, subject to Zoning Administrator approval and in accordance with occupancy, structural, locational, signage, and other verification, inspection, and durational limitations.
Planning Commission Public Hearing: July 10, 2013 at 8:15 p.m.
Board of Supervisors' Public Hearing: September 24, 2013 at 4:00
p.m.
Public Hearing Location
All public hearings are held in the Government Center at the following
location:
Board Auditorium
Fairfax County Government Center
12000 Government Center Parkway
Fairfax, Virginia
Speaker Information
Persons wishing to speak at the public hearings on these topics may call the Office of the Clerk to the Planning Commission, 703-324-2865, TTY 703-324-7951 and the Office of the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors, 703-324-3151, TTY 703-324-3903, to be placed on the respective speakers' list or may appear and be heard.
Sign up for the speakers' list online:
Planning Commission
Board of Supervisors
For More Information
For confirmation of hearing dates and times or additional information regarding any of these issues, please contact the Zoning Administration Division at 703-324-1314, TTY 711.
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