Staff Reports for Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments


The following proposed amendments to the Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance 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) 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.


Chapter 61 (Building Code)

Proposes to establish a uniform schedule of civil penalties for specified violations of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, Part III, Maintenance (VMC) as follows: a civil penalty for any one violation of any of the provisions of the VMC of $100.00 for the initial summons and $150.00 for each additional summons, up to a total of $3,000.00 for the same offense, except for violations of the provisions of Section 105 - Unsafe Structures or Structures Unfit for Human Habitation of the VMC, which will continue to be prosecuted as criminal misdemeanors. Designation of these provisions of the VMC as civil penalties will be in lieu of criminal sanctions, precluding the prosecution of such violations as criminal misdemeanors, and, if the violations remain at the time of trial, the court can order abatement for residential properties only.

Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: October 19, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.


Planned Development District Recreational Fees

Increase the minimum expenditure per dwelling unit for recreational facilities required in the PDH Planned Development Housing District (Par. 2 of Sect. 6-110), PDC Planned Development Commercial District (Par. 2 of Sect. 6-209) and PRM Planned Residential Mixed Use District (Par. 2 of Sect. 6-409) from $1500 to $1600.

Planning Commission Public Hearing: November 19, 2009 at 8:15 p.m.
Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: January 26, 2010 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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