On Sept. 26, 2023, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors repealed and replaced Article 6 of the Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance. Article 6 contains the off-street parking and loading regulations for land development in the county. A copy of the approved amendment is available for review on the Parking Reimagined webpage prior to its effective date of Jan. 1, 2024, at which time it will be incorporated into the Zoning Ordinance.

The new ordinance was adopted following a two-year study of Fairfax County’s parking regulations with the goal of updating and modernizing these requirements to incorporate current and future parking trends.

Significant regulatory changes include new requirements for minimum bicycle parking; adjustments to parking rates for many land uses; a graduated tiered parking framework with lower minimum requirements in planned high-density development areas of the county; restructured loading requirements; additional options and criteria for parking reductions, now known as adjustments; and administrative changes intended to create more simplicity, flexibility and predictability in determining site and use parking needs. Additional training material will be posted on the LDS Off-Street Parking webpage.

If you have any questions, please contact Michael Davis, Parking Program Manager, in the Site Development and Inspection Division at 703-324-3065, TTY 711