The following are adopted amendments to the current Zoning Ordinance. Click on an amendment below to expand for more information.
703-324-1314
TTY 711
Leslie Johnson,
Zoning Administrator
The following are adopted amendments to the current Zoning Ordinance. Click on an amendment below to expand for more information.
Adopted: 1-24-2023
Effective: 1-25-2023
Similar to the previously-adopted minor and editorial revisions, the amendment included a number of necessary revisions that had been identified following the adoption of the new Zoning Ordinance. The changes corrected typographical or editorial errors or provided for clarification of certain provisions.
Adopted: 3-8-2022
Effective: 3-9-2022
The amendment establishes the Hollin Hills Historic Overlay District (Hollin Hills HOD), concurrent with Comprehensive Plan Amendment PA 2018- IV- MV4 to amend the Comprehensive Plan to update Plan language and figures to reflect the Hollin Hills HOD designation; and rezoning RZ 2021-MV-00017 to rezone 492 parcels on approximately 291.27 acres of land within the Hollin Hills community, on certain properties within Tax Maps 93-1, 93-3, 93-4 and 102-1, and to amend the Zoning Map and establish the boundaries of the proposed historic overlay district.
Grandfather - The following are grandfathered from the provisions of this amendment:
Adopted: 2-22-2022
Effective: 2-23-2022
The amendment included a number of necessary revisions that had been identified following the adoption of the new Zoning Ordinance. The changes corrected typographical or editorial errors or provided for clarification of certain provisions.
Adopted: 9-14-2021
Effective: 9-15-2021
The amendment, under the authority granted by the General Assembly under SB1457 (effective April 7, 2021), amends (1) the powers and duties of the Architectural Review Board (“ARB”) to grant additional authority to the ARB to hear and decide applications for any proposed subdivision, including any subdivision plat, plan, or construction plan of any parcel or parcels within a historic overlay district (“HOD”) whose district-specific regulations require such ARB approval, (2) amends the administration of HOD regulations to require ARB review and approval of any application for a proposed subdivision of any parcel(s) within any HOD whose district-specific regulations require such ARB approval, and (3) amend the additional Standards for the Wellington Historic Overlay District (WHOD) to require ARB review and approval of any proposed subdivision and to allow the Board, in association with a proposed development, to impose or accept any condition it deems necessary to ensure any proposed use will satisfy the general and additional standards applicable to this HOD. This may include a condition to allow public access to the Wellington at River Farm HOD and its landmark, buildings, structures, or land to the extent permitted by local, state, or federal law.
Adopted: 7-13-2021
Effective: 7-14-2021
The amendment established four special permit application fees, restored permissions for three uses, and included several clarifications and editorial revisions.
Adopted: 6-22-2021
Effective: 7-1-2021
The amendment increases the minimum acreage required to be in agricultural production from 5 acres to 7 acres when establishing an agricultural operation; establishes an agritourism definition with a tiered system based on associated acreage ranges and total number of attendees per day, and standards; creates a by-right option for bed and breakfasts when in conjunction with an agricultural operation and located on 20 acres or more; permits food trucks in association with agritourism, limited brewery, limited distillery, and farm winery; renames “quarters for a tenant farmer and his family” to farm worker housing with additional standards; and modifies and relocates the provisions for wayside stands.
Adopted: 4-13-2021
Effective: 4-14-2021 and 7-1-2021
The amendment establishes the Wellington at River Farm Historic Overlay District (WHOD), concurrent with a Comprehensive Plan Amendment PA 2020 IV-MV1, addressing the proposed establishment of the WHOD; and rezoning application RZ 2021-MV-001, adding the WHOD to the property and defining the boundaries of the WHOD on the Zoning Map.
As part of the zMOD project the WHOD regulations were adopted in two versions: in the current Zoning Ordinance (ZO) format and in the zMOD format. The regulations provided in the current ZO format are the governing zoning ordinance text until zMOD becomes effective on July 1, 2021. Once zMOD becomes effective, the language provided in the current ZO format would automatically be replaced with the proposed language in the zMOD format.
To receive periodic announcements about proposed and adopted Zoning Ordinance amendments and other zoning administration topics, subscribe to the Zoning Ordinance Information and Amendments e-mail listserv. (Follow the link below and under the Building, Land Use, and Development topic area, select Zoning Ordinance Information and Amendments).
