Fairfax County will hold two public meetings on Oct. 10 and 11, 2018, to present proposed revisions to industrial use zoning regulations.

The revisions are part of the county’s overall effort to modernize its zoning rules, called zMOD.

The meetings will be held on:

• Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria at McNair Elementary School, 2499 Thomas Jefferson Drive in Herndon
• Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria at Lee High School, 6540 Franconia Road in Springfield.

The county’s lead consultant, Clarion Associates, will present and lead a discussion on the revisions, including:

• Describing their approach used to make the industrial use regulations more user-friendly.
• Reviewing the scope and purpose of the zMOD project.
• Explaining their approach to modernizing the remainder of the land uses over the next few months.

Presentations will also be made to the Board of Supervisors at its Development Process Committee meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 11 a.m., and the Planning Commission on Oct. 9 at 7:30. These two presentations will be aired live on Channel 16 or can be viewed later online on the Board of Supervisors video archive or Planning Commission video archive.

zMOD’s primary goals are to re-organize the zoning ordinance to make it more user-friendly and combine uses of similar impact into broad categories for consistency and ease of understanding and implementation. The project also includes updating the lists of land uses that are permitted in the various zoning districts in an effort to adapt to changes in how people live and businesses operate.

In order to collect public input and encourage community participation, extensive outreach will be conducted through a series of project meetings, workshops, and public hearings. Public input received to date is posted on the zMOD webpages, along with previous presentations.

For more information, including reasonable ADA accommodations, contact the Fairfax County Office of Community Revitalization at 703-324-9300, TTY 711.

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