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Gregg Steverson
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Community Parking Districts (CPD)

CPD Map — Click image to view interactive map of existing CPDs

Community Parking Districts (CPD) prohibit the parking of certain vehicles on public streets in areas zoned residential within Fairfax County. Vehicles parked in violation are subject to a $75 fine for each violation and may be towed at the owner’s expense.

Vehicles Prohibited in a CPD:

watercraft,
boat trailer,
motor home,
camping trailer,
any other trailer or semi-trailer, regardless of whether such trailer or semi-trailer is attached to another vehicle;
any vehicle with three or more axles;
any vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating of 12,000 or more pounds except school buses used on a current and regular basis to transport students;
any vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers including the driver, except school buses used on a current and regular basis to transport students; and
any vehicle of any size that is being used in the transportation of hazardous materials as defined in Virginia Code § 46.2-341.4.

CPD restrictions do not apply to parking on private residential lots.

A CPD can be established by a large area application or by petition.

Establishing a CPD by Petition

The petition process is used for smaller areas and has the following qualifications and procedures:

Residentially-zoned area
Minimum size 5 block face OR 2000 linear feet

A request is made to the district supervisor by the HOA
The district supervisor forwards the request to FCDOT
FCDOT issues the petition and petition area maps
The community gathers signatures verifying greater than or equal to 60% support for the proposed district and greater than 50% support along each block
A fee of $10 per petitioning address is remitted with the returned petitions
The district supervisor forwards the petitions to FCDOT
The Board of Supervisors conducts a public hearing to approve the proposed parking district
FCDOT installs “Community Parking District” signs listing prohibitions at strategic locations

Exemptions include: vehicles used by federal, state or local public agencies to provide services; commercial vehicles discharging passengers, performing work or providing services; vehicles temporarily parked, for up to 48 hours, for the purpose of loading, unloading or preparing for a trip. See the Code of the County of Fairfax, Chapter 82, Article 5B for more on the program and exemptions. For additional information contact us via our e-mail contact form.

NOTE: Homeowner's Association (HOA) implies civic association, as applicable. In lieu of any association, a letter signed by ten residents may be submitted to the local supervisor for consideration of CPD inclusion.

Establishing a Large Area CPD

The Board of Supervisors approved an amendment to the Fairfax County Code 82-5B to allow for a process that can be used to create a large area CPD. This process augments the petition based process. In all cases, restrictions only apply to public streets in residential areas within any CPD.

For this process, a district supervisor submits a request that would include all or most of their magisterial district. Any area that is not included should be contiguous in nature and must meet one of the following minimum size requirements:

3,500 addresses
35 miles of secondary roadway
At least 5 square miles in area

Large area CPDs that currently exist are available on the CPD map.