November 5, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
Pinecrest School

Tag: code compliance

Fairfax County hosts conference for homeowners

#code compliance, #neighborhood groups, #parking, #zoning
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The Fairfax County Department of Code Compliance is sponsoring, for the first time, a Neighborhood and Community Conference, to address common problems faced by local residents. The free conference will be held Saturday, March 21, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at Luther Jackson Middle School,  3020 Gallows Road in Falls Church. Presentations will offer practical advice to … Continued

Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners group urges crackdown on illegal signs

#Bailey's Crossroads, #code compliance, #litter, #Seven Corners, #signs
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Signs in the right of way, like this one in Wilson Boulevard, are prohibited. The Board of Directors of the Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation (BC7RC), increasingly frustrated by the proliferation of illegal signs and litter in the area, has formally asked Fairfax County and Virginia Department of Transportation officials to take action. “A significant … Continued

Forum educates community on zoning and building rules

#code compliance, #community events, #property maintenance, #zoning
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One of the first things people saw after leaving a forum on code compliance were cars illegally parked on the grass on Columbia Pike. A Community Forum on Code Compliance, hosted by the Annandale Roundtable May 22, was aimed at educating residents, including immigrants, about community norms on property maintenance rules they might not be familiar … Continued

May 22 forum on code compliance focuses on community norms

#code compliance, #community events, #government services, #property maintenance
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Neighbors have complained numerous times about this house on Arcadia Road in Parklawn, to no avail. The gutter is falling off, and an addition in the back has been under construction for seven years. Have you filed complaints with the Fairfax County Department of Code Compliance about a neighbor’s poorly maintained home, unkempt yard, or … Continued

Code compliance officials address multiple-occupancy complaints

#code compliance, #Mason District, #property maintenance, #signs, #zoning
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Complaints about this house in the Lincolnia area were filed last week about multiple occupancy and building code violations. Most complaints filed with the Fairfax County Department of Code Compliance are about multiple occupancy, said county officials at a meeting for civic association and homeowner association presidents March 22 hosted by Mason Supervisor Penny Gross. … Continued

County officials agree to seek solutions for property code issues in Mason

#code compliance, #Mason District, #neighborhood groups, #overcrowding, #parking, #property maintenance, #zoning
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Panelists at the Town Hall on Code Compliance included (from the left): Susan Epstein and Rachael Perrott of the Department of Code Compliance, Deputy County Executive Robert Stalzer, DCC Director Jeff Blackford; and attorney Beth Teare. For many local residents, the older neighborhoods in Mason Districts appear to be slipping into decline; there are overcrowded … Continued

Mason District residents frustrated by lax property code enforcement

#code compliance, #Mason District, #overcrowding, #property maintenance, #safety
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Vehicles and debris in a yard in Mason District. Eighty-seven percent of more than 500 local residents who responded to a survey conducted by the Mason District Council of Community Associations (MDC) believe that unresolved zoning violations are having a negative impact on revitalization. Nearly half the respondents are so frustrated with the county’s failure … Continued

Mason District Council surveys residents on code compliance issues

#code compliance, #Mason District, #property maintenance
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This house, in the Alexandria section of Mason District, was declared blighted in 2012. The Mason District Council of Community Associations is urging residents to respond to a survey on code compliance issues. The survey seeks feedback on public perceptions about the county’s enforcement of property code violations, the impact on the quality of life … Continued

Fairfax County fails to shut down commercial yard sales

#code compliance, #property maintenance, #shopping
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A yard sale at 4010 Braddock Road Nov. 16. [Photo taken by a neighbor] Fairfax County’s failure to shut down illegal, commercial yard sales in Parklawn and surrounding neighborhoods in Mason District calls into question the county’s ability and willingness to address other code enforcement issues. Parklawn resident Richard Zambito, who’s been battling the yard … Continued

RSU proposal revised: these units would be barred from low-density neighborhoods

#code compliance, #community organizations, #Gross, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #property maintenance, #zoning
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A full house at the RSU meeting. An amended proposal on residential studio units (RSUs) will be presented to the Fairfax County Planning Commission to bar this type of housing from low-density, single-family neighborhoods. This major change was announced at a packed meeting on RSUs Nov. 14 organized by the Mason District Council of Community … Continued