April 4, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: land use

Mason Task Force seeks major changes in Public Storage redevelopment proposal

#Annandale, #land use, #Mason District, #redevelopment
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Task force wants the Public Storage expansion project to incorporate the adjacent gas station property.   [Revised April 15] The Mason District Task Force agreed April 14 that a plan to expand the Public Storage facility in Annandale should not go forward unless the project includes the adjacent gas station property.  The Task Force was formed to … Continued

Mason Task Force questions impact of Public Storage expansion project in Annandale

#Annandale, #land use, #redevelopment, #revitalization
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  The entrance to Public Storage on Ravensworth Road, with the 3 United gas station behind it. The task force formed to review site-specific plan amendments for proposed projects in Mason District is back in action. The task force is considering the three proposals the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approvedfor the 2021 Comprehensive Plan … Continued

Bailey’s Crossroads car dealership plans major expansion

#Bailey's Crossroads, #businesses, #cars, #land use, #redevelopment
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    Radley Acura as seen from Columbia Pike.  Radley Acura, the car dealership at 5823 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, has big expansion plans. Radley is seeking approval from Fairfax County to constructa 5,400-square foot addition behind the new-car showroom with a waiting room and drive-through lanewhere customers can drop off their cars for … Continued

Residents fighting plans to designate small private road as only access point to new housing development

#housing, #Lake Barcroft, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #VDOT
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Brooks Place The Virginia Department of Transportation accepted Brooks Place into the state road system on March 11. That’s significant, because it would legitimize Brooks Place as the only way to access a by-right housing development under construction on Sleepy Hollow Road called Hudson Quarter.

Board of Supervisors defers decision on zMOD

#Board of Supervisors, #businesses, #housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #zoning
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After listening to testimony from 71 people on March 9, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors deferred a vote on zMOD for two weeks. The board will discuss the zoning modernization project at its March 23 meeting.  Most of the people who spoke raised objections to proposed provisions that would eliminate the special permit requirement … Continued

Zoning board defers action on daycare proposal from Bailey’s Crossroads church

#Bailey's Crossroads, #children, #churches, #land use, #traffic, #zoning

Columbia Baptist Church [Google Maps] The Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals has again deferred a decision on an application from Columbia Baptist Church on Glen Carlyn Road in Bailey’s Crossroads for a building addition with a childcare center.  At its Feb. 10 meeting, the BZA agreed to take up the application again on Feb. … Continued

Public urged to comment on revised Annandale design guidelines

#Annandale, #land use, #redevelopment
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Toll House Park on Little River Turnpike. The Fairfax County community revitalization staff seeks public comment on an updated version of the Annandale Urban Design Guidelines. The document provides recommendations for multimodal streets, landscaping, streetlights, and other design elements.   There will be a virtual presentation on the new guidelines on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. … Continued

Residents speak out against zoning changes that would destabilize neighborhoods

#businesses, #housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #Planning Commission, #zoning
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More than 40 people spoke at a Fairfax County Planning Commission meeting on zMOD Jan. 28, most of them opposing new rules that would make it easier to create an Accessory Living Unit (ALU) and home-based business.  By the time the public hearing portion of the meeting was over it was 1 a.m., so the … Continued

Board of Supervisors rejects huge mixed-use proposal for western Annandale

#Board of Supervisors, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #stormwater
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The Board of Supervisors meets virtually on Jan. 26. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors agreed Jan. 26 to eliminate from the Comprehensive Plan work program for 2021 a huge 575-unit mixed-use project proposed for western Annandale. That project would have been located on Little River Turnpike between Hummer Road and Woodland Road.