November 24, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: property maintenance

Fairfax County officials educate neighborhood leaders

#code compliance, #community events, #community organizations, #neighborhood groups, #property maintenance
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Jeff Blackford, director of the Department of Code Compliance, and Rachel Perrott of the DCC. About 300 or so local residents – including many civic association and homeowner association board members – attended Fairfax County’s first-ever Neighborhood and Community Leaders Conference March 22 at Luther Jackson Middle School. At a session on code compliance, staff … Continued

Gross encourages property owners to remove unwanted donation boxes

#business, #Gross, #land use, #litter, #property maintenance, #zoning
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A donation in a corner of the Choong Hwa Woon restaurant on John Marr Drive in Annandale. Concerned about the proliferation of donation drop-off boxes sprouting up all over privately owned parking lots, Mason District SupervisorPenny Gross has written to commercial property owners advising that they have the right to remove boxes that have been … 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

School funding, taxes dominate Mason Budget Town Hall

#budget, #funding, #Gross, #property maintenance, #real estate, #schools, #taxes, #zoning
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Fairfax County Executive Edward Long and Mason Supervisor Penny Gross. Would the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors agree to raise the property tax rate to provide more money for the budget-strapped school system? That’s one of the key questions for the board to decide over the next few weeks. That issue was brought up by … 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