Tag: zoning
Huge sports and wellness complex proposed for Springfield
A rendering of the proposed St. James Sports and Wellness Complex. [St. James Group] A huge sports and wellness center, with swimming pool, basketball courts, batting cages, indoor field house, spa, and much more has been proposed for the 6800 block of Industrial Road in Springfield. The 436,000-square foot St. James Sports and Wellness Complex … Continued
Supervisors approve resolution regulating donation boxes
A donation box on Markham Street in Annandale. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution June 2 calling for stricter regulation of donation boxes. The resolution states that while the boxes can provide a convenient place to dispose of clothes, shoes, and small household items, “they can also attract the dumping of unwanted … Continued
Noise ordinance would allow louder sounds in residential areas
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will consider a more detailed noise ordinance May 12 that will in some cases allow louder sounds in residential neighborhoods. A public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center. [Update: the board deferred a decision until June 23.] One key change … Continued
Spectrum shopping center goes back to the drawing board
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted March 24 to “defer indefinitely” the rezoning application for the proposed Spectrum shopping center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. Following many discussions with the community and the developer, “we asked the developer to go back to the drawing board and rework the plan for the shopping center,” … Continued
Fairfax County hosts conference for homeowners
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
Supervisors approve Afghan funeral chapel on Braddock Road
A rendering of the funeral chapel planned for Braddock Road. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a zoning special exception Jan. 27 to allow the construction of a funeral chapel at 6839 Braddock Road serving the Afghan community. The applicant, Keith Martin, representing the Afghan Academy, agreed to a long list of development conditions, … Continued
Gross encourages property owners to remove unwanted donation boxes
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
Planning Commission defers decision on Spectrum rezoning application
The Fairfax County Planning Commission on Jan. 22 approved commissioner Julie Strandlie’s (Mason) request to defer until Feb. 11 a decision on Spectrum Development’s rezoning applications for a shopping center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. The delay will give Spectrum more time to make changes in its application. At a Planning Commission hearing on … Continued
Planning Commission defers decision on Bailey’s Crossroads retail center
A view of the Shops at Bailey’s Crossroads on Leesburg Pike. [Spectrum Development] The Fairfax County Planning Commission agreed unanimously to defer until Jan. 22 a recommendation on a proposal to allow a retail center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hear the issue on Jan. 27. Spectrum … Continued
By-right projects are impeding Annandale redevelopment
A bank is planned for the vacant lot on the right of the Palace. The Annandale Central Business District Planning Committee (ACBDPC) is exploring ways to discourage by-right development, which committee members see as a major obstacle to redevelopment. Rather than piecemeal development in Annandale, the ACBDP would like to see larger, mixed-use projects in … Continued
Board of Supervisors approves Markham Place project
An illustration of Markham place from the county staff report. The Markham Place apartment project is going forward. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 2 approved a rezoning application for a 12-story, 310-unit apartment building on Markham Street, Annandale, on a 3.4-acre site currently occupied by Annandale AMF Lanes. “We are losing the … Continued
Planning Commission approves Home Depot expansion
Building supplies piled up in the Home Depot parking lot. The Fairfax County Planning Commission on Nov. 13 endorsed a proposal to allow the Home Depot in Seven Corners to expand into vacant retail space next door. At a public hearing on the proposal last week, attorney Andrew Painter of Walsh Collucci, representing Home Depot, … Continued
Markham Street project gets green light from Planning Commission
A rendering of the proposed apartment building on Markham Street. The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved Oct. 30 without objection – or even any comments – a recommendation to urge the Board of Supervisors to approve a rezoning application allowing the construction of a mixed-use project on Markham Street in Annandale. The proposal calls for … Continued
Planning commission defers decision on Afghan funeral chapel
A map showing the location of the proposed funeral chapel. Following a lengthy public hearing on a proposal by the Afghan Academy to build a funeral chapel on a .92-acre lot on Braddock Road in Annandale, the Fairfax County Planning Commission approved a motion to defer a decision until Nov. 20. [Update: On Nov. 5, … Continued
Residents object to proposed funeral chapel on Braddock Road
A rendering of the proposed funeral chapel. Residents of Hillbrook-Tall Oaks and nearby Annandale neighborhoods urged the Mason District Land Use Committee Oct. 28 to oppose plans for a funeral chapel on Braddock Road near the Backlick Road intersection. Their concerns primarily have to do with traffic on Braddock Road, spillover parking on neighborhood streets, … Continued