Planning Commission Regular Meeting/Work Session
What was decided
- 6awatch 2:12Proposed amendments to the Code of the City of Fairfax, Chapter 86 (Subdivisions)
Planning Commission voted 5:0 to recommend that City Council approve the proposed ordinance amending Chapter 86 (Subdivisions) of the Code of the City of Fairfax, to comply with recent changes to the Code of Virginia, including a reduction in the final subdivision plat review period from 60 to 40 days.
Passed, unanimousDiscussed for 4m · read the transcript
- Chapter 86 (Subdivisions) Code of the City of FairfaxapprovedThe Planning Commission voted 5:0 to recommend City Council approval of amendments to Chapter 86 (Subdivisions) to comply with recent changes to the Code of Virginia, including reducing the final subdivision plat review period from 60 to 40 days and deferring other review-day counts to the Code of Virginia.
Presented
- 8aWork Session: Discussion of a potential formal review process for Parcel Specific Considerations in the Comprehensive Plan · Work session held; Paul Nabti presented the staff report. No formal action taken.watch 6:24
Discussed for 58m · also names City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive Plan ×26, Fairfax Square ×5, Small Area Plans ×5, Comprehensive Plan Amendment ×2, Fire Station, Gatewood Plaza · read the transcript
- Parcel Specific Considerations in the Comprehensive PlanThe Planning Commission held a work session discussion on a potential formal review process for Parcel Specific Considerations in the Comprehensive Plan; no formal action was taken.
- 10Staff Report · Staff reported on recent and upcoming City Council actions and future Planning Commission agenda items, including the Blenheim Boulevard Multimodal project contract, the Willard-Sherwood Community Center project, an upcoming ADU work session, and June Planning Commission items including post-application work sessions on Gallery at City Center and Courthouse Plaza redevelopment.watch 67:07
Discussed for 9m · also names Ashby Pond, City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive Plan, Parks Foundation · read the transcript
- Blenheim Boulevard Multimodal Improvementsin progresswikiCity Council initiated a contract for the Blenheim Boulevard Multimodal project at the April 28, 2026 meeting, as reported by staff.
- Willard-Sherwood Community Centerin progresswikiCity Council voted to proceed with the Willard-Sherwood Community Center project at the April 28, 2026 meeting, as reported by staff.
- Accessory Dwelling Unitsin progressA City Council work session on accessory dwelling units was reported as scheduled for May 12, 2026.
- Gallery at City Centerin progresswikiA post-application work session on Gallery at City Center was reported as a forthcoming June Planning Commission agenda item.
- Courthouse Plazain progresswikiA post-application work session on the Courthouse Plaza redevelopment was reported as a forthcoming June Planning Commission agenda item.
- Small Area Plansin progressAn introduction to the upcoming process review of small area plans was reported as a forthcoming June Planning Commission agenda item.
Named in discussion
Tracked topics the transcript names that no agenda item is filed under. Their own pages and wikis do not yet record this meeting; the passages below are the only trace.
“…on this discussion the parcel specific considerations are a section of the comprehensive plan that are tied to the future land use map this section was added with the 2019 update to the comprehensive plan and the purpose is to identify specific…”
“…social civic network place type and then the one on the right or the bottom right is Fairfax Square which the underlying place type is commercial corridor. And just for reference we want to point out there are several other partial specific considerations…”
- Ashby Pondonce, 1m
“…representation. Old Town Hall is progressing well. There was a big fishing derby at Ashby Pond, and so there's continual activity from the Parks and Recreation folks, and just it's been fun to be a part of that. I won't be able to attend the meeting this…”
“…Gorge or the residential unit that was going to be where across the street from fire station 33 next to urgent care was going to be residential that was never resolved in terms of residential on the Boulevard so it goes back that far along with the…”
“…or the land use case, but I see that is not quite as compelling a question say the Gatewood Plaza situation where completely outside of an activity center along the commercial corridor where there was a request to go into mixed use. That one concerned me…”
“…When I think about green acres, we probably want to revisit that in light of the Willard Sherwood project proposal. So there's certainly a case for maybe more current updates in our land use section of the comp plan as things continue to develop in the…”