The Capital Improvement ProgramCapital improvement programThe multi-year budget for big physical projects: roads, buildings, parks, utilities. FY2026–FY2030 (CIP) is a multi-year municipal capital planning document covering city infrastructure and project investments from fiscal year 2026 through 2030. The process began with a presentation to the Planning CommissionPlanning CommissionThe appointed body that reviews land-use applications and plans first and sends a recommendation to City Council, which makes the final decision. on November 25, 2024, by City Manager Laszlo Palko, followed by a City Council work sessionWork sessionA meeting for discussion and briefing only. No formal votes are taken, but positions get set here. on December 3, 2024.
The 2035 Comprehensive PlanComprehensive planThe city's long-range vision for land use, transportation, housing, and parks. Rezonings are judged partly on whether they fit it. Implementation Guide is an ongoing project that tracks the City's progress in carrying out the policies of its 2035 Comprehensive Plan, including associated Small Area PlanSmall area planA detailed plan for one neighborhood or corridor that fills in the comprehensive plan's broad goals with block-level guidance. Implementation Guides. It is updated periodically in conjunction with the Planning CommissionPlanning CommissionThe appointed body that reviews land-use applications and plans first and sends a recommendation to City Council, which makes the final decision.'s Annual Report to City Council.
- No minutes or action report has been confirmed for the July 13, 2026 work sessionWork sessionA meeting for discussion and briefing only. No formal votes are taken, but positions get set here. presentation — the outcome of that meeting remains unverified in the dated record.
- The 2025 Planning CommissionPlanning CommissionThe appointed body that reviews land-use applications and plans first and sends a recommendation to City Council, which makes the final decision. Annual Report and associated Implementation Guide updates (presented March 9, 2026) had no formal vote recorded at that meeting; it is unclear whether a formal approval…
Gatewood Plaza is a proposed redevelopment of an existing office building (and adjacent parking structure) at 10201 Fairfax Boulevard, located at a signalized intersection directly across from Boulevard Marketplace. The applicant is seeking a Zoning Map AmendmentRezoningChanging which zoning district a property sits in, which changes what can be built there. Goes to the Planning Commission for a recommendation, then to City Council for the vote. (from CR Commercial Retail and RM Residential Medium to CR Commercial Retail), a Comprehensive PlanComprehensive planThe city's long-range vision for land use, transportation, housing, and parks. Rezonings are judged partly on whether they fit it. Amendment (changing the future land use designation from Commercial Corridor to Multifamily Neighborhood), a Special Use PermitSpecial use permitPermission for a use the zoning allows only case by case (a drive-through, a school, a larger building). Needs a public hearing and a council vote, and can carry conditions., and nine special exceptionsSpecial exceptionA council-approved departure from a specific zoning rule, such as parking counts or height, for one property. covering densityDensityHow many homes are allowed per acre of land., bulk, building height, bulk plane, required yards, transitional yards, parking, and resource protection area.
- No formal action has been taken; the zoning map amendmentRezoningChanging which zoning district a property sits in, which changes what can be built there. Goes to the Planning Commission for a recommendation, then to City Council for the vote., comprehensive planComprehensive planThe city's long-range vision for land use, transportation, housing, and parks. Rezonings are judged partly on whether they fit it. amendment, special use permitSpecial use permitPermission for a use the zoning allows only case by case (a drive-through, a school, a larger building). Needs a public hearing and a council vote, and can carry conditions., and nine special exceptionsSpecial exceptionA council-approved departure from a specific zoning rule, such as parking counts or height, for one property. remain pending review and decision.
- The broader policy question — whether the city should reevaluate its position on residential/mixed-useMixed-useA building or project that combines homes with shops, offices, or other uses. development in commercial corridors outside of activity centers — has been discussed by both the…
Gatewood Plaza, located at 10201 Fairfax Boulevard in Falls Church, is the subject of a multi-part land use application seeking to redevelop an existing office building with mixed-useMixed-useA building or project that combines homes with shops, offices, or other uses. development. The applicant — represented by land use attorney Sarah Mariska/Morisco of Oden Feldman Pittleman, on behalf of 10201 Fairfax Boulevard LLC and owner representative George Hong — is requesting a zoning map amendmentRezoningChanging which zoning district a property sits in, which changes what can be built there. Goes to the Planning Commission for a recommendation, then to City Council for the vote. (rezoning from RM Residential Medium and CR Commercial Retail to CR Commercial Retail), a comprehensive planComprehensive planThe city's long-range vision for land use, transportation, housing, and parks. Rezonings are judged partly on whether they fit it. amendment, a special use permitSpecial use permitPermission for a use the zoning allows only case by case (a drive-through, a school, a larger building). Needs a public hearing and a council vote, and can carry conditions. for upper-story residential and mixed uses, and nine special exceptionsSpecial exceptionA council-approved departure from a specific zoning rule, such as parking counts or height, for one property. covering densityDensityHow many homes are allowed per acre of land., building height, bulk plane, required yards, transitional yards, parking, and resource protection area.
- Whether the city will revise its comprehensive planComprehensive planThe city's long-range vision for land use, transportation, housing, and parks. Rezonings are judged partly on whether they fit it. guidance to accommodate mixed-useMixed-useA building or project that combines homes with shops, offices, or other uses. development outside of activity centers (a question explicitly raised as a result of feedback from both the…
- What changes the applicant will make in a third submission in response to staff comments and feedback from the Planning CommissionPlanning CommissionThe appointed body that reviews land-use applications and plans first and sends a recommendation to City Council, which makes the final decision. and City Council work sessionsWork sessionA meeting for discussion and briefing only. No formal votes are taken, but positions get set here..
The Comprehensive PlanComprehensive planThe city's long-range vision for land use, transportation, housing, and parks. Rezonings are judged partly on whether they fit it. Amendment tracked here concerns Tax Map Parcel 58-2-10-0001-A-1, the site of the Mantua Professional Center (commonly associated with the "Highlands at Mantua" / 9495 Silver King Court redevelopment proposed by RJL Associates, Inc.), located on Pickett Road approximately a half-mile south of Fairfax Boulevard. The amendment sought to change the property's Future Land Use Map designation from Commercial Corridor Place Type to Townhouse/Single-Family Attached Neighborhood Place Type, to support a rezoningRezoningChanging which zoning district a property sits in, which changes what can be built there. Goes to the Planning Commission for a recommendation, then to City Council for the vote. from PDC (Planned Development Commercial) to PDR-ACOD (Planned Development Residential with Architectural Control Overlay District).
Accessory Dwelling UnitsAccessory dwelling unitA second, smaller home on a single-family lot: a basement apartment, a garage conversion, or a backyard cottage. (ADUs) have been under active consideration in the City of Fairfax since at least mid-2024, rooted in Comprehensive PlanComprehensive planThe city's long-range vision for land use, transportation, housing, and parks. Rezonings are judged partly on whether they fit it. recommendations and a 2023 Housing Assessment calling for expanded ADU permissions. Attached ADUs have been permitted in the city since 2003 (initially as a special use), transitioned to a permitted-with-conditions use in 2016, and an occupancy limitation restricting residents to seniors or disabled persons was removed in 2024.
- Whether the Planning CommissionPlanning CommissionThe appointed body that reviews land-use applications and plans first and sends a recommendation to City Council, which makes the final decision.'s September 2026 miscellaneous clarifying amendments (nonconforming lots/structures language, detached ADUAccessory dwelling unitA second, smaller home on a single-family lot: a basement apartment, a garage conversion, or a backyard cottage. footprint standard inclusion) have been formally adopted by…
- Whether HHCAB's ZoningZoningThe city rules that say what can be built where: uses, height, density, setbacks, and parking, by district. Strategy Team has completed or will complete its engagement with the ADUAccessory dwelling unitA second, smaller home on a single-family lot: a basement apartment, a garage conversion, or a backyard cottage. zoning process to assess affordable housing opportunities, as planned in its workplan.
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