Planning Commission Regular Meeting/Work Session

James FeatherMoved and second to adopt the agenda as presented. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Abstain. motion passes unanimously. Next item on the agenda is presentations by the public on any matter not calling for a public hearing. We do have one public hearing this evening pertaining to proposed zoning text amendments. If you'd like to speak to that, you'll have the opportunity at that time. Otherwise, if you'd like to address the commission, now is your time to do it. Madam Clark, has anybody signed up prior to the meeting? Okay, no sign-ups? Anybody in the room who would like to address the commission is welcome to do so at this time. Seeing none, we will move on. Next item is consideration of the June 23rd, 2025 meeting minutes for the Planning Commission.

ForemanstaffGood to see you. much. Good evening. This agenda item is a public hearing. It's for a series of zoning text amendments, and these cover several topics. So as you see here, the main topics include removing some of the restrictions pertaining to accessory dwelling unit occupancy, also reducing the need for certain types of businesses to apply for special use permits. And we also have other amendments and they help out with the administration of our ordinance, things that clarify inconsistencies, simplify the text or just correct typographical issues. And all of this is the overarching goal of making our zoning administration more efficient and helping us to realize some of the goals that have been set forth in the comprehensive

James FeatherAny further questions or comments from the Commission? So this is a public hearing. We'll open the public hearing. If anyone from the public would like to speak to these zoning text amendments, you're free to do so at this time. Please come forward, state your name, and address for the record.

ForemanstaffSo hopefully this will be an enjoyable work session. Not that discussing zoning text amendments and new developments isn't enjoyable, but this is a little bit different. So we're taking a look at one of the publications that the city prepares annually, so the City of Fairfax Factbook. And I say hopefully it's an enjoyable presentation because we try to make the Factbook interesting for folks who like digging a little bit deeper into facts and figures, and we're always happy to share some of the new updated figures and information and charts with the Planning Commission. The Factbook is an effort. It involves a number of people on staff. So the three of us who put this publication together are all here tonight.

NaptystaffCouncil on July 22nd they have three items of interest to the Planning Commission all three are public hearings first is a public hearing on the Davies which the Planning Commission recommended denial on at your June 23rd meeting. The next is a public hearing on the Courthouse Plaza redevelopment proposal. As the chair noted earlier, this project did not come before the Planning Commission because it did not include any rezoning requests. And then a public hearing on the zoning text amendments that the Planning Commission recommended approval on at tonight's public hearing. For your upcoming meeting on July 28th, the last meeting before the August recess, we receiving a presentation on our implementation guide updates as received twice yearly and