10120 Fairfax Boulevard
Summary
10120 Fairfax Boulevard is a vacant pad site within the Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center in Fairfax, Virginia (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-D), proposed as the location for a new Taco Bell drive-through restaurant by applicant ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC. The applicant submitted a formal application in February 2024 and held work sessions with both the Planning Commission (June 10, 2024) and City Council (June 25, 2024). On September 9, 2024, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended (7-0) that City Council approve a General Development Plan (GDP) amendment covering this parcel and the adjacent 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard parcel; no action was taken at that meeting on the Special Use Permit, Special Exception, or Certificate of Appropriateness. On December 10, 2024, City Council completed action on all four required approvals, adopting Ordinance No. 2024-14 for the GDP amendment, approving a Special Use Permit for the drive-through restaurant, adopting Resolution R-24-39 for a special exception on interior parking landscaping, and approving a Major Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping — all by a 4-2 vote with Council Members Lim and Stehle opposed.
What members have said
Made the motion on September 9, 2024 to recommend City Council approve the GDP amendment for ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC at 10120 and 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard, which passed unanimously 7-0.
Seconded Ms. Lockhart's September 9, 2024 motion to recommend City Council approve the GDP amendment.
Made the motions on December 10, 2024 for the Special Use Permit, the Special Exception (Resolution R-24-39), and the Certificate of Appropriateness; voted yes on all four December 10 motions.
Seconded the Special Use Permit and Special Exception motions on December 10, 2024, and indicated she wished to add an additional condition to the Special Use Permit approval; voted yes on all four December 10 motions.
Seconded the GDP amendment motion on December 10, 2024; voted yes on all four December 10 motions.
Stated at the December 10, 2024 public hearing that, while appreciating the applicant's efforts and colleagues' consideration of alternatives, he did not view the drive-through as a positive addition to the site, expressed concern that the shopping center could not handle it, and that a drive-through would remain for decades; he voted against all four motions. Note: the dated record attributes his 'no' votes to Council Members Lim and Stehle — Staley's recorded comments indicate opposition, but the authoritative vote breakdown lists Lim and Stehle as the two 'no' votes.
Voted no on all four motions at the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting.
Voted no on all four motions at the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting.
Positions as recorded in meeting minutes; votes without recorded comment aren’t summarized.
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Full history
[6a] Subject property (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-D) for the proposed drive-through restaurant and Special Exception.
passedMotion by Ms. Lockhart, seconded by Mr. Coleman, to recommend City Council adopt the attached resolution approving the GDP amendment for ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC at 10120 and 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map Parcels 47-4-23-000-A and 47-4-23-000-D).✓ Feather✓ Briggs✓ Coleman✓ Cunningham✓ Denton✓ Lockhart✓ Rice[10] Address of the Taco Bell project scheduled for a December 10, 2024 City Council public hearing.
[8a] This parcel (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-D) is the site of the approved Taco Bell drive-through restaurant development within Boulevard Marketplace.
passedMotion to adopt Ordinance No. 2024-14 approving the General Development Plan amendment for Boulevard Marketplace (10120 and 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard).✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ StehlepassedMotion to approve the Special Use Permit for a drive-through restaurant facility at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-D).✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ StehlepassedMotion to adopt Resolution R-24-39 approving the Special Exception for interior landscaped parking islands at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard.✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ StehlepassedMotion to approve the Major Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard.✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ Stehle
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