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10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard

Summary

10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-A) is part of the Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center in Fairfax, where ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC sought approvals to develop a Taco Bell with a drive-through facility. The applicant, represented by attorney Catherine Taylor, requested a General Development Plan (GDP) amendment, a Special Use Permit for a drive-through restaurant, a Special Exception for interior parking landscaping, and a Major Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping. On September 9, 2024, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended (7-0) that City Council approve the GDP amendment (dated August 19, 2024) covering Tax Map Parcels 47-4-23-000-A and 47-4-23-000-D, while taking no action at that meeting on the remaining three items. On December 10, 2024, the City Council approved all four items — adopting Ordinance No. 2024-14 (GDP amendment), the Special Use Permit, Resolution R-24-39 (Special Exception for parking landscaping), and the Certificate of Appropriateness — each by a 4-2 vote, with Council Members Lim and Stehle opposed. The matter is now fully resolved with all approvals granted.

What members have said

Stehle

At the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting, Council Member Stehle stated that in their view the drive-through is 'not a positive addition to this particular site,' that the shopping center 'cannot handle it,' and that a drive-through built there would remain for several decades. They acknowledged the applicant's efforts and their colleagues' search for alternatives, but voted against all four motions.

Positions as recorded in meeting minutes; votes without recorded comment aren’t summarized.

Discussion time

Minutes of named discussion per transcribed meeting.

Sep
Dec

Full history

  1. Sep 9, 2024Planning Commission· item 6a#

    [6a] Subject property (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-A) included in the GDP amendment area.

    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
    ▶ Watch this momentminutes ↗agenda ↗
  2. Dec 10, 2024City Council· item 8a#

    [8a] This parcel (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-A) is part of the Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center subject to the approved GDP amendment.

    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✕ Stehle
    passedMotion 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✕ Stehle
    passedMotion 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✕ Stehle
    passedMotion to approve the Major Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard.
    ✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ Stehle
    minutes ↗agenda ↗

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Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center GDP Amendment2 meetings10120 Fairfax Boulevard2 meetings