9917 Fairfax Boulevard
Summary
9917 Fairfax Boulevard is the former site of Esposito's restaurant in Fairfax City, Virginia, where applicant Olympus Pines, LLC (represented by attorney/agent Robert D. Brandt) sought approval to redevelop the parcel (Tax Map 48-3-13-001) as a Tommy's Car Wash facility. The formal application was submitted in August 2023, followed by a City Council work session in January 2024, Board of Architectural Review recommendation for approval on April 17, 2024, and updated plans submitted in November 2024. The project did not require Planning Commission review, as the approvals sought were special use permits only. At the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting — the last meeting of the then-current Council — all three required land use actions were approved 4-2, with Councilmembers Lim and Stehle opposed: a Special Use Permit for vehicle service (car wash) in the CR Commercial Retail Zone District, Resolution R-24-40 granting three special exceptions (exterior vacuum stations, a fence in the TY3 transitional yard along the southern and western property lines, and modified street tree requirements), and a Major Certificate of Appropriateness. The approved plans were to be in general conformance with renderings received by staff in March 2024, with landscaping subject to urban forester review at the site plan approval stage.
Open questions & options on the table
- Landscaping is subject to change per urban forester comments at the site plan approval stage — site plan approval has not yet been recorded.
- No construction timeline or opening date for the Tommy's Car Wash has been recorded in the available material.
What members have said
Councilmember Ross made all three motions at the December 10, 2024 hearing — for the Special Use Permit, the special exceptions (Resolution R-24-40), and the Certificate of Appropriateness — and voted yes on each. Ross also noted the stormwater management improvements that would result from the project as a point in its favor.
Councilmember Bates seconded the motion for Resolution R-24-40 (special exceptions) and voted yes on all three motions at the December 10, 2024 meeting.
Councilmember Greenfield seconded the motion for the Special Use Permit and voted yes on all three motions at the December 10, 2024 meeting.
Councilmember Lim voted no on all three motions at the December 10, 2024 meeting. No recorded verbal comments are available in the material.
Councilmember Stehle voted no on all three motions at the December 10, 2024 meeting. No recorded verbal comments are available in the material.
Positions as recorded in meeting minutes; votes without recorded comment aren’t summarized.
Discussion time
Minutes of named discussion per transcribed meeting.
Full history
[10] Address of the Tommy's Carwash project scheduled for a December 10, 2024 City Council public hearing.
[8b] This parcel (Tax Map 48-3-13-001) was approved for redevelopment as a car wash facility.
passedMotion to approve the Special Use Permit for vehicle service (car wash) at 9917 Fairfax Boulevard.✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ StehlepassedMotion to adopt Resolution R-24-40 approving special exceptions for exterior vacuum stations, fence in transitional yard, and modified street tree requirements at 9917 Fairfax Boulevard.✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ StehlepassedMotion to approve the Major Certificate of Appropriateness for 9917 Fairfax Boulevard.✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ Stehle
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