Taco Bell
A maintained knowledge base built from council and commission meetings — updated as new meetings land. Last synced Aug 4, 2026.
Overview
through Dec 9, 2024Official record
The applicant, ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC, is proposing to develop a 2,090 square foot fast-food restaurant with a drive-through on approximately 0.66-acres. The subject site is currently a vacant pad site that is part of the Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center.
- Requests: The applicant proposes an amendment to the Zoning and General Development Plan, a Special Use Permit for a fast-food restaurant with a drive-through in the CR Commercial Retail District in the Architectural Control Overlay (ACOD), and a Special Exception to provide an interior landscape island for every ten parking spaces. This land use application is subject to a Major Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping.
- Address: 10120 Fairfax Boulevard, Fairfax, VA 22030
- Applicant: ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC Kathryn R. Taylor, Associate 2200 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300 Arlington, VA 22201-3359
- City record
In this wiki
- Meeting history — every action, vote, and update, with links to the moment in the meeting video
- Positions & open questions
- Documents — the city's published record for this project
Meeting history
through Dec 9, 20242024-10-14 — Planning Commission Regular Meeting/Work Session
Agenda item 10: Staff Report (watch the moment)
- Outcome: Staff reported on recent and upcoming actions including: approval of Comprehensive Plan Amendments at the October 8 City Council meeting; introduction of the current two-year Transportation Program; a public hearing on the Taco Bell application scheduled for the October 22 City Council meeting; a Green Building Policy presentation scheduled for the October 28 Planning Commission meeting; upcoming Urban Forest Management Plan public meetings on October 17 (in-person) and October 23 (virtual); a forthcoming Chain Bridge/Eaton Place meeting; and a summary of a planning department survey from the Fall Festival.
- [10] A public hearing on the Taco Bell application was noted as scheduled for the October 22, 2024 City Council meeting.
- Status after: in_progress
2024-11-25 — Planning Commission Regular Meeting/Work Session
Agenda item 10: Staff Report (watch the moment)
- Outcome: Planning Division Chief Paul Nabti provided updates on recent and upcoming City Council meetings, including forthcoming public hearings for 4010 University Drive, Tommy's Carwash, and Taco Bell, as well as discussion of the Legislative Agenda and Accessory Dwelling Units.
- [10] A public hearing for Taco Bell located at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard was noted as scheduled for the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting.
- Status after: in_progress
2024-12-09 — Planning Commission Regular Meeting/Work Session
Agenda item 10: Staff Report (watch the moment)
- Outcome: Staff reported on recent and upcoming City Council meetings and Planning Commission agenda items.
- [10] Staff noted an upcoming City Council public hearing on December 10, 2024 for the Taco Bell project at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard.
Positions & open questions
through Dec 9, 2024Open questions
- Will the City Council approve the project at the December 10, 2024 public hearing?
Member commentary
No recorded member positions yet.
Documents
through Jul 30, 2026Documents published in the city's project record, in the order the city lists them. Labels are the city's own and usually carry the document date, format, and size.
- October 1, 2024 General Development Plan (PDF, 27MB)
- August 19, 2024 Statement of Justification (PDF, 151KB)
- August 19, 2024 General Development Plan Amendment (PDF, 22MB)
- July 23, 2024 Statement of Justification (PDF, 143KB)
- July 23, 2024 General Development Plan Amendment (PDF, 16MB)
- July 23, 2024 Traffic Impact Study (PDF, 7MB)
- February 6, 2024 Statement of Justification (PDF, 105KB)
- February 6, 2024 General Development Plan Amendment Plan (PDF, 10MB)
- February 6, 2024 Traffic Impact Study (PDF, 2MB)
- February 6, 2024 Certified Plat (PDF, 515KB)
- February 6, 2024 Statement of Intent - Major Certificate of Appropriateness (PDF, 100KB)
- February 6, 2024 Board of Architectural Review Design Package (PDF, 88MB)
- January 27, 2023 Pre-Application Briefing Letter (PDF, 78KB)
- January 27, 2023 Concept Plan and Aerial (PDF, 4MB)
- January 27, 2023 Conceptual Architectural Renderings (PDF, 16MB)
- January 27, 2023 Trip Generation Comparison (PDF, 404KB)
- December 10, 2024 City Council Public Hearing (PDF, 1MB)
- December 10, 2024 City Council Public Hearing Video
- September 9, 2024 Planning Commission Public Hearing (PDF, 8MB)
- September 9, 2024 Planning Commission Public Hearing Video
- August 28, 2024 Board of Architectural Review Public Hearing (PDF, 16MB)
- June 25, 2024 City Council Work Session (PDF, 17MB)
- June 25, 2024 City Council Work Session Video
- June 10, 2024 Planning Commission Work Session (PDF, 2MB)
- June 10, 2024 Planning Commission Work Session Video
- March 6, 2024 Board of Architectural Review Work Session (PDF, 12MB)
- February 27, 2023 Planning Commission Pre-Application Briefing (PDF, 20MB)
- February 27, 2023 Planning Commission Pre-Application Briefing Video
- March 7, 2023 City Council Pre-Application Briefing (PDF, 20MB)
- March 7, 2023 City Council Pre-Application Briefing Video
Page history
Log
2026-07-19
- Seeded from the tracker profile and official records.
2026-07-27
- Meeting history updated through 2024-12-09.
2026-07-28
- Meeting history updated through 2024-12-09.
- Meeting history updated through 2024-12-09.
- Added open question about the December 10, 2024 City Council public hearing on the Taco Bell project, as noted in the 2024-12-09 Planning Commission meeting staff report. (curator: claude-sonnet-4-6, through 2024-12-09)
2026-07-30
- Pipeline refresh.
2026-08-04
- Meeting history updated through 2024-12-09.