Planning Commission continues 79 Wood Lane review after town attorney says architect stamp required

The Fairfax Planning Commission on Sept. 4 continued consideration of discretionary permits for 79 Wood Lane after the town attorney advised that the application lacks the signature required under state practice rules to be considered complete.

Staff presented the application for a partially completed two-story residence with a basement ADU, a one-car garage and a 478-square-foot second-floor front deck. The current owner, Red River Gum LLC, bought the property in December 2024 and seeks a Hill Area Residential Development permit, design review, a front-setback variance, a combined side-yard setback variance, and an excavation permit to legalize work that did not follow the previously issued building permit.

Why the commission paused: The planning director told commissioners she had received a legal memorandum during the meeting stating that, in the town attorney's opinion, an LLC cannot be the signatory for the architectural drawings under the state's architectural practice provisions and that the application is incomplete without an architect's stamp or another signatory who meets the statutory requirements. "The way the town attorney described it is, in her opinion, the application is incomplete without the architect stamp," the planning…