Fauquier planners review one-day special permit for Spatoni’s Pizza 50th anniversary

Fauquier County planning staff presented a special permit request to allow a one-day temporary event for Spatoni’s Pizza’s 50th anniversary on May 31, 2025.

Caitlin Marshall, planning staff, described the request as “a category 8 special permit for a temporary event for Spatoni’s Pizza’s fiftieth anniversary” on two adjoining properties just off Route 29, totaling just under 3.5 acres in the Baltimore Service District and zoned Commercial Highway (C-2). Marshall said the applicant seeks a patio extension, live music, two portable restrooms, overflow parking and estimates a maximum of about 100 attendees at any one time.

Marshall said staff recommended conditions including approvals from Fire & Rescue, the Sheriff’s Office and the Health Department, provision of copies of those approvals to the zoning administrator before the event, mowing of grass parking areas before the event, no event parking or loading on Route 29, personnel to assist with traffic and parking, and a VDOT land‑use permit for special-event signage.

Commissioners had no substantive questions about traffic or sanitation during the presentation. Commissioner (name not specified in transcript) announced a recusal: “under the, guidance and advice with staff, I’ll be recusing myself from this vote.” No formal vote was recorded in the transcript excerpt.

Because the request concerns a one-day event, staff framed conditions to limit the permit to May 31, 2025, and to require agency approvals and traffic controls before the event.

The planning commission moved on to subsequent public hearings after staff’s presentation; no final action was recorded in the available transcript excerpt.

Ending: If the commission proceeds with the request at later action, staff’s recommended conditions would limit operations to the single date, require interagency approvals and bar on‑site parking on Route 29, reflecting typical county controls for temporary commercial events.