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Staff updates comprehensive plan implementation guides; Council approved Davies property and deferred Courthouse Plaza

5489952 · July 28, 2025
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Summary

Planning staff updated implementation guides for the comprehensive plan and small area plans, reporting changes to 129 action items and multiple project updates. Staff also reported City Council recently approved the Davies property application 4–3, deferred Courthouse Plaza to Oct. 28 and approved zoning ordinance changes unanimously.

Planning Commission members reviewed July 28 a staff update to the implementation guides that track actions from Fairfax City’s comprehensive plan and four small‑area plans, and heard a brief staff report on recent City Council decisions affecting ongoing land‑use cases.

City planning staff said 129 of 339 implementation actions were updated since the last review in January; 32 of 70 land‑use actions were updated. Ms. Denny, who presented the guide updates, noted changes across transportation, environmental sustainability and community services items and identified several projects now underway, including utility relocation for Blenheim Boulevard multimodal improvements, a University Drive bike lanes project, and a government center parkway connection scheduled for completion next year.

The implementation guide update also…

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