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Fairfax consultants begin zoning ordinance review to implement small-area plans
Summary
Consultants told the City Council the zoning ordinance review will align zoning with the 2019 comprehensive plan and four small-area plans, evaluate mixed-use by-right paths, open-space definitions, incentives for sustainability, and produce options for council consideration.
Fairfax City staff and consultant White and Smith presented the start of a zoning-ordinance review on Jan. 14 to align the city's zoning code with adopted small-area plans and the 2019 comprehensive plan.
Planning staff said the project will examine discrepancies between policy documents and the zoning ordinance, produce options and recommendations, and return to the council before drafting specific ordinance language.
Paul Nafty, the city's planning chief, told the council that four small-area plans adopted since the comprehensive plan created circumstances where new policy and older code are not fully aligned. Justin Wallace of…
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