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Neighbors press Council for stronger environmental review on proposed tank-farm demolition and warehouse plan

City of Fairfax City Council · October 28, 2025

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Summary

Residents near the Pickett Road fuel tank farm urged Council to scrutinize a developer's plan to demolish 10 tanks and build two large warehouses, raising groundwater-contamination history at the site, truck and drone delivery concerns, nighttime lighting and noise impacts, and requests for stricter zoning and permitting studies.

Speakers from nearby Sutton Heights, Barrister's Keep and Pickett's Ridge addressed Council about an approved Architectural Review Board decision to demolish 10 fuel tanks at a tank farm and redevelop the northeast corner with two 42-foot-tall warehouses totaling over 300,000 square feet.

Residents said they had no prior…

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