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Fairfax staff proposes folding PRC plan exceptions into minor-modification rules
Summary
DPD staff told the Land Use Policy Committee they want to remove PRC plan exceptions for many building additions and site changes so those cases use countywide minor-modification procedures, standardizing notice and thresholds. Planning Commission review is scheduled for Dec. 12; Board action could come in spring 2025.
DPD staff presented a proposed zoning amendment that would largely eliminate the separate PRC-plan exceptions for building additions and other nonstructural site changes and instead handle those changes through the county's minor modification provisions.
A DPD presenter identified on the record with multiple similar name variants described the history and rationale: the PRC (Planned Residential Community) district was created in 1962 and currently applies different administrative thresholds and notice requirements than other zoning districts. Staff said the PRC provisions "largely mirror those that have been in place since 1994" but now diverge from the modern minor modification rules…
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