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Planning commission rejects Holy Square CPA and rezoning after watershed, traffic and school worries
Summary
After lengthy public hearings and heated testimony about the Occoquan Reservoir Protection Area (ORPA), the commission voted to recommend denial of both the CPA to change ORPA designation and the rezoning for the Holy Square development, citing environmental sensitivity, unresolved buffers and school/traffic impact concerns.
The Planning Commission on Nov. 19 recommended denial of both the comprehensive-plan amendment (CPA2024‑00003) and the rezoning (REZ2024‑00023) commonly called Holy Square, after a combined presentation from the applicant and county staff and many hours of public testimony.
Project and staff summary: The applicant proposed to convert roughly 57.7 acres north of Hoadley Road from ORPA and RN‑2 to MU‑3 and rezone the parcels to PMR to build up to 279 residential units, plus limited commercial land bays and a network of parks and trails. The applicant proffered that 64% of the ORPA area would be open space and that 65% of that ORPA area would remain undisturbed; it also pledged not to purchase off‑site nutrient credits and to reduce phosphorus loads by 60% (above Fairfax County’s 50% benchmark).…
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