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Planning Commission recommends zoning text amendments that would ease ADU occupancy rules and narrow special‑use permit triggers
Summary
The commission voted unanimously to recommend City Council approve a package of zoning text amendments removing age/disability ADU occupancy limits, setting size thresholds for some special‑use permits (30,000 sq ft for indoor recreation; 10,000 sq ft for certain medical care facilities), and splitting animal‑care uses to permit veterinary clinics while keeping kennels as SUPs.
The Fairfax City Planning Commission on Monday recommended that City Council approve a set of zoning text amendments aimed at simplifying administration and removing what staff described as outdated occupancy hurdles for accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
Senior planning staff presented a package that leaves the ADU owner‑occupancy requirement in place but would strike an occupancy provision requiring that either the main house or the ADU be occupied by someone age 55 or older or by a person with a disability. “What’s being proposed here does not involve changing the physical standards of ADUs,” staff said, adding the change is limited to the occupancy language and is intended to remove a regulatory barrier for landlords and potential tenants.
The amendments also propose new, size‑based thresholds to reduce the need…
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