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Fairfax BAR recommends approval for six‑story Courthouse Plaza redevelopment despite staff’s recommendation of denial
Summary
The Fairfax Board of Architectural Review voted 5‑0 on July 16 to recommend City Council approval of a six‑story, 315‑unit (applicant figure ~300+) mixed‑use building at Courthouse Plaza (10300 Willow/Willard Way) and nine special exceptions, after lengthy design presentations, public comment and debate over density, massing and site impacts.
The Fairfax City Board of Architectural Review on July 16 voted to recommend City Council approval of a proposed six‑story mixed‑use building at Courthouse Plaza, 10300 Willow/Willard Way (Case BAR240008), including nine special exceptions that would allow a height of 71 feet, a density the applicant calculated as 36 dwelling units per acre, and relief from several sidewalk and landscape dimensional standards.
Staff presented the application and urged caution. Anna, the planning staff presenter, told the board that "staff believes that the proposal does not comply with the provisions of the zoning ordinance stated under section 6 5 7 approval criteria and is not in general conformance with the design guidelines for the Old Town Fairfax transition overlay district and therefore recommends that the Board of Architectural Review provide a conditional recommendation of denial to…
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