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Planning commission approves two-car carport on recorded Tamopias easement, citing nonrevocable easement as basis for variances

Fairfax Planning Commission · March 19, 2026
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Summary

The Fairfax Planning Commission approved Resolution 2026-07 allowing a two-car carport on an easement serving 118 Tamopias, granting a height variance, setback variances and a tree-removal permit; staff and commissioners emphasized the easement's permanence in making the required findings.

Fairfax Planning Commission on March 19 approved a conditional-use permit and multiple variances to allow a new two-car carport to be built on a recorded parking easement serving 118 Tamopias (application 2603, Resolution 2026-07).

Staff told the commission the project replaces an existing one-car carport on an easement created in the 1970s to serve houses across the street and requires a conditional-use permit, rear-yard and side-yard setback variances, a tree-removal permit and a height variance because…

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