The next “On Deck with Mercury” event will feature a discussion of “Code Create Vienna,” the plan to update the town’s zoning and subdivision code.
The event, hosted by Town Manager Mercury Payton, will be held on Tuesday, May 11...
Editor: The 700-page zoning modernization (zMOD) adopted by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors can be described as nothing less than a boondoggle, including changes to accessory-living units, home-based businesses, freestanding accessory structures, food trucks and much more. These...
Editor: As Arlington County Board members are debating if they should rezone the districts to make for more affordable housing, it is inevitable that the community would see a clash between “advocates of affordable housing and residents of single-family...
Capping a Zoning Ordinance Modernization (zMOD) Project that began several years ago and drew sharp reactions from some civic organizations, the Board of Supervisors on March 23 approved a new Fairfax County zoning ordinance that supersedes rules that have...
Who says there’s no such thing as reincarnation?
Even though they wondered aloud if it ever would be used, Arlington County Board members on March 23 brought back from the recently deceased a zoning tool giving the owners of two...
Two potentially conflicting constituencies – advocates of affordable housing and residents of single-family neighborhoods – could end up colliding if Arlington County Board members next month move forward on a recommendation to allow much higher building heights in some transitional areas of the county.
Fairfax County has made solid progress in combating COVID-19, but still faces budgetary and economic-recovery challenges, Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) said March 11 in a virtual “State of McLean” speech to the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce.
Calling the pandemic...
Old Glory holds special significance and should not be lumped in with other flags that would be governed by proposed new Fairfax County zoning rules, according to a resolution passed Feb. 16 by executive-board members of the Great Falls...
