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Place · on the record since 2024 · discussed in 3 transcribed meetings

10120 Fairfax Boulevard

10120 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-D) is a formerly vacant pad site within the Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center in Fairfax City's CR Commercial Retail District and Architectural Control Overlay District (ACOD). 5 separate matters touch this place; each has its own status.

approved

The Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center GDP Amendment project concerns a request by ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC to develop a 2,090-square-foot Taco Bell restaurant with a drive-through and walk-up window at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map Parcels 47-4-23-000-A and 47-4-23-000-D). The application required four distinct approvals: a General Development Plan (GDP) amendment, a Special Use Permit for the drive-through restaurant, a Special Exception for interior parking landscaping, and a Major Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping.

  • Sep 9, 2024Planning Commission · item 6a
    Request from ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC for GDP Amendment, Special Use Permit (drive-through restaurant), and Special Exception (parking landscaping) – Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center, 10120 & 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard

    Subject property (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-D) for the proposed drive-through restaurant and Special Exception.

    passedMotion by Ms. Lockhart, seconded by Mr. Coleman, to recommend City Council adopt the attached resolution approving the GDP amendment for ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC at 10120 and 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map Parcels 47-4-23-000-A and 47-4-23-000-D).
    ✓ Feather✓ Briggs✓ Coleman✓ Cunningham✓ Denton✓ Lockhart✓ Rice
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  • Dec 10, 2024City Council · item 8a
    Public hearing on ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC request — Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center (Taco Bell drive-through): GDP amendment, Special Use Permit, Special Exception, and Certificate of Appropriateness

    This parcel (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-D) is the site of the approved Taco Bell drive-through restaurant development within Boulevard Marketplace.

    passedMotion to adopt Ordinance No. 2024-14 approving the General Development Plan amendment for Boulevard Marketplace (10120 and 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard).
    ✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ Stehle
    passedMotion to approve the Special Use Permit for a drive-through restaurant facility at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-D).
    ✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ Stehle
    passedMotion to adopt Resolution R-24-39 approving the Special Exception for interior landscaped parking islands at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard.
    ✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ Stehle
    passedMotion to approve the Major Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard.
    ✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ Stehle
    minutesagenda
in progress

4010 University Drive is a Pathway Homes, Inc. project in the CR Commercial Retail zoning district and Old Town Fairfax Historic Overlay District (Tax Map 57-4-02-087-B) in the City of Fairfax. The proposal involves developing affordable residential units with support services and ground-floor office space.

Private Development · Under Construction

Tommy's Carwash

approved

Tommy's Carwash is a proposed car wash facility by Olympus Pines, LLC at 9917 Fairfax Boulevard in the City. The project required a Special Use Permit (SUP) for vehicle service use, special exceptions (covering exterior vacuum stations, a fence in a transitional yard, and modified street tree requirements), and a Major Certificate of Appropriateness.

Private Development · Under Construction

Taco Bell

in progress

The Taco Bell project concerns a proposed new Taco Bell restaurant with a drive-through at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard, specifically on Parcel D — a 0.66-acre vacant pad site within an existing shopping center (larger Parcel A is 2.4 acres) that was previously approved under a 2017 general development plan and 2008 proffers. The shopping center contains approximately 119 shared parking spaces with no dedicated parking for any individual tenant.

denied

The George Snyder Trail was a planned off-street shared-use path project (VDOT UPC 112816) intended to improve multimodal connectivity along Fairfax Boulevard in the City of Fairfax. The project drew sustained and significant public opposition throughout its consideration.

  • Sep 9, 2024Planning Commission · item 6a
    Request from ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC for GDP Amendment, Special Use Permit (drive-through restaurant), and Special Exception (parking landscaping) – Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center, 10120 & 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard

    Subject property (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-D) for the proposed drive-through restaurant and Special Exception.

    passedMotion by Ms. Lockhart, seconded by Mr. Coleman, to recommend City Council adopt the attached resolution approving the GDP amendment for ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC at 10120 and 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map Parcels 47-4-23-000-A and 47-4-23-000-D).
    ✓ Feather✓ Briggs✓ Coleman✓ Cunningham✓ Denton✓ Lockhart✓ Rice
    Watch this momentminutesagenda

In full

Applicant ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC sought approval to develop a Taco Bell drive-through restaurant on the site, requiring a General Development Plan (GDP) amendment, Special Use Permit, Special Exception for parking landscaping, and a Major Certificate of Appropriateness. The application was formally submitted February 6, 2024, and was preceded by Planning Commission and City Council work sessions in June 2024 and Board of Architectural Review conditional approval in April 2024. On September 9, 2024, the Planning Commission unanimously (7-0) recommended City Council approve the GDP amendment (dated August 19, 2024), while deferring action on the remaining three approvals.

On December 10, 2024, City Council approved all four items — Ordinance No. 2024-14 (GDP amendment), the Special Use Permit for the drive-through, Resolution R-24-39 (Special Exception for interior landscaped parking islands), and the Major Certificate of Appropriateness — each by a 4-2 vote, with Council Members Lim and Stehle opposed on all four motions. The project is fully approved and may proceed to construction permitting.