10120 Fairfax Boulevard
Summary
10120 Fairfax Boulevard is a vacant pad site within the Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center in Fairfax that was the subject of a proposal by ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC to develop a Taco Bell drive-through restaurant. The applicant sought four approvals: a General Development Plan (GDP) amendment, a Special Use Permit for the drive-through restaurant, a Special Exception for interior parking lot landscaping, and a Major Certificate of Appropriateness. The formal application was submitted February 6, 2024, followed by work sessions with the Planning Commission (June 10, 2024) and City Council (June 25, 2024). On September 9, 2024, the Planning Commission unanimously (7-0) recommended City Council approve the GDP amendment (dated August 19, 2024), but took no action that night on the remaining three approvals. On December 10, 2024, City Council held a public hearing and approved all four items — Ordinance No. 2024-14 (GDP amendment), the Special Use Permit, Resolution R-24-39 (Special Exception), and the Certificate of Appropriateness — each on a 4-2 vote with Council Members Lim and Stehle opposed.
What members have said
At the September 9, 2024 Planning Commission meeting, Ms. Lockhart made the motion to recommend City Council approve the GDP amendment for the ABTB Mid-Atlantic project at 10120 and 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard.
At the September 9, 2024 Planning Commission meeting, Mr. Coleman seconded Ms. Lockhart's motion to recommend approval of the GDP amendment.
At the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting, Council Member Greenfield seconded the motion on the Special Use Permit and sought to add an additional condition (condition number two) to that approval. Greenfield voted yes on all four motions.
At the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting, Council Member Ross made the motions for the Special Use Permit, the Special Exception, and the Certificate of Appropriateness, and voted yes on all four items.
At the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting, Council Member Staley stated that from his perspective the project was not a positive addition to the site, that the shopping center could not handle a drive-through, and that a drive-through built there would remain for decades. He expressed appreciation for the applicant's efforts and his colleagues' engagement but said he would vote against the motions. The dated record identifies Lim and Stehle as the two 'no' votes; Staley's vote is not captured in the dated record's breakdown, suggesting Staley may correspond to the 'Stehle' entry or that his comments were made at the October 22, 2024 agenda-adoption context — his recorded opposition is noted as stated on December 10, 2024 per transcript.
Council Member Lim voted no on all four motions at the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting.
Council Member Stehle voted no on all four motions at the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting.
Positions as recorded in meeting minutes; votes without recorded comment aren’t summarized.
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Full history
[6a] 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[10] Address of the Taco Bell project scheduled for a December 10, 2024 City Council public hearing.
[8a] 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✕ StehlepassedMotion 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✕ StehlepassedMotion 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✕ StehlepassedMotion to approve the Major Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard.✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ Stehle
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