City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive Plan

Highlands at Mantua is a redevelopment proposal by RJL Associates, Inc. to replace approximately 21,566 sq ft of existing office space with 14 front-loaded townhomes on a 2.12-acre site at 9495 Silver King Court. The project drew early public opposition from the neighboring Pickett's Reserve HOA, which raised concerns about lot size, building heights, buffers, and tree removal at the February 10, 2025 Planning CommissionPlanning CommissionThe appointed body that reviews land-use applications and plans first and sends a recommendation to City Council, which makes the final decision. meeting.

• Jul 27, 2026Planning Commission · item 6a

  Highlands at Mantua – Public Hearing

  The City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive Plan is implicated by the requested Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the Highlands at Mantua project.

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• Sep 22, 2026City Council · item 8aapproved

  Public Hearing – 9495 Silver King Court Redevelopment (RJL Associates, Inc.)

  The future land use map was amended for 9495 Silver King Court from Commercial Corridor Place Type to Townhouse/Single-Family Attached Neighborhood Place Type.

  passedAdopt resolution recommending amendment of the Comprehensive Plan from Commercial Corridor Place Type to Townhouse/Single-Family Attached Neighborhood Place Type for Tax Map Parcel 58-2-10-0001-A-1.

  ✓ Amos✓ Bates✓ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson

  passedApprove rezoning application Z-24-00236 to rezone 9495 Silver King Court from PDC to PDR-ACOD, approve the General Development Plan Amendment, and approve the Master Development Plan with commitments revised June 15, 2026.

  ✓ Amos✓ Bates✕ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✕ McQuillen✓ Peterson

  passedApprove Certificate of Appropriateness for 9495 Silver King Court (Highlands at Mantua) per Section 110-6.5.6.B of the City Code, with stated conditions.

  ✓ Amos✓ Bates✕ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✕ McQuillen✓ Peterson

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The 2035 Comprehensive PlanComprehensive planThe city's long-range vision for land use, transportation, housing, and parks. Rezonings are judged partly on whether they fit it. Implementation Guide is a living document developed post-adoption of the City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive Plan to track implementation of the plan's 333 total action items, as well as companion Implementation Guides for four adopted Small Area PlansSmall area planA detailed plan for one neighborhood or corridor that fills in the comprehensive plan's broad goals with block-level guidance. (Old Town, Northfax, Camp Washington, and Fairfax Circle). The guides are maintained by planning staff — principally Planner II Amy Lynn Denny — and are updated on a roughly semi-annual cycle: winter updates are packaged with the Planning CommissionPlanning CommissionThe appointed body that reviews land-use applications and plans first and sends a recommendation to City Council, which makes the final decision.'s Annual Report to City Council (typically considered in late winter/early spring), and summer updates are presented as standalone work sessionWork sessionA meeting for discussion and briefing only. No formal votes are taken, but positions get set here. items.

• Jul 13, 2026Planning Commission · item 8c

  Presentation of updates to the Implementation Guides related to the City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive Plan and approved Small Area Plans

  The City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive Plan is referenced as the basis for Implementation Guide updates scheduled for presentation at this work session.

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Courthouse Plaza (10300 Willard Way and 3922 Blenheim Boulevard) is a shopping center redevelopment project in the CR Commercial Retail/Old Town Fairfax Transition Overlay District, proposed by Combined Courthouse, LLC. The project has proceeded through two distinct application cycles.

• Jun 8, 2026Planning Commission · item 10

  Staff Report

  A comprehensive plan implementation group meeting was noted for June 25, 2026.

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The Fairfax Circle Small Area PlanSmall area planA detailed plan for one neighborhood or corridor that fills in the comprehensive plan's broad goals with block-level guidance. is one of four Activity Center Small Area Plans developed by the City of Fairfax. Planning began in Spring 2023.

• Jul 8, 2024Planning Commission · item 6a

  Public hearing and recommendation to City Council on the proposed Fairfax Circle Small Area Plan

  Approval of the Fairfax Circle Small Area Plan was made subject to final approval of associated amendments in the update to the 2035 Comprehensive Plan; a Comprehensive Plan review work session was noted for the July 22, 2024 Planning Commission meeting.

  passedMotion to adopt Resolution PC-24-02 approving the Fairfax Circle Small Area Plan and recommending approval and adoption to City Council in the draft dated June 24, 2024, subject to final approval of associated amendments in the update to the City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive Plan, and specified modifications including property access preservation, a transportation safety study, analysis of widening walkways/shared use paths, and three textual edits to the plan document.

  ✓ Feather✓ Briggs✓ Coleman✓ Rice✓ Cunningham· Denton· Lockhart

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• Mar 3, 2026Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 3

  Discussion of Next Steps

  The Comprehensive Plan, led by the Department of Community Development and Planning, was noted as including Housing Goals; the City's Housing Division is transitioning into this department to further align housing policy and long-range planning.

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Beacon Landing is a 54-unit supportive affordable housing development co-developed by Wesley Housing and Lamb Center, located within the city. The project drew on 23 separate financing sources, including a $700,000 gap financing investment from the city's Housing Trust Fund in February 2023 — a sum that had accumulated over roughly seven years from cash-in-lieu payments made by developers prior to the city's 2020 Affordable Dwelling Unit ordinanceOrdinanceA local law. Ordinances amend the city code and need a public hearing and two readings..

• Dec 1, 2025Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 5

  December 2nd Council Presentation

  The Comprehensive Plan was cited as a guiding document for HHCAB's workplan and as a source identifying the need for a Housing Trust Fund.

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Pathway Homes is a nonprofit organization that relocated its headquarters to Fairfax City and redeveloped a building at 4010 University Drive in the Old Town Fairfax Historic Overlay District into a mixed-useMixed-useA building or project that combines homes with shops, offices, or other uses. facility providing 15 units of supportive affordable housing targeted at low-income older adults, along with ground-floor commercial space. A special exceptionSpecial exceptionA council-approved departure from a specific zoning rule, such as parking counts or height, for one property. was approved by City Council on or around February 25, 2025, permitting a maximum densityDensityHow many homes are allowed per acre of land. of 28 dwelling units per acre in the CR Commercial Retail zoning districtZoningThe city rules that say what can be built where: uses, height, density, setbacks, and parking, by district..

• Dec 1, 2025Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 5

  December 2nd Council Presentation

  The Comprehensive Plan was cited as a guiding document for HHCAB's workplan and as a source identifying the need for a Housing Trust Fund.

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• Dec 1, 2025Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 5

  December 2nd Council Presentation

  The Comprehensive Plan was cited as a guiding document for HHCAB's workplan and as a source identifying the need for a Housing Trust Fund.

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The Davies Property project is a mixed-useMixed-useA building or project that combines homes with shops, offices, or other uses. redevelopment of 4131 Chain Bridge Road (2.69 acres) in Fairfax City, proposed by The Hill, A Davies Family, LLC. The application sought to rezoneRezoningChanging which zoning district a property sits in, which changes what can be built there. Goes to the Planning Commission for a recommendation, then to City Council for the vote. the site from RM (Residential Medium) to CU (Commercial Urban), retaining the Old Town Fairfax Transition Overlay District (TOD overlay), with a General Development PlanGeneral development planThe conceptual layout submitted with a rezoning or special use permit that shows what the applicant commits to build. for a building of up to 276 multifamily apartments, approximately 10,796 sq ft of ground-floor commercial space (retail and office), and a 3-level below-grade parking garage.

• Dec 1, 2025Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 5

  December 2nd Council Presentation

  The Comprehensive Plan was cited as a guiding document for HHCAB's workplan and as a source identifying the need for a Housing Trust Fund.

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Fairfax Square Professional Center (9840–9946 Main Street) is a ~10.4-acre commercial site on the north side of Main Street, adjacent to the Fairfax Square garden-style apartment complex. The property owner (Van Meter Companies) is proposing a phased mixed-useMixed-useA building or project that combines homes with shops, offices, or other uses. redevelopment that would demolish most of the existing low-slung commercial buildings while retaining the five-story office building and an existing bank; the concept calls for roughly 300 new apartment units in two or three buildings, along with some ground-floor retail (~10,000 sq. ft.).

• Dec 1, 2025Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 5

  December 2nd Council Presentation

  The Comprehensive Plan was cited as a guiding document for HHCAB's workplan and as a source identifying the need for a Housing Trust Fund.

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The Affordable Housing and Homelessness Strategic Plan is a City of Fairfax initiative developed in partnership with consultant firm Thomas P. Miller and Associates (TPMA) to address affordable housing needs and homelessness, building on a prior Homelessness Task Force report that produced 38 recommendations (10 prioritized).

• Oct 10, 2024Parks and Recreation Advisory Board · item 8dapproved

  Stakeholder Update – Planning Commission

  The Planning Commission made final adjustments to the Comp Plan and City Council approved it at the most recent Council meeting.

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The Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP) is the City of Fairfax's first comprehensive, 20-year roadmap for stewardship of its urban forest. Development began in May 2024 and proceeded through two Steering Committee meetings, two public open houses (July and October 2024, with a third in October 2025), stakeholder interviews, a public survey, and ongoing presentations to the Planning CommissionPlanning CommissionThe appointed body that reviews land-use applications and plans first and sends a recommendation to City Council, which makes the final decision., PRAB, Environmental Sustainability Committee, and City Council.

• Oct 10, 2024Parks and Recreation Advisory Board · item 8dapproved

  Stakeholder Update – Planning Commission

  The Planning Commission made final adjustments to the Comp Plan and City Council approved it at the most recent Council meeting.

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