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January 15, 2019 | Community and Task Force Meeting Welcome and Thank You! OVERVIEW Land Use and the Comprehensive Plan Overview Amending the Comprehensive Plan Process West Falls Church Transit Station Area (TSA) Study Project Update

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January 15, 2019 | Community and Task Force Meeting

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Welcome and Thank You!

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OVERVIEW

  • Land Use and the Comprehensive Plan Overview
  • Amending the Comprehensive Plan Process
  • West Falls Church Transit Station Area (TSA) Study Project Update
  • Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and

Virginia Tech (VT) Presentations

  • Reconvening West Falls Church TSA Study Citizens Task Force

January 15, 2019, Community & Task Force Meeting

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Why “Do” Land Use Planning?

Establish Goals for Our Community

  • Promote the public health, safety and welfare
  • Manage growth, change and renewal of

community

  • Ensure a continued high quality of life for

residents

  • Balance diverse community goals
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Development Process

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Planning vs. Zoning

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ZONING ORDINANCE GENERAL LAND USE GUIDANCE REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN Residential Industrial  Residential districts: R-C, R-1, R-12 Retail Institutional  Commercial districts: C-1, C-2, C-5 Parks Mixed Use  Industrial districts: I-3, I-4, I-5 Office Public Open Space  Planned Development districts: PDC, PDH

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The Comprehensive Plan

  • Role: A GUIDE for decision-making about the County’s land

use

  • Scope: Anticipate change over the next 20 years
  • Statutory mandate: required by the Code of Virginia to

shape the orderly development of the county

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Components of the Comprehensive Plan

  • The Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map
  • Comprehensive Plan Text:

– The Policy Plan – The Area Plans: Areas I, II, III, and IV – Chesapeake Bay Supplement

  • Other Maps: Transportation & Trails

The Plan text takes precedence over the Plan Map – the text rules!

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Comprehensive Plan Map

West Falls Church Transit Station Area Tysons Urban Center Merrifield Suburban Center

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West Falls Church Transit Station Area (TSA) Overview West Falls Church TSA and Concept for Future Development. Existing stable residential neighborhoods in the area around the TSA.

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West Falls Church TSA Study Process

  • Expanded authorization September 25,

2018, and change to special study

  • Reconvening the Task Force
  • Existing conditions assessment
  • Evaluation of potential impacts, including

impacts to transportation, schools, parks, public facilities, etc.

  • Task Force and County staff

recommendations for changes to the Plan

  • Hearings with the Planning Commission

and Board of Supervisors

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West Falls Church Metro Station Area Existing Acreage: Approximately 31.5 Existing Uses: Metro station parking and the VT & UVA Northern Virginia Center Currently Planned For: WMATA: Public Facilities, Governmental and Institutional/Mixed Use; Option for residential use at a density of 30 dwelling units per acre (du/ac). Northern Virginia Center: Mixed Use; Recommendation for a maximum of 130 dwelling units and 43,800 sq. ft. of retail/office; Option for residential use at a density of 30 du/ac.

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West Falls Church Metro Station Proposal WMATA Proposal: Mixed use with up to 150,000 square feet of office, up to 50,000 square feet of retail, and up to 500 residential units up to an intensity of .96 floor area ratio (FAR). Increase the maximum heights from 45 to 65 feet, and from 65 to 85 feet

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Virginia Tech Proposal: Virginia Tech proposes a mix of uses up to 205,015 square feet of academic classroom space, 100,000 square feet of research/laboratory/conference and tech space, 200,000 square feet of office, 15,000 square feet

  • f retail, and 300,000 square feet
  • f residential uses at an intensity

up to 2.5 FAR.

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City of Falls Church Economic Development Project

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I-66 East Bound Connector Ramp

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TIMELINE

April 24, 2018

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September 25, 2018

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Fall 2018

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Winter/Spring 2019

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Fall 2019

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February 2020

SSPA informational Expanded City of Falls Church Board of Supervisors WMATA and VT Task Force and County West Falls Church Task authorization to selects a developer for hearing staff recommendations Force meeting include VT/UVA the Economic to update the submit traffic studies to VDOT Development Project parcels Comprehensive Plan

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July 31, 2018

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November 6, 2018

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Summer 2019

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January 2020

We are here

PA West Falls Meeting of West Falls West Falls Church Planning Commission

January 15, 2019

Church TSA Church TSA Study Study impact analysis Hearing authorization for Community and Task Force participants and WMATA parcels County Staff West Falls Church TSA Study kick-off meeting

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WMATA and Virginia Tech Presentations

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West Falls Church TSA Study Citizen Task Force Discussion

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More Information in the Process

  • Visit the DPZ Web site to see the West Falls Church TSA Study

page at: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/planning- zoning/plan-amendments/west-falls-church-tsa-study

  • Visit the DPZ Web site for general Planning and Zoning

information here: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/planning- zoning/#gsc.tab=0

  • Sign up for Planning and Zoning email subscriptions here:

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/email/lists/