19770308 1977-09ORDINANCE No. 1977-9
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, TO ADD TO THE USES
PERMITTED IN THE C-2 ZONING DISTRICT.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax,
Virginia, that Section 11 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of
Fairfax, Virginia, be and it hereby is amended to add the followin
to the uses permitted in the C-2 Zoning District:
Renumber subsections B to C, C to D, D to E, E to F, and F
to G, and add a new subsection B to read in its entirety as
follows:
B. Special Use Permits to be Issued Only by the City Council:
The following uses may be permitted subject to
securing a special use permit from the City Council
as provided in subsection B.2 of this zone:
a) Commercial parking facility.
Any special use permit in this zone required to be
issued only by the City Council shall be issued in
accordance with the procedure hereinafter set out:
a)
An applicant for a special use permit under this
subsection B shall make application to and on forms
provided for that purpose by the Zoning Adminis-
trator, and the application shall be accompanied
by a fee of fifty dollars ($50).
b)
Each such application within thirty (30) days
after filing shall be placed upon an agenda of a
City Council meeting and the City Council shall
schedule a public hearing upon the application,
shall cause to be advertised by publication once
a week for two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper
published in or having general circulation in the
City of Fairfax a notice of the time and place of
the public hearing. This hearing shall be not les
than six (6) days nor more than twenty-one (21)
days after final publication of the notice. At
least ten (10) days prior to the date of any such
public hearing the property shall be posted by the
City and the applicant shall notify all adjacent
and at least three (3) additional neighboring pro
perty owners by certified mail.
c)
The City Council is hereby empowered to grant spe-
cial use permits when in the judgement of the
Council such special use permit shall be in harmon
with the general purpose and intent of the zoning
regulations and map, such use will not be objec-
tionable by reason of smoke, dust, odor, vibration
or sight, and will not tend to affect adversely th
use of neighboring property or the welfare of per-
sons living and working in the neighborhood of the
proposed use.
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d)
The City Council in considering any application
for a special use permit shall consider the followl
factors and standards: The size and shape of the
lot on which the use is proposed, access to streetl
for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic, lightin
noise, traffic; and taking into consideration futu
increase of vehicular traffic, lighting, noise,
traffic, sight, smoke, dust, odor, vibration and
other factors which may affect the serenity of the
neighborhood, the safety and movement of vehicular
and pedestrial traffic upon adjacent streets, the
safety of children living in the area, the locatior
height and design of'building, walls, the desira-
bility or feasibility of fences and landscaping
proposed and over-all impact of the proposed use
upon the development and use of adjacent land.
e)
The City Council may impose conditions upon the
issuance of any special use permit, including
requiring a bond or imposing a time limitation.
In imposing such said conditions and limitations,
the.City Council shall be guided by the standards
and considerations as set forth in subsections B.2
(c) and B.2(d) of this zone.
This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its adopt
by the City Council of the City of Fairfax, Virginia.
Adopted:
Attest:
March 8, 1977