R-18-22RESOLUTION NO. R-18-22
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF FAIRFAX DESIGN
GUIDELINES
WHEREAS, § 2.8:1 of the Charter of the City of Fairfax gives the City Council the power
create by ordinance a board of architectural review which shall have the power to pass upon the
appropriateness of exterior architectural features, including signs, of structures, buildings, or
major improvements, or major landscape features surrounding such building, structure or major
improvement to be erected, reconstructed, altered or restored in any architectural control district
established in the City; and
WHEREAS, § 110-5.4.5 of the Code of the City of Fairfax authorizes the Board of
Architectural Review to make recommendations on the improvement of architectural guidelines
and standards; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the existing Design Guidelines for the Old Town Fairfax
Historic and Transition Overlay Districts on June 22, 1993 and the Community Appearance
Plan on April 26, 1994, in order to provide guidance to the City in assessing the appropriateness
of design, and it was determined that the contents and recommendations of both documents
were now out of date; and
WHEREAS, the City executed a contract on June 13, 2017 with Frazier Associates and Lardner
Klein Landscape Architects to create the City of Fairfax Design Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, an advisory committee with membership drawn from City staff, City Boards and
Commissions, the City Council, business owners, and citizens was formed and met on August
31, 2017, September 20, 2017, March 22, 2018, and June 5, 2018 to discuss the City of Fairfax
Design Guidelines in its various stages of drafting; and
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a joint work session with the Board of Architectural
Review on June 5, 2018 to review the draft of the City of Fairfax Design Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Architectural Review held a public hearing, and on July 11, 2018,
formally recommended repeal of the Design Guidelines for the Old Town Fairfax Historic and
Transition Overlay Districts and Community Appearance Plan, and adoption of the City of
Fairfax Design Guidelines to City Council; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Fairfax hereby
repeals the Design Guidelines for the Old Town Fairfax Historic and Transition Overlay
Districts and Community Appearance Plan, and adopts the draft of the City of Fairfax Design
Guidelines dated July 19, 2018.
Adopted: July 24, 2018
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
The vote on the motion to approve was recorded as follows:
VOTE:
Councilmember DeMarco
Absent
Councilmember Lim
Aye
Councilmember Miller
Aye
Councilmember Passey
Aye
Councilmember Stehle
Absent
Councilmember Yi
Aye