2022-06ORDINANCE NO.2022-06
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND READOPTING CHAPTER 90,
ARTICLE X, SECTION 90422 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, PERTAINING TO THE ADDITIONAL TAX
IMPOSED UPON REAL PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED
WITHIN THE OLD TOWN SERVICE DISTRICT
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, that
Chapter 90, Article X, Section 90-422 of the Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, is
hereby amended and readopted in its entirety as follows:
Sec. 90422. - Additional tax imposed; maximum levy; applicability.
To provide for additional and more complete governmental services within the Old Town
Service District, effective on January 1, 2000, there is hereby levied a tax (in addition to
other taxes levied upon owners of real property within the Old Town Service District) of
SO.125 per S 100.00 of assessed valuation of real estate and improvements thereon located in
the Old Town Service District. At no time during the pendency of the Old Town Service
District shall the annual levy imposed by this section exceed the rate set forth in the
preceding sentence. Effective on January 1, 202.022, the levy imposed in the immediately
preceding sentence shall be reduced to $0.004 per S 100.00. Valuation and assessments of
real property and improvements, timing with respect to valuation, assessment and payment,
penalties and interest on delinquencies, assessment of new construction, and all other
procedures for and details of administration and collection of the tax imposed by this article
shall be the same as provided for by the city code and other applicable law for collection of
real estate taxes generally. In addition to the foregoing, the levy imposed herein shall only
be applicable to real property, and improvements thereon, located within the Old Town
Service District that: (1) carries a non-residential zoning district designation as defined in
the city zoning ordinance, but excluding any residential portions of such property that is not
rental apartments; (ii) carries a multi -family residential zoning district designation (RMF),
but only to the extent such residential multifamily use consists of rental apartments; or (iii)
carries a planned development zoning district designation, but excluding any residential
portions of such property that is not rental apartments.
This ordinance shall be effective as of January 1, 2022, as provided by law.
INTRODUCED: April 12, 2022
PUBLIC HEARING. April 26, 2022
ENACTED: May 3, 2022
ATTEST:
City Clerk
VOTE:
Mayor Meyer
Aye
Councilmember Harmon
Aye
Councilmember Lim
Aye
Councilmember Miller
Aye
Councilmember Ross
Aye
Councilmember Stehle
Aye
Councilmember Yi
Naye
Mayor
Date