19841113 1984-17ORDINANCE NO. 1984-17
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, SECTIONS 26-162 AND 163
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax~.
Virginia, that Sections 26-162 and 163 of the Code of the City of
Fairfax, Virginia, be and hereby are amended to read in their
entirety as follows:
Article XI. C1-L Limited Office District.
Sec. 26-162. Building t~L
(a) Ail new buildings erected under the provi-
sions of this article shall be built to resemble a
series of townhouses, with any parking under the build-
ings being fully enclosed.
The front and rear facades of a townhouse style
building shall be divided vertically so as to appear to
be a series of no more than seven individual townhouse
units, each being no more than thirty feet wide. The
vertical sections of the front and rear facades shall
be delineated by differing the building materials,
colors, or roof lines, or any combination of these, and
the front facade shall present a staggered appearance
with no more than two abutting vertical sections having
the same front yard setback, the minimum variation
being two feet.
(b) Any single family dwelling unit, legally
constructed in a residential district and intended and
used as a single family residence, may thereafter be
converted to office use, in the event that the property
on which it is located shall have been rezoned to the
C1-L district; provided, however, that any additions
or modifications to the structure which are part of or
subsequent to its conversion to commercial use shall
not increase the gross floor area of the building by
more than fifteen percent.
(c) Compliance with the provisions of this
section shall be determined by the zoning administrator
upon recommendation of the board of architectural
review.
Sec. 26-163. Height, area, setback, lot width, floor
area ratio, open s~aqe and maxim~ building siz~o
(a) Maximum height:
(1) No wall of any structure shall be
exposed more than three (3) stories but in no
event shall the height of any building
measured from the top of the highest exposed
external wall or from the top of any screen-
Jng for rooftop mechanical equipment, which-
ever is higher, exceed thirty-five (35)
feet. For the purpose of this section, the
exceptions to height limitations contained in
Section 26-12(a) shall not apply.
(2) No mechanical equipment shall be
placed on the roof unless recessed below the
roofline so that it is concealed and not
visible from ground level or dwellings. Any
mechanical equipment placed on the groun~
outside the building must be adequately
screened to harmonize with the general
appearance an character of the building; if
the lot borders residential property, no
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mechanical equipment may be located within
25 feet of adjacent residential property, and
all such . ' ·
equlpment must be screened for sound
as well as aesthetics.
(b) Lot area:
(!) Minimum lot area: None.
(2) Maximum lot area: Three acres.
(3) Average lot area: None.
(c) Building restriction line (brl):
(1) Front: Twenty-five-foot setback
except that on a street which has a right-of-
way of less than fifty (50) feet the brl
shall be fifty (50) feet from the established
center line.
(2) Corner lots: The brl shall apply
to all streets and the side setback shall be
applied to the remaining property line(s).
(3) Between -the street and'the building
restriction line, no fence, wall, structure,
automobile parking area, unloading area or
other impervious area except permitted signs,
sidewalks, driveways for ingress and egress
shall be permitted nor shall any merchandise
be displayed. Such building restriction
areas shall be landscaped pursuant to a plan
approved by the planning director.
(d) Setbacks:
(1) Side: Twelve (12) feet; except
where contiguous to residential property
where twenty-five-foot setback required.
(2) Rear: None; except where conti-
guous to residential property where twenty-
five-foot setback required.
(e) Lot width: Minimum lot width at the building
restriction line: None.
(f) Floor area ratio: Maximum 0.40.
(9) Open space: At least thirty (30) per cent of
the lot area shall be landscaped open space.
~h) Maximum building sizes: No townhouse style
building or converted single family residential
structure, together with any additions or modifications
thereto, shall exceed seventeen thousand and five
hundred (17,500) square feet in gross floor area.
This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its being
signed by the Mayor.
ZNTRODUCED:
ADOPTE]~: ~ No~ember..~$., 1984
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