2023-03ORDINANCE NO.2023-03
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND READOPTING CHAPTER 90, ARTICLE X,
SECTION 90-422 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. 90-422. - 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
$0.125 per $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, 2022 2023, the levy imposed in the immediately
preceding sentence shall be reduced to $0.04 per $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: (i) 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, 2023 as provided by law.
INTRODUCED: April 11, 2023
PUBLIC HEARING: April 25, 2023
ENACTED: May 2, 2023 %
Mayor
AT EST.
:Ihh3 6-City Cler
VOTE:
Mayor Read
Aye
Councilmember Bates
Aye
Councilmember Doyle Feingold
Aye
Councilmember Greenfield
Aye
Councilmember Lim
Aye
Councilmember Ross
Aye
Councilmember Stehle
Aye
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