19760720 r-76-17RESOLUTION NO. R-76-17
WHEREAS, Chapters 13 and 18 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City
of Fairfax, Virginia, provide for the establishment and control of archi-
tectural control districts within the City of Fairfax, Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, was
amended by the General Assembly of Virginia during its 1976 session to
authorize and provide further for the creation and control of architectural
control districts within the City of Fairfax, Virginia; and,
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Council of the City
of Fairfax, Virginia, that certain revisions and additions to the existing
chapters are necessary; and,
WHEREAS, certain recently enacted sections of the 1950 Code of
Virginia, as amended, provide for the creation of architectural control
districts other than pursuant to authority contained in municipal charters;
and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to revise and re-enact
Chapters 13 and 18 of the Zoning Ordinance relating to architectural con-
trol districts.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
Fairfax, Virginia, that Chapters ]3 and 18 of the Zoning Ordinance be, and
they hereby are, referred to the Planning Commission of the City of Fairfax,
Virginia, and the Commission is directed to report its recommendations to
the Council on or before the second meeting of the Councll in September,
1976. In its review of the said Chapters, the Planning Commission is
directed to consider necessary revisions and additions to the present
Chapters, to correct existing deficiencies and to conform the same to the
recent eharter amendments. In addition, the Planning Commission is directed
to consider and make recommendations to the Council concerning the revision
of the present Chapters to reflect the restrictions and provisions of
Sections 15.1-503.2 and 503.3 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended,
relating to the creation of architectural control districts other than
pursuant to authority contained in municipal charters and such other re-
visions as the Planning Commission may deem appropriate.
ADOPTED: July 20, 1976
Attest:
C~ty 'Clerk