Council Approves Affordable Living Policy With 9 Priority Goals
City Council adopted a policy requiring that 12% of all units in new developments be affordable and affirmed efforts to retain existing affordable housing, among other goals.
Plans and Policies
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Falls Church City Receives the Gordon Road Triangle Report, Considers Next Steps to Redevelop the 15 acres
The Urban Land Institute delivered their report on how the Gordon Road Triangle should be redeveloped. The report covers public-private partnership, land use, transportation, equity and regional coordination.
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Trading Inequities: Proposed Trash Fees Disproportionately Burden Owners of Lower Valued Properties
The Solid Waste Task Force discussed three structures for trash fees – all would result in lower valued properties paying proportionately more to the City than high valued properties.
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Council Seeks to Retain Planning Commission Review of Site Plans
The City Council asked planning staff to move to comply with a new law that removes the Planning Commission from approving site plans and directed Council’s Legislative Committee to advocate to exempt Falls Church from the legislation during the 2026 General Assembly.
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Council Boosts Planning Commission Salaries; First Increase Since 1990
The City Council took steps to raise Planning Commissioners salaries, which, if approved, will go into effect this fall.
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Solid Waste Task Force Works on a Fee-Based Trash Collection Service
We cover the past three Solid Waste Task Force meetings to draw up a fee structure for the households that use the City’s trash collection service, looking at costs to be included in the fee and adding an organics bin.
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New State Law Guts Public Input on Site Plans
A new statute that goes into effect July 1, 2025, removes Planning Commission authority to approve site plans and eliminates public input.
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Update: City Council Approves 50% Increase in Salaries Starting FY2027
City Council raised salaries for Council members and the Mayor in keeping with new Virginia regulations that increase the annual salary caps for these positions.
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Cost and Safety Concerns Prompt New Streetscape Design Standards
The City streetscape design standards will no longer be all-brick sidewalks and crosswalks. The new standards, if approved, will apply to Founders Row II, the Quinn project, the new roundabout and other new infrastructure projects.
