Citizens React To T-Zone Proposal (Part II)
Citizens provided analyses to support their views, and more letters. Reactions were also printed in the Falls Church News Press.
Plans and Policies
Citizens React To T-Zone Proposal (Part I)
Excerpts from a selection of more than 150 letters from citizens, mostly in opposition to the T-Zone proposal.
Snyder Asks Planning Staff About Citizens’ T-Zone Concerns
Video: Stoddard admits that latest changes fail to address citizen concerns about height, setbacks, stepbacks, and coverage.
List Of T-Zone Lots
PDF: Address, owner, usage, size, value and year built of each T-Zone property. Map attached.
City Arborist Has Stormwater, Tree Canopy Concerns On T-Zone
City arborist wants reduced lot coverage, citing stormwater concerns in T-Zone proposal. Supports 20ft front and rear setbacks to allow for 15% tree canopy.
T-Zone Town Hall Q&A With City Staff
Video: Citizens comment on proposal’s missed opportunity to build needed housing, bias towards developers, permissible building size, environmental impacts, streetscape.
Developers’ Letters On T-Zone
Developers want higher lot coverage and impervious surface limits, and lower setbacks in revised T-Zone code. 60% coverage is OK for townhouses.
Planning Commission Shows Deference To Developers
Video: The Planning Commission bows to developer demands, allows bigger structures and narrower setbacks through the Special Use Permit (SUP) process.
Eden Center Small Businesses Fear Displacement
Video: The Vietnamese community fears higher rents, criticizes the City’s lack of outreach on East End Small Area Plan.