February 25, 2026 BZA - Feb 25, 2026
meeting
Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals
2h 5m
8 agenda items
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What are the opening procedures and rules for the Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals meeting?
The february twenty fifth, two thousand twenty six meeting of the Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals will please come to order. Do we have any um matters to be presented by members this morning? If not, I'll review our procedures for those of you who have not been here before. Once your case is called, if you please step forward to the microphone and I'll ask that anyone who wishes to speak to that particular case stand, uh raise your right hand, face the clerk to take an oath. Once that's done, the applicant will be asked to state their name and address for the record and affirm whether or not um well ask whether they reaffirm the affidavit as was previously submitted. The applicant will then have a seat in the front row while we li get a report and property location um from staff.
Once we've heard the staff report, the applicant will have up to ten minutes to give their justification for whatever it is they are seeking today. Now that's limited to ten minutes because we do have uh detailed staff reports which contain the justification in them, but the applicant should feel free to add to that if they'd like to do so. I'll then ask if there is anyone who wishes to speak to the application. If you've not already signed up to speak. Um if you would please do so in advance of uh coming up with the clerk on your on your left at the desk. Each individual speaker will be given up to three minutes in which to speak. If you represent a citizens association though, you will have up to five minutes.
If there are any speakers in opposition to the application, the applicant or the applicant's agent will have five minutes rebuttal time. Once you've spoken, you may not do so again unless asked to do so by a member of this board. So with with that said, we will begin this morning. We have um A set our minutes from uh February fourth. Two thousand twenty six And uh Two requests for deferral as well as two items being administratively moved contained on our consent agenda. Um And if there's no um opposition I'll go ahead and move those items for approval. Second. Okay. And All in favour? Um please indicate by saying aye.
How does the board handle the special‑permit request for a backyard chicken coop?
All right. Do we have anyone opposed? Okay, so those items are all approved this morning. All right, our first matter um scheduled for public hearing is the case Of Joelle L. Monroe and James E. Monroe in SP two thousand twenty five-ma. Dash zero zero one oh nine. Mm. Anyone who wants to speak or is going to speak um on this matter, if you would please face the clerk stand, raise your right hand. Mm. And take a note.
Is that one?
Do you swear or affirm that your testimony will be the truth under penalty of the law? I do. And if the applicant would step forward and just um State your name and address for us.
Yes, my name is Joelle Lynn Monroe. My address is three one one three Shade Lynn Drive, Falls Church, Virginia, two two two two two two two two two two two two zero four four.
Wonderful. And James Monroe, same address. Good morning.
Okay, do you both reaffirm the affidavit as you previously submitted? Yes, sir.
We
do. Okay, great. If you just have a seat, um we're gonna go ahead head head and hear from staff and we will come back to you.
Morning. Good morning. Thank you, Madam Chair, and good morning everyone. I am Sinclair Williams with the Department of Planning and Development. The subject application is a special permit application requesting modifications to provisions regarding the keeping of animals to allow for the keeping of up to four chickens on the subject property. The subject property is an eleven thousand two hundred square foot rectangular shaped interior lot located on the east side of Shadeland Drive, between Nichols Nicholson Street to the north and Carolyn Drive to the south, in the sleepy hollow manor subdivision just south of seven corners in Falls Church. The lot is developed with a one and a half story brick and stone single family detached dwelling constructed in nineteen fifty five, containing approximately two thousand one hundred and eighty five square feet of floor area and situated in the central portion of the parcel.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What are the opening procedures and rules for the Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals meeting?
0:07–3:03
2
How does the board handle the special‑permit request for a backyard chicken coop?
3:03–7:01
3
What concerns do neighbors raise about the chicken coop and how does staff address them?
7:01–11:56
4
How does the board vote on the chicken‑coop application and what conditions are imposed?
11:56–17:38
5
What is the issue with the front porch’s vested‑rights determination and how does it affect the case?
17:38–28:43
6
Why does the board consider deferring the chicken‑coop case and what are the proposed next steps?
28:43–41:34
7
How does the board evaluate the special‑permit request for a two‑story addition on Mustang Drive?
41:34–55:38
8
What are the final motions, votes, and adjournment details for the February 25, 2026 meeting?
55:38–2:05:20