Board of Zoning Appeals 2-23-26 - Feb 26, 2026
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Prince William County Board of Zoning Appeals
2h 11m
8 agenda items
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What was discussed during the Board’s roll call and initial approvals?
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This afternoon, we're convening a Board of Zoning Appeals meeting. Today, for the record, is Monday, February 23rd, 2026. This is the postponed January meeting, which we postponed due to snow. And I was worried that we might have to postpone today, but it wasn't deep enough to justify snowmen, so here we are. So Madam Secretary, would you take the roll?
Okay. Mr. Chamberlain? Present. Mr. Goodman? Mr. Gray? Mr. Passanello?
Present.
Mr. Perry?
Present.
Mr. Francis? Present. Mr. Nixon? So we do have four, so that is a quorum.
Very fine. The first order of business is to approve the brief and resolution for October 20th. Mr. Kerry was the chair pro tem for that meeting. So I will let him carry on. Do you have the brief and resolution to be
approved? Actually, I do. Yes. If that can be
too soon. Absolutely. There we go. I move that we approve the October 20th brief resolutions.
How did the Board approve the October 20th brief and resolution?
I'll second. So
we'll vote. Mr. Chamberlain?
I did not attend that meeting. Can I still vote? Yes. I mean, I'm all for
it. Yes, I believe you can when I looked it up last week. You're present at this one, so you can.
I say aye.
Okay. And Mr. Goodman? Oh, he's absent. Okay. Mr. Passanello?
Aye.
Okay. And Mr. Perry?
Aye.
And Mr. Francis?
I was in the same situation. I was not present until the 20th,
but I will vote
aye now.
Okay. Okay.
Thank you. Perry's fine. Thank you very much. The next order of business is a An update on the comprehensive plan. I'm very pleased to introduce the senior planner or one of the senior
planners. I am David McGettigan. I'm the deputy planning director. Well, we're moving beyond senior.
Deputy planning director, David McGettigan.
All right well yeah this is I've been with the county for almost 21 years now so I've seen the comprehensive plan through lots of changes and updates in the planning office. I was in the long-range planning division and worked on comprehensive plan updates so since 2005 and I was And headed up a lot of what you'll see in the 2040 comprehensive plan, which is the latest one that was adopted by the board and is our current comprehensive plan. So I think you asked for some background of what the comprehensive plan is, why do we have a comprehensive plan, so I'll do that. I'll talk a little bit about how the plan was developed. and get into the content of the plan, what's in there, particularly land use you have interest in, and then talk a little bit about implementing the plan and some of the challenges and things that we're doing now.
So comprehensive plans are required throughout Virginia. So I want to talk a little bit about that. But the comprehensive plan is a guide for the growth and development of our community. And it's really a blueprint for creating great quality of life and play community. and it's a link between the vision and the implementing plans and policies of the county so the county has other plans and things that are underneath or shorter term than the comprehensive plan so it's a guide for those it's one of the main policy documents of the plan So in section 15.2.22.23 of state law, comprehensive plans have to be prepared by local governing bodies and adopted by local governing bodies. Interestingly, the zoning ordinance is not required to be adopted by local.
That's optional. We've, of course, opted into that, but every locality in the Commonwealth has to have a comprehensive plan with the purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, just and harmonious development of the territory. And the guiding part is really important there because it's a policy document. It's not a regulatory document, so it's important to understand that it's not regulating anything. It's just a guide of the board's policy, and it's used in making regulatory decisions, but it is not in itself a regulatory document. And it has to show the locality's long-range recommendations for the general development of the territory. And that component of it is the most important is the land use, projecting what future land uses would be there in the county, as well as all of the infrastructure needed to support those land uses.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What was discussed during the Board’s roll call and initial approvals?
0:02–2:01
2
How did the Board approve the October 20th brief and resolution?
2:01–19:22
3
What are the key components of Prince William County’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan update?
19:22–28:33
4
How is affordable housing defined and implemented in the county’s planning policies?
28:33–52:40
5
What issues are arising around data‑center siting and related zoning regulations?
52:40–1:19:42
6
How does the rezoning process interact with the Comprehensive Plan and what are the procedural steps?
1:19:42–1:31:50
7
What training, alternate‑member, and staffing topics were raised for the Board’s future work?
1:31:50–2:09:33
8
How were nominations, elections, and the adjournment handled at the end of the meeting?
2:09:33–2:11:13