1. Attendance:
   1. Members: Jim Hart (Heritage Forest), Carol Hawn (Singleton's Grove), Mark McConn (Bull Run Civic Association), Jeff Parnes (Chantilly Highlands), Bill Ritchie (NECCA), and Larry Tessier (Franklin Farm)

   2. Guests: Bill Hanks (Fairfax County Federation of Citizen Associations)

2. Presentations:
   1. 7:30
      • Proponent: Bill Hanks of the Fairfax County Federation of Citizen Associations, and a representative of AHOME (Affordable Housing Opportunities Means Everyone)
        
      • Action: Affordable Dwelling Unit Ordinance Task Force recommendations.
        
      • Location: County-wide

      Bill Hanks of the Fairfax County Federation of Citizen Associations, and a representative of AHOME (Affordable Housing Opportunities Means Everyone), reported on the Affordable Dwelling Unit Ordinance Task Force recommendations. The ADU ordinance affects developments with 50 or more units. For example, a development with 100 homes is allowed to build 20 more, 5 for sale at the normal cost of units in the development, and 15 more at costs lower than the average residence in the development. These 20 new homes can be built with no additional land cost as the cost was spread out over the first 100 units built.

      The Affordable Dwelling Unit Ordinance Task Force was empowered to review the ordinance after its first five years of implementation. The task force recommended several changes to the existing ordinance, and AHOME suggested several changes to the task force's recommendations.

      The task force recommended that two possible options be available when the entire project is detached single family housing with 15 or fewer ADUs required and there are no multi-family properties within 250 feet. The first was a total exception. The other option was a contribution to the County's Housing Trust Fund of fair market value of land that would have been under ADUs. AHOME recommended that both of these alternatives not be implemented. The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted to support the buyout provisions in lieu of the exemption option with two in favor and four abstaining.

      The task force also recommended that the time limit for the ADU housing to remain under ADU guidelines for resale or rental to other qualified ADU occupants be lowered from 50 years to 10 years for resale ADUs and 20 years for rental ADUs. AHOME recommended that the time period for resale units be lowered only to 15 years. The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted to support all other AHOME recommendations including keeping the resale units under the ordinance for 15 instead of 10 years.

3. Old Business:
   1. Route 29 Public Information Meeting was scheduled for 8 January 1998.

4. New Business: Jim Hart reported on several items of concern to the Western Fairfax Federation of Civic Associations.
   1. The quarry at Route 29 had a request on 20 Jan for expanded hours of blasting. The Izaak Walton League wants to expand the shooting range by adding more stalls. This will also be discussed on 20 January. The Board of Zoning Appeals will consider a case involving the Shark Club at 9:00 Am, 13 January 1998.
   2. On Wednesday, 7 January the Planning Commission will consider a special exception to build a used car lot at the northeast corner of Routes 29 and 28. The county staff is recommending denial. Their concerns include the fact that the case involves no lot consolidation as recommended by wording in the comprehensive plan. The staff is also concerned with possible traffic problems. The Western Fairfax Federation of Civic Associations is concerned that the staff report makes no mention that the parcel is close to the Centreville Historic District.

      The Sully District Council has previously spoken against the location of used car lots near historic sites (dealing with parcels north of Route 50 near the Sully Plantation). For that reason Jim Hart was given the committee's authorization to indicate he was speaking for it when he made that point against the used car lot at the public hearing. {Note: Request denied]

Respectfully submitted,

Jeffrey M. Parnes
Chair, Sully District Council
Land Use and Transportation Committee