On Tuesday evening [March 23], the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted to proceed [with] the proposed Zoning Modernization Ordinance, a series of updates to the local zoning laws that has been in progress since 2017.

The Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance Modernization Project began as an effort to update a 42 year old, thousand page document into one that was easier to navigate. In the process of modernizing the document, the committee has undertaken many amendments to the laws themselves. ZMOD, as it is called colloquially, will lift restrictions on Accessory Living Units on properties featuring single-family homes for fifty-five-and-up communities, as well as those living with a disability. It will also streamline the process for running a business out of a home.

The passage of the new ordinance is opposed by a number of homeowner’s groups in the area, due to the fact that it will, in many cases, take homeowners out of the process of zoning approval.

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