Stay In Touch!

Add your name to the Rose Hill Coalition email list. Updates are sent to residents in Franconia District. Emails are kept confidential and not shared. You can request to be removed from the list at any time.

Sign up for Fairfax County Land Use Updates

Select “Comprehensive Plan Announcements” in the County’s subscription list. This list covers all of Fairfax County; there is no option to select a specific district.

Also follow the Fairfax Land Use Planning Facebook Page for announcements.

Testify at Planning Commission Public Hearings

The Fairfax County Planning Commission (PC) recommends to the Board of Supervisors (BOS) whether to allow a nomination to move forward. PC Public Hearings are held on specific nominations and precede BOS Public Hearings.

The Commission meets on Wednesdays (except holidays).

How to Provide Public Hearing Testimony (Write, Call, Video, In Person)

For information and instructions, go to:
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/planningcommission/ways-to-provide-public-hearing-testimony

Or call (703) 324-3151 between 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday.

Testify at Board of Supervisors Public Hearings

The Board of Supervisors makes the final decision on whether to allow a nomination to move forward through each stage of the planning review process. Public Hearings are held on specific nomination (application to change the zoning for a specific site/property).

The Board of Supervisors (BOS) meets every Tuesday (except holidays). Not all meetings include a Public Hearing on a specific zoning change application (nomination). However, residents may speak (with restrictions) at any BOS meeting.

How to Provide Public Hearing Testimony (Write, Call, Video, In Person)

For information and instructions, go to:
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/clerkservices/ways-provide-public-hearing-testimony

Or call (703) 324-3151 between 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday.

Attend Public Hearings

• Attend in person (see above information on how to register and view; or subscribe to the Coalition Calendar for upcoming events)
• Watch the Channel 16 Live Stream
• Watch Channel 16 on Cox, Verizon and Comcast, and on digital TV with QAM Tuner
• Listen live by calling 703-324-7700
• View on demand via the internet (captions are provided in English or en español)

Attend Franconia District Land Use Meetings

The Franconia District Land Use Committee serves as an advisory body to the Franconia District Supervisor and the Franconia District Land Use Commissioner.

All residents can attend Land Use Committee meetings! By attending monthly meetings, you get a front-row seat on local land use and development plans under consideration.

The Committee meets once a month on a Monday night at 7 pm (click for upcoming meeting dates). See the Coalition Calendar for upcoming meetings.

Meetings are held virtually and/or in person. In-person meetings are held at the Franconia Governmental Center, 6121 Franconia Road, Alexandria, VA 22310. The virtual meeting Zoom link is the same for every meeting.

Distribute Flyers

Print as many as you can distribute! Great option for walkers!

• Rose Hill Plaza (pdf)
• Bren Mar (pdf)

Post a Yard Sign

• Rose Hill Plaza

Learn Something New

Notification of Public Hearings is short, so understanding the land development review process is imperative. The “planning and development” process in Fairfax County encompasses land use laws and regulations that affect everything from refinishing a basement to subdividing a parcel, building a high-rise, rezoning, and more.

The process also requires comprehensive reviews by numerous County and non-county agencies and may involve many steps before a project can be approved prior to construction. Every project is unique and subject to its own set of requirements depending on the location and complexities of the project. As a result, timelines can vary considerably. But as stated above, notification of Public Hearings is relatively short.

“Before approving and adopting any zoning ordinance or amendment thereof, the governing body shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, pursuant to public notice as required by § 15.2-2204, after which the governing body may make appropriate changes or corrections in the ordinance or proposed amendment.” (https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title15.2/chapter22/section15.2-2204/)

“The local planning commission shall not recommend nor the governing body adopt any plan, ordinance or amendment thereof until notice of intention to do so has been published twice in some newspaper published or having general circulation in the locality, with the first notice appearing no more than 28 days before and the second notice appearing no less than seven days before the date of the meeting referenced in the notice; however, the notice for both the local planning commission and the governing body may be published concurrently.” (https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title15.2/chapter18/section15.2-1813/)

Join Your Neighborhood Civic Association

Franconia is home to a number of civic (and homeowners) associations. Keep up-to-date with what is happening in your neighborhood by joining, attending meetings, voting on issues, volunteering, and taking part in your community. Each community association can appoint a representative to the Franconia Land Use Committee (see above).

Subscribe to County Supervisors’ Newsletters

• Franconia District Supervisor Lusk

Understand Public Engagement in Fairfax County

Engage Fairfax County serves as the official public participation portal that features select projects, surveys, and opportunities to provide feedback* as part of the County’s commitment to inclusive community engagement.

Current Surveys

• Plan Forward: The Countywide Policy Plan Update
• Active Fairfax Phase II Community Survey
  (Bicycle Master Plan and the Countywide Trails Plan)
• Fairfax County Zero Waste Resident Survey
• My Brother’s Keeper Fairfax (Strategy Inventory)
• Gum Springs Heritage Resources Study
• Department of Tax Administration Webpage Survey

To Register and take part in current surveys and view results of past surveys, go to:
https://engage.fairfaxcounty.gov/Portal/Register/V4502/1248?returnUrl=https%3a%2f%2fengage.fairfaxcounty.gov%2f

*Depending on the project, some feedback options include survey, text message feedback, email feedback, voicemail lines and translated surveys.