Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- applies exclusively to the Worldgate development as approved by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
Uses
Permitted by right23
- Business service and supply service establishments
- Eating establishments
- Establishments for scientific research, development and training where assembly, integration and testing of products in a completely enclosed building is incidental to the principal use of scientific research, development and training
- Exposition halls and facilities to house cultural or civic events or conventions of political, industrial, fraternal or similar associations, with a minimum gross floor area of 100,000 square feet
- Financial institutions
- Garment cleaning establishments
- Hotels, motels
- Offices
- Personal service establishments
- Public uses
- Repair service establishments
- Retail sales establishments
- Theatres
- Affordable dwelling unit developments
- Bank teller machines, unmanned, located within a multiple family dwelling
- Commercial recreation uses (Group 5) - billiard and pool halls, bowling alleys, commercial swimming pools, tennis courts, health clubs, indoor firing ranges, archery ranges, fencing, miniature golf courses, skating facilities, any other similar commercial recreation use
- Community uses (Group 4)
- Dwellings (including short-term rentals)
- Institutional uses (Group 3)
- Kennels
- Light public utility uses (Category 1)
- New vehicle storage
- Parking, commercial off-street, as a principal use
Conditional / special use3
- Commercial off-street parking in Metro Station areas as a temporary use
- Fast food restaurant
- Any use from (c) or (d) not specifically designated on an approved plan
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Lighting glare standard
All lighting fixtures used to illuminate such outdoor areas shall be designed to comply with the performance standards as to glare of the Fairfax County zoning district in which such facility is located as of January 2, 2005.
Other
- Maximum gross floor area of dwellings as secondary use50 pct
the gross floor area devoted to dwellings as a secondary use shall not exceed 50 percent of the gross floor area of all principal uses
- Maximum gross floor area of other secondary uses25 pct
The gross floor area of all other secondary uses shall not exceed 25 percent of the gross floor area of all principal uses
- Minimum gross floor area for exposition halls100,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Exposition halls and facilities to house cultural or civic events or conventions of political, industrial, fraternal or similar associations, with a minimum gross floor area of 100,000 square feet.
- Wrecked vehicle storage limit
no more than two vehicles that are wrecked, inoperable or abandoned may be temporarily stored outdoors for a period in excess of 72 hours
Setback
- Minimum front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for outdoor areas10 ft
any such outdoor area that is located on the ground and is open to the sky may be located in any required yard but not nearer to any front lot line than ten feet
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for underground structures1 ft
structures which are completely underground may be located in any required yard, but not closer than one foot to any lot line
Signage
- Sign regulations
Signs shall be permitted only in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV, Signs, existing on January 2, 2005
From the ordinance
The intent of the PD-W district is to accept the Worldgate development as approved by Fairfax County into the town, including all uses and features approved by Fairfax County up to January 2, 2005.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"Commercial and industrial uses of special impact (Category 5) - amusement arcades, automobile-oriented uses, car washes, drive-in banks, drive-through pharmacies, fast food restaurants, golf courses, country clubs, golf driving ranges, marinas, docks and boating facilities, commercial, quick-service food stores, service stations, service station/mini-marts, vehicle light service establishments, vehicle sale, rental and ancillary service establishments",
"Quasi-public uses (Category 3) - alternate uses of public facilities, child care centers, churches, colleges, conference centers, congregate living facilities, cultural centers, dormitories, independent living facilities, medical care facilities, private clubs, private schools, quasi-public parks, transportation facilities (bus/railroad stations, heliports, helistops, WMATA facilities), vehicle transportation service establishments, veterinary hospitals"
]
}
}