POSSIBLE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT OPTIONS TO EXCEED

THE OVERALL 13 PERSONS PER ACRE CAP

Delete13PersonsPerAcreOverallPRCDistrictCap

RelySolelyonDwellingUnitPerAcreMeasurementTool
CONSIDERATIONS
1.Overallpersonsperacrecaptrackingwouldnolongerberequired.
Issuessurroundingwherearewe,whotracks,andhowwouldbe
eliminated
2.Promotesconsistentunderstandingofdensitymeasurement
Easierforstafftograsp
ReducepotentialconflictsbetweenCompPlanandZ.O.
StaffDevelopmentCommunityRestonCommunity
3.SteptowardconsistentdensitymeasurementCountywide
4.Avoidstheissueofhowtotrulystopandlegallydefendredevelopment
thatwillactuallyexceedthecapascalculated
5.SomeintheRestonCommunityareunawarethatacapexists
6.Limitingresidentialpopulationisnotthemostusefultooltomeasure
impactsonlyaffectsPRCzoningclassification
7.CannotberemovedfromZOAinisolationallreferencestopeopleper
acrewouldberemovedlow,mediumandhighdesignations
8.SomeinRestonviewthecapasatooltolimitgrowthtoavoidan
overloadtotheRestoninfrastructure
9.ISconversionofpreviouslyapprovedRestoncasestoadwellingunit
peracremeasureproblematicduetolargeexpansesofprivateopenspace
thatwereincludedbeyondtheopenspaceareaswithinaparticularcluster
10.EliminatestheRestonpremiseofamaximumpopulationforaplanned
community
11.Couldbeperceivedastheeasywayoutsimplesolution
12.IsthisfurthererosionoftheoriginalSimonvision/principles?

RevisetoaHigherPersonsPerAcreValue

Suchas,14or15PersonsPerAcre
CONSIDERATIONS
1.Ithasbeendonebeforeprecedentexists
2.Allowsformoreresidentialdevelopment
Possiblybettercontroloverhowmuch
Possiblymorediscretion/flexibilityonwhere
3.Giveseveryoneaconcretepopulationmeasure,whileminimizing
change
4.Trulyonlykicksthecanifwedonotaddressconcernsassociatedwith
personsperacre

ExcludeCertainPRCDesignationsfromthe13personsperacreCalculation

ExampleTownCentersand/orVillageCenters
CONSIDERATIONS
1.Excludingresidentialunitswithindesignatedareaswouldreduce
pressureonexistingcap
2.Sendsmessageofrecognitionthatincreasedresidentialdensitymaybe
desirableincertainareas
3.Excludingunitswithoutalsoexcludingtheirlandareacould
inadvertentlycreateredevelopmentpressureinnondesignatedareas
4.Calculationmanipulation?

EstablishaReviewProcesstoExceed13PersonsPerAcre
CONSIDERATIONS
1.Eachnewproposalcouldbeevaluatedonitsmerits
2.Reviewstandardscouldbedevelopedtoaddressconcerns
3Possibleconsistencywithexpectedapproachtohighdensity
4.Thesamereviewprocessforallmaynotbeappropriate
Simplelotsplitvs.mixedusedevelopment
5.Achievingconsensusregardingthereviewstandards
6.PCAmaybepreferredoverSEprocess
Proffers,workforcehousing,etc.
Establishmentdeadlines.

AddLandAreatotheRestonPRCDistrictviaRezoningProcess
(LakeFairfaxIndustrialSouthofTollRoadUnitedBank)
CONSIDERATIONS
1.Happensslowlybutnaturally
2.MaybedifficulttoencouragenewPRC
3.Mayyieldminimalresultasitsownstrategy

RevisePopulationFactors

CONSIDERATIONS

1.Followsthroughonprovidingregularanalysis/updates
2.Allowsforanalysisofhouseholdsizetrends

Regional,Fairfax,Restoncensustracts,etc.
4.Changeisatemporarysolution
3.WhichtrendismostapplicabletouseforReston

5.Whatmetricsshouldtrendanalysisfocuson

Householdsizebyunittypeorother