McLean High School neighbors on Felix Street could get relief from student parking overflow after the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors takes up a proposal Tuesday to schedule a public hearing on expanding the area's residential permit parking district.
The board is expected to authorize a 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 public hearing on adding Felix Street, between Westmoreland Street and Broyhill Street, to Residential Permit Parking District 21. The item appears as Administrative Item 8 on the Aug. 25 agenda.
No vote on the expansion happens Tuesday.
Residents petitioned the county over what the board package describes as "a large number of nonresident vehicles parking along the residential street during school hours." County transportation staff confirmed the Felix Street blocks are within the required walking distance of McLean High School and that the petition met signature and land-use thresholds.
Under county rules, a petition must carry signatures from at least 60 percent of eligible addresses and cover more than half the eligible addresses on each block face. The county estimates signs and installation would cost about $1,300, funded through the Fairfax County Department of Transportation's general fund.
The parking district expansion comes as McLean High's enrollment picture shifts. As we reported Monday, Aug. 24, 201 students moved from McLean High to Langley High under new boundary changes taking effect this school year.
Coppermine Road townhouse rezoning also before the board
Separately, supervisors will hold a Dranesville District land-use hearing at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on a proposal to rezone a 4.71-acre industrial property on Coppermine Road near Sunrise Valley Drive for up to 98 townhouses.
CPA Coppermine 3 Lender LLC wants to convert the site from the I-5 industrial district to PDH-20 planned development housing, allowing single-family attached and stacked townhouse units at a density of 21.39 homes per acre. A concurrent application would remove the parcel from conditions tied to a 1985 rezoning.
The Fairfax County Planning Commission voted 10-0 on July 8 to recommend approval of the rezoning, conceptual development plan and proffer amendment. Commissioners John Hancock and Julie Thomas were absent. The commission also approved the final development plan, contingent on the board's rezoning vote.
Dranesville District Supervisor Jimmy Bierman's office did not respond to a request for comment on either item.
The Board of Supervisors meets at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. Residents who want to weigh in on the Felix Street parking expansion can attend or submit testimony at the Tuesday, Sept. 29 public hearing.
