The document proposes two changes to the minor site plan requirements in Fairfax County, Virginia. First, it proposes requiring licensed professional certification for any engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, or surveying work on minor site plans, as determined by the Director. Second, it proposes replacing the general requirement for existing and proposed topography with a standalone requirement, with an exception if improvements do not impact drainage. The proposed changes will be put up for public review over the summer and fall of 2020.

1. Changes to the
Minor Site Plan Requirements
NVBIA/NAIOP/Fairfax Committee
Jerry Stonefield, Site Code Research and Development
Permitting and Code Administration
Land Development Services
May 21, 2020

2. Proposed Minor Site Plan Changes
Two changes proposed with zMOD Consolidated Draft
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/planning-development/zmod.
Amend 17-105.2 (Submission Requirements) to Require:
1. Licensed Professional Certification, aligning with 17-106, added as determined
by the Director.
2. Existing & Proposed Topo- Replace current practice of pointing to the “general”
requirement with a stand-alone requirement to give clarity and speed up
reviews. Add an exception for improvements that don’t impact drainage.
Next Steps: Public Review of Consolidated Draft - Summer/Fall 2020
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Proposed text:
Minor site plans must include the following:
(11) Existing and proposed topography except where proposed
improvements do not impact drainage, as determined by the Director.
If required, the topography must be shown with a maximum contour
interval of two feet, except that where the existing ground has a slope
of less than two percent, either one-foot contours or spot elevations
must be provided where necessary, but no more than 50 feet apart in
both directions .
(13) If minor site plans or any portion of such plan involve engineering,
architecture, landscape architecture, or land surveying, then such
design must be respectively certified by an engineer, architect,
landscape architect, or land surveyor authorized by the State to
practice as such, as determined by the Director.