2050 Eastern Gateway Concept Plan - City of Falls Church

and mixed-use redevelopment zoning overlay allow
developers/businesses to obtain height and density bonuses.
M-1 specifically allows for all commercial uses in B-1, B-2, and
B-3 commercial districts with the exception of dwellings, schools,
and hospitals. 8 M-1 also allows for industrial research and
development facilities, manufacturing businesses, automotive
body repair facilities, kennels, animal hospitals, building
material storage yards, and other listed uses. 9 The land use
range within this zoning district allows for much flexibility, and
also creates greater opportunities for more expansive and
vertical development through a mixed-use overlay zone.
This site also contains the R-M or Multi-Family Residential
district. This district allows for high-density residential
multifamily, attached dwellings which can be apartments or
condominiums. The density is 16 to 31 dwelling units per acre.
The sizes and densities for these sites may differ significantly
but must not exceed this standard. 10 This district was created
primarily to instill development that would be near major
transportation nodes, stores, offices, and community facilities.
This district also allows the uses specified in the B-1, Limited
Business zoning district. 11
Finally, this area also contains the C-D or Creative Development
district. This district was intended to be a special development
district area that would accommodate various use types and
configurations. This district idea was used to develop projects
such as Whittier Park, a 62-townhouse and hotel development
project located at the 300 and 400 blocks of Hillwood
Avenue. 12 It also was used to build the Oakwood Apartments
development, located at 501 Roosevelt Blvd which includes 576
units (roughly 47 units per acre). 13 The C-D district was
repealed in 2003 and now the option for mixed-use
redevelopment sites (MURs) is allowed as a by-right zoning
tool.
The Eden Center
The Eden Center area contains only one zoning district, the M-1
zoning district, Light Industry. All uses and classifications for M-1
(mentioned in the previous subsection) apply to this site.
Koons/Syms
Koons/Syms has the B-3, General Business district (discussed in
more detail above) specifically encompassing the Koons car
dealership and the Syms department store site. Located
northwest of the same parcel, there is a transitional zoning
district, T-1 or Transitional 1. This zoning classification allows for
professional offices and parking facilities. T-1 also allows for
residential uses, such as detached single family dwellings,
duplexes, and townhouses on properties larger than three
acres. 14
The southern parcel of the site within Fairfax County is zoned C-
7, a Regional Retail Commercial District. This zone district allows
for commercial uses such as community clubs, restaurants,
bowling alleys, colleges/universities, churches, hotels, and
offices subject to all conditions within the Fairfax County Zoning
Ordinance (FCZO). 15 The minimum lot area is 40,000 square
feet with a minimum width of 200 feet; these measurements