The City of Fairfax Planning Commission serves in an advisory capacity to the City Council to plan for the future development of the city. Among its common duties, the Planning Commission:

• Prepares the Comprehensive Plan (View the Comprehensive Plan)
• Reviews the Comprehensive Plan every five years to determine the need for revisions;
• Reviews and acts on applications to subdivide land;
• Makes recommendations to City Council on:
  • Capital Improvement Program
  • Applications for rezoning; and
  • Zoning Text Amendments.

Contact the Planning Commission:

Email the Individual Members:

• Betsy Briggs
• Anthony Coleman, Facade Interior Improvement Program (FIIP) representative.
• Paul Cunningham
• Kevin Denton, Board of Architectural Review (BAR) representative.
• James Feather, Chair 
• Kirsten Lockhart, Vice-Chair
• Matthew Rice, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (PRAB) representative.
  
  
• Email Entire Planning Commission

The Planning Commission meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month except August.  For information on current and past meetings, please click on the links provided below.

Additional information:

• View Planning Commission Meeting Agendas
  
  
• View the Adopted 2035 Comprehensive Plan
  
  
• View the Planning Commission Bylaws (Most Recent)
  
  
• View the Planning Commission Annual Report (2023)