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Proposed Limit of Development in Fairfax County (1957)
Posted by: wlexd ()
Date: April 05, 2019 10:37PM

In 1956 the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors declared a six month zoning and residential land use moratorium in order to devise a new MASTER PLAN.

This was the result. The plan was to keep the western two-thirds of the county rural.

However, the large rural landowners sued Fairfax County and a 1959 Virginia Supreme Court decision found that the new MASTER PLAN was "unconstitutional."

This "Carper Ruling" opened more than 170,000 acres to more intensive development.

The rest as they say is history. A close call.
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Re: Proposed Limit of Development in Fairfax County (1957)
Posted by: just passing through ()
Date: April 05, 2019 11:39PM

Thanks for posting this. Had not heard of it before. Interesting that they had the foresight to be concerned about what the County would become today. Bunch of "I told you so's" from these folks!!!

Cross posted this to Old Pictures of Fairfax County.

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Re: Proposed Limit of Development in Fairfax County (1957)
Posted by: xmcve ()
Date: April 06, 2019 12:03AM

That looks like Prince William County's currently disappearing Rural Crescent.

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Re: Proposed Limit of Development in Fairfax County (1957)
Posted by: 6umj3 ()
Date: April 06, 2019 12:13AM

wlexd Wrote:
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> In 1956 the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
> declared a six month zoning and residential land
> use moratorium in order to devise a new MASTER
> PLAN.
>
> This was the result. The plan was to keep the
> western two-thirds of the county rural.
>
> However, the large rural landowners sued Fairfax
> County and a 1959 Virginia Supreme Court decision
> found that the new MASTER PLAN was
> "unconstitutional."
>
> This "Carper Ruling" opened more than 170,000
> acres to more intensive development.
>
> The rest as they say is history. A close call.

BOARD OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA v. G. WALLACE CARPER, ET AL.

Record Nos. 4865, 4869.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 16, 1959.

https://law.justia.com/cases/virginia/supreme-court/1959/4865-1.html

The eastern one-third of the county contains most of the concentrated development. Ninety percent of the county's entire population resides in this area.

In the western two-thirds of the county are the settled communities of Centreville, Chantilly, Dranesville, Floris and Forestville, and the incorporated towns of Clifton, Herndon and Vienna. Outside of these communities and towns, the 170,000 acres in the western two-thirds of the county consist almost entirely of wooded, agricultural and vacant land, land of three-acre tracts and over, and land subdivided into one-half acre lots used for single family residences.

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Re: Proposed Limit of Development in Fairfax County (1957)
Posted by: blanche ()
Date: April 06, 2019 09:11AM

Carper's Farm was across Leesburg Pike from Colvin Mill Road. It was developed in 1980 after sitting vacant for a while.

I'm sure the farmers wanted their land to be developed by the highest bidder since the children didn't want to take over the farm...

Blanche's great aunts and uncles had dairy farms that were taken for Dulles Airport. Blanche's grandfather built houses -- small scale operation -- since he always said, "the cows are relentless," and he had enough farming when he grew up on a farm.

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Re: Proposed Limit of Development in Fairfax County (1957)
Posted by: dnjkl ()
Date: April 06, 2019 10:23AM


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Re: Proposed Limit of Development in Fairfax County (1957)
Posted by: Zoned B1 ()
Date: April 06, 2019 10:24AM

I can't wait for the piece of shit Cox Farms to go under. It will happen someday. On that day, I shall rejoice. Faggots and retards all.

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Re: Proposed Limit of Development in Fairfax County (1957)
Posted by: 7tduy ()
Date: April 06, 2019 11:00AM

Zoned B1 Wrote:
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> I can't wait for the piece of shit Cox Farms to go
> under. It will happen someday. On that day, I
> shall rejoice. Faggots and retards all.

That's not going to happen any time soon. If and when it does you can bet FCPA will purchase the property.

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