Lot-Width Waivers Violate Dillon’s Rule

By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 6, 2011

Tags: Fairfax County Circuit Court, Judge Leslie M. Alden, Virginia Circuit Courts, Zoning

A plaintiff wins a challenge to the county’s grant of a special exception under Fairfax Zoning Ordinance § 9-610 for waiver of minimum lot width requirement to another owner’s property, as the Fairfax Circuit Court holds the county violated Dillon’s Rule by granting lot width waivers without meeting the requirements for granting a variance. The first ...

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