Fairfax County, VA · Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance
PRC permits the development of planned communities on a minimum of 750 contiguous acres under an approved comprehensive and development plan (overall max density 13 persons/acre, designated low/medium/high). Reston is the prominent PRC example. Permitted uses and development standards are set by the approved plan, not fixed base-zone numbers. Section 2105.3.
Development standards in PRC
We don't hold published dimensional standards for this zone yet — see the ordinance link below for the authoritative table.
Permitted uses in PRC
ConditionalGoverned by approved development plan Uses in PRC are set by the parcel's approved development/conceptual plan, not the base zone.
"Conditional" means the use generally requires a public hearing or special-exception approval — a very different timeline and risk profile from a by-right permit.
This is the zone. What about the parcel?
Zone rules are the starting point — the answer for a specific property also depends on lot
size, overlays, existing improvements and site conditions. Run a free address lookup to see
what applies to one property.
Standards as recorded by ZoneScore: Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance (enCodePlus, current)
Coverage note: our ordinance review for this jurisdiction is still in progress. Treat the values above as a starting point and confirm against the ordinance before relying on them.