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The first Missing Middle case to be heard in Arlington Circuit Court was dismissed last week, but legal fees in another lawsuit against the county continue to balloon. The dismissed lawsuit related to a pair of planned six-plexes in Alcova Heights, approved after the Expanded Housing Option changes. A judge struck the suit down on
County government requests for extensive documentation in a Missing Middle lawsuit have expanded to include an outspoken critic who's helping to fund the suit. Attorneys representing Arlington County contacted Dan Creedon, one of the founders of the anti-Missing Middle group Neighbors for Neighborhoods (NfN), with a broad subpoena last week. The request includes: All communications
Arlington's Board of Zoning Appeals has rejected a neighbor's attempt to stop two proposed Expanded Housing Option developments in the Alcova Heights neighborhood. An affiliate of local homebuilder Classic Cottages proposes building two side-by-side six-plexes at 4015 and 4019 7th Street S., bordering Alcova Heights Park and a couple of blocks north of Columbia Pike.
Arlington County suffered another defeat last week in the pre-trial proceedings for the Missing Middle lawsuit. It appealed an earlier court decision that the 10 residents suing Arlington County -- alleging the County Board illegally approved the Missing Middle zoning amendments -- have standing to do so. Last Thursday, Schell denied the latest motion, meaning
Eighteen properties formerly within a special "revitalization district" in Cherrydale will soon officially be eligible for redevelopment with 2- to 6-unit homes. On Monday, the Arlington Planning Commission unanimously adopted changes to the county's General Land Use Plan map that removed 18 properties from the boundaries of the Cherrydale revitalization district, outlined in the 1994