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Arlington Remains Fractured Over Approval Of Missing Middle Zoning - Arlington, VA - The debate over Arlington County's approval of the new Expanding Housing Options zoning policy is not showing any signs of ending.
Although Arlington County is set to go to court next summer over its Missing Middle zoning ordinances, it has not stopped approving these new housing projects. Judge David Schell has scheduled a 5-day trial to begin on July 8, 2024 after ruling in October that the 10 residents suing Arlington over the ordinances had standing.
Today, Judge David Schell set the date for a five-day trial, commencing July 8, 2024 trial date in the case against the Arlington County Board seeking to invalidate Missing Middle Housing/Expanded Housing Options (EHO) zoning. In his October 19 ruling, Judge Schell denied the County’s efforts to have the case dismissed, stating repeatedly that the
Missing Middle Lawsuit Trial Set As Arlington Appeals Judge's Ruling - Arlington, VA - A judge set a summer 2024 trial date for a lawsuit filed by a group of Arlington homeowners against the new Missing Middle zoning ordinance.
The lawsuit filed in Arlington County Circuit Court last week against Missing Middle housing comes at a conspicuous time for land-use litigation. Shortly after the County Board approved 2-6 unit buildings in heretofore single-family home zoning districts, the Virginia Supreme Court overruled a zoning overhaul in Fairfax County on procedural grounds in Berry v. Board