ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA General Land Use Plan Adopted August 12, 1961 with Amendments through June 30, 2018 Public Residential Mixed Use Office CommercialCommercial Office-Apt-Hotel AN ELEMENT OF ARLINGTON COUNTY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VISION Arlington will be a diverse and inclusive world-class urban community with secure, attractive residential and commercial neighborhoods where people unite to form a caring, learning, participating, sustainable community in which each person is important. Arlington County Board Members Jay Fissette, Chairman Katie Cristol, Vice Chairman Christian Dorsey Libby Garvey John Vihstadt Mark Schwartz, County Manager Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Purpose and Scope of the General Land Use Plan ................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Arlington’s Origins and Governmental Framework ................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Planning History and the Development of the General Land Use Plan ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Development and Growth Goals ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Special Planning Areas ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Major Planning Corridors ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Rosslyn-Ballston Metro Corridor .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Rosslyn .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Rosslyn Coordinated Redevelopment District ................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Western Rosslyn Coordinated Redevelopment District ...................................................................................................................................................14 Radnor Heights East Special District ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Fort Myer Heights North Special District ..............................................................................................................................................................................14 Special Affordable Housing Protection District ................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Courthouse ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Fort Myer Heights North Special District ..............................................................................................................................................................................15 Coordinated Preservation and Development District...................................................................................................................................................... 15 Courthouse Square Special District ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Special Affordable Housing Protection District ................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Clarendon .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Special Coordinated Mixed-Use District ............................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Clarendon Revitalization District ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Virginia Square .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Special Coordinated Mixed-Use District ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Special Affordable Housing Protection District .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Ballston ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Coordinated Mixed-Use Development District .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 North Quincy Street Coordinated Mixed-Use District ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 Special Affordable Housing Protection District .................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Jefferson Davis Metro Corridor ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Pentagon City ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Coordinated Development District/Phased-Development Site Plan ........................................................................................................................ 21 Crystal City ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Crystal City Coordinated Redevelopment District ............................................................................................................................................................ 21 North Tract Special Planning District ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) Columbia Pike Corridor .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Columbia Pike Special Revitalization District ..................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Columbia Pike Special Neighborhoods Revitalization District .................................................................................................................................... 25 Other Planning Areas ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Cherrydale .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Lee Highway/Cherrydale