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Scheduled to hold public hearing and final vote on Nov. 14, 2026
Alexandria has rules for residential lots that are smaller than current zoning allows. On Nov. 14, the City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing and final vote on an ordinance that would rewrite those rules.
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Approved category-based school funding; set to discuss ACPS's $370.6 million capital request at a Nov. 16 joint work session
Alexandria City Public Schools projects a roughly $17 million shortfall in its fiscal 2028 operating budget, the first written under the city's new nine-category funding system. Mid-year transfers below $500,000 would go to the city manager and larger ones to the City Council under the plan staff presented in September.
Scheduled to hear and vote on the ordinance Nov. 14
Alexandria's City Council agenda for Nov. 14 lists a public hearing and final vote on an ordinance that would partially exempt Community Lodgings, Inc.'s property at 3910 Elbert Avenue from real estate taxes because it operates as affordable housing. The property is assessed at $5,290,000, and its 2026 tax bill is $60,041.50.
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Scheduled to hold public hearing and final vote on Nov. 14
Alexandria residents in North Ridge and Rosemont have a scheduled chance to speak before City Council takes a final vote on a master plan amendment. The Nov. 14 public hearing agenda lists second reading and final passage of an ordinance adopting Master Plan Amendment No. 2026-00002 into the North Ridge/Rosemont Small Area Plan chapter.
Scheduled to hold public hearing November 14
Alexandria's Planning Commission voted 6-0 on November 5 to recommend replacing the city's variable parking formula for multifamily buildings with a flat minimum of half a space per home. The recommendation sends Zoning Text Amendment #2026-00006 to the City Council, which has the final say.
Updated Oct 26
Scheduled to consider the Planning Commission's November 5 items on November 14, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.
Alexandria's Planning Commission was scheduled to take up the city's Faith in Housing rules at 7 p.m. November 5. No recommendation had been posted as of November 10, and the City Council is set to consider the same items November 14 at 9:30 a.m.
Updated Oct 25
Adopted Ordinance No. 5652 on October 17 and, in a separate vote that morning, approved field lights at St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School
Alexandria's City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5652 on October 17, 2026, amending Section 13-1-3 of the city code, which governs outdoor lighting on commercial and residential property. The vote came at the end of a public hearing that began at 9:30 a.m. at the Del Pepper Community Resource Center.
Affirmed the appeal Oct. 17; both addresses remain as they are
Alexandria's City Council voted Oct. 17 to leave both Russell Road addresses as they are, granting the first appeal filed under the city's new renumbering ordinance. The house at 3600 keeps the number it has carried since 1939, and 3600½ stays 3600½ rather than becoming 3578.
Updated Oct 24
Approved ending the permit rule for most substandard lots on Oct. 17, 2026; formal minutes pending
Alexandria's City Council closed its public hearing on Oct. 17 and approved the Planning Commission's recommendation to end the 50-year permit rule for undersized lots. The council's action docket records the approval; the formal minutes, once approved, are the official record.
Updated Oct 21
Approved Special Use Permit 2026-00034 on Oct 17, 2026
The City Council approved a two-unit dwelling at 501 East Howell Avenue on Oct 17, closing the public hearing and accepting the Planning Commission's 7-0 recommendation. The permit lets OV900 LLC build a duplex on a lot zoned for single-family homes that the city considers substandard because it predates current minimum-lot rules.
Approved SUP #2026-00022 on Sept. 19, 2026
Alexandria's City Council approved a request Sept. 19 to turn a garage-and-storage building at 911 C & D Pendleton Street into a three-story townhome. The lot has no street frontage, so the conversion needed two special use permits. The Planning Commission backed the plan 6-0 on Sept. 1.
Updated Oct 18
Adopted the Russell Road vacation ordinances on Sept. 19, completing both vacations.
City Council on Sept. 19 gave final passage to the ordinances vacating the unbuilt southern end of Kent Place next to 2702 and 2800 Russell Road (ORD. NO. 5650 and 5651), completing vacations first approved 4-2 in April. The vacated area is 7,620 square feet of unimproved, wooded right-of-way. Both parcels become private land once the owners pay their appraised values.
As of October 2026: Deferred rewriting the public participation policy to December 2026 in a 4-3 vote at its September 22 meeting
Alexandria City Council voted 4-3 on September 22 to defer a rewrite of the rules governing public comment at its meetings. The proposal returns in December with clearer definitions of personal attacks, off-topic comments, and campaign speech.
Updated Oct 6
As of September 2026: Proposing classification-based ACPS funding for FY 2028
Alexandria's schools opened the 2026-27 year under three changes at once: redrawn attendance boundaries, new walk zones that ended bus service for some students, and an acting superintendent new to the top role. At its Sept. 10 meeting, the school board heard Acting Superintendent Grace Taylor report enrollment of 15,351 students, down nearly 600 from a year earlier, along with gains in state test scores and 99% staffing of licensed positions.
Updated Sep 13
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