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2. Place proffers from Reston development in a trust for use in Reston only.
3. Ensure that FCPS has a valid long-term forecast, supporting plan, &
sufficient land and funding to meet Reston school needs.
4. Assure that county park acreage and facilities guidelines are met by county.
ADU: Affordable Dwelling Unit. A housing unit offered through a county program for people
earning between 30%-70% of the Area Median Income (AMI), which is about $75,000.
DU: Dwelling Unit. Any individual housing unit from single family homes (SFHs) to high-rise
multi-family apartments (MFAs). The basic metric of housing planning.
DUA: Dwelling Units per Acre. The basic metric for measuring the density of housing.
LOS: Level of Service. A measurement standard for street intersection delays, usually at peak
period, that ranges (like school grades) from A (no delay) to F (gridlock).
PRC: Planned Residential Community. This describes the zoning ordinance that guides
development and its density in most of Restons suburban areas. It was created when Bob
Simon created Reston.
PRM: Planned Residential Mixed Use area. This is a zoning ordinance that applies to Metro
station areas and other areas of major planned redevelopment (including Lake Anne, a
Commercial Redevelopment AreaCRA). It offers density as high as FAR 5.0 (~180 DUA)
consistent with the plan.
TDM: Transportation Demand Management. A program to encourage a shift away from the
use of cars to other transportation meanstransit, bicycles, pedestrian.
TSA: Transit Station Area. The roughly -mile circle around a Metrorail station within which
higher density mixed-use development is desirable to encourage transit use.
WDU: Workforce Development Unit. A housing unit offered through a county program for
people earning between 70%-120% of the Area Median Income (AMI), which is $110,300 for a
family of four or $88,250 for the average two people typically living in high-rise multi-family
dwellings.