Local Resources

Numbers You Should Know

Emergency Numbers

The Penn Daw Fire Department on Route 1 and Mt. Vernon Fire Department on Sherwood Hall Lane provide fire protection for Westgrove.

Non-emergency Numbers

  • Fairfax County Police: 703-691-2131

  • Crime Prevention Officer: Marvin Goodley, 703-277-2099

  • Community Liaison: Katie Watts, 703-277-2142

  • Out-of-Area Emergency: 703-691-2233

  • Newcomer packages / Fairfax County Citizen’s Handbook: 703-324-3185 (also available at Martha Washington Library)

Utility Numbers + Websites

  • Street Light Outages: Dominion Virginia Power, 1-866-DOM-HELP (366-4357), TTY 711

  • VDOT: 1-800-367-7623 / website

  • Fairfax County Road Maintenance: 703-877-2800, TTY 711 / click here to report downed trees and wires

  • Fairfax County Emergency Information Line: 703-817-7771

  • Washington Gas Emergency Line: 844-927-4427

  • Columbia Gas Emergency Line: 1-800-544-5606

  • Dominion Energy: 1-866-DOM-HELP (1-866-366-4357) / report outages here

  • Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC): 1-888-335-0500

  • Fairfax Water: 703-698-5613

For information on the Mt. Vernon Board of Supervisors, click here.

Refuse Collection

Trash & Recycling

  • Picked up on MONDAY (except if Christmas Day falls on a Monday, then it’s picked up the following day)

  • In severe weather, pick up may be delayed

Yard Waste

  • Must be placed in paper bags or reusable containers (plastic bags are no longer accepted; enforcement began April 19, 2021)

Visit the Fairfax County Public Works website for details and to place a special pick-up request. Use this link to sign up for timely public works notifications, under the “Subscribe to Department” section.

Zoning

Fairfax County Restrictions Single-Family Dwellings

Under Fairfax County Planning and Zoning regulations, Westgrove is zoned as a single-family dwelling neighborhood. The following information is provided from the Fairfax County Government web site:

“Generally, the Zoning Ordinance limits you to no more than one (1) dwelling unit per lot, regardless of the size of the lot, with some limited exceptions. By Zoning Ordinance definition, a dwelling unit is any accommodation where one or more rooms in a residential building or residential portion of a building are arranged, designed, used, or intended for use as a complete, independent living facility which includes permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. Accordingly, the creation of a small apartment in the basement of a house or townhouse would constitute the establishment of a second dwelling unit on the lot and would be a violation of the Zoning Ordinance unless it met the criteria for one of the exceptions.

The Zoning Ordinance also contains limitations on the occupancy of a dwelling unit. As a matter of right, a dwelling unit may be occupied by not more than one (1) of the following:

--One (1) family, which may consist of one (1) person or two (2) or more persons related by blood or marriage with any number of natural children, foster children, step children or adopted children and with not to exceed two (2) roomers or boarders with a Home Occupation Permit.

--Two (2) single parents or guardians with not more than a total of six (6) of their dependent children, including natural children, foster children, step children or adopted children, functioning as a single housekeeping unit.

--A group of not more than four (4) unrelated persons functioning as a single housekeeping unit.

--A group residential facility ("Group Home"). 

In addition, a dwelling unit may be occupied as a group housekeeping unit or an accessory dwelling unit subject to special permit approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals or as a bed and breakfast subject to special exception approval by the Board of Supervisors (Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-222-1082, TTY 711).