From time to time pets go MIA.  We first, encourage everyone to register your pet on our Pet Directory.  The pet's photo(s) and description may be listed there.

 

In the event your pet goes missing (as they sometimes do), or you find one, contact us here on the website as soon as possible.  Use the pet link on the Contact Us Page.  Include a full description, photo if possible, and contact information.  We are happy to put out an email blast to get your pet back where they belong quickly. 

 

Next, contact the Alexandria Animal Welfare League and the Fairfax County Animal Shelter with a full description.  You are also permitted to post fliers around the neighborhood, with the understanding all fliers must be removed as soon as the pet is located or returned home. 

 

We are a pet loving community and know the heart beak of a lost pet. Follow the simple steps and you will have every pet owner in Landsdowne on the look out to assist in finding the owner and/or the pet.

Yes.  In the event we have snowfall of greater than 2", the Landsdowne Board of Directors has approved the use of the tennis courts as an impromptu dog park.

 

Courts will be opened for general use once the threshold is reached during daylight hours only.  They will be locked again once snow begins to melt or dusk. 

 

Dog Park rules apply. 

Thank you in advance!  Snow use of the tennis courts is solely at your own risk.  The Landsdowne Community Association and its Board of Directors bears no responsibility any injury, loss or damage to any person or pet while using the court area.

 

We wish we knew.  The lab has been seen for over a year now.  We are reasonably sure he (yes, it is a he) has an owner.  We believe he probably comes with an owner from the industrial park center off Cinder Bed Road.  He is well fed and his coat is in very good condition.  He is very friendly toward dogs -- extremely skiddish of humans.  He has been seen for over a year, usually in the morning, and generally in the area of the pool, Sky Blue Drive, High Valley, and Morning Ride Circle.  Animal Control has been called repeatedly.  Almost any dog owner in Landsdowne has also tried to catch him -- without success.  If you do catch him please call Cindi Potter (571.237.5813) or John Magnacca (703.966.3000).  Thank You.

We realize from time to time, residents will be away for a longer than 48 hour period.  Many residents park their 2nd vehicles in Visitors or Unassigned Parking spots.  If this is the case, please:

If you have company visiting with RVs or other vehicles, or are in need of parking a UHaul, etc. for moving purposes, please notify in writing (email)  the Landsdowne Board President and Armstrong Management of your need for extended parking at the Pool Parking lot..  If permission is given, parking in the pool parking lot is strictly at your own risk.  The Landsdowne Community Association assumes no responsibility for damage to any vehicle while parked at the Landsdowne pool parking lot.

 

The best place to go is ArmstrongConnect.  (www.armstrongconnect.net/landsdowne).  You will need to register for the service, but once where you can find information on your financial account, residence, community forms and documents and more. 

As hard as it is for us to imagine you will soon be leaving Landsdowne, we wish you well on your sale!  Resale packets may be ordered directly from Armstrong Management Services (http://www.armstrong-mgt.com).

 

Yes.  A Direct Ddebit option is offered through Armstrong Management.  Please complete the Direct Debit Authorization Form.  Once completed, please mail it or scan it to the address located on the form. 

 

You should receive a coupon book for payment in December of each year.  If you do not receive one, or if lost, the address for mailing dues is:

 

 

Additional information may be received by calling Armstrong Customer Service -- 703.385.1133.

The following is the link to Fairfax County's Regulation on personal fireworks displays.  http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/prevention/fmfireworks.htm#limitations

The following it the link to the Fairfax County Guidelines for Hazardous Waste Disposal.  The closest facility is the I-95 Household Hazardous Waste Site, 9850 Furnace Road, Litton, VA  22079.  It is about a 15 minute drive from Landsdowne. 

 

For complete details on what is considered hazardous waste, and how to properly dispose of it, please check here:  http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/trash/disphhw.htm

Under certain circumstances, permission has been given to allow residents use of some common ground directly behind their boundary or fence line for additional gardening space.   Permission is given on a case by case basis. 

 

In all cases, please obtain permission before planting on any common ground.  Before permission is given, you must agree to:

For additional details, please contact the Landscaping Committee on the contact us link provided.

 

 

Yes.  You may remove, at your own cost, trees and shrubs located directly and completely on your own property, without permission.  It is suggested that  before you consider removing any major tree you contact a tree removal service for assistance.  Any damage to your home, adjoining property, or common ground is your responsibility for repair.

 

For additional information, please feel free to contact the Landscaping Committee on our contact us page. 

Many of you may have noticed the tree nursery stock sitting between our community and Island Creek Elementary School on our side of Morning View Lane. You may have also seen traps associated with the trees. Sadly, many of the trees are dying. They are ash trees and are part of a joint Fairfax County/University of Maryland study to determine the prevalence of the emerald ash borer in Fairfax County.

Many people think of Neighborhood Watch (NW) Programs of the past -- security type vehicles, organized patrols, easily identifiable individuals in uniforms or formal designations, etc.  The Landsdowne Neighborhood Watch Program is a more informal one -- where there are formal volunteers that do random "patrols" and report to the Committee and the Police what they see.  The most important part of our NW Program comes down to neighbors looking out for neighbors, reporting to the police Non-Emergency Number (703-691-2131) things that just do not look right, and keeping an eye on other's homes when people are away. 

 

Please review the attached Neighborhood Watch Flier for how Fairfax County views the program.

 

For questions concerning NW, to report issues that make indicate potential crimes, or to volunteer, please contact Landsdownewatch@gmail.com.

The community mailboxes belong to the US Postal Service.  If you lose your key, you must contact the Post Office directly and complete a Replacement Lock and Key Form.  There is a $30 fee payable to the USPS to provide a new lock and/or key.

 

Kingstowne Post Office

5900 Barclay Drive

Alexandria, VA  22315

703-971-3093 

Landsdowne has a snow removal and snow treatment contract in place for sanding and snow removal services for all Landsdowne streets -- both single family homes and townhouse residences. 

 

 

No contract is presently in place to shovel any community sidewalks or walking trails.  Residents are:

 

Thank you

Presently, the community uses Dominion Towing -- 703-730-1177.

• If a vehicle is towed from community property, all fees are paid by the owner of the vehicle towed.
• Fees begin as soon as a vehicle is "hooked" up.
• No reimbursement will be considered for vehicles towed from County maintained roadways. 

Cars may be towed, without notice, under several circumstances:

• If your townhome has been assigned a clearly marked "Reserved" spot, you may call for a tow at any time to have a car removed from, and only from, that Reserved spot. You will be asked to provide identification prior to having the vehicle hooked up.

• If a vehicle is parked for longer than 48 hours in any non-reserved or visitors parking spot within the community without moving
• If a vehicle has expired tags or registration information.
• If a car appears abandoned.
• If a vehicle is parked in a fire lane or obstructing a mailbox.
• Parked anywhere other than a designated parking spot during a snow event.
• If parked in the pool parking lot overnight without receiving permission to do so.

• If a vehicle is parked longer than 72 hours on any county maintained roadway (View Lane, Morning View Lane and all single family home streets).
• If a vehicle is in violation of any Fairfax County parking ordinances.

Presently, the community uses Dominion Towing -- 703-730-1177.

Please contact Trash Away (703.339.4560). 

 

Each household was issued a bin for recycling when Trash Away began service for us in 2006.  They should convey with any house sale.  If, for some reason, you need a new bin, Trash Away will provide an additional bin at a nominal charge to the requesting resident.

Large furniture items, appliances, grills, large metal items, construction debris. etc. require a special pickup.  There is an additional cost that is paid directly by the resident requesting the service.

 

Presently, we have two resources for such removal services.  Please call either of the services below to schedule timing and to discuss any associated fees.  When you call, please be sure to tell them you are from Landsdowne.

 

Please do not simply place these items on the curb for removal.  Doing so will may result in a fine, being called before the Landsdowne Board of Directors, as well as removal costs being passed directly back to the resident responsible. 

 

Trash of all types is picked on on all federal government holidays with the exception of Thanksgiving day.  Please hold all bulk household trash, recycling, and yard debris until the Monday pick up following Thanksgiving day. 

 

Trash is also not picked up on Christmas and New Years Days if they happen to fall on a Monday or Thursday in any given year.  This is not an issue in 2009 or 2010. 

Properly bagged trash should be put out no earlier than the dusk of the evening before our regularly scheduled pick up days.  Trash should be bagged (preferably in black trash bags) or lidded trash receptacles.  It is suggested, to cut down on visits by area wildlife to our gourmet offerings, if possible, please put trash out early, the morning of the actual trash day. 

 

What trash is picked up on which day?

 

 

 

 

 

Though we find it hard to believe anyone would want to move away from Landsdowne, we realize that at times, people move on a day where it is not convenient to our regular Monday or Thursday trash pick up days.  Permission may be given to place trash out on a non-trash day by contacting John Magnacca (Landsdowne Site Administrator). 

 

John's contact information is:  703.966.3000 or jmagnacca@armstrong.net

 

We are fortunate to have trash service provided by Trash Away, located in Lorton, Virginia.  They are unders contract until 2011. Their contact number is 703.339.4560.

The answer, plain and simple, is no.   We provide two community days for hazardous waste disposal -- one in the spring and one in the fall -- at no charge to our residents for removal of paint, chemicals, fertilizers, oil, and other materials of this type. 

 

Please check our Upcoming Events and Calendar links for information on dates and times.