The Rockingham County Planning Commission will consider a request on Tuesday for a further revision of the Preston Lake master plan. 

The most recently approved master plan showed one large 168-unit apartment building, and the new master plan will include 12 smaller apartment buildings, presumably with 14 apartments per building.

Rockingham County is not required to hold a public hearing to obtain input from nearby residents because the changing the overall density of the community.  Here's why....

BEFORE:

• (1) large mullti-family building with 168 units
  
• (15) quad-plex buildings
• (6) duplexes

AFTER:

• (12) multi-family buildings with a total of 168 units
  
• (6) townhouses

Per my math, each of these (12) apartment buildings would have (14) apartments in it -- which I'm assuming might be a three-story apartment building.

This is the affected portion of the master plan before the proposed change....

And here is the same section after the proposed change....

If approved, the updated composition of Preston Lake will be as follows....

• 162 Single Family Detached Homes
• 60 Duplexes
• 16 Quads
• 245 Townhouses
• 336 Apartments
• 168 Apartments in 12 Small Buildings
• 168 Apartments in 1 Large Building

Additional details....

• Rezoning Request Packet from Rockingham County
• Previously Approved Master Plan
• Newly Proposed Master Plan
• Daily News Record article (11/30/2016)