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A 53 unit townhome development is being proposed directly on East Market Street, just prior to the 7-11 gas station at the corner of East Market Street and Stone Spring Road when heading east.

This residential development would be built on 4.43 acres that is currently zoned A-2 (general agriculture) and a rezoning is being proposed to allow for the residential development.

Here's the proposed layout...

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Rockingham County staff has some reservations about this proposed layout of this development because the development utilizes private streets (instead of public roads) and thus would not allow for connectivity between existing public roads and potential future public roads to be built on adjacent parcels.  More specifically, from the County...

"Privately maintained streets are an unreliable means of serving the long-term, publicly accessed street network that will be needed to serve all the land south and west of this site."

Furthermore, the proposed layout (T turnaround) does not meet the requirements of the Rockingham County Fire Prevention Code.

The Rockingham County Planning Commission considered this request on Tuesday, December 6th and tabled the proposal.

 

Download the full rezoning application packet here.