The Rockingham County Planning Commission will meet this evening to discuss a potential change to the Rockingham County Zoning Ordinance to limit how quickly new home developments can be built.

Thus, if a new 240 home development were proposed... this new limit would only allow 30 such new homes to be built a year, stretching out the development over eight years in this example.

This change is being proposed for the R-1, R-2 and R-3 zoning classifications in Rockingham County.

This change, if approved, would seem likely to have a few significant impacts on the local community...

1.  Fewer homes would be built.

2.  Assuming that demand continues to grow, home prices would likely rise due to constraints on how quickly new developments can be built.

3.  Fewer new housing developments would be proposed given the limit to the pace at which such a new home community could be built.

The proposed changes to the Zoning Ordinance to note that a developer can request a special use permit to exceed this limit of (30) building permits a year.

If you are interested in hearing more about this proposal, the Planning Commission meets this evening at 6:30 PM at the Rockingham County Administration Center at 20 East Gay Street, Harrisonburg, VA.