Preston Lake to feature 12 (smaller) apartment buildings instead of 1 (larger) building
Scott P. Rogers
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....
- 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
- Rezoning Request Packet from Rockingham County
- Previously Approved Master Plan
- Newly Proposed Master Plan
- Daily News Record article (11/30/2016)
