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Preston Lake to feature 12 (smaller) apartment buildings instead of 1 (larger) building |
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![]() 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:
AFTER:
This is the affected portion of the master plan before the proposed change.... And here is the same section after the proposed change....
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Status of Projects in Urban Development Area |
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![]() view a larger version of this map as a JPG or PDF This map from Rockingham County of the Urban Development Area is frequently updated, and provides helpful updates on the status of each project currently under development (or nearing development) in this growth area just southeast of the City of Harrisonburg. Current updates include....
Download a larger version of this map as a JPG or PDF. | |
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Dirt is moving on Reservoir Street for the construction of the Retreat at Harrisonburg |
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![]() click here for a larger version of this aerial image If you have driven along Reservoir Street lately, you would have noticed the massive area on the hospital side or Reservoir Street where trees have been cleared for a new housing development. This site will soon be home to 700 college students in a new development called "The Retreat at Harrisonburg", being developed by Landmark Properties out of Athens, GA. The developer has acquired 36.81 acres for $5.71 million in August after the land was rezoned in May to allow for this community to be developed. This same developer is (per their website) also currently developing The Retreat at Blacksburg, a student housing community for 829 students. Read more about this purchase and development in this Daily News Record article.... Student Housing Developer Buys County Land August 30, 2016 Here is the intended site plan.... ![]() Per documents submitted to the County, we know the following about this potential student housing community....
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Airbnb in Harrisonburg (and Rockingham County) |
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![]() Can you find an Airbnb rental in Harrisonburg or Rockingham County? It seems so. Per a July 24, 2016 Daily News Record article, there are "[...] almost 300 registered Airbnb locations in the Shenandoah Valley [...] from a $27-per-night RV in Hinton to an 8-bedroom house in Luray for $600 a night." But as a property owner, is it legal for you to rent out your home in Harrisonburg or Rockingham County via Airbnb? Maybe, maybe not? From the DNR article.... While Airbnb is spreading around the Valley - and the globe - it faces resistance from governments and zoning laws. Adam Fletcher, director of planning and community development for the city, said Airbnb renting is "for all intents and purposes" not allowed in Harrisonburg.Read more in the full Daily News Record article. | |
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More Student Housing Proposed for Port Republic Road (in Rockingham County) |
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![]() view a larger image ![]() view a larger image The Rockingham County Planning Commission will consider a re-zoning of a 6.1 acre parcel on Port Republic Road this evening. The property, located across the street from Bojangles (but on the same side of Port Republic Road) is currently zoned R-3C and the applicant (KKB, LLC) is requesting that the land be rezoned to be PMF (Planned Multifamily). Per the Planning Commission's packet of information about this rezoning request, this land would be used for a student housing community to include a total of 140 apartments, and 425 bedrooms....
Read more about this proposed development via the recent Daily News Record article or the Planning Commission's information packet. | |
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Would you like a side of chicken with that house? |
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![]() City Council voted last night to approve changes to Harrisonburg's backyard chicken ordinance. From today's Daily News Record article.... City officials began reviewing the regulations on backyard hens after council members were approached about the matter last fall. Tuesday's vote eliminated a minimum 2-acre lot-size requirement enacted in 2009. | |
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County Board of Supervisors to discuss current and future development in Urban Development Area, southeast of Harrisonburg |
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![]() click here for a larger image There will be a workshop today at 11:30 AM to discuss the County's Urban Development Area, located southeast of the City. The size of this development area was tripled in September 2015. Current developments in the works or under review in this area include:
After the workshop (11:30 AM) the Board of Supervisors will hold their regular meeting at 3:00 PM today. From today's Daily News Record article....
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24 Townhouses (maybe, eventually?) coming to Vine Street |
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![]() Townhouses may be built on Vine Street (across from Longview Oaks and Beacon Hill) at some point in the future. This land was rezoned from agricultural to residential in 2010, and is owned by Virginia State Free Will Baptist Church. Cosner Construction (Broadway, VA) is considering building 24 - 28 townhouses on this site. Read more in the May 12, 2016 Daily News Record article, Planners OK Utilities For Development. | |
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Rezoning request from The Springs at Osceola proposes 166 single family home and duplex lots |
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![]() click here for a larger image Back on 2009, the Board of Supervisors rezoned 282.86 acres of land on Osceola Springs Road and Pleasant Valley Road from A-2 (agricultural) to R-2C (medium density residential with conditions). This made way for The Springs at Osceola, a subdivision with (116) lots ranging in size from 1 - 5 acres. Sales of these lots has apparently been a bit slower than anticipated....
By my count, this would in the currently planned 32 single family home lots being converted into....
View a larger version of the proposed new plat here. You can review the entire rezoning request here. Rockingham County staff is recommending that this re-zoning request be tabled. The Planning Commission will be reviewing this request at their meeting this evening. | |
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New Student Housing Community Proposed in Rockingham County |
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![]() A new student housing community may be built in Rockingham County depending on (among other things) the outcome of the public hearing of the rezoning of the land that will take place tomorrow, April 5th. Below is an illustration of where the community would be located -- just off Reservoir Street, just past the City/County line when headed towards the hospital. ![]() This location is in the vicinity of several other student housing communities, so it is not a surprising location to be proposed for this community. Per documents submitted to the County, we know the following about this potential student housing community....
You can view lots of details about this proposal by downloading the full packet of information from the rezoning request which includes the master plan and illustrations of the front elevations of some of the potential dwellings to be built. Download it here. | |
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Master Plan for Sentara RMH Medical Center |
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![]() click here for a larger, clearer PDF Sentara RMH has applied for a rezoning of their 238.61 acre campus from B-1C (General Business District with Conditions) to PMR (Planned Medical and Research). In a nutshell, the original rezoning of the hospital campus took it from A-2 (agricultural) to B-1C, which was the most appropriate zoning at the time. Since that time, the County has adopted a revised zoning ordinance that includes this new "Planned Medical and Research" classification. This new zoning district (PMR) is "designed to provide flexibility for large-scale medical facilities and to promote the mixture of uses and increase density of development." So -- nothing to wild or crazy with the rezoning -- seems to be appropriate re-alignment of the zoning of the property with the current and planned future use. The fun part (to me, I suppose) is the updated MASTER PLAN provided as a part of the rezoning request. This paints a picture of how the campus may continue to develop in future years. Download: | |
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Why did the chicken cross the road, in Harrisonburg? |
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![]() Q: Why did the chicken cross the road, in Harrisonburg? A: To get to a 2 acre lot. Back in 2009, City Council approved an ordinance that prohibited property owners from raising chicken in their backyard unless they had a 2 acre lot. There were also quite a few other limitations, all of which can be found in the entire current ordinance here. Now, per today's Daily News Record article.... "City officials are exploring whether the lot-size threshold should be reduced; if there should be a neighbor approval process; whether a certain number of permits should be issued within a trial period; and any other issues, according to the release."Do you have an opinion? You can sound off on the issue at BeHeardHarrisonburg.org. Oh, also -- before you try to get creative and consider another backyard bird, you should know that the ordinance in question also limits your ability to keep all of the following foul in your yard: chickens, roosters, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, emus, rheas, ostriches and pigeons..... ![]() | |
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Board of Supervisors to consider Lakeview Golf Club Rezong Request |
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![]() The Planning Commission for Rockingham County has already signed off on a rezoning of part of Lakeview Golf Club to allow for building lots for single family homes to be developed and sold. These building lots would be in the general vicinity of Great Oaks, Crossroads Farm and Magnolia Ridge. This potential rezoning of 10.33 acres would allow for up to 21 single family homes. The 10.33 acres is a part of Lakeview Golf Club's overall plan to sell off 75 acres (9 of the its 36 golf holes) -- though 65 of the acres are already zoned for residential use. The Board of Supervisors will be considering this rezoning request next week. Read all about this potential rezoning in these two recent Daily News Record articles:
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Planning Commission Approves Largest Commercial Rezoning Since 2003 |
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![]() The Planning Commission has approved the rezoning of an 8 acre parcel on the corner of East Market Street and Country Club Road. City Council will be considering the rezoning on January 12, 2016. The potential rezoning is somewhat historic.... "Brian Shull, the city's economic development director, said the parcel could become the first noncommercial lot of 7 acres or more along East Market to be rezoned for commercial use since 2003, when Harrisonburg Crossing was created at the former Dunham-Bush plant."Two changes were actually needed, as outlined in this Daily News Record article.... For the project to move forward, the parcel's land-use designation in the city's comprehensive plan must be changed to commercial from conservation recreation. The property then must be rezoned to general business district conditional from single-family residential district. Senior planner Alison Banks said the Harrisonburg Planning Commission approved both requests unanimously on Dec. 9. City Council also must sign off and is slated to take up the matter at its Jan. 12 meeting. The change makes sense to the city's planning staff, she said, because of the nature of traffic in the area and utilities on the site. "This portion of the country club that we'd be subdividing off along East Market Street is at a busy intersection," Banks said. "Large [Harrisonburg Electric Commission] power lines run thorough it, too." The conceptual site plan presented to the Planning Commission shows two entrances to the small center - a standard one with turn lanes off Country Club Road, and a right in, right out off East Market Street at the property's eastern edge.Find out more about this parcel of land at SpotswoodLand.com. The proposed site plan (pdf) is included below.... ![]() | |
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21 Proposed Lots for Lakeview Drive (extended) |
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![]() click here for a larger version Lakeview Development Corporation is proposing a rezoning of 10.33 acres from A-2 to R-2C. There will be a public hearing this evening at 6:30 PM in the Board of Supervisors Meeting Room of the Rockingham County Administration Center (20 East Gay Street). A bit of background....
A few of the proposed new single family home lots back up to existing homes in Great Oaks on Confederacy Drive, and a few back up to existing building lots on Hastings Court in Crossroads Farm. Rockingham County Staff recommends that the rezoning be tabled, as outlined below....
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Rockingham County may expand Urban Development Area |
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![]() Click here to download a high resolution version of this map, and a few others as well! The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing today at 7:00 PM to receive input on expanding the its "Urban Development Area" to include the additional land shown on the maps above. This potential expansion would triple the size of the current UDA, which was established in 2011 just after Sentara RMH Medical Center opened. From the staff report to the Board of Supervisors.... "Since 2011, commercial and residential development activity has increased and Stone Spring Road has been completed. [...] Interest in the development of commercially zoned land in this same area is expected to increase as a result of the relocation and completion of Stone Spring Road and the construction of Albert Long Park."Why should this area be expanded, you might ask? Per today's DNR article... "According to county officials, an expanded UDA would put Rockingham County in a better position to compete for state money under the new prioritization process for transportation funding adopted by the General Assembly in 2014."Click here to read today's Daily News Record article on the topic. Click here to download an excerpt from the Board of Supervisor's packet. | |
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The ZONING map layer is quite helpful in the Rockingham County GIS |
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![]() If I knew the Rockingham County GIS had such a helpful ZONING layer, I forgot about it temporarily. Thanks for the reminder, Todd Rhea. When you're in the GIS, just go to "Map Layers" (tab at the top) and then "Zoning and Districts" (group on the left) and then turn on "Zoning". This can be helpful for you to examine when considering the purchase of a home out in the County (what is the land surrounding this property zoned?) or if you are considering the purchase of land or development purposes. Check it out in the Rockingham County GIS. | |
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Walmart is NOT coming to Mt Clinton Pike |
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![]() click here for a larger image Back in July of 2014, City Council unanimously approved a rezoning request for a grocery store to be built at Mount Clinton Pike and North Main Street. That is no longer in the works. As outlined in this week's Daily News Record Article (Proposed Walmart Fizzles Out) the rezoning request had been for a Walmart Neighborhood Market, but Walmart is no longer purchasing the property and the land is back on the market. | |
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Rezoning Approved for 8 Acre Commercial Development on Port Republic Road |
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![]() As suspected a few years ago, the location of the new hospital (now Sentara RMH Medical Center) did indeed bring with it plenty of additional commercial (and residential) development in its immediate vicinity. Earlier this week, the Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning request for "Coffman's Corner" -- a new commercial development intended to be developed at the intersection of Stone Spring Road and Port Republic Road, and with frontage on Ridgedale Road. It is a small, and somewhat irregularly shaped piece of land, so much so that it won't have a VDOT road system -- it will have private roads, maintained by a Property Owners Association. County staff approved this rezoning in February 2014, and the Planning Commission on March 4, 2014. This property is across the street (more or less) from The Reserve at Stoneport, an upscale apartment complex currently being constructed. Per the developer's narrative....
Board OKs Land For Development (Daily News Record, March 28, 2014) Details from the Rockingham County Board of Supervisors Agenda Packet | |
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Ice House in Downtown Harrisonburg to feature brewery, jewelry manufacturing facility |
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![]() Construction is under way on the Ice House in downtown Harrisonburg, to feature apartments, office space, and more. Earlier this week, City Council approved two special use permits for the Ice House earlier this week, one for a jewelry manufacturing business (6000 SF, to include retail and showroom space), and the second for a brewery (9000 SF, to include a tasting room and bottling distribution section). Read more about it in the March 13, 2014 Daily News Record article. | |
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