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Gaithersburg planners back rezoning and right-of-way abandonment for Casey/Rosedale redevelopment
Summary
The Gaithersburg Planning Commission recommended that the mayor and city council approve a rezoning and abandonment for the Casey/Rosedale site, supporting a proposed phased redevelopment of up to 434 units and a 75% affordable-unit commitment recorded in a draft covenant; staff asked council to adopt four conditions.
The Gaithersburg Planning Commission on Dec. 3 recommended the mayor and city council approve a zoning map amendment and a related abandonment to facilitate a proposed redevelopment of the Rosedale Apartments site.
Planning staff presented application Z100302025 and abandonment AB100542025 for properties at 2 O'Neil Drive and 3 Nancy Place. Staff said the schematic development plan (SDP) would replace existing garden-style apartments with a phased, mixed-income rental community of up to 434 units across nine buildings with a maximum height of five stories and about 65,000 square feet of outdoor amenity space. "The SDP proposes replacing the existing apartments with a new mixed income rental community," planning staff member Laura said during the presentation.
Staff described two waiver requests tied to the application:…
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