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Commission backs footnote to limit RMD-25 density if new developments use neighborhood streets
Summary
The Planning Commission agreed Feb. 4 to recommend that RMD-25 rezoning include a footnote capping density at 10 units per acre when vehicular access comes from an existing secondary residential street, a change meant to reduce traffic impacts on neighborhoods such as Newmark Commons.
The Rockville Planning Commission on Feb. 4 endorsed a staff-recommended footnote to the RMD-25 designation that would limit the density of any RMD-25 parcel to 10 units per acre if vehicular access is provided from an existing secondary residential street.
Staff presented the change as a narrowly targeted text amendment to the zoning ordinance intended to apply citywide as a footnote to the RMD zone but tailored to avoid unintended effects on other RMD parcels. The language discussed would read in substance that…
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