Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Duball ready to move forward on Phase 2 of its Rockville Town Center development

Duball, LLC has submitted a Site Plan amendment for its 196 & 198 E. Montgomery Avenue project in Rockville Town Center. The developer is requesting to add 178 additional housing units to the building, bringing the total number of units to 400. 150 of those will be age-restricted to senior citizens, in the new building on the remaining half of the parking lot in front of "Regal Row."

A 15% reduction in parking is also being sought. The Rockville Planning Commission previously rejected Duball's request for 400 units, and a 25% reduction in parking, in October 2014.

Duball will host a public meeting on the amendment on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Rockville City Hall at 6:30 PM.

5 comments:

  1. "The Rockville Planning Commission previously rejected Duball's request for 400 units, and a 25% reduction in parking, in October 2014."

    Yes, and then the mayor and council approved it (overruling the Planning Commission). That was the project plan amendment, this is a site plan.

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  2. The Mayor & Council approved the additional 178 dwelling units and the parking waiver in 2014. The site plan for the first and second building was approved by the Planning Commission in 2007. APFO for transportation and schools has already been tested and satisfied. The purpose of this limited site plan amendment is to revise the residential floor plans and parking garage floor plans in the second building to accommodate the additional units approved by the Mayor & Council and their associated parking.

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    1. Thanks for the update. My report was based on apparently incorrect information posted by the City - they link to a document which states that they are seeking the two changes I detailed, and which is stamped "RECEIVED" with a date within the last few weeks. They should have posted a paper describing the changes you have mentioned here instead.

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    2. "incorrect information posted by the City..." so what else is new?

      Who on the City council voted to waive parking requirements? Is guess we can get by with less parking spaces downtown... there's such an over abundance of them now ;-)

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