Spotsylvania planning staff recommends denial of Keswick rezoning

Spotsylvania County’s Planning Department is recommending that the Planning Commission deny a rezoning request that would allow the Keswick residential development of apartments, townhouses, single-family homes and a new public park near the courthouse area. Click here for background details on Keswick. The matter will be before the Planning Commission tomorrow night.

Click here to read the planning staff report recommending the denial of the rezoning. Reasons given include that the developer’s proffer to donate and develop 34 acres of land in Keswick into a public park does not offset the cost to the county in additional required services (Keswick is projected to attract about 1,472 residents and 157 school-age children, according to the planning department report). The Planning Commission is not obligated to follow the staff recommendation.

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