City of Lincoln Planning Planning Commission Agenda

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AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2002

[Commissioners Bills and Duvall absent]

Approval of minutes of the regular meeting held February 6, 2002.

1.  CONSENT AGENDA
    (Public Hearing and Administrative Action): 

    PERMITS: 

    1.1  Special Permit No. 1957,  (834 K)  Legacy Estates, requested by Robert A. Schoenleber, on behalf of 
	  Jerry L. Joyce, for a domiciliary care facility, on property generally located at S. 72nd Street and Van
	  Dorn Street. *** FINAL ACTION *** 
	  Planning staff recommendation: Conditional Approval    
	  Staff Planner: Brian Will, 441-6362
	  Planning Commission 'final action':  CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, 6-0, Resolution No. PC-00733.

    1.2  Special Permit No. 1958,  (570 K)  requested by Ken Westerhold, to expand a nonconforming use by 
	  adding a second floor to the existing residence, on property generally located at N. 67th Street and Platte
	  Avenue. *** FINAL ACTION ***
	  Planning staff recommendation: Conditional Approval   
	  Staff Planner: Becky Horner, 441-6373
	  Planning Commission 'final action': CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, 6-0, Resolution No. PC-00734.

    PLATS: 

    1.3  Final Plat No. 98006,  (426 K)  Dolezal 2nd Addition, requested by ESP on behalf of Donald D. and 
	  Joann M. Dolezal, to final plat 13 residential lots and one outlot on property generally located at W. Irving 
	  St. and N. 1st St. *** FINAL ACTION ***
	  Planning staff recommendation: Approval
	  Staff Planner: Tom Cajka, 441-5662
	  Planning Commission 'final action':  CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, 6-0, Resolution No. PC-00735.

2.  ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA:

    2.1  __________________________________

    2.2  __________________________________

3.  PUBLIC HEARING
    AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION:

    CHANGE OF ZONE: 

    3.1  Change of Zone No. 3350,  (515 K)  requested by the Director of Planning, to amend Title 27 of the 
	  Lincoln Municipal Code by amending § § 27.41.030, 27.43.030 and 27.49.030 to provide conditions 
	  regarding the storage/display of vehicles for sale and resale as a "Permitted Conditional Use" in the H-2 
	  Highway Business District, H-3 Highway Commercial District and I-2 Industrial District when located on 
	  any portion of the lot where parking is permitted; to amend § § 27.41.040, 27.43.040 and 27.49.040 to 
	  delete the storage of vehicles for sale and resale on any portion of the lot where parking is permitted from 
	  the list of "Permitted Special Uses" in the H-2 Highway Business District, H-3 Highway Commercial District 
	  and I-2 Industrial District; to repeal § 27.63.700 relating to special permits for the storage of vehicles for sale 
	  where parking is permitted; and to repeal § § 27.41.030, 27.41.040, 27.43.030, 27.43.040, 27.49.030 and 
	  27.49.040 as hitherto existing. 
	  Planning staff recommendation:  Approval with revisions 
	  Staff Planner: Brian Will, 441-6362
	  Had public hearing.  Staff request for two week deferral granted, with CONTINUED PUBLIC 
	  HEARING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION scheduled for 3/6/02.

    3.2  Change of Zone No. 3352,  (736 K)  requested by William Austin on behalf of the Nebraska Independent
	  Auto Dealers Association and the West "O" Area Business Association, to amend Title 27 of the Lincoln 
	  Municipal Code by adding a new § 27.70.060 relating to the storage of vehicles for sale or resale in a 
	  required yard in the H-2 Highway Business District, H-3 Highway Commercial District and I-2 Industrial 
	  District under specified conditions as a Permitted Conditional Use; and to repeal § § 27.33.040(m), 
	  27.41.040(m), 27.43.040(q), 27.49.040(j) and 27.63.700 to delete the issuance of special permits for storage 
	  of vehicles for sale where parking is permitted in the H-2 Highway Business District, H-3 Highway 
	  Commercial District and I-2 Industrial District.
	  Planning staff recommendation: Denial       
	  Staff Planner: Brian Will, 441-6362
	  Had public hearing.  Staff request for two week deferral granted, with CONTINUED PUBLIC 
	  HEARING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION scheduled for 3/6/02.

    3.3  Change of Zone No. 3356,  (753 K)  from AG Agricultural District to AGR Agricultural Residential
	  District, requested by Twyla Lidolph, on property generally located at Homestead Expressway (Highway 77)
	  and Bennet Road.
	  Planning staff recommendation: Denial   
	  Staff Planner: Mike DeKalb, 441-6370
	  Had public hearing.  Planning Commission recommendation:  DENIAL, 6-1 (Krieser dissenting). 
	  Public hearing before City Council tentatively scheduled for March 11, 2002.

    CHANGE OF ZONE WITH RELATED ITEMS:

    3.4a County Change of Zone No. 207,  (589 K)  from AG Agricultural District to AGR Agricultural Residential 
	   District, requested by Virginia Thomas and Twyla Lidolph, on property generally located at W. Denton Road 
	   and SW 56th Street.
	   Planning staff recommendation: Deferral   
	   Staff Planner: Mike DeKalb, 441-6370
	   Had pbuilc hearing.  Planning Commission recommendation:  DENIAL, 5-2 (Krieser and Schwinn
	   dissenting).  Application being forwarded to County Board with request to set public hearing. 

    3.4b Change of Zone No. 3357,  (589 K)  from AG Agricultural District to AGR Agricultural Residential 
	   District, requested by Virginia Thomas and Twyla Lidolph, on property generally located at W. Denton Road 
	   and SW 56th Street.
	   Planning staff recommendation: Deferral   
	   Staff Planner: Mike DeKalb, 441-6370
	   Had public hearing.  Planning Commissino recommendation:  DENIAL, 5-2 (Krieser and Schwinn 
	   dissenting).  Public hearing before City Council tentatively scheduled for March 11, 2002.

    PERMITS: 

    3.5  Special Permit No. 1939A,  (890 K)  requested by Mark Palmer, with Olsson Associates, on behalf 
	  of the Nebraska Heart Institute, to revise the site layout and change the boundaries of the previously 
	  approved special permit for a 95,000 square foot, 80 bed hospital and 30,000 square foot medical office 
	  building, with a request to waive the subdivision requirements to allow final plats to be based on this special 
	  permit, on property generally located at S. 91st Street and Pine Lake Road.
	  Planning staff recommendation: Conditional Approval    
	  Staff Planner: Jason Reynolds, 441-7620
	  Had public hearing.  Planning Commission recommendation:  CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, as set 
	  forth in the staff report dated 2/4/02, 7-0.

    PLATS:

    3.6  Preliminary Plat No. 01019,  (738 K)  Edenton North 6th Addition, requested by Engineering Design 
	  Consultants, on behalf of Lincoln Federal Bancorp, Inc., for approximately 184 lots, with requests to waive 
	  block length; pedestrian way easements; the requirements that lot lines be perpendicular to the street and 
	  offset placements of the pedestrian way easement until the time of construction; on property generally 
	  located at S. 76th Street and Shirl Drive.
	  Planning staff recommendation: Conditional Approval    
	  Staff Planner: Jason Reynolds, 441-7620
	  Had public hearing.  Planning Commission recommendation:  CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, as set 
	  forth in the staff report dated 2/6/02, 7-0.

4.  CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
    AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION:

    MISCELLANEOUS WITH RELATED ITEMS: 

    4.1a Annexation No. 01008,  (480 K)  requested by the Director of Planning, to annex property generally 
	   located at Coddington Avenue and West Van Dorn Street. 
	   Planning staff recommendation: Deferral
	   Staff Planner: Jason Reynolds, 441-7620
	   Had cont'd public hearing.  Applicant's request for two week deferral granted, with CONTINUED
	   PUBLIC HEARING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION scheduled for 3/6/02.   

    4.1b Change of Zone No. 3195,  (1,814 K)  from R-3 Residential District to B-2 Planned Neighborhood 
	   Business District, requested by Lyle Loth of ESP on behalf of R.C. Krueger Development Company, on 
	   property generally located at So. Coddington Avenue and West Van Dorn Street.
	   Planning staff recommendation: Approval
	   Staff Planner: Jason Reynolds, 441-7620
	   Had cont'd public hearing.  Applicant's request for two week deferral granted, with CONTINUED
	   PUBLIC HEARING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION scheduled for 3/6/02.

    4.1c Change of Zone No. 3253,  (1,814 K)  from R-3 Residential District to B-2 Planned Neighborhood 
	   Business District, requested by DaNay Kalkowski on behalf of Stockwell Properties, L.L.C., on property 
	   generally located at the southeast corner of So. Coddington Avenue and West Van Dorn Street.
	   Planning staff recommendation: Approval
	   Staff Planner: Jason Reynolds, 441-7620
	   Had cont'd public hearing.  Applicant's request for two week deferral granted, with CONTINUED
	   PUBLIC HEARING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION scheduled for 3/6/02.

    4.1d Use Permit No. 133,  (1,814 K)  requested by J.D. Burt of Design Associates on behalf of Stockwell 
	   Properties, L.L.C., and by Brian D. Carstens and Associates on behalf of R.C. Krueger Development 
	   Company, for commercial retail and office uses, with requests to modify the rear, side, and front yard
	   setbacks; to waive street trees; to adjust the minimum frontage requirements for signs; and to waive lot
	   frontage and access to public street or private roadway; on property generally located at S. Coddington
	   Avenue and West Van Dorn Street.
	   Planning staff recommendation: Conditional Approval
	   Staff Planner: Jason Reynolds, 441-7620
	   Had cont'd public hearing.  Applicant's request for two week deferral granted, with CONTINUED
	   PUBLIC HEARING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION scheduled for 3/6/02.

    (See 1-23-02 agenda for staff reports on the following items.)

    4.2a Annexation No. 01007,  (498 K)  requested by Robert Dean of Engineering Design Consultants, on
	   behalf of Thompson Creek, L.L.C., to annex property generally located at S. 56th Street and Union
	   Hill Road.
	   Planning staff recommendation: Deferral   
	   Staff Planner: Jason Reynolds, 441-7620
	   Had cont'd public hearing.  Planning Commission voted to defer, wtih CONTINUED PUBLIC 
	   HEARING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION scheduled for 3/6/02.

    4.2b Change of Zone No. 3338,  (1,410 K)  from AG Agricultural District to R-3 Residential District, requested 
	   by Robert Dean, of Engineering Design Consultants, on behalf of Thompson Creek, L.L.C., on property 
	   generally located at  S. 56th Street and Union Hill Road.
	   Planning staff recommendation: Approval, subject to revised legal description     
	   Staff Planner: Jason Reynolds, 441-7620
	   Had cont'd public hearing.  Planning Commission recommendation:  APPROVAL, subject to 
	   revised legal description, 7-0.  

    4.2c Change of Zone No. 3339,  (1,410 K)  from AG Agricultural District to O-3 Office Park District, requested 
	   by Robert Dean of Engineering Design Consultants, on behalf of Thompson Creek, L.L.C., on property 
	   generally located at S. 56th Street and Union Hill Road.
	   Planning staff recommendation: Approval, subject to revised legal description     
	   Staff Planner: Jason Reynolds, 441-7620
	   Had cont'd public hearing.  Planning Commission recommendation:  APPROVAL, subject to 
	   revised legal description, 7-0.

    4.2d Special Permit No. 1930,  (1,410 K)  Thompson Creek Community Unit Plan, requested by Robert Dean 
	   of Engineering Design Consultants, on behalf of Thompson Creek, L.L.C., for approximately 352 dwelling 
	   units, with requests to waive lot area, to adjust setbacks, lot width, and maximum height, on property 
	   generally located at S. 56th Street and Union Hill Road.
	   Planning staff recommendation: Conditional Approval, as revised on 1/31/02    
	   Staff Planner: Jason Reynolds, 441-7620
	   Had cont'd public hearing.  Planning Commission recommendation:  CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, 
	   with the revisions as recommended by staff on 1/31/02, and adding new Condition #1.1.10 as 
	   recommended by staff on 2/20/02, 7-0.  The applicant's request to delete Condition #1.1.7 was 
	   not granted.

    4.2e Preliminary Plat No. 01015,  (1,410 K)  Thompson Creek, requested by Robert Dean of Engineering 
	   Design Consultants, on behalf of Thompson Creek, L.L.C., for 285 lots and 8 outlots, with requests to 
	   waive depth to width ratios, intersection platforms, perpendicular side lot lines, and sanitary sewer depth, 
	   on property generally located at S. 56th Street and Union Hill Road.
	   Planning staff recommendation: Conditional Approval, as revised on 1/31/02    
	   Staff Planner: Jason Reynolds, 441-7620
	   Had cont'd public hearing.  Planning Commission recommendation:  CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, 
	   with the revisions as recommended by staff on 1/31/02, deleting Condition #1.1.10 as requested by 
	   the applicant, and deleting Condition #1.1.14 as agreed upon by the applicant and the staff, 7-0. 

    4.2f Use Permit No. 141,  (1,410 K)  Thompson Creek, requested by Robert Dean of Engineering Design 
	   Consultants, on behalf of Thompson Creek, L.L.C., for approximately 69,000 square feet of office uses and
	   dwellings, with adjustments to yards, required parking, and required open space for dwellings, on property
	   generally located at S. 56th Street and Union Hill Road.
	   Planning staff recommendation: Conditional Approval    
	   Staff Planner: Jason Reynolds, 441-7620
	   Had cont'd public hearing.  Planning Commission recommendation:  CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, 
	   with the revisions as recommended by staff on 1/31/02, adding new condition #1.1.14 as 
	   recommended by staff on 2/20/02, 7-0.

    (See 2-6-02 agenda for staff reports on the following items.)

    MISCELLANEOUS:

    4.3  Waiver of Design Standards No. 02001,  (537 K)  requested by Rick Onnen, with Engineering Design 
	  Consultants, on behalf of Gary and Carolyn Christensen, to waive street paving, sidewalks, storm sewers, 
	  and  street trees, on property generally located at West M Street and South Coddington Avenue.
	  Planning staff recommendation: Denial   
	  Staff Planner: Tom Cajka, 441-5662
	  Had cont'd public hearing.  Applicant's request for two week deferral granted, with
	  CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION scheduled for 3/6/02.
   


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PENDING LIST:

1.  Change of Zone No. 3277, requested by Richard Wood, of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, from R-2
    Residential District to O-2 Suburban Office District, on property generally located at N. 70th Street and
    Stoney Ridge Road.
    (9-6-00: Planning Commission voted 8-0 to place on pending at the request of the applicant.)     

2. Change of Zone No. 3299, requested by the Director of Planning, to amend  Sections 27.69.044, 27.69.047,
    and 27.69.049 of the Lincoln Municipal Code, to adjust permitted signage in the O-3 Office Park District and
    adjacent to the Interstate in the H-1 Interstate Commercial, H-3 Highway Commercial, and H-4 General
    Commercial Districts.
    (1-24-01:  Planning Commission voted 9-0 to place on pending.)

3a. Change of Zone No. 3292, a text amendment to Title 27 of the Lincoln Municipal Code, requested by the
     Director of Planning, to add Chapter 27.53, to create an overlay district, the Entryway Corridors District,
     concerning permitted uses, parking regulations, sign regulations, grading and land disturbance regulations,
     area regulations, and design standards, for corridors in the vicinity of Interstate 80 and Interstate 180.
     (2-7-01:  Planning Commission voted 8-0 to place on pending.)

3b. Miscellaneous No. 00011, requested by the Director of Planning, to adopt design standards for the Entryway
     Corridors District, an overlay district in the vicinity of Interstate 80 and Interstate 180.
     (2-7-01:  Planning Commission voted 8-0 to place on pending.)

4.  Change of Zone No. 3321, requested by Michael T. Johnson, on behalf of West Gate, Inc., from R-7
    Residential District to B-4 Lincoln Center Business District, on property generally located at 1729 M
    Street
    (6-13-01: Planning Commission voted 6-0 to place on pending at the request of the applicant..)

5a. Change of Zone No. 3279, requested by Lyle Loth, with ESP, from AG Agricultural District to AGR
     Agricultural Residential District, on property generally located at S. 70th Street and Countryview
     Road.
     (6-13-01: Planning Commission voted 6-0 to place on pending until January, 2002 at the request of
     the applicant.)

5b. Special Permit No. 1868, Windmill Ridge Estates Community Unit Plan, requested by Lyle Loth, with
     ESP, for 23 single family lots, on property generally located at S. 70th Street and Countryview Road.
     (6-13-01: Planning Commission voted 6-0 to place on pending until January, 2002 at the request of
     the applicant.)

5c. Preliminary Plat No. 00023, Windmill Ridge Estates, requested by Lyle Loth, with ESP, for 23 Lots, with
     requests to waive ornamental street lights; sidewalks; street trees; landscape screens; and block length;
     on property generally located at S. 70th Street and Countryview Road.
     (6-13-01: Planning Commission voted 6-0 to place on pending until January, 2002 at the request of
     the applicant.) 

6.  Change of Zone No. 3335, requested by Kent Seacrest, on behalf of the Lincoln Plating Company, from R-2
    Residential District to B-1 Local Business District, on property generally located at 600 West E Street.
    (8-22-01: Planning Commission voted 8-0 to place on pending at the request of the applicant.)

7.  Street & Alley Vacation No. 01011, requested by Steven M. Nelson and Aileen Eliker, to vacate the east 20'
    of S. 12th Street, from A to B Streets.
    (10-3-01: Planning Commission voted 7-0 to place on pending at the request of the applicant.)

8.  Street & Alley Vacation No. 01014, requested by Thomas Tiedgen, with Midwest Steel Works, to vacate the
    east 20' of South 7th Street, generally located at S. 7th Street and N Street.
    (10-3-01: Planning Commission voted 7-0 to place on pending indefinitely at the request of the
    applicant.) 

9.  Miscellaneous No. 01011, requested by Brian Carstens and Associates, on behalf of Hartland Homes, Inc.,
    to vacate Hawthorne Addition subdivision, on property generally located at SW 27th & Maple
    Streets.
    (11-14-01: Planning Commission voted 9-0 to place on pending until the applicant submits
    applications for a preliminary plat and community unit plan.)

10.  Change of Zone No. 3351, from H-4 General Commercial District to I-1Industrial District, requested by Jake 
     Von Busch, on property generally located at SW 5th Street and West A Street. 
     (2-6-02: Planning Commission voted 7-0 to continue public hearing on March 6, 2002.)



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