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City of Lincoln
Planning
Planning Commission Agenda
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*** ACTION BY PLANNING COMMISSION ***
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item with a notation of "FINAL ACTION". Any aggrieved person may appeal
Final Action of the Planning Commission to the City Council by filing a
Notice of Appeal with the City Clerk within 14 days following the action
of the Planning Commission. **
The Planning Commission action on all other items is a recommendation to
the City Council or County Board.
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AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2006
[All Members present; new Member, Michael Cornelius, did not participate]
Approval of minutes of the regular meeting held March 1, 2006.
**APPROVED, 6-0 (Strand and Larson abstained)**
1. CONSENT AGENDA:
(Public Hearing and Administrative Action)
CHANGE OF ZONE:
1.1 Change of Zone No. 06013 
(259 K), from R-5 Residential District to B-3 Commercial District, generally
located at S. 15th Street and South Street.
Staff recommendation: Conditional Approval
Staff Planner: Joe Rexwinkle, 441-6373, jrexwinkle@lincoln.ne.gov
Removed from Consent Agenda and had separate public hearing.
Planning Commission recommendation: CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, as set forth
in the staff report dated March 1, 2006, 8-0.
Public hearing before City Council tentatively scheduled for Monday, April 3, 2006, 1:30 p.m.
PERMITS:
1.2 Special Permit No. 1771A (492 K), extending the period of time for the extraction of sand, gravel and
soil, generally located at N. 84th Street and Adams Street. *** FINAL ACTION ***
Staff recommendation: Conditional Approval
Staff Planner: Greg Czaplewski, 441-7620, gczaplewski@lincoln.ne.gov
Planning Commission 'final action': CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, as set forth
in the staff report dated March 1, 2006, 8-0.
Resolution No. PC-00982
1.3 Special Permit No. 06010 (628 K), to allow an outdoor recreation area, generally located at N. 9th
Street and Garber Street. *** FINAL ACTION ***
Staff recommendation: Conditional Approval
Staff Planner: Tom Cajka, 441-5662, tcajka@lincoln.ne.gov
Planning Commission 'final action': CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, as set forth
in the staff report dated March 1, 2006, 8-0.
Resolution No. PC-00983
1.4 County Special Permit No. 06007 (982 K), to allow mining and soil extraction, generally located at N.
56th Street and Raymond Road.
Staff recommendation: Conditional Approval
Staff Planner: Michael DeKalb, 441-6370, mdekalb@lincoln.ne.gov
Removed from Consent Agenda and had separate public hearing.
Planning Commission recommendation: CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, as set forth in
the staff report dated March 1, 2006, 8-0.
Public hearing before County Board being requested.
MISCELLANEOUS:
1.5 Comprehensive Plan Conformance No. 06002 (2,062 K), to review a proposed amendment to the West O
Redevelopment Plan to add nine potential new projects as to conformance with the 2025
Lincoln-Lancaster County Comprehensive Plan. The Redevelopment Plan area is generally
bounded by 10th Street on the east, 1/2 mile west of NW 70th Street on the west, and either
side of West O Street, but located south of Interstate 80 and north of the Burlington
Railroad Yard on the south.
Staff recommendation: A finding of conformance with the Comprehensive Plan.
Staff Planner: Sara Hartzell, 441-6371, shartzell@lincoln.ne.gov
Planning Commission recommendation: A FINDING OF CONFORMANCE WITH
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 8-0.
Public hearing before City Council tentatively scheduled for Monday, April 10,
2006, 1:30 p.m.
1.6 Annexation No. 06003 (197 K), to annex approximately 2.5 acres, generally located at N. 14th Street
and Fletcher Avenue.
Staff recommendation: Approval, subject to an Annexation Agreement
Staff Planner: Tom Cajka, 441-5662, tcajka@lincoln.ne.gov
Planning Commission recommendation: APPROVAL, SUBJECT TO AN ANNEXATION
AGREEMENT, 8-0.
Public hearing before City Council will be scheduled when an Annexation Agreement has been
completed.
1.7 Street & Alley Vacation No. 06001 (499 K), to vacate Fallbrook Boulevard from 175' east of the
Tallgrass Parkway roundabout to 50' west of the Stonebrook Parkway roundabout; and to
vacate NW 6th & NW 7th Streets, from Fallbrook Boulevard to the Blue Sage Boulevard
south right-of-way line.
Staff recommendation: A finding of conformance with the Comprehensive Plan
Staff Planner: Tom Cajka, 441-5662, tcajka@lincoln.ne.gov
Planning Commission recommendation: A FINDING OF CONFORMANCE WITH
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 8-0.
Public hearing before City Council will be scheduled when the provisions of Chapter 14.20
of the Lincoln Municipal Code have been satisfied.
3. PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION:
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT:
3.1 Comprehensive Plan Amendment 06002 (433 K), to amend the 2025 Lincoln/Lancaster County Comprehensive
Plan to 1) add land west of 84th Street, north and south of Rokeby Road, to the Future
Service Limit; change the land use designation from Agricultural to Urban Residential; and
designate it as Priority A; and 2) change land east of 70th Street, north and south of
Rokeby Road, from Priority B to Priority A.
Staff recommendation: Approval of Option A if the property owners agree to fund the
sanitary sewer costs associated with adding this additional area, or only the Option B
proposal if they are the only properties willing to fund the improvements.
Staff Planner: Stephen Henrichsen, 441-6374, shenrichsen@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Applicant's request for two-week deferral granted, with CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
AND ACTION scheduled for Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 1:00 p.m.
CHANGE OF ZONE:
3.2 Change of Zone No. 06002 (1,788 K), from AG Agricultural District to H-3 Highway Commercial District,
generally located at NW 48th Street and Highway 34.
Staff recommendation: Approval
Staff Planner: Marvin Krout, 441-7491, mkrout@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Planning Commission recommendation: APPROVAL, 8-0.
Public hearing before City Council tentatively scheduled for Monday, April 3, 2006, 1:30 p.m.
3.3 Change of Zone No. 06012 (239 K), from R-2 Residential to B-3 Commercial District; from R-2
Residential to O-2 Suburban Office District; from O-2 Suburban Office to B-3 Commercial
District; and from B-1 Local Business to B-3 Commercial District, on property generally
located at S. 10th Street and Van Dorn Street.
Staff recommendation: Conditional Approval
Staff Planner: Joe Rexwinkle, 441-6373, jrexwinkle@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Applicant's request for two-week deferral granted, with CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
AND ACTION scheduled for Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 1:00 p.m.
CHANGE OF ZONE AND RELATED ITEMS:
3.4a Annexation No. 06001 (600 K), to annex approximately 70 acres, generally located at 84th Street and
Highway 2.
Staff recommendation: Approval, subject to an Annexation Agreement
Staff Planner: Brian Will, 441-6362, bwill@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Planning Commission recommendation: APPROVAL of a revised legal description
deleting Lots 16-20, Block 2, subject to an Annexation Agreement, 8-0.
Public hearing before City Council will be scheduled when the Annexation
Agreement has been completed.
3.4b Change of Zone No. 06001 (600 K), from AG Agricultural District to R-3 Residential District, generally
located at 84th Street and Highway 2.
Staff recommendation: Approval
Staff Planner: Brian Will, 441-6362, bwill@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Planning Commission recommendation: APPROVAL, 8-0.
Public hearing before City Council will be scheduled when the associated
Annexation No. 06001 is scheduled.
3.4c Special Permit No. 06001 (1,489 K), Grand Terrace Community Unit Plan, for approximately 485 dwelling
units, with waiver requests to allow sanitary sewer to run opposite of street grade; to
allow double frontage lots; to allow block lengths to exceed 1,320'; to not provide a
pedestrian easement; to allow townhouses and multi-family as an approved use in the R-3
Residential District; to waive minimum lot width and area; and to allow a permanent dead-end
street to have a hammerhead turnaround, generally located at 84th
Street and Highway 2. *** FINAL ACTION ***
Staff recommendation: Conditional Approval
Staff Planner: Brian Will, 441-6362, bwill@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Planning Commission 'final action': CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, as set forth in the
staff report dated February 28, 2006, with amendments, 8-0.
Resolution No. PC-00984.
3.5a Annexation No. 06004 (2,130 K), to annex approximately 51.1 acres, generally located at S. 91st Street
and Highway 2.
Staff recommendation: Approval, subject to an Annexation Agreement
Staff Planner: Brian Will, 441-6362, bwill@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Applicant's request for two-week deferral granted, with CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
AND ACTION scheduled for Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 1:00 p.m.
3.5b Change of Zone No. 06016 (2,130 K), from AG Agricultural District to R-3 Residential District and O-3 Office Park
District, generally located at S. 91st Street and Highway 2.
Staff recommendation: Approval
Staff Planner: Brian Will, 441-6362, bwill@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Applicant's request for two-week deferral granted, with CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
AND ACTION scheduled for Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 1:00 p.m.
3.5c Special Permit No. 06014 (1,087 K), Southlake Community Unit Plan, to allow up to 90 dwelling units,
with requests to waive setbacks, block length, to allow transfer of waste water from one
watershed to another, to allow sanitary sewer to exceed maximum depth, minimum tangent
lengths between curves, sanitary sewer to be non-parallel to the centerline of the street,
allow lot lines non-perpendicular to right-of-way, and the requirement for lots to front
public or private streets, generally located at S. 91st Street and Highway 2.
*** FINAL ACTION ***
Staff recommendation: Conditional Approval
Staff Planner: Brian Will, 441-6362, bwill@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Applicant's request for two-week deferral granted, with CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
AND ACTION scheduled for Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 1:00 p.m.
3.5d Use Permit No. 06003 (2,130 K), Southlake Office Park, to allow up to 50,000 square feet of
office/commercial floor area, with requests to waive setbacks, transfer waste water from
one drainage basin to another, allow sewer to exceed maximum depth, minimum tangent lengths
between curves, to allow sanitary sewer non-parallel to street center line, lot lines not
perpendicular to right-of-way, and to allow lots without frontage to a private roadway or
public street, generally located at S. 91st Street and Highway 2.
Staff recommendation: Conditional Approval
Staff Planner: Brian Will, 441-6362, bwill@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Applicant's request for two-week deferral granted, with CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
AND ACTION scheduled for Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 1:00 p.m.
PERMITS:
3.6 County Special Permit No. 06009 (747 K), Chambers Estates Community Unit Plan, for approximately 16
dwelling units, with requests to waive the requirement that a street ending in a cul-de-sac
shall be no longer than 1,000', that Portland concrete sidewalks be provided in pedestrian
ways, block length, pedestrian easements on blocks over 1,000', and street trees, generally
located at S. 54th Street and Wittstruck Road.
Staff recommendation: Conditional Approval
Staff Planner: Michael DeKalb, 441-6370, mdekalb@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Planning Commission recommendation: CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, as set forth in the
staff report dated February 27, 2006, with the amendments requested by the applicant, 8-0.
Public Hearing before County Board will be scheduled when the Site Specific
conditions of approval have been satisfied.
MISCELLANEOUS:
3.7 Preliminary Plat No. 06002 (648 K), Schworer Addition, for 4 lots, generally located at N. 33rd Street
and Superior Street. The Planning Commission action on the plat is final, unless appealed
to the City Council. The applicant is also requesting to waive the two-year time frame for
completion of improvements of the east/west public roadway, the posting of the sureties
associated with the infrastructure, and on-site storm water detention. Any waiver requests
that are recommended for denial by the Planning Department will be forwarded to the City
Council for public hearing. If all waiver requests are recommended for approval, the
Planning Commission action is final, unless appealed to the City Council.
*** FINAL ACTION ***
Staff recommendation: Conditional Approval
Staff Planner: Greg Czaplewski, 441-7620, gczaplewski@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Planning Commission 'final action': CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, as set forth in the
staff report dated March 2, 2006, as revised by staff on March 15, 2006, 8-0.
Resolution No. PC-00985.
4. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION:
CHANGE OF ZONE AND RELATED ITEMS:
4.1a Change of Zone No. 06011(495 K) , from R-2 Residential District to B-2 Planned Neighborhood Business
District, on property generally located at S. 70th Street and Pioneers Boulevard.
Staff recommendation: Approval
Staff Planner: Joe Rexwinkle, 441-6372, jrexwinkle@lincoln.ne.gov
Had continued public hearing.
Planning Commission recommendation: APPROVAL, 8-0.
Public hearing before City Council will be scheduled when the
associated Use Permit No. 84B is scheduled.
4.1b Use Permit No. 84B(509 K) , an amendment to adjust the yard requirements and allow additional parking,
on property generally located at S. 70th Street and Pioneers Boulevard.
Staff recommendation: Conditional Approval
Staff Planner: Joe Rexwinkle, 441-6372, jrexwinkle@lincoln.ne.gov
Had public hearing.
Planning Commission recommendation: CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, as set forth in the
staff report dated February 15, 2006.
Public hearing before City Council will be scheduled when the Site Specific
conditions of approval have been satisfied.
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AT THIS TIME, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM
NOT ON THE AGENDA, MAY DO SO
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PENDING LIST:
1. 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.)
2. Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. 03009, by the Director of Planning, at the
request of Jim Hrouda, Mayor for the City of Hickman, to amend the 2025
Lincoln/Lancaster County Comprehensive Plan, to adopt the Hickman Horizon Plan
as an approved subarea plan and amend the Land Use Plan to reflect commercial
and low density residential uses in the vicinity of Hickman.
(5-21-03: Planning Commission voted 6-0 to defer until completion of the
rural acreage studies called for in the Comprehensive Plan.)
3. Street and Alley Vacation No. 04013, to vacate all of the east-west alley in
Block 65, Original Lincoln, bounded by 13th, 14th, "M" and "N" Streets,
generally located at S. 13th Street & "M" Street.
(3-16-05: Planning Commission voted 9-0 to place on pending until completion
of the Downtown Master Plan at the request of the applicant.)
4a. County Change of Zone No. 06003, from AG Agricultural District to AGR
Agricultural Residential District, on property generally located at S. 58th
Street and Roca Road.
(2-15 06: Planning Commission voted 5-0 to continue public hearing on
March 29, 2006 at the request of the applicant.)
4b. County Preliminary Plat No. 06001, The Preserve at Cross Creek 2nd Addition,
for 10 lots, with requests to waive street lighting, street trees, sidewalks,
landscape screening, and block length, on property generally located at S.
58th Street and Roca Road.
(2-15 06: Planning Commission voted 5-0 to continue public hearing on
March 29, 2006 at the request of the applicant.)
5. Change of Zone No. 05052, Universal Addition Planned Unit Development, on
property generally located at S. 14th Street and Pioneers Boulevard; for a
Planned Unit Development District designation of said property; and for
approval of a development plan which proposes modifications to the Zoning
Ordinance and Land Subdivision Ordinance to allow approximately 370,000
square feet of floor area in the underlying I-2 zoned area.
(3-01-06: Planning Commission voted 6-0 to defer with continued public
hearing and action scheduled for June 7, 2006, at the request of the
applicant.)
Planning Dept. staff contacts:
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Ray Hill, Development Review Manager
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441-6371
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rhill@lincoln.ne.gov
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Steve Henrichsen, Special Projects Manager
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441-6374
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shenrichsen@lincoln.ne.gov
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Tom Cajka, Planner
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441-5662
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tcajka@lincoln.ne.gov
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David Cary, Transportation Planner
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441-6364
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dcary@lincoln.ne.gov
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Greg Czaplewski, Planner
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441-7620
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gczaplewski@lincoln.ne.gov
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Mike DeKalb, Planner
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441-6370
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mdekalb@lincoln.ne.gov
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Joe Rexwinkle, Planner
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441-6373
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jrexwinkle@lincoln.ne.gov
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Duncan Ross, Planner
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441-7603
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dross@lincoln.ne.gov
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Brian Will, Planner
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441-6362
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bwill@lincoln.ne.gov
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Ed Zimmer, Historic Preservation Planner
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441-6360
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ezimmer@lincoln.ne.gov
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