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Developer revises Harris property concept plan; commission praises added connectivity and asks for environmental and rail-edge details
Summary
Lennar presented a revised concept for the Harris property on April 8 showing 297 single-family lots across two annexed parcels; commissioners praised added street connectivity and asked for wetland mitigation, trail alignment coordination with Dakota County and plans to mitigate railroad-edge impacts for future residents.
Lennar on April 8 returned to the Farmington Planning Commission with a revised concept plan for the Harris property — about 153 acres annexed in 2022 as part of the Empire Township incorporation — showing a proposed residential layout, parkland and trail corridors. The developer described a plan with roughly 297 single-family lots, a proposed 11.8-acre park, multiple street extensions and trail connections; staff and the commission focused comments on road connectivity, wetlands, the County Greenway alignment and railroad-edge mitigation.
What was presented
Staff summarized the property constraints: about 20 acres of wetland, a roughly 3-acre flood plain tied to a North Creek tributary, two natural-gas pipelines bisecting the site, and the Union…
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