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Severance planning commission backs Bauer North annexation and zoning, forwards recommendations to town council

5485536 · June 18, 2025
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Summary

The Planning Commission voted to recommend annexation and zoning for the 159-acre Bauer North proposal, a mixed single-family project that would add roughly 480 residential units, subject to later plat-level reviews and outstanding utility capacity and will-serve requirements.

The Severance Planning Commission on June 18 voted to forward recommendations to Town Council to annex roughly 159 acres known as Bauer North and to apply two residential zone districts that the applicant says align with the town’s long-range comprehensive plan.

Planning staff said the annexation and the proposed zoning are being presented together for convenience but will be considered as two separate formal recommendations under state statute. Shaney (planning staff) told the commission, “the annexation is in conformance with our Town Long Range Comprehensive Plan. It abuts our Town and is a logical expansion of our Town limits.”

The applicant, Justin Hay of Stack Lot representing Platte Land and Water, described a concept plan that divides the site between a western “rural residential” area with larger lots (1 to 1.25 acres, likely on septic) and an eastern “suburban perimeter” with smaller single-family lots,…

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