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Council approves 180-unit Cedar Cross Road planned development after traffic, amenities review

2495377 · February 17, 2025
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The Dubuque City Council voted 7-0 to rezone an 11-acre site on Cedar Cross Road to a planned unit development (PUD) that would allow about 180 apartment units in up to three phases. City staff said a required traffic study and site-plan review will govern access, parking and stormwater details before construction begins.

The Dubuque City Council on Feb. 17 voted 7-0 to rezone an 11-acre parcel on Cedar Cross Road from C-3 general commercial to a planned unit development with a PR planned-residential designation, clearing the way for a proposed 180-unit apartment complex by Callahan Construction.

Planning services director Wally Wernemont told the council the applicant’s concept calls for six buildings totaling about 180 apartments, a clubhouse, pickleball courts, a detention basin and internal circulation. Utilities are available at the site, he said, and the project will be reviewed by the city’s development review team for traffic, parking, lighting, stormwater and landscaping requirements.

The developer presented the plan at the meeting and said the project would be built in three phases, with each phase roughly a year apart. “Lot 1, Lot 2, Lot 3 — hopefully we are looking at one year for each phase,” the…

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