Arapahoe County approves Eastgate general plan and water/sewer extension; special-district plan continued

Arapahoe County commissioners voted Feb. 11 to approve a general development plan for the 44-acre Eastgate site and to authorize a 10-41 permit extension allowing the City of Aurora to provide water and sewer to the project, while continuing consideration of the special district service plan to March 11 because one required notice was lacking.

The board’s approvals set a framework for a mixed-use planned unit development (PUD) that the applicants said would accommodate up to 1,000 residential units (capped in the GDP) and roughly 400,000 square feet of commercial and light-industrial space, including an industrial block visible from I‑70. The board approved the GDP (GDP 23-003) on a motion by Commissioner Baker, seconded by Commissioner Campbell; the 10-41 service extension (ASI 24-001) was approved on a motion by Commissioner Warren Gully, seconded by Commissioner Baker. The Eastgate special district service plan (SD 24-002) was continued to March 11, 2025, because one portion of the notice requirements did not meet the county’s standards.

Why this matters: the approvals move forward a large mixed-use project on the county’s border with the City of Aurora that applicants said will add housing variety and retail/industrial capacity. County staff and the applicants described substantial right-of-way dedication and infrastructure work needed to serve the site, and attached conditions intended to ensure utility preconditions, traffic mitigation and environmental safeguards are met before vertical construction.

The proposal and approvals Kat Hammer, senior planner with the county’s Public Works and Development Department, presented the applications as three related items: the Eastgate General Development Plan, a 10-41 application to extend domestic water and sewage systems, and a special district combined service-plan. Hammer told the board the planning commission held a public hearing on the applications and voted 7–0 to recommend approval…