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Sarpy County OKs rezoning and preliminary plat for 75‑lot 220th & Harrison estates, with conditions
Summary
The Sarpy County Board approved rezoning from agricultural to Residential Estates 2 and a 75‑lot preliminary plat for a planned development at 220th Street and Harrison Street, subject to staff conditions on roads, environmental protections and utility commitments.
The Sarpy County Board of Commissioners on a 5‑0 vote approved rezoning a 280‑acre parcel from Agricultural Farming (AG) to Residential Estates 2 (RE2) and a preliminary plat for 75 single‑family lots and nine outlots known as 220th and Harrison Street Estates.
The approval, moved by Commissioner Warren Mixon and seconded by Commissioner Kelly Burmeister, adopted the planning staff recommendation and attached the conditions in the staff report, including requirements for paved access at the first phase, environmental easements, community water, and further engineering work before final plat.
Julie Ogden, planning consultant with JEO Consulting Group, told the board the application seeks a master plan development under county zoning section 30.1, which allows flexibility for large sites but requires paved streets, community water or wastewater systems, and a minimum acreage threshold for the development type. The developer proposes four phases, 75 lots, gated private interior streets built to Nebraska minimum design standards, and preservation of environmental features via outlots and permanent easements.
The developer, DJ Hinman, said roughly 12% of the project's 280 acres would be preserved as outlots and that each lot would carry a permanent easement limiting building outside defined buildable areas. He said the team intends to coordinate with Metropolitan Utilities District (MUD) to extend water, and that sanitary service plans (on‑site septic versus sewer) will be refined with geotechnical testing before final plat.
Nearby property owner Jeff Elliott said he is not opposed to development but raised concerns about lot sizes relative to septic, slope and erosion risks along an old rail bed on adjacent property, safety where trails and slopes meet, and the condition of 200th & 40th Street (gravel) and a narrow bridge there. Elliott asked that the county require protections such as fencing and that any connection to 200th & 40th be paved for safety.
Planning staff and public works representatives told commissioners that they will require additional geotechnical and drainage work before final plat, will coordinate with the Natural Resources District (NRD) and the Southern Sarpy Watershed Partnership on creek and buffer widths, and will continue to negotiate a subdivision agreement with provisions for Harrison Street paving cost sharing and long‑term maintenance (the developer proposes a homeowners association rather than a sanitary improvement district).
Board members questioned specific technical waivers requested by the developer: a requested maximum roadway grade increase from 10% (county maximum) to 15% (to reduce grading impacts) was not recommended by public works; a narrower pavement width (2×11 ft lanes) without curb and gutter was supported; and a cul‑de‑sac length waiver was not recommended at this time. Staff said those issues must be resolved before final plat.
The board approved the preliminary plat and rezoning with the conditions in the staff report; staff said the development must return with engineering, geotechnical, finalized utility commitments and a development agreement before final plat.
Commissioners and speakers repeatedly noted that provision of electricity (by OPPD) and water (MUD) will drive the project schedule, and that construction timing is therefore uncertain until utilities commit to service delivery.
