Bellevue planning commission approves Quail Crossing rezoning and preliminary plat

The Bellevue Planning Commission approved a rezoning and preliminary plat for the Quail Crossing development during its Jan. 23 meeting, sending the application to the City Council for a public hearing on Feb. 18, 2025.

Planning Department staff described the application as a request to rezone Lots 1–6 and Outlots A and B of Quail Crossing (a replat of Lot 1, Catherine Addition, in the Southwest quarter of Section 32, Township 14N, Range 13E, Sarpy County) from AG to BG and RG-20-PS to allow commercial and multifamily residential development. Staff said the request is consistent with the city comprehensive plan and recommended approval. The applicant is Quail Crossing LLC.

In a summary presentation, Kyle Voll, project engineer with E and A Consulting Group, said the site fronts Highway 370 and is bounded by 42nd Street on the east and Moss Road on the south; an earlier staff comment in the hearing also referenced South 45th Street as a general location. Voll said the team expects about $26,000,000 in total development valuation and that public-works and Nebraska Department of Transportation coordination will be required for road improvements, including adding a southbound lane on 42nd Street and a right-turn decel lane into the development.

The preliminary plat proposes six lots with commercial frontage along Highway 370, two outlots and a multifamily parcel to the south. Staff told the commission that site-plan approval will be required later for the multifamily lot under the RG-20-PS zoning; the BG lots do not require site-plan review at this stage. The applicant submitted a traffic study at Public Works' request, and staff said Public Works is satisfied for preliminary-plat purposes pending the ongoing conversations with NDOT about improvements to Highway 370 and South 42nd Street.

Commissioner Arnie moved to approve the rezoning and preliminary plat based on conformance with the zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations and a lack of perceived negative impact on surrounding properties; Commissioner Sims seconded. Commissioners then voted to approve the item; the chair announced the motion carried. The commission’s action advances the application to a City Council public hearing scheduled for Feb. 18, 2025.

The hearing record contains a technical clarification during the motion: the mover initially referenced receipt of items listed amid a computer issue; staff corrected that there were no technical deficiencies and confirmed the recommended motion language focusing on conformance and absence of perceived negative impacts.

No members of the public spoke either in favor or opposition during the public comment period.

The commission also handled routine business at the start of the meeting: it approved the Oct. 24, 2024 meeting minutes (motion by Commissioner Randy Bennett, second by Commissioner Lassenberg) and accepted into the record all staff reports, attachments, memos and handouts regarding each applicant (motion by Commissioner Arnie, second by Commissioner Lassenberg). Those procedural motions were carried during the same meeting.

Next steps: the rezoning and preliminary-plat approvals from the commission will be considered by the Bellevue City Council at the Feb. 18 public hearing; site-plan review for the multifamily parcel will follow if the rezoning is adopted.