Planning commission approves amendment to Highmark Estates plan with grading-certification condition

The Lincoln Lancaster County Planning Commission on July 9 approved a final-action amendment to Special Permit 1423M that adds nine lots to the Highmark Estates community unit plan and requires a grading certificate verifying implementation of the approved grading and drainage plan before the final plat is recorded.

The amendment, which the commission approved 6-0, would add four lots along Highmark Lane and five lots along South 80 Ninth Street. Planning staff said the applicant has submitted a grading and drainage plan and worked with Watershed Management to address stormwater concerns; the commission added a condition requiring submission of grading certificates showing the grading and drainage plan has been executed prior to final plat.

Jacob Schlenge of the Planning Department summarized the updates and the added condition, saying staff’s biggest change since the last hearing was “a condition added that prior to final plat, the applicant would need to submit grading certificates showing that the grading and drainage plan…