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Planning board approves Copperfields amendment despite neighbors’ stormwater concerns
Summary
The Omaha Planning Board voted to forward to City Council a major amendment allowing a 5‑foot encroachment for covered patios at the Copperfields development. Neighbors said grading and silt have damaged nearby properties and pressed for additional drainage review; the developer said stormwater controls comply with city permits.
The Omaha Planning Board on Thursday voted to forward to City Council a major amendment to the Copperfields mixed‑use development agreement that reduces a buffer yard for covered patios from 30 to 25 feet, a 5‑foot encroachment the applicant described as a correction to earlier civil drawings.
Larry Jovan, appearing on behalf of MJA Copperfields LLC, told the board the patios were shown in the originally approved mixed‑use agreement and that the amendment is intended to correct a “civil” error in the construction drawings rather than enlarge the buildings. “This is really to fix that…
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