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Planning board approves Copperfields amendment amid neighbors’ stormwater concerns
Summary
The Omaha Planning Board voted 5–0 to approve a minor amendment to the Copperfields mixed‑use development agreement that reduces the buffer for covered patios from 30 to 25 feet; nearby residents urged the board to delay action until drainage and landscape concerns were resolved.
The Omaha Planning Board approved a major amendment to the Copperfields mixed‑use development agreement on a 5–0 vote after neighbors urged the board to delay the request over stormwater and erosion concerns.
Chair Michael Pate opened the hearing on the item, which asked the board to reduce the buffer yard for covered patios from 30 feet to 25 feet and to swap curbside landscaping with a sidewalk for aesthetic reasons. Larry Jovan, representing the applicant MJA Copperfields LLC, said the patios were shown in the original mixed‑use agreement and that the change is a correction to civil drawings rather than an expansion.…
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