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Planning Commission backs Pine Woods PUD amendment with conservation easement, removes 6-foot fence requirement
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend a PUD amendment to expand a contractor-services use at 6511 Pine Lake Road and to approve comprehensive-plan conformance for a conservation easement over floodplain compensatory storage; the commission approved edits to staff conditions removing a 6-foot fence requirement and clarifying easement demarcation.
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission on a 5-0 vote recommended approval of a PUD amendment and related comprehensive-plan conformance to allow an expansion of an existing contractor‑services use at 6511 Pine Lake Road, while requiring a conservation easement to preserve floodplain compensatory storage.
Jacob Schlenge of the Planning and Development Services Department told commissioners the proposal would add roughly 5,760 square feet to the existing building and that floodplain rules require a conservation easement over compensatory storage areas. He said exact easement boundaries have not been finalized and described the staff recommendation as conditional approval based on the conditions listed in the staff report.
Mark Hunsicker, representing applicant Franklin Drywall, asked the commission to remove condition 2.2 — which specified a 6‑foot fence — and to revise condition 2.5 so the record would require a “fence or posts” rather than “fence or series of posts.” Hunsicker said the change would let the easement be demarcated clearly while allowing flexibility where the boundary is a straight line or has points of deflection.
Schlenge supported eliminating the duplicative 6‑foot requirement, telling the commission the key is a visible demarcation of the conservation easement rather than a specific fence height.
After discussion, the commission closed the public hearing and approved comprehensive-plan conformance and the associated change of zone with the amendments to conditions 2.2 and 2.5. The Planning Commission’s action on these applications is a recommendation to the city council or county board; staff materials note which items are final at the commission level.
The commission’s recorded votes show unanimous support for the motions. The staff report lists standard conditions tied to floodplain compliance and final easement maps, which the applicant must satisfy as part of later permitting.
