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Planning Board approves land‑use amendment and rezoning for mixed residential project despite industrial neighbor concerns
Summary
The board voted to advance a three‑part application (land‑use amendment, plat and rezoning, PUR overlay) for a proposed mixed‑residential development west of 25th & Center. Neighbors and industrial operators raised truck‑traffic and safety concerns; staff conditioned further work on a traffic study before City Council review.
The Omaha Planning Board recommended approval of three related requests from applicant Niraj Agrawal for a site west of 25th Avenue and Center Street: a future land‑use amendment from industrial to high‑density residential, a preliminary/final plat and rezoning to allow multifamily (R7/R8), and a PUR planned unit redevelopment overlay for multi‑building residential and townhomes.
Neighbors and a law firm representative for a nearby concrete plant said they are not opposed to development but warned that proposed high‑density residential use sits immediately adjacent to heavy industrial operations. Jack Souter,…
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