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Council clears multiple development items: Silverleaf rezoning (first reading), Orange Commercial rezoning (final), plats and developer agreements
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Summary
Council held a public hearing and approved first reading on the Silverleaf rezoning (A-1 to R-2/R-4) and approved final rezoning for the Orange Commercial Development; the meeting also cleared plats/site plans and developer agreements for Autumn Valley, Villas at Kettlestone and Parkside projects, and approved a downtown street-improvement contract award.
The Waukee City Council on April 20 advanced and approved several development and land-use items, including rezoning, plats, site plans and developer agreements across multiple neighborhoods.
Silverleaf: During a public hearing Melissa (city planning staff) presented a request from Jay Larson Homes LLC to rezone roughly 70 acres north of 310th Street and east of T Avenue to a mix of R-2 (single-family) and R-4 (townhomes). Melissa said the site contains "approximately 70 acres" and the concept plan shows "a total of 142 single family lots and 2 outlots for townhome development with a total of 77 units." Staff noted required parkland of about 3.9 acres based on the shown lots and said the applicant proposed a fee in lieu of land dedication; staff recommended moving forward. The council opened the public hearing, received no public comments and later introduced the ordinance for first reading and title only.
Orange Commercial Development: Andy (planning staff) presented a third and final reading for rezoning about 33.5 acres at Northeast Alisas Road and East Hickman Road from A-1 to C-1 for future commercial uses. Andy said staff recommended approval based on consistency with the comprehensive plan; council approved final passage on third reading.
Autumn Valley West: Andy presented a developer's agreement with JJR Holdings LLC for Autumn Valley West Plat 2, which would add 30 single-family lots. Because full public-street connections to the north or south are not yet owned by the developer, staff and the fire department worked with the developer on a temporary emergency access across city-owned property that would connect to an existing trail and outlet to Bel Air Drive; the developer will construct the access at no cost to the city. Council approved the developer's agreement and, separately, approved the construction drawings for the phase subject to remaining staff comments.
Villas at Kettlestone: Melissa presented a final plat and site plan for a 7.9-acre, 30-unit villa development; the applicant plans to change the private street name from Southeast Vintage Lane to Southeast Stonegate Court, retain private utilities and provide interior sidewalks; stormwater will be handled by a regional basin owned by the city of Waukee. Staff recommended approval; council approved the plat and site plan.
Parkside Waukee: Andy presented a developer's agreement with Parkside Waukee LLC for Northwest 6th Street public improvements that include a raised pedestrian crossing; the developer estimated an additional cost of $51,240.49 for the crossing and the city engineer reviewed the cost as reasonable; council approved the agreement.
Contract award: Separately, staff recommended awarding the 2026 downtown street improvements contract to Brothers Cleaning Corp doing business as Brothers Concrete (Des Moines) for $1,466,984.39 after checking references and planning preconstruction controls; council approved awarding the contract.
These approvals move multiple projects into construction or next-stage permitting; several items included conditions or staff comments to be finalized before field work begins.
