Planning Board, August 5, 2026
Recommends approval: Final plat of Deer Crest North with rezoning DR to R4, 5-0
What happened
On August 5, 2026, the Planning Board recommended approval of Final plat of Deer Crest North with rezoning DR to R4 (5-0).
The Omaha Planning Board approved the consent agenda (items 2, 5, 7, 10, 15, 16) 5-0 and laid over items 8, 12, and 14. Key actions included approving a rezoning from R435 to R5 at 3460-3464 Ruggles Street (case C1026151) 5-0, approving a major amendment to the Ginger Creek mixed…
- Jurisdiction
- Omaha, NE
- Governing body
- Advisory (makes a recommendation)
- Date
- August 5, 2026
- Decisions
- 9 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Recommends approval, 5-0
- Next step
- Final board vote (pending)
Projects in this meeting (6)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearingsLayover of consent items 8, 12, 14
Awaiting final votePlat of Deer Crest North with
Recommended 5-0Layover of consent items 8, 12, 14
Awaiting final vote3464 Ruggles Street
Recommended 5-0Case C1005291
Recommended 5-0Westbury Creek Replat 2 preliminary/
Awaiting final voteFree sample: decision 1 of 9
Consent agenda approvals (items 2, 5, 7, 10, 15, 16)
Consent agenda items approved as a block: item 2 (C826142, Greg Lieber, special use permit for scrap and salvage in HI district at 10502 North 111th Street), item 5 (C1226154, McGill Industrial Park LLC, preliminary/final plat of McGill Industrial Park replat three at 11102 Melissa Street), item 7 (C10-24-011/C12-24-012, Woodsonia Saddle Creek LLC, preliminary plat of Woodbrook Valley South with rezoning AG to R4 west of 185th and Kansas Avenue), item 10 (C10-04-237, Mark Sanford Group, major amendment to mixed-use development agreement for Sorenson Park Plaza at 6220 North 73rd Plaza), item 15 (C726153, Ronald Schmidt, conditional use permit for accessory dwelling unit in R435 at 5420 South 49th Avenue), item 16 (C705216, Stonebridge Christian Church, major amendment to conditional use permit for religious assembly in R4 at 15801 Butler Avenue). Vote 5-0.
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Key Decisions (9)
Consent agenda approvals (items 2, 5, 7, 10, 15, 16)
Layover of consent items 8, 12, 14
Rezoning at 3460, 3462, and 3464 Ruggles Street
Major amendment to Ginger Creek mixed-use development agreement
Final plat of Deer Crest North with rezoning DR to R4
2027-2032 Capital Improvements Plan
Poppleton West TIF redevelopment project plan
Westbury Creek Replat 2 preliminary/final plat with rezoning R4 to R4 and R6
Westbury Creek PUD overlay district
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Zoning Changes (6)
3 additional zoning changes with full detail in Pro.
Development Activity (8)
Poppleton West TIF redevelopment project
Mixed-Use
Westbury Creek Replat 2 / Westbury Creek multifamily
Residential
Deer Crest North final plat
Residential
5 additional development records with full detail in Pro.
Market Signals (5)
Housing Demand
City planning staff repeatedly emphasized Omaha's need for housing at…
Sentiment
Strong organized neighborhood opposition (300-400 signatures and a protest petition…
Infrastructure
Ongoing multi-year road construction on Q Street and F Street…
2 additional market signals with full detail in Pro.
Who spoke
19 distinct speakers; 9 identified names.
All speaker roles: 2 Board Member, 8 Public, 3 Staff, 1 Chair, 2 Applicant Rep, 2 Applicant, 1 Clerk.
Identified name roles: 2 Staff, 1 Chair, 2 Applicant Rep, 1 Board Member, 2 Applicant, 1 Clerk.
Speaker sample: Joe Saniuk, Applicant.
8 more identified names in Pro: 2 Staff, 1 Chair, 2 Applicant Rep, 1 Board Member, 1 Clerk, 1 Applicant.
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Zoning terms (21)
94 recorded timestamps
- public hearing (6 timestamps)
- conditional use (3 timestamps)
- special use permit (4 timestamps)
- industrial (2 timestamps)
- plat (7 timestamps)
- subdivision (7 timestamps)
Decision moments (9)
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