Central Nebraska city to develop west with main subdivision | Residence & Backyard

Doniphan is increasing west.

A significant new subdivision, permitted by Corridor County/Grand Island Regional Planning Fee, will enable a developer to create new tons west of U.S. 281.

Elsbury Development of Grand Island is readying Excessive Level Growth, situated west of U.S. 281 and north of Platte River Drive, an space that’s largely untouched.

Excessive Level is roughly 58.8 acres. Its adjoining Kracklin Kirks subdivision, one lot situated south of Doniphan’s new Greenback Common at Clarice Avenue, can be 1.5 acres.

The ultimate plat for Excessive Level is barely 14.6 acres, defined Regional Planner Chad Nabity.

“The preliminary plat is, right here’s how we count on to put out the entire thing at this cut-off date, based mostly on what we see as market circumstances,” he mentioned. “That’s adopted up with a closing plat that’s only a portion of it that they are going to develop first.”

A complete of 121 tons are deliberate for your entire subdivision, with 36 tons within the first part.

These tasks are usually completed in phases.

“When you do the ultimate plat there are tax penalties for that, as soon as these are filed, as a result of every of these tons is a buildable lot at that time and may be bought individually, so it’s price greater than the farm floor as one huge piece,” Nabity mentioned. “Most builders in our space are inclined to do someplace between 5 and 15 acres at a time.”

RPC permitted rezoning for the subdivision on March 2 from transitional agriculture and normal business to R-3 a number of household residential zone.

The undertaking is one which has been lengthy within the making, Doniphan Mayor Ryan Nickerson mentioned.

“We’re nonetheless within the planning phases and going over plans and drawings and layouts,” he mentioned. “We actually really feel that so long as we proceed to comply with this course of, it may be one thing that can be very helpful for Doniphan.”

Extra infrastructure work is required, Nickerson defined.

A few of that work was completed with the completion of Doniphan’s Greenback Common retailer.

“We did have water and sewer on that facet of the highway due to the Nebraska Public Energy constructing that’s been there for some time,” he mentioned. 

To fulfill this development, a brand new sewage lagoon system can be constructed.

“We’re being required to do that by the state as a result of we’re rising,” Nickerson mentioned. “After we determined to make the funding on that piece of our infrastructure, we wished to have a water and sewer system that may meet our wants for development for the following 50 years.”

He added, “That approach when tasks like this subdivision come up, we’re in a position to take in that and reap these advantages.”

Amber Schuppan, chair for Doniphan’s Financial Growth Board, mentioned she is happy concerning the new subdivision.

“We have now been wanting housing for a very long time. The residential plans that I’ve seen, I believe it’s on level with what our neighborhood wants,” she mentioned. “They talked about placing in some condos and townhomes which might be going to be a part of an HOA, and easy-living smaller models, so probably a few of these individuals who have turn out to be empty-nesters, however need to keep in the neighborhood, it’d give them an choice to reside a less complicated life.”

It could additionally assist Doniphan entice one other wanted useful resource: academics.

“We’ve struggled with getting them to maneuver into our neighborhood, simply as a result of we haven’t had any housing accessible for them,” mentioned Schuppan. “I believe that may improve these numbers, as properly, so we are able to get them in our neighborhood as an alternative of alternate communities.”

Such tasks are crucial to Doniphan’s future, Nickerson mentioned.

“It’s good to see development,” he mentioned. “It makes me know we’re going to construct a neighborhood that’s going to be round for the following couple hundred years additionally. That’s thrilling. I take into consideration what it’ll be like when my youngsters are my age, and I hope they’re in a neighborhood pretty much as good and helpful for them as Doniphan has been for us.”