A new 2000 home development is headed to Lancaster County. Lancaster County Council passed the first vote of three needed to make it happen, on Oct. 22. Second votes are planned for Nov. 12.
If that passes, a third and final vote would be Nov. 26. Jon Hardy with Lennar Homes told the planning commission at the group’s September meeting that downtown Lancaster will benefit from the project.
The location for the more than 1,300-acre tract is on the west side of U.S. 521, between intersections at West North Corner and Shiloh Unity roads. It’s about two miles north of Lancaster.
The acreage is a combination of 11 properties. Plans are for 480 acres of open space, with homes on lots 55 to 75 feet wide. The biggest risk with the project is three miles of sewer the developer will have to run through the area.
It could cost $10 million to $12 million. If rezoning is approved, construction drawings should be well underway by the end of the year.
Development of the property could start about this time next year, with sales starting about this time in 2020. County planning staff have recommended approval of a zoning change to allow the development as did the county planning commission.