Planning Commission Meeting
Monday, April 20, 2026, City Hall, City of Dover, Delaware
What happened
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The Dover Planning Commission met on April 20, 2026, to consider several development applications and extension requests. The Commission approved a one-year extension for S-24-05 for Ken Barrett Builders' 3,026 SF office building at 1413 New Burton Road (5-0) and a one-year extension for S-24-06 for the 200-unit Leander Lakes III apartment complex on Forrest Avenue (5-0). The Commission also approved SB-26-01, a minor subdivision at 7 Nixon Lane creating three single-family residential lots with a sidewalk waiver and a $750 cash-in-lieu fee for active recreation (5-0), and approved S-22-06 for a 234,000 SF warehouse at 175 Commerce Way with a partial fence waiver for opaque buffering and performance standards review (6-0). In addition, the Commission held a public hearing and conceptual review on C-26-02 for Bay Village Residential, a Planned Neighborhood Design proposed for 250 townhouses and future apartments on White Oak Road, discussing alternative lot design standards, emergency access, and floodplain revisions.
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Votes
6 routine votes, all passed
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Move to approve the Agenda as presented.
Passed.
Move to approve the Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of March 16, 2026.
Passed.
Move to approve S-24-05 Lands of Ken Barrett Builders for Office Building at 1413 New Burton Road for a one year extension.
Passed.
Move to approve S-24-06 Revised Leander Lakes III Apartment for a one year extension.
Passed.
Move to approve SB-26-01 Lands of Fuller at 7 Nixon Lane: Minor Subdivision Plan with the elimination of the sidewalk requirement and keeping the $750 cash-in-lieu of Active Recreation construction donation as recommended by the Parks & Rec Committee of the Committee of the Whole.
Passed.
Move to approve S-22-06 Lands of Commerce Way QOZB LLC at 175 Commerce Way based upon the DAC Report and the recommendation of the Planning Commission and given the comments and the presentation presented to date and to include the partial elimination of the fence component of the opaque barrier as noted by the applicant, and also to include the Performance Standards Review Application.
Passed.
Agenda
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1. Adoption of Agenda
Adoption of the Planning Commission meeting agenda for April 20, 2026.
2. Approval of Minutes of March 16, 2026
Approval of the Planning Commission meeting minutes from March 16, 2026.
3. Communications & Reports
Updates regarding upcoming meetings, City Council actions, and Planning & Inspections Department notices.
4. Old Business: S-24-05 Lands of Ken Barrett Builders for Office Building at 1413 New Burton Road
Request for a one-year extension of Planning Commission conditional approval granted May 20, 2024, for a site development plan to construct a one-story 3,026 SF office building with minor parking revisions.
5. Old Business: S-24-06 Revised Leander Lakes III Apartments
Request for a one-year extension of conditional approval granted May 20, 2024, for revision to site development plan S-23-04 to construct 200 apartment units across eight 3-story buildings and one 1-story building with active recreation areas on Forrest Avenue.
6. New Applications: SB-26-01 Lands of Fuller at 7 Nixon Lane: Minor Subdivision Plan
Public hearing and review of a minor subdivision plan to divide 0.9533 acres into three single-family residential lots, including a waiver request for frontage sidewalks and consideration of a $750 cash-in-lieu donation for active recreation.
7. New Applications: S-22-06 Lands of Commerce Way QOZB LLC at 175 Commerce Way
Public hearing and review of a site development plan application to permit construction of a 234,000 SF warehouse, parking, and site improvements, including performance standards review and a waiver request to eliminate the fence component of an opaque barrier.
8. New Applications: C-26-02 Lands of Bay Village Residential Planned Neighborhood Design
Public hearing and master plan review of a conditional use and major subdivision for a Planned Neighborhood Design encompassing 79.14 acres on White Oak Road for 250 townhouse lots and a future apartment complex development area.