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Oswego plan commissioners cite density concerns with housing complex near Fox River · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego planned commissioners site density concerns with housing complex near
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  Fox River. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlett. The majority of Oswego
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  Planning and Zoning Commissioners believe that a concept plan to
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  build twenty townhouses and forty condominium units on six point
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  seven acres on the east side of Route thirty one
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  is two dense and out of place with the surrounding neighborhood.
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  Commissioners reviewed the proposal at their January eighth meeting. Naperville
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  based property add In submitted the concept plan for the property,
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  which is just north of River Run Boulevard in Oswego
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  and directly adjacent to the Fox River to the east.
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  The land is currently unincorporated. It just feels so out
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  of place with what's there right now, Commissioner Lisa Hillman said.
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  Commissioner Justin Saither agreed. He noted there are single family
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  homes to the north, to the south, and to the
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  west of the proposed development. This just seems to be
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  another development that's out of place, that doesn't fit. Sather said,
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  I'd rather see three large homes built there. It's on
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  the river it's probably the most beautiful part of Oswego.
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  Why can't we have the three acre lots with million
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  dollar houses on a river instead of cramming as many
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  people we can to the smallest spot possible shoehorned into
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  the area. Commissioner Kim Bradshaw said she would be more
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  comfortable if the condominium building was eliminated from the plan
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  in favor of perhaps more townhouse buildings. Bradshaw said she
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  would like to see luxury townhouses. I just think a
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  condo building is going to be another eye sore, especially there,
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  she said. Commissioner David rud, however, supported the proposal. I
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  think this is the thing we need downtown, he said,
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  this is exactly what we need. Rude said such a
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  development would bring more people to the downtown and help
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  the downtown attract more businesses. He admits the development doesn't
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  look like many of the buildings in the downtown. It
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  is a little more modern than all of the quaintness
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  we have downtown, but it's twenty twenty six. He said.
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  The townhouse units would be located on the west side
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  of the site, with the closest proximity to the entrance
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  on Route thirty one Oswego Development Services Director Rod Zenner
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  said in a staff report there will be five buildings
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  with access drives onto the entrance drives that they are said.
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  The condominium building will be located with the closest proximity
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  to the river to the east. Half of the condo
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  units will directly face the river, while the others will
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  face west inwards towards the development. As proposed, the condo
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  units would be in a five story building. The building's
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  first floor would contain enclosed parking and the residential units
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  on the four upper floors. Zenner estimated the building would
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  be between fifty and fifty eight feet high based on
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  typical construction. By comparison, the single family residential home located
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  directly to the south is approximately thirty two to thirty
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  eight feet in height, not counting the copula at the
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  top of the home, He said, the senior housing project
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  adjacent to Village Hall has a height of forty two
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  point five feet. The building will have a flat roof
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  to minimize the overall height of the structure. Zenner said
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  each unit will have a balcony that is provided on
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  all four sides of the building. The developer will need
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  to have a traffic study done to determine what improvements
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  the village or the Illinois Department of Transportation will require.
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  Sidewalks will be provided along Route thirty one, and additional
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  walking paths will be installed to provide pedestrian access near
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  the Fox River. Zenner said several residents also spoke against
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  the project, including Renee Atkins, who lives on the riverfront
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  along Route thirty one in Oswego. This exact plan is
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  not compatible with the homes around it, she said. I
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  feel like riverfront properties are inherently different than everything else.
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  I'm not opposed to growth. I just think there are
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  probably better areas than the Aswego area that are suited
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  for this