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Oswego Village Board approves plans for Jade Estates housing development · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego Village Board approves plans for Jada States housing development.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Eric Shelcot. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The Oswego
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  Speaker 1: Village Board has given the green light to the proposed
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  Speaker 1: fifty two unit Jada States of Oswego housing development after
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  Speaker 1: Planning and Zoning commissioners in September unanimously rejected the development
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  Speaker 1: for being too dense. At the April seventh Village Board meeting,
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  Speaker 1: the majority of village trustees voted to approve the project.
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  Speaker 1: Village Trustee Corin McCarthy Lange was the only trustee to
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  Speaker 1: vote no. I think this is too high density, she said,
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  Speaker 1: it is at a very busy intersection. I'm concerned about traffic.
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  Speaker 1: Village trustees had already approved an annexation agreement for Jada
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  Speaker 1: States and rezoned the land from single family use to
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  Speaker 1: multi family use. The fifty two unit Jada States of
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  Speaker 1: Oswego development is proposed on eight acres on the southwest
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  Speaker 1: corner of Wolfe's Crossing in Douglas Roads. The States of
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  Speaker 1: Oswego consists of forty duplex units and twelve townhouse units,
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  Speaker 1: generally oriented around a rectangular shaped loop drive with two
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  Speaker 1: entrances on turn road. Units Onamous twelve, located on the
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  Speaker 1: south side of the proposed Tully drive, would consist of
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  Speaker 1: three four unit townhouses. Units thirteen minus fifty two are
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  Speaker 1: traditional duplexes. According to the plant the project would have
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  Speaker 1: a density of six point five dwelling units per acre.
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  Speaker 1: Village planner Jeff Lynn said commissioners previously voiced concerns about
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  Speaker 1: the project's density and the potential for two high density
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  Speaker 1: developments to be located next to each other. The developer
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  Speaker 1: originally proposed a sixty six duplex unit development, but the
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  Speaker 1: project was downsized following Plan commission concerns about the density.
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  Speaker 1: That project would have been eight point twenty five dwelling
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  Speaker 1: units per acre. The project is proposed west of the
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  Speaker 1: Aventterra subdivision, a one hundred and forty eight unit development
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  Speaker 1: that features homes one to four bedrooms and size. Residents
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  Speaker 1: at the September fourth meeting also voice concerns about the
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  Speaker 1: project's density and loss of green Spacesuwego resident Daniel for
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  Speaker 1: Grace also said the project was not architecturally cohesive with
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  Speaker 1: the community it's congested. He said in addressing commissioners for me,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think it's appealing at all. How many more
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  Speaker 1: developments do we need in this community that are side
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  Speaker 1: by side. Prejade's CEO Round Prashanta said the project caters
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  Speaker 1: to empty nessers with features like first floor main bedrooms.
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  Speaker 1: There is high demand for having a bedroom on the
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  Speaker 1: first floor. He told commissioners. We did a similar project
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  Speaker 1: in Lake Zurich and it has worked out very well
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  Speaker 1: for us. Planned Commissioner chair Charlie Pager asked if the
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  Speaker 1: development would be age restricted or age targeted, No, Prashanta replied.
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  Speaker 1: He said such housing could appeal to a multi generational household.
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  Speaker 1: Projade's LLC has built housing developments in other communities such
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  Speaker 1: as Naperville, Crystal Lake, Schomberg, Darien, Buffalo Grove and Lake Zurich.