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Mix of 60 townhomes, condos proposed along Route 31 near Fox River in Oswego · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Mix of sixty townhomes condos proposed along Route thirty one
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  near Fox River in Oswego. This article is being read
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  by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Oswego
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  Planning and Zoning Commissioners will review 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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  just north of River Run Boulevard in Oswego. Commissioners will
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  review the proposal at their January eighth meeting. Naperville based
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  property add In submitted the concept plan for the property,
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  which is directly adjacent to the Fox River to the east.
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  The townhome units are located on the west side of
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  the site, with the closest proximity to the entrance on
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  Route thirty one. Oswego Development Services Director Rod Zenner set
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  in a staff report there will be five buildings with
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  access drives onto the entrance drive. The condominium building will
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  be located with the closest proximity to the river to
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  the east. Half of the d units will directly face
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  the river, while the others will face west inwards towards
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  the development. As proposed, the condo units would be in
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  a five story building. The building's first floor would contain
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  enclosed parking and the residential units on the four upper floors.
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  Zenner estimated the building would be between fifty and fifty
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  eight feet high based on typical construction. By comparison, the
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  single family residential home located directly to the south is
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  approximately thirty two to thirty eight feet in height, not
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  counting the copula at the top of the home. He said,
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  the senior housing project adjacent to Village Hall has a
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  height of forty two point five feet. The building will
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  have a flat roof to minimize the overall height of
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  the structure. Zenner said each unit will have a balcony
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  that is provided on all four sides of the building.
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  The developer will need to have a traffic study done
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  to determine what improvements the village or the Illinois Department
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  of Transportation will require. Sidewalks will be provided along Route
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  thirty one, and additional walking paths will be installed to
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  provide pedestrian access near the Fox River. Zenner said the
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  proposal includes two point four to seven acres of open
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  space along the Fox River. Village Staff recommends approval of
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  the plan. Staff believe the proposed development is consistent with
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  the village's comprehensive plan and development in the downtown area,
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  Zener said,