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Plan commissioners concerned about density of housing development proposed near Oswego East · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Plan Commissioners concerned about density of housing development proposed near Oswego East
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  Written by Eric Shelkov. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice, brought to you by Everlett. Oswego Planning and Zoning Commissioners are
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  concerned about the density of a proposal to build 182 single-family homes
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  and 295 townhome units just west of Oswego East High School. During
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  their September 10 meeting, commissioners recommended the plans be revised before going
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  to The Oswego Village Board for review. I think what we're looking
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  for is a design that is a little more open rather than
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  so dense. Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Charlie Pager said during The
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  meeting. Commissioners also voiced other concerns about traffic flow through the proposed
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  subdivision. The 102-acre property is located north of Wolfs Crossing Road, immediately
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  east of the Churchill Club subdivision, and about 300 feet west of
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  Oswego East High School. The property is currently unincorporated and zoned for
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  agriculture. The single family homes are located, generally, on the northern two-thirds
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  of the property, and the town home units are located to the
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  south, closer to Wolf's Crossing Road, village planner Jeff Lind said in
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  a memo to planning and zoning commissioners. Density diminishes, going south to
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  north, so that the largest and widest single family lots are found
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  to the north and northwest, mirroring the abutting Ogden Falls and Churchill
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  Club single family lots, he said. The single family lots range in
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  size from seven thousand twenty square feet to ten thousand square feet.
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  As part of the concept plan two hundred and ninety five town
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  home units would be built towards the southern portion of the development.
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  Plans call for the construction of sixty one separate town home buildings,
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  each of which contains between three and six attached dwelling units, Lynn
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  said. Village staff noted the proposed use is consistent with the village's
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  comprehensive plan and the distribution of housing types aligns with adjacent subdivisions.
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  Silverthorne Homes brought the concept plan for the proposed Lowed Grove subdivision
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  to the meeting. The name of the proposed subdivision is an historic
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  reference. When the village was first being settled in the eighteen thirties,
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  it was called Lodi. However, because another town in Illinois already claimed
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  that name, the community changed its name to Oswego in july eighteen
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  thirty eight. We believe that our proposed development will provide a mix
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  of housing development to residents at all active stages of life. Paul
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  DeCrouf of Silverthorne Homes said in addressing planning and zoning commissioners at
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  the meeting. The Reverend Corey Ashley, lead pastor of Wellspring United Methodist
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  Church, which is located on Wolf Road, immediately south of the development,
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  voiced concerns about how the development would impact parking and access to
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  the church. This proposal could acquire additional property from Wells Spring and
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  further affect our parking, access, circulation and useful space, Ashley told commissioners.
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  He also wanted to see approval of the plans delayed, so we
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  would have time to properly negotiate and work with Silverthorn to come
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  to a good solution for all parties and find a way for
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  everyone to benefit from this moment here. This would be Silverthorne Home's
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  second housing development in the village. Pine Ridge Club, a thirty one
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  home ranch villa development, will be built west of the intersection of
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  Mill and Orchard Roads on the village's west side. The ranch villas
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  will be built in the first phase of the development. The second
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  phase will feature 82 conventional two-story rear load townhouses.