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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Planning & Zoning Commission
DATE: March 7, 2024
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving the Final Plat for Habitat Green Freedom Subdivision, located at 1921 Jericho Road. (Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity - 23-0338 / AU30/2-23.261-FSD/FPN - SB - Ward 5)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity, is proposing a Final Plat for 1921 Jericho Rd, to allow the creation of a single-family residential subdivision, which will contain seventeen (17) lots, and two (2) outlots for stormwater control and landscaping maintenance.
BACKGROUND:
The Subject Property is an approximately eight and a half (8.5) acre vacant lot. The Subject Property is zoned R-1(C), One Family Dwelling District with a Conditional Use Planned Development. The zoning for the property was granted per O04-162, and was planned for a church and daycare per R04-511, but remains undeveloped. The Comprehensive Plan designates the Subject Property as Low Density Residential, and also designates the adjacent portion of Jericho Road as a Major Collector. The approved Preliminary Plat & Plan that corresponds to this proposal was approved as R2023-005.
The Petitioner is requesting approval of a Final Plat for Habitat Green Freedom subdivision, which is located at 1921 Jericho Rd. The lots are platted to satisfy the R-1, One Family Dwelling District’s minimum standards for lot width and lot area. The average residential lot area is approximately eleven thousand, six hundred (11,600) square feet, which exceeds the minimum lot area requirement of ten thousand (10,000) square feet. The residential lots are all meeting the minimum width requirement, at the building line, of seventy-five (75) feet. Garden Avenue runs through the center of the subdivision, and connects to Lindenwood Drive to the west with Jericho Road to the south. The Garden Avenue right-of-way is sixty-six (66) feet wide. Outlot 100 and Outlot 101 are dedicated for Stormwater Control Easements and City Easements.
Concurrently with this proposal, the Petitioner is requesting approval of a Final Plan for Habitat Green subdivision. The details of the request include development of seventeen (17) lots, which meet the applicable, minimum bulk restrictions per the R-1 zoning district’s standards for setbacks and ground floor area. The Petitioner has provided a Landscape Plan that meets the minimum landscaping requirements for a single-family residential subdivision, while also providing additional landscaping to screen the Subject Property from the adjacent residential properties to the west. The Landscape Plan also shows landscaping that screens the Detention Basin from the proposed adjacent residential lots, as well as the existing church to the east. The Petitioner has also provided exterior building elevations that indicate six (6) model types for one-story homes. Each model type exceeds the R-1 zoning district’s minimum ground floor area requirement of one thousand, one hundred-fifty (1,150) square feet.
DISCUSSION:
Staff has reviewed the Final Plat Resolution petition and have sent comments back to the petitioner on those submittals. The Petitioner has made the requested revisions to these documents and they now meet the applicable codes and ordinances.
POLICIES AND GUIDELINES:
The Staff’s Evaluation and Recommendation are based on the following Physical Development Policies:
12.1 (3): To encourage residential development in close proximity to places of work,
shopping and recreation.
21.1 (1): To promote access to housing opportunities for all economic, racial, religious,
ethnic and age groups.
22.1 (1): To achieve appropriate zoning protection for residential areas designated in the
and use plan.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of the resolution approving the Final Plat for Habitat Green Freedom Subdivision, located at 1921 Jericho Road, with the following conditions:
1) the Final Plat approval be contingent upon Final Engineering approval.
2) That the Final Plat be recorded with the Kane County Recorder’s office.
ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit “A” Final Plat
Land Use Petition with Supporting Documents
Property Parcel Maps
cc: Building, Zoning, and Economic Development Committee:
Chairperson Patty Smith
Vice Chair Shweta Baid
Alderman Carl Franco
Alderman Mike Saville
Alderman Bill Donnell
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution Approving the Final Plat for Habitat Green Freedom Subdivision, located at 1921 Jericho Road.
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, by petition dated April 19, 2023, Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity filed with the City of Aurora a petition requesting approval of a Final Plat for Habitat Green Freedom Subdivision, located at 1921 Jericho Road and related required documents as attached hereto as Exhibits "A"; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a hearing on March 6, 2024, reviewed the petition and recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said petition; and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2024, the Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee of the Aurora City Council reviewed said Final Plat and the before mentioned recommendations and recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said petition, with the following conditions:
1) That the Final Plat approval be contingent upon Final Engineering approval.
2) That the Final Plat be recorded with the Kane County Recorder’s office.
WHEREAS, the decision of the Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee with respect to a Final Plat is subject to appeal to the City Council in the manner set forth in Chapter 43 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Aurora, Illinois, being the Subdivision Control Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, no person authorized under the Subdivision Control Ordinance, to appeal such decision having done so in the manner set forth in the Code, the Decision of the Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee constitutes final action on the proposed final plat; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee of the City of Aurora, Illinois, finds as fact all of the preamble recitals of this Resolution and hereby grants CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said Final Plat.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee of the City of Aurora hereby adopts the Final Plat and related required documents as attached hereto as Exhibit "A" Final Plat along with any easement dedications deemed necessary by the Aurora City Engineer.