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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 an...
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