TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Dustin Anderson, Director of Community Development
SUBJECT:
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Ordinances Associated with the Development of the Shale Road Subdivision in Rock Run Crossings
Ordinance Approving the Preliminary Plat for the Shale Road Subdivision in Rock Run Crossings (P-3-26)
Ordinance Approving the Recording Plat for the Shale Road Subdivision in Rock Run Crossings (RP-4-26)
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BACKGROUND:
The subject property is a 19.8-acre assemblage of Lots 2 and 4 of the Rock Run Crossings Lot 3 Resubdivision. The applicant, Cullinan Joliet, LLC, wishes to subdivide Lot 4 into two lots to create space for future restaurant uses along the western end of Shale Road. The remaining portion of the subject subdivision consists of Lot 3 (Lot 4 of the Rock Run Crossings Lot 3 Resubdivision), which consists of the remainder of the Commercial Retail and Service District functional use zone from the master Planned Unit Development (PUD). This area will be developed with a mixture of restaurant and retail uses and will likely be subdivided further as development plans are finalized. All three new lots would have frontage along Shale Road, with access to sanitary sewer and water mains. Each lot would have a 10-foot landscaping easement along the Shale Road frontage.
The division of the existing Lot 4 from the Rock Run Crossings Lot 3 Resubdivision into two new lots for future restaurant uses is a departure in use from the original PUD Site Plan, which showed a hotel use at the western end of Shale Road. However, eating and drinking establishments are a permitted use within the Commercial Retail and Service District functional use zone. Because of this, staff view the proposed modification as a minor change that does not require reapproval of the PUD.
Approval of the Shale Road Subdivision in Rock Run Crossings will allow for future development of a three-lot commercial subdivision. While the intention of subdividing the existing Lot 4 into two separate lots for future restaurant use is a departure from the original PUD Site Plan, staff views the modification as a minor change, that is permitted without further formal review of the PUD. The proposed uses are allowed within the applicable functional use zone. Other sites within the greater development can also potentially accommodate an additional future hotel use.
PLAN COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING:
The Plan Commission held a public hearing on the preliminary plat at its April 16, 2026, meeting. Jim Testin from Cullinan Joliet, LLC, spoke on behalf of the petition. No members of the public spoke in favor of or against the petition. Minutes of the meeting are attached hereto.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLAN COMMISSION:
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Wendell Martin made a motion to approve the Preliminary Plat of the Shale Road Subdivision. Debbie Radakovich seconded the motion, which passed with seven (7) aye votes and zero (0) nay votes. Voting aye were: Cox, Crompton, Kella, Martin, Radakovich, Turk, and Hammac. Voting nay were: none. Commissioner Eulitz was absent.
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RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION:
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Staff concur with the recommendation of the Plan Commission and recommend that the Mayor and City Council approve the following:
1. Ordinance Approving the Preliminary Plat for the Shale Road Subdivision in Rock Run Crossings
2. Ordinance Approving the Recording Plat for the Shale Road Subdivision in Rock Run Crossings