TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Dustin Anderson, Director of Community Development
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance Approving the Preliminary Planned Unit Development of Neustoneshire Phase Two (PUD-2-26)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner and homebuilder, D.R. Horton Inc., requests approval of the preliminary Planned Unit Development of Neustoneshire Phase Two, located north of Van Dyke Road and west of County Line Road. The proposed subdivision consists of 147 single-family lots on approximately 54 acres of undeveloped property with R-1B (single-family residential) zoning. The R-1B zoning district requires a minimum lot area of 9,100 square feet and a minimum lot width of 70 feet. The proposed house plans include two-story models with living areas between 2,000 and 2,600 square feet and one-story models with living areas between 1,500 and 1,770 square feet. Storm detention for the subdivision will be on the south side of the property, adjacent to Van Dyke Road. There will be no park site within the subdivision, as the Joliet Park District has requested a cash contribution in lieu of a park land dedication.
The subject site was annexed and zoned R-1B in 2004 as part of the original Neustoneshire subdivision that was to include the 162 acres west of County Line Road between Theodore Street and Van Dyke Road. The original subdivision proposal was for 411 single-family lots that would be constructed in three phases. However, only Phase One was recorded and developed: NeuStoneshire Phase One is located directly south of Theodore Street and contains 146 developed single-family lots and two storm detention areas. The 54-acre subject site contains the land that would have been Phase Two, located north of Van Dyke Road and east of Lakewood Prairie Subdivision. Phase Three would have been the property at the northwest corner of County Line Road and Van Dyke Road, which is under separate ownership from the subject site and not part of this petition.
While the proposed Plann...
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