TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Dustin Anderson, Director of Community Development
SUBJECT:
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Ordinances Associated with CenterPoint Intermodal Center at Joliet Phase Twenty-Eight:
Ordinance Approving the Preliminary Plat of CenterPoint Intermodal Center at Joliet Phase Twenty-Eight, a Minor Subdivision (P-1-26)
Ordinance Approving the Recording Plat of CenterPoint Intermodal Center at Joliet Phase Twenty-Eight, a Minor Subdivision (RP-1-26)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner and owner, CenterPoint Joliet Railroad Terminal LLC, seeks approval of a preliminary plat and a recording plat of CenterPoint Intermodal Center at Joliet Phase Twenty-Eight, a Minor Subdivision, located at 3500 Houbolt Road. The subdivision creates two lots from an existing lot in order to separate off the floodplain area from the buildable area. The subject site is a recorded lot within a previously approved CenterPoint subdivision phase (Lot 33 in Phase Twenty-Seven), so there are no additional public improvements required with this request.
The 106-acre subject site is currently undeveloped and is zoned I-TC (Intermodal Terminal - Industrial Park). The site is within the CenterPoint intermodal park and surrounded by other industrial properties. The east side of the site contains floodplain and wetlands in the Cedar Creek watershed. The site will need to comply with the Cedar Creek Protection Area ordinance (Zoning Ordinance Section 47-15G) if applicable.
The proposed subdivision will create two lots from the existing lot. Proposed Lot 35 will be 76.2 acres and will be developed with a 1.1-million-square-foot warehouse facility. The preliminary plat includes a concept plan for the proposed development, which is a permitted use in the I-TC zoning district. Proposed Lot 36 will be 29.8 acres and will contain Cedar Creek floodplain and wetland areas. Lot 36 will be owned and maintained by the CenterPoint property owners' association. A drainage easement will be reserved over all o...
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