TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Beth Beatty, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Ordinances Related to Joliet Logistics Park Subdivision, Phase 3:
Ordinance Approving a Final Plat of Joliet Logistics Park Subdivision, Phase 3 (FP-1-24)
Ordinance Approving a Recording Plat of Joliet Logistics Park Subdivision, Phase 3 (RP-3-24)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner and developer, Saxum Investment Company, LLC, seeks approval of a Final Plat and Recording Plat for Phase 3 of Joliet Logistics Park Subdivision, which is located on the north side of Millsdale Road, east of Route 53. Phase 3 includes Lot 3, which is 26.8 acres.
The initial preliminary plat approval for Joliet Logistics Park Subdivision was in October 2007, which approved six industrial lots on 234 acres. The preliminary plat was most recently re-approved by City Council in May 2022. This approved ten industrial lots on 300 acres. Of the ten lots, three have been recorded: Lots 4 and 6 were approved and recorded in July 2016 as Phase 1A and subsequently developed as a warehouse and distribution facility; and Lot 5 was approved and recorded in May 2022 as Phase 2 with a proposal for a distribution facility but is currently undeveloped. Lot 3 is the subject of this request for final and recording plats of Phase 3. The six remaining buildable lots (which range in size from 2.73 to 59.13 acres) have not been recorded and have no proposed development plans as of the writing of this memo.
Concurrently with the approval of Phase 2 in May 2022, the City Council also approved a development agreement for the remaining lots that permitted trucks to utilize Route 53 if the Northpoint Closed Loop Truck Network was not available.
The site is designated as I-1 (light industrial) zoning, which permits warehousing, manufacturing, and wholesaling activities. The developer will likely propose to develop a warehouse, to be located on the west half of the lot. A future resubdivision would be required if the other half of th...
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