A five-home subdivision, with residences in the $2 million range, is being proposed near the Cross Creek and Burr Oaks Glen South subdivisions.
The Burr Ridge Village Board will review plans for Bucktrail Estates, planned by McNaughton Brothers Construction, at 7 p.m. Monday at Village Hall, 7660 County Line Road. The Plan Commission vote 5-0 in favor of the subdivision, which will be built on a 5-acre lot.
Residents of the nearby Burr Oaks Glen South subdivision raised concerns about flooding as a result of the new subdivision, to be located at 7950 Bucktrail Drive, but were assured that no water from the new homes will spill over to neighboring properties. A dry detention pond will be built to hold all water from the five constructed homes, releasing it into the storm sewer system gradually, according to the developer. An engineer for the project said the subdivision should actually help reduce flooding in the area.
Jon Green, principal of Engineering Resource Associates, Inc., said the detention pond would hold 70,000 cubic feet of water during a storm.
“That is 70,000 cubic feet more than the property holds right now,” Green said. “This project will be a benefit to downstream property owners.”
Green said the detention pond will hold water for days releasing it into storm sewers gradually through a 3- or 4-inch pipe.
He said the water from 30-, 40- and 50-year rains will remain within the subdivision thanks to the detention pond.
Linda Inzano, a resident of Shag Bark Court, said ever since a path was improperly put on residents’ property in the 1980s and then ripped up, flooding has been an issue on her property.
“They only ripped up the asphalt, they left the stones,” Inzano said.
She said because of that she regularly has a river in her backyard after substantial rains.
Doug Pollock, the village’s community development director, said flood water retention will be verified during engineering and construction to ensure neighboring residents are not affected. He said the village will meet specifically with Inzano and another resident who would be most affected by any runoff from the project to ensure their concern are addressed.
Bill McNaughton, developer of the project, said the planned homes are already under contract and are what buyers are looking for in new construction.
“Three of the buyers are people moving back to the Burr Ridge,” McNaughton said.
A 10-foot out lot is proposed between two of the homes to provide village access to the detention pond. The village and developer will work on determining whether that access should be an out lot or a village easement, Pollock said.
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Depending on how the neighboring properties are developed, the out lot could be out of place, Pollock noted.
“If fences are built on both side, you could wind up with an odd-looking alleyway,” Pollock said.
The minimum lot size under R-2B zoning, which the subdivision needs Village Board approval for, would be 30,000 square feet. That is consistent with neighboring subdivisions, Pollock said.
Plan Commission member Robert Grela said he was pleased to see the subdivision staying with larger lots.
“The trend now is smaller lots,” Grela said. “I moved here 25 years ago. I did not move here for smaller lots.”
He said he understands Burr Oaks Glen South neighbors’ concerns about the development, but said the Bucktrail Estates project should not adversely impact residents and could actually improve storm water runoff in the area.
“I empathize and sympathize with residents having a river run through (their backyards), being someone who has water in his backyard whenever there is a 50-year storm.”
He said drainage in the area still needs to be addressed, but the Bucktrail Estates project is not the way to get those improvements.
Pollock said the developer of the subdivision would pay $31,430 in school impact fees and $41,719 in park impact fees.
Kevin Beese is a freelance writer for Pioneer Press.