The Oswego Village Board Tuesday night will look at concept plans for a residential development on the south side of Wolf’s Crossing Road between Douglas Road and Southbury Boulevard in an unincorporated area of Kendall County near the village.
M/I Homes of Ohio is proposing a residential project of townhomes and single-family homes for a 133.9-acre parcel along Wolf’s Crossing Road just east of the Southbury residential development, village officials said.
“The majority of the site is to be developed with single-family residential homes with three types of lot sizes in the northwest portion of the site,” Oswego Development Services Director Rod Zenner said in a report to trustees.
The concept plans are for 73 single-family ranch lots of approximately 6,500 square feet and 157 single-family lots that are 7,320 square feet as well as 74 single-family lots that are approximately 8,875 square feet, Zenner said.
Harvest Gate in the Southbury development has an average lot size of 7,425 square feet.
The overall density of the proposed project is 2.5 units per acre, which is consistent with the two to three units per acre identified in the Oswego Comprehensive Plan, Zenner said.
The developer is proposing a 10.5-acre park that would expand an existing park adjacent to Southbury Elementary at 820 Preston Lane in Oswego, according to the report.
There are some issues with the location of the proposed townhomes. The concept plans are for 16 townhome units on the north side of Wolf’s Crossing Road with access to the future roundabout at the intersection with Southbury Boulevard. However, access to Wolf’s Crossing Road will not be permitted at the location when the roadway is expanded, which makes it unlikely that these townhome units can be developed at the location, Zenner said.
The village’s Planning and Zoning Commission approved of the concept plans based on a recommendation that the developer look into drainage of the site and a reduction of the total number of lots to approximately 290 units.
Linda Girardi is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.
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