A public hearing to annex and rezone land in unincorporated Kendall County for a proposed 813-unit residential development in Oswego has been continued until next month.
“We have been working hard with the petitioner on preparing the annexation agreement that is not quite ready,” Oswego Village Administrator Dan Di Santo told trustees recently.
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D.R. Horton Midwest is proposing to build Sonoma Trails on 228 undeveloped acres between the intersection of Wolf’s Crossing Road and Fifth Street and the southwest corner of Wolf’s Crossing Road and Roth Road.
The northwest and south portions of the property are currently in unincorporated Kendall County, village officials said.
The Oswego Village Board approved a concept plan for Sonoma Trails in August 2022 which included a mix of single-family units and multi-family units in the development.
Staff and the developer jointly requested the public hearing be extended to Jan. 9, Di Santo said. In addition to working on the annexation agreement, the developer is also working on “significant improvements” along Wolf’s Crossing that “we are hopeful can be incorporated in the development,” he said.
The developer is also working on site plan modifications based on comments from the village’s Planning and Zoning Commission and Village Board members, Di Santo said.
The Village Board earlier this month voted 5-0 to continue the public hearing until Jan. 9.
D.R. Horton has expanded into 105 markets across 33 states since 2002. In the Chicago area, the firm has built more than 1,000 homes in communities that span from Wonder Lake in the north, Manhattan in the south, Hobart, Indiana, in the east and Yorkville in the west, company representatives have said.
Linda Girardi is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.