PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a variance from Section 6-6C-7 to construct 5 age-restricted duplex dwellings with 5' interior side yard setbacks on the subject properties located at the southwest corner of 95th Street and 248th Avenue (Ashwood Crossing Duplex Lots) - PZC 19-1-001
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Scott Williams, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 19-1-001 was published in the Naperville Sun on January 20, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
The subject properties are zoned R2 (Single Family and Low Density Multi-Family Residence District) and are located on Lobo Court south of the intersection with Olcan Road on both sides of the street. The unimproved properties, Lots 71, 72, 73, 80, and 81, are part of the Ashwood Crossing Subdivision which is generally located at the southwest corner of 95th Street and 248th Avenue. The combined square-footage of the 5 subject properties is 1.32 acres.
Concurrent with the subdivision's Annexation and Rezoning from A-1 (Agricultural District) in unincorporated Will County in 2017, approval of a variance to reduce the interior side yard setback requirements to allow for a minimum of 5' was granted for Lots 1 through 61 ("Single Family Lots") via case number #16-1-141. At the time, the petitioner and owner, Pulte Home Company, LLC., did not seek similar relief for Lots 70 through 87 ("Duplex Lots"). Only two types of Duplex floor plans were intended to be offered. Currently, 24 duplex units have been sold with only one sale of the "Corsica" floor plan.
The Petitioner is seeking the same type of relief previously granted to improve sales by offering the "Abbeyville" floor plan. The reduced side yard setbacks would then allow all Duplex products to fit on the remaining Duplex lots.
DISCUSSION:
Per Section 6-6C-7 (R2: Yard Requirements), the interior side ...
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