PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing for 109 W. Benton Ave., 133 W. Benton Ave., 129 W. Benton Ave., and 5 N. Main St., Naperville, IL (Benton + Main) - DEV-0109-2025
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Sara Kopinski, AICP
ENTITLEMENTS REQUESTED:
1. A conditional use for a planned unit development (PUD) in the City's TU zoning district and approval of a preliminary/final PUD Plat with deviations to the following sections of the Naperville Municipal Code:
a) Section 6-7I-5 to reduce the required minimum lot size;
b) Section 6-7I-7 to reduce the required rear yard setback from 25 feet to 12 feet;
c) Section 6-7I-7 to reduce the required front yard setback from 15 feet to 10 feet;
d) Section 6-7I-8 to increase the maximum permitted building height from 35 feet to 46 feet; and
e) Section 6-2-10:5 to allow more than 25% of required rear yard to be occupied.
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for DEV-0109-2025 was published in the Naperville Sun on Sunday, September 28, 2025.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is comprised of 4 parcels totaling approximately 0.82 acres at the northwest corner of Benton Avenue and Main Street. Calvary Temple Church of Naperville ("Church") has historically owned the subject property; however, the property is no longer essential to the Church's ministry or aligned with its current operational needs, so the former church building was demolished, and the property is now vacant. M/I Homes of Chicago is the contract purchaser of the subject property proposing to build seven single-family attached units and two duplexes, for a total of 11 units (hereinafter collectively referred to as rowhomes). The project will be developed as a planned unit development (PUD) to be known as Benton + Main.
The subject property is zoned TU (Transitional Use) district and is located within the boundary of Downtown Napervill...
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