Kendall County Zoning Board of Appeals met Feb. 28.
Here is the agenda provided by the board:
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Randy Mohr called the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Members Present: Scott Cherry, Cliff Fox, Tom LeCuyer, Randy Mohr, and Anne Vickery
Members Absent: Dick Thompson and Dick Whitfield
Staff Present: Matthew Asselmeier, AICP, CFM, Senior Planner
Others Present: Andrew Doyle and Patti Bernhard
Chairman Mohr swore in Andrew Doyle and Patti Bernhard prior to the start of the public hearings.
PETITIONS
Without objections, Chairman Mohr continued Petition 21-49 until May 2, 2022, and Petition 22-01 until after the Petitioner resolved the access permit issues with the Village of Oswego.
The Zoning Board of Appeals started their review of Petition 22-03 at 7:01 p.m.
Petition 22 – 03 – Executive Pastor Sean Mabee on Behalf of Grace Bible Church of Shorewood and
Fire Chief Andrew Doyle on Behalf of the Troy Fire Protection District
Request: Special Use Permit for a Governmental Building or Facility (Fire Station) and the Revocation of a Special Use Permit for a Church Granted by Ordinance 2004-24
PIN: 09-12-300-017
Location: 748 Jones Road, Seward Township
Purpose: Petitioners Want to Operate a Fire Station and Remove the Special Use Permit for a Church at the Subject Property; Property is Zoned A-1
Mr. Asselmeier summarized the request.
In July 2004, the Kendall County Board granted a special use permit for a church at the subject property.
The property was for sale and the Troy Fire Protection District would like to purchase the property in order to construct a new fire station and training facility.
The application materials, plat of survey, site plan, renderings of some of the proposed buildings, Ordinance 2004-24 and the aerial of the property were provided.
The property is located at 748 Jones Road.
The property is approximately twenty-five (25) acres in size.
The Future Land Use Map calls for this area to be Suburban Residential (Max 1.00 DU/Acre). The Village of Shorewood’s Future Land Use Map calls for this area to be Residential.
Jones Road is maintained by the City of Joliet at this property. Jones Road is a Minor Collector maintained by Seward Township in the unincorporated area. Shorewood has a north-south road planned near the subject property.
There are no trails planned in the area.
There are no floodplains or wetlands on the property.
The adjacent land uses are Agricultural and Farmstead.
The adjacent properties are zoned R-1 B Single-Family Residential inside Joliet and A-1 in the unincorporated area.
The Land Resource Management Plan calls for the area to be Suburban Residential. Shorewood’s Future
Land Use Map calls for this area to be Residential and Commercial. Joliet’s Future Land Use Map calls for this area to Residential with 2.5 DU/Acre for single-family and 3.0 DU/Acre for mixed use.
The zoning districts within one half (1/2) mile are R-1 B, B-2, and B-3 inside Joliet and A-1 in the unincorporated area.
Six homes plus several homes in the Hunters Ridge Subdivision inside the City of Joliet are located within one half (1/2) mile of the property.
EcoCAT Report was submitted on December 17, 2021, and consultation was terminated.
The NRI application was submitted on December 17, 2021. The LESA Score was 183 indicating low level of protection. The NRI Report was provided.
Petition information was sent to Seward Township on December 23, 2021. The Seward Township Planning Commission reviewed this proposal on January 4, 2022. They recommended approval by a vote of four (4) in favor and zero (0) in opposition. The minutes of the meeting were provided. Petition information was sent to the Village of Shorewood on December 23, 2021. In the special use permit for the church, condition 3 required an annexation agreement with Shorewood that did not occur. At the ZPAC meeting, the Village of Shorewood requested an annexation agreement with the Petitioners; the Petitioners were agreeable to the request. At the Kendall County Regional Planning Commission meeting, an email from the Petitioner was read explaining that an annexation agreement could be not secured until the Fire District owned the property. The email was included in the minutes of the February 23, 2022, Kendall County Regional Planning Commission meeting.
Petition information was sent to the City of Joliet on December 23, 2021. In the special use permit for the church, condition 4 required the church to develop a time table for improvements to Jones Road.
The City of Joliet supplied information regarding planned improvements to Jones Road. This information was provided. The Petitioners agreed to establish an escrow account with the City of Joliet to cover the cost for some of the improvements to Jones Road. At the Kendall County Regional Planning Commission meeting, an email from the Petitioner was read explaining that the City of Joliet had no record of the establishment of an escrow with the church and the Fire District would be required to establish an escrow, if the Fire District could not provide information to the contrary. The email was included in the minutes of the February 23, 2022, Kendall County Regional Planning Commission meeting.
ZPAC reviewed the proposal on January 4, 2022. The Health Department noted a change of use would be necessary for the property. They requested the septic area be protected and to secure appropriate permits for the well based on the usage of the property. A fire suppression system would be installed in the existing buildings. The Petitioners would provide information regarding the brightness of lights. The fire equipment would not use their horns at night unless there were vehicles on the road. ZPAC recommended approval of the proposal with the conditions proposed by Staff, a requirement that an escrow be paid to Joliet and an annexation agreement was secured with Shorewood by a vote of seven (7) in favor and zero (0) in opposition. The minutes of the meeting were provided. The Kendall County Regional Planning Commission did not have quorum for their meeting on January 26, 2022.
The Kendall County Regional Planning Commission reviewed this proposal at their meeting on February 23, 2022. Discussion occurred about having an antenna at the property and reducing the brightness of the sign to match the ambient light of the area instead of a 10:00 p.m. reduction. The Kendall County Regional Planning Commission recommended approval of the proposal with the conditions proposed by Staff and changing the time the brightness of the sign was reduced by a vote of eight (8) in favor and zero (0) in opposition with one (1) member absent. The minutes of the January 26, 2022, gathering and the February 23, 2022 meeting were provided.
The Kendall County Zoning Board of Appeals started a public hearing on this proposal on January 31, 2022. The hearing was continued to February 28, 2022. The minutes of the January 31, 2022, meeting were provided.
The Troy Fire Protection District plans to convert the property into a fire station and training facility.
The fire station would be staffed twenty-four (24) hours per day and would serve as the District’s third (3rd) fire station. The station would have a maximum of eight (8) firefighters.
The indoor training facility would be housed in the existing four thousand five hundred (4,500) square foot building. The building will have four (4) classrooms and one (1) office. Three (3) of the classrooms can hold twenty (20) students and the other classroom can hold fifty-two (52) students. The total number of students and instructors would be a maximum of one hundred twenty (120). Hours of operations would be Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
The outside training area and tower would be used for live fire training, non-live fire training, search and rescue, and technical rescue. The hours of operation for this site would be the same as the hours of operation for the indoor training facility. The total number of students and instructors at this site would be twenty (20).
https://www.kendallcountyil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/23566/637841426615730000
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