Title/Name/Summary
Brittany Glen West - Rezoning - Conceptual Site Plan
History
This petition requests approval (upon annexation) for the rezoning of an eighty-seven (87) acre unincorporated area to R-3 Residential District for the future development of a single family residential subdivision of up to 101 lots and for the approval of a Conceptual Site Plan. Twenty-three (23) of the eighty-seven (87) acres will become Cook County Forest Preserve.The land is located generally east of Wolf Road, south of 131st Street, north of 135th Street and west of the unincorporated subdivision “Country Manor Estates”.
Preliminary engineering for this petition has not been completed, and the petitioner does not plan to complete it at this time. Due to the unique circumstances of this petition, the current economy, and the likelihood that the subdivision will not be constructed for some time, the petitioner has requested to delay preliminary engineering until the project is ready to be constructed. Changes to the subdivision based on engineering requirements are likely, therefore approval is only for a Conceptual Site Plan. When the petitioner is ready to proceed with the construction of the subdivision, they must return to Plan Commission (upon Village acceptance of preliminary engineering) and to the Village Board for further approvals including a Special Use Permit for a Planned Development including any needed modifications to the Land Development Code, Subdivision, and Final Tree Preservation and Landscape Plan.
It is noted that this project is also tied to a complex agreement involving Cook County Forest Preserve forest land that is adjacent to 143rd Street and is needed for the future road widening. The agreement will reduce the widening impact on Orland Park residents along 143rd Street and will significantly reduce the costs of land acquisition for the widening. The agreement is in part contingent on the Village's annexation and rezoning of Brittany Glen W...
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