Oswego Planning and Zoning Commission approves Silverthorne homes subdivision concept plan with stipulation

Oswego’s Planning and Zoning Commission accepted a revised concept plan for a proposed subdivision near Oswego East High School at Thursday night’s PZC meeting.

The concept plan was approved “with the stipulation that it won’t pass this commission at a preliminary without a south access to Wolf’s Crossing.”

Silverthorne Homes is proposing a 102-acre subdivision near Oswego East High School. (photo credit / Silverthorne)

The motion passed 7-0 with two PZC commissioners absent.

Silverthorne Development Company presented a revised concept plan at Thursday night’s PZC meeting that reduced the original proposed amount of units from 477 to 415, a 13% decrease. The major sticking point for both the PZC and Village staff is that there is no south access point or road connecting the subdivision to Wolf’s Crossing. Currently, the only access points would be from Preakness Drive to the west and Ogden Falls Boulevard to the north.

The approved motion allows Silverthorne to move forward with the annexation agreement, the annexation, the public hearing for rezoning, the public hearing for preliminary planned unit development and plat, and final planned unit development and plat.

Silverthorne is proposing a residential development on a 102-acre property north of Wolfs Crossing Road. The property is also adjacent to the Churchill Club and Ogden Falls subdivisions and is 300 feet from Oswego East High School. Single-family home lots range in size from 52’ x 135’ to 75’ x 135’, ranging from 7,000 to 10,000 square feet. The subdivision will also include townhome lots. Currently, the property is zoned as agricultural.

Three residents of the nearby Churchill Club subdivision spoke during the public forum. One resident, who lives on Bluegrass Parkway said, “Our backyard will be facing directly into where the proposed development is. Our biggest concern right now is that, if they do this development, that they would leave those trees, just so we can have some separation between what their development is and what ours is. It’s something that’s very serious to us.”

After the public forum, one commissioner encouraged residents to continue to speak up. “I really want to emphasize that you also show up to the Village Board meetings and express these concerns directly to them because we are just a recommending body,” he said. “They are the ones that make the final decisions.”