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Developer seeks rezoning and seven single‑family lots at former Hinsdale Baptist Church site; plan commission recommended approval
Summary
An applicant seeks to rezone 1.1 acres at 620 North Oak Street from institutional (IB) to single‑family R‑4 and to subdivide the former Hinsdale Baptist Church site into seven single‑family lots; the plan commission unanimously recommended approval and the matter will return to the board for a second reading.
The Village of Hinsdale Board of Trustees heard a first reading on a rezoning and subdivision application for the former Hinsdale Baptist Church site at 620 North Oak Street. The applicant proposes a map amendment to rezone about 1.1 acres from Institutional Building (IB) to R‑4 single‑family residential and to subdivide the combined property into seven code‑compliant single‑family lots to be built by Oakley Home Builders.
Plan commission members held a public hearing and voted unanimously (7–0) to recommend approval to the board. The developer said lots will be marketed in the $2.5 million to $3.5 million range (as reported at the plan commission meeting), will install a new water main on Fuller Road, construct a sidewalk on Fuller Road, repair sidewalks on Oak Street where new driveways are installed, and provide a fee‑in‑lieu of parkland rather than a 2,600‑square‑foot pocket park (the village code requires 10,000 square feet for an acceptable park donation). The plan commission also recommended a fee in lieu of a sidewalk along Franklin Street because required sidewalk construction would necessitate removal of several large parkway trees.
Drainage was a material topic of discussion: the existing site has no stormwater detention and runoff currently discharges to the street. The proposed plan includes stormwater inlets and detention chambers (vaults) on each lot, and the village engineer will review the vault designs and maintenance plans. The developer said the subdivision will not increase impervious surface area overall and that stormwater systems will be designed to avoid additional runoff to neighboring streets.
Trustees discussed construction phasing and impact on school pedestrian routes; the developer said homes will be built in a phased sequence (not all at once) and will coordinate delivery timing to minimize conflicts with school drop‑off and pickup periods. The item will return for a second reading; no zoning ordinance or final plat was approved at the meeting.
Why it matters: the proposal reconfigures an institutional property into single‑family housing in an established neighborhood, brings required infrastructure improvements (water main, sidewalks) and creates stormwater controls where none exist today; the vote to rezone is a map amendment requiring board approval after a second reading.
Next steps: the application will return for a second reading; the village engineer will continue technical review of the stormwater chambers and vaults; developer expects to begin demolition and phased construction following final approvals.
