Elmhurst council adopts annexation, rezoning and PUD items tied to Edward Elmhurst Health property on Kendall Avenue

The Elmhurst City Council on April 21 adopted, as part of a unanimous consent agenda, ordinances authorizing an annexation agreement with Edward Elmhurst Health and approving related rezoning, a final plat of subdivision and an amended conditional use permit for a planned unit development for properties on Kendall Avenue.

City Manager (unnamed) told the council that the properties subject to the annexation “were recently acquired by Edward Elmhurst Health and are going to be incorporated into the city of Elmhurst.” He said a preliminary PUD had been approved in 2023 for a three-story medical office building and that the parking lot adjacent to that parcel received final PUD approval and was built in 2024. After a system-wide space needs study and acquisition of the adjacent parcels, the applicant revised the plan and is now proposing a two-story medical office building at the southeast corner of the combined property.

The manager summarized requirements the applicant agreed to in the annexation agreement, saying the owner will contribute “an amount not to exceed $89,000” toward the city’s cost of resurfacing Kendall Avenue from Lexington to Harvard Street. He also said design of a new sidewalk along Kendall Avenue must be completed before issuance of the medical office building permit, the owner will have five years to begin construction of that sidewalk, and the owner also agreed to install a sidewalk along Harvard Street.

The city opened a public hearing on the annexation at the start of the discussion and invited comment; no members of the public spoke. Alderman Bridal moved to adjourn the public hearing on the annexation agreement and Alderman Ardeni seconded; the hearing was adjourned without further comment.

The annexation agreement, rezoning/map amendment, final plat of subdivision and amended conditional use permit for the PUD were listed on the council’s consent agenda and were approved together when the council voted 13–0, with one member absent. The consent agenda included multiple other municipal items; the clerk recorded the vote as 13 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent.

Because the annexation and related approvals were adopted via the consent agenda, council members did not take additional separate roll-call votes on each ordinance during the meeting.

The city manager said the rezoning and approvals now before the city will allow for additional parking and the relocation of an existing detention facility underground as part of the revised site plan. No timeline for construction of the proposed medical office building itself was given during the meeting.