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Committee approves Harvest Pointe rezoning and preliminary plat for 59 homes in north Aurora
Summary
The Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee approved a conditional-use plan, a rezoning of about 0.3 acres, and a preliminary plat for Harvest Pointe, a 59-home subdivision north of Butterfield Road. The developer will deed a narrow strip to adjacent homeowners and a fire-access comment was added to final plan conditions.
The Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee on April 9 approved a conditional-use plan and preliminary plat for Harvest Pointe, a proposed 59-unit single-family subdivision north of Butterfield Road in Aurora.
Senior planner Jewel Morgan told the committee the petitioner seeks to change zoning for the site to R-2 with OS-1 open-space for stormwater detention and to rezone about 0.3 acres to remove that land from the Marmion plan description. Morgan said the plan includes modest modifications to bulk standards — a slightly smaller minimum lot size and width, higher minimum building size and a requirement that buildings include basements.
Developer representatives said the project includes 59 single-family homes of Meadow-series plans, five floor plans and five elevations. A petitioner representative described a long-standing fence set about 15 feet inside the Marmion property line that created a narrow strip some adjacent homeowners had been using. "We will deed the individual pieces, to the adjacent homeowners," the petitioner said, noting Marmion's attorneys are preparing the documentation and letters were sent to 17 neighbors, with documentation returned by 14 so far.
Morgan asked that a planning-commission condition regarding staff review of possible crosswalks be removed because engineering requires the petitioner to install two crosswalks (Redant & Vineyard and Moorhead & Vineyard). Morgan also said the fire marshal requested that his access comments dated March 18, 2025, be addressed at final plan submittal; the committee added that fire-access comment as a condition.
Council members questioned monotony and design standards, stormwater access and pond types, walking routes to local schools, price range and the HOA. Developer and staff representatives said the project meets or exceeds Aurora's monotony standards for elevations and colors; Brian Wachowski of the engineering department said access paths are "a requirement of the engineering department to be able to access the stormwater ponds" so staff can maintain outlet-control structures if needed. The petitioner said some ponds will be wet-bottom and some dry-bottom.
Matt Brawley of Quincy Home Company said the product would be similar to homes in Lincoln Crossing and would "start in the low fives." The developer said school walking routes are under 1.5 miles so buses are not expected to run inside the subdivision. The petitioner also confirmed there is no clubhouse or recreation building planned due to the site's small size; open-space outlots and stormwater areas will be owned and maintained by a homeowners association.
Votes at a glance: O-25-0247 (conditional use plan development / Harvest Pointe plan description) — approved; O-25-0248 (rezoning ~0.3 acres to R-1) — approved (condition removing crosswalk requirement recorded as removed because crosswalks will be installed); R-25-0249 (preliminary plan and plat for Harvest Pointe lots 1–62 with fire-access comment) — approved. All items passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
The committee adjourned after approving the three items; staff will incorporate the fire-access comments into the final plan submittal and the petitioner said it will finalize deed documents with Marmion and affected homeowners before plots are recorded.
