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Red Bud council adopts updated comprehensive plan and advances Red Bud Business Park development
Summary
City staff presented an updated comprehensive plan to support grant applications and economic development. Council approved the plan and adopted restrictive covenants for the Red Bud Business Park with a new provision letting the city approve final exterior elevations for highway‑facing lots.
The Red Bud City Council and its zoning committee on Tuesday approved an updated comprehensive plan and took a series of development steps for the city’s new business park.
Jeff, a city planning/code official, told the committee the comprehensive plan is the most current update since 2010 and that “the most important chapter is the very last one when it talks about implementation.” He added the plan will help staff support grant applications. After brief discussion, a council member moved to adopt the plan and the motion carried.
The council then reviewed restrictive covenants drafted for the Red Bud Business Park. Jeff said the draft omitted any mandatory stone requirement for buildings, which prompted committee members to press for design standards on highway‑facing lots. “One of the main things … is about reading the various meters in town,” Jeff said of broader implementation items in the plan; on covenants he noted, “we did not put any requirement for stone on a building.”
Economic development staff recommended masonry on the highway frontage lots to improve appearances. After debate about how much masonry to require, members agreed to add a new item (number 18) to the covenants authorizing final exterior‑elevation approval by the city so that masonry could be required where appropriate for highway‑facing facades. The committee moved and approved adoption of the covenants with that addition.
Jeff also presented the final plat for Phase 1 of the business park (11 lots) and explained the signature and recording process: staff will submit the plat to the Illinois Department of Transportation for signature and then record it with the county after covenant revisions are signed. The council approved the Phase 1 final plat.
Staff reported a buyer is interested in Lot 30 and said the asking price is $29,000. Counsel outlined the necessary legal steps to prepare a lot sale (a resolution authorizing the sale to be published and to specify terms) and staff was authorized to prepare the resolution and start title‑insurance and sale‑preparation tasks. Council discussion covered whether to obtain formal appraisals or use a cost‑basis approach; staff said state guidance requires a sale price at least 80% of fair‑market value to avoid preferential transactions.
The council did not set a final closing date during the meeting; staff will return with the prepared resolution and related paperwork.
The zoning and special council votes were unanimous on the items considered.
What happens next: staff will revise and sign the covenants, finalize the plat recording process after IDOT signoff, prepare and publish a resolution authorizing the lot sale, and continue marketing the remaining lots.
