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Campton Hills commission trims candidate areas in affordable housing plan and forwards edited map
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Summary
During a public hearing with no public speakers, the Campton Hills Planning and Zoning Commission moved to recommend the affordable housing plan to the village board with edits: retain the first four candidate areas, delete additional trustee-suggested locations, and trim Exhibit A to remove open-space parcels; commissioners cited lack of infrastructure and some locations being outside village boundaries.
The Campton Hills Planning and Zoning Commission opened a required public hearing on the village’s affordable housing plan April 8 and, after discussion, voted to recommend an edited version to the village board.
Staff said trustees had sent suggested locations (a list from trustee Burson and a map from trustee Bodnar) that were incorporated in redline form as an exhibit. Commissioners raised repeated concerns that many suggested sites are farmland or lie outside village boundaries, lack sewer or other infrastructure, and have limited access to services or transit — factors that would make them impractical for near-term affordable housing development.
Commissioners said the plan is largely intended to meet a state requirement and does not itself rezone land. After debate, a motion carried to recommend keeping the first four candidate areas (items a–d), strike the remaining trustee-suggested locations, and trim Exhibit A to exclude open-space parcels; the commission’s recommendation and meeting minutes will be forwarded to the village board for its review and the ordinance stage.
The commission clarified the vote applied to the commission’s recommendation and edits to Exhibit A; final approval and any ordinance language will be considered by the village board.
