Plan Commission approves speculative logistics building at Huntley Pointe with relief for parking and open space

The Village of Huntley Plan Commission voted 6-0 on April 24, 2023 to approve Petition No. 23-04.02, a request by Huntley Center LLC / Reiche Construction to consolidate Lots 18 and 19 at Huntley Pointe Corporate Park and build a ±45,840-square-foot speculative industrial building, subject to conditions.

Senior Planner Scott Bernacki presented the proposal and summarized the requested approvals: a Final Plat of Consolidation, a Special Use Permit for Logistics, Freight and Trucking operations in the Business Park Planned Development District, and Site Plan Review with relief for parking, open space and signage. The consolidated site totals approximately 10.97 acres.

Why it matters: the project would add a new multi-tenant industrial building with significant trailer parking capacity to Huntley Pointe, shaping truck circulation near I‑90 and the Hennig Road frontage and setting precedents for parking and open‑space relief in the business park.

The project calls for two tenant entrances facing FYH Drive, a southern truck court with 11 drive‑in doors and four depressed loading docks, and two additional front‑facing drive‑in doors that require relief. The petitioner proposes 76 passenger parking stalls (10'x19') where the Village parking schedule requires 90, and 177 trailer stalls (12'x55') intended for building occupants only. Planner Bernacki said the site would have 80.6% impervious coverage and requested a reduction of open space to 19.4% (a 5.6% reduction from the 25% requirement).

Material and site details presented include precast architectural panels painted to match nearby buildings, a parapet rising to screen rooftop equipment, 64 shade trees and 40 evergreens for screening, 211 foundation shrubs, Lithonia D Series LED pole fixtures, and a proposed sign program that would allow one wall sign per tenant facing FYH Drive and one facing I‑90; any future signage was required to return to Development Services for full review.

Petitioner Adam Reiche of Reiche Partners LLC said the existing George Bush Court facilities “are first-class facilities that should provide great benefit to the business park and the overall community.” Commissioners asked specific questions: Commissioner Ron Hahn discussed electric‑truck accommodations and requested lease provisions to prevent long‑term storage of disabled trucks on site; Commissioner Dennis O’Leary raised stormwater and drainage concerns and was told by the petitioner that detention is off‑site and had been preplanned and sized for the business park. Chairwoman Dawn Ellison asked that trees planned within the truck court islands be relocated; Mr. Reiche agreed to revise the landscape plan.

Staff recommended several conditions if the commission forwarded a positive recommendation, including full compliance with Village codes and Municipal Services standards, compliance with Huntley Fire Protection District requirements, prohibition on outdoor storage of shipping containers, limitation of trailer parking to building occupants only, parapet height adjustments to screen rooftop mechanical equipment, final landscape revisions and annual mulch/plant replacement, and an explicit statement that no building permits or Certificates of Occupancy were approved as part of this submittal.

The Plan Commission added a condition to relocate trees adjacent to the truck court islands to avoid conflict with truck maneuvering and approved the petition 6-0 (MOTION: Commissioner Ron Hahn; SECOND: Commissioner Terra DeBaltz). No members of the public testified on the petition. The minutes record that the Plan Commission’s approval was subject to the enumerated staff and commission conditions.