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Trustees approve ordinance allowing underground stormwater detention for Goodings Grove School
Summary
The Village of Homer Glen approved an ordinance modifying stormwater code 138-6K4E to permit underground detention for Goodings Grove School’s parking expansion after village consultants and HR Green said the system resolves a blind connection and improves outfall controls. No residents testified during the public hearing.
Trustees approved an ordinance on May 28, 2026, amending the village stormwater code to allow underground detention for Goodings Grove School’s planned parking-lot expansion at 12914 W. 143rd Street.
The change implements a site-specific modification to code section 138-6K4E requested by the school. Brett, the village reviewer for the application, told the board the proposal corrects an existing “blind connection” — two pipes tied together without a control structure — by installing an underground detention system and a restrictor structure that will release stormwater to the county system at an acceptable, controlled rate. Brett said the change “will improve storm water quality and will also implement a restrictor structure where there is not one currently.”
The application (Case HG2601-MAS) includes a surface bio-infiltration detention on the north end of the parcel and the proposed underground detention on the south end where outfall occurs into county right-of-way. Village consultants from HR Green and Will County reviewers reviewed the plans and provided signoff, the board heard.
No members of the public signed in to speak during the public hearing, which the clerk opened and closed before the ordinance was taken up for final action. Trustees voted to approve the modification; the meeting record shows the motion carried.
What this means: the school may proceed with the expanded parking and the underground detention approach, which village staff say resolves an existing storm-drain connection and adds flow control and water-quality treatment. The ordinance is a site-specific code modification and does not broadly change village policy on underground detention for other noncommercial parcels.
Next steps: village staff will finalize permitting and construction coordination with the county as needed; the school is expected to follow the approved stormwater plans and any conditions set by the village.
