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Carpentersville board approves annexation, PUD and plats for Fox Valley Evangelical Free Church
Summary
The Village of Carpentersville approved an annexation agreement and multiple land‑use actions for Fox Valley Evangelical Free Church including a plan unit development, plats and a conditional fee forbearance tied to construction of a future access road. The board approved the combined items unanimously.
The Village of Carpentersville on June 16 approved an annexation agreement and related land‑use approvals for Fox Valley Evangelical Free Church, clearing the way for a campus expansion and a publicly accessible future roadway.
Director Matt Drowski, who presented the plan, said the church is requesting annexation into the village and will seek a plan unit development (PUD) and plat approvals to consolidate two parcels and establish a master campus plan. "Fox Valley Church is not proposing any changes to that zoning," Drowski said, noting churches are a permitted use in the R‑1 district.
Under the approved package the church will abandon its private well and septic and connect to village water and sanitary sewer to support phased building and parking expansions. Phase one calls for about a 13,490‑square‑foot expansion, a new sanctuary of just under 700 seats and roughly 117 new parking stalls, bringing total parking to about 353 stalls. Drowski said a later phase could add roughly 28,000 square feet and would require a PUD amendment when the church refines those plans.
The annexation agreement also includes a permanent public access easement—about 47 feet wide, roughly a quarter acre—to allow construction of a future roadway linking Huntley Road to the Menard shopping center; temporary construction easements on both sides were also part of the agreement. The village will design and build that roadway while the church agreed to expand and maintain a detention basin and extend storm and sewer conveyance lines to tie in to village systems.
The village agreed to a conditional forbearance and waiver of connection and building permit fees, which Drowski said is roughly $68,000 and includes a $10,000 escrow for third‑party costs; the village will cover third‑party legal costs up to a $20,000 cap. "The forbearance would extend up until the roadway is constructed, which we're expecting sometime in 2027," Drowski said, adding the fee would become payable if work is delayed.
Trusty Abbott moved to combine and approve the annexation ordinance, preliminary and final PUD and the preliminary and final plats; Trusty Gupta seconded. A roll‑call vote carried unanimously.
The approvals allow the village and church to proceed with permitting and the first construction phase; any later changes to phase two or additional exceptions to the PUD would return to the board for review.
