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Aurora committee approves Lindsay Windows expansion, conditions approval on development agreement over water-main work
Summary
The Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee approved a final-plan revision and plat vacation to allow Lindsay Windows to expand at 55 South Constitution Drive but conditioned approval on a redevelopment agreement that will obligate the company to complete or secure a roughly $750,000 water-main extension and related requirements within an agreed timeline.
The City of Aurora Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee on June 24 approved a final-plan revision and accompanying plat vacation that will let Lindsay Windows add a large storage and manufacturing addition to its property at 55 South Constitution Drive, contingent on a redevelopment agreement that will set timing and security for required water-main work.
Senior planner Jill Morgan told the committee the petition requests a larger addition and an enlarged retail outlot; “the plan shows approximately 65,000 square-foot addition” and reconfigured parking, she said, adding that the expansion will move outdoor storage inside and address on-site trailer storage.
The committee’s discussion centered on whether the city should require Lindsay Windows to extend a water main now or allow a phased approach. Committee members said staff previously granted an exception during the subdivision approval and that completing the north-side extension now would avoid dead-end mains that require periodic flushing. Staff estimated the extension work could cost roughly $750,000.
Alderman Franco said company management was concerned about paying now for infrastructure that serves speculative outlots while they are investing heavily in current construction; members proposed embedding a firm schedule, security and cost-allocation terms in an RDA so the project could proceed while protecting the city and future outlot purchasers.
Assistant corporation counsel Patrick Collins said the RDA can obligate the petitioner to build the water main or post security and that “any city costs that are incurred from the flushing will be borne by the petitioner.” Committee guidance favored a limited deferral window (members suggested two years as reasonable) tied to contractual milestones and security if necessary.
Gray Swik, representing Swike Construction Group and Lindsay Windows, presented sample panels and colors for the revised elevations and confirmed the company’s need to move forward with ordering materials if the committee advanced the final plan.
The committee approved the final-plan revision and the related vacation on motions subject to a satisfactory RDA; the committee voted 5–0 to carry the motion. Staff read revised conditions into the record that replace a prior requirement that the water main be built immediately with a condition that the final plan approval is contingent on execution of a satisfactory RDA that will obligate completion of the water main or post security and address truck-parking limits.
