Planning commission backs Copperleaf subdivision with construction-traffic restriction

The Bartlett Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend rezoning the Copperleaf site on Naperville Road from an estate designation to SR4 and to forward a preliminary PUD plan to the Village Board, subject to staff findings and an added condition that construction traffic be restricted from passing through the Timberline neighborhood.

Vince Rosenova, attorney for MI Homes, described the proposal as a 50‑home single‑family community on roughly 15 acres and said the developer reduced density and increased lot widths after staff review. “We started out with 44‑foot wide lots. Staff recommended we increase those to 54 foot wide,” Rosenova said, noting that change reduced the plan from 63 homes to 50. He told the commission the project will include a pocket park, a 10‑foot path along Naperville Road and a 30‑foot landscape buffer.

Residents urged the commission to press county and state agencies on traffic enforcement along Naperville Road and questioned driveway grades and sightlines. Bob Tomasso, president of the Villa Olivia homeowners association, said heavy truck traffic along Naperville Road is a safety problem and wanted to know what support the county will provide. “This was also addressed in the Village meeting about a month ago,” Tomasso said, asking whether county cooperation will address trucking and winter maintenance.

The petitioner’s traffic and engineering teams said they coordinated with Cook County and the village, and that the plan includes a 17‑foot right‑of‑way dedication to allow a northbound left‑turn lane and other geometric improvements. Traffic consultant Javier Milano said the study counts adjacent intersections and applies regional growth factors to produce projected future volumes.

Commissioners also focused on stormwater. MI Homes’ civil engineer said the project will construct a planted wetland‑bottom detention basin with a restrictor designed to reduce peak flow from about 30 cubic feet per second to roughly 2 CFS at a nearby corner, which the petitioner said will improve downstream conditions.

The motion to recommend approval — which included all staff conditions and the additional restriction prohibiting construction traffic through Timberline — passed on a roll‑call vote. The commission forwarded the recommendation and the record to the Village Board for final action.