23960 S. Houbolt Road Annexation and Light Industrial Development
Joliet
Description
An annexation agreement, light industrial zoning classification, and special use permit for development within the Cedar Creek watershed protection area.
Impact summary
Adds industrial development and likely truck traffic to a road residents already say is unsafe, but brings property into the city's tax base.
Applicant
- Address
- 23960 S. Houbolt Road
At a glance
- Hearings
- 3
- Public comments
- 4
- Total mentions
- 3
Last vote · City Council
Rising — discussed at 3 meetings since Sep 17, 2026, up from 0 in the two months before.
Meeting timeline (3)
City Council Meeting - Oct 20, 2026
A roughly million-plus square-foot warehouse on about 74 acres across from the CenterPoint development, annexed into the city, zoned light industrial, with a special use permit for building on Cedar Creek watershed protection land.
Pre-Council Meeting - Oct 19, 2026
A package of ordinances to annex the former horse farm/chemical property into the city, zone it I-1 light industrial, and allow development on land containing the Cedar Creek Watershed Protection Area. A resident spoke against it, citing truck traffic and property taxes.
Plan Commission - Sep 17, 2026
Annexation of 74.4 acres with I-1 zoning and a Cedar Creek watershed special use permit for a 1.18 million square foot warehouse.
Related issues (1)
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