400 New Homes For Caton Farm Road? Joliet City Council To Vote

JOLIET — At its first meeting of 2025, the Joliet City Council is being asked by City Hall staff to approve the Vista Ridge Subdivision planned for 8301 Caton Farm Road, the farmland across the street from the Greywall Club subdivision.

The meeting is set for Tuesday night. On Dec. 12, in a 5-2 vote, Joliet's Planning Commission voted in favor of recommending approval.

In his memo to the Council, Joliet Director of Community Development Dustin Anderson pointed out that the new homes would range between 1,400 and 2,571 square feet in size and feature two or three bathrooms and three to five bedrooms per unit. Lots within the R-2 zoned area would be a minimum of 7,500 square feet in size, with an average lot size of 8,713 square feet.

According to Anderson, Vista Ridge Development LLC, is requesting approval for Vista Ridge Subdivision. The site is 120 acres and would contain 397 dwelling units at full build out. The property was annexed into Joliet and zoned to single family residential and low density multi-family residential way back in 2004.

A final plat to approve the construction of 257 single-family residential homes and 72 townhouse dwelling units was approved in 2006; however, a recording plat for the subdivision was never recorded, Anderson explained in his memo.

"Due to unfavorable market conditions, the subject property consisting of 120 acres has remained undeveloped farmland since the original entitlements were sought nearly 20 years ago. Currently, the petitioner wishes to develop 321 single-family residences and 76 townhouse dwelling units on the 120-acre property."

Anderson also alerted the City Council that the developer is also requesting a zoning reclassification for much of the site from R-1B, which is single-family residential zoning, to R-2, single-family residential zoning, to allow for smaller lot sizes than what was originally proposed in 2006.

Original Joliet Patch story:

321 New Homes, 76 Townhomes For Caton Farm Road: City Of Joliet