Board Approves Parking Lot Plan For Proposed Metra Station

OSWEGO, IL — The village will get a parking lot for a proposed Metra commuter rail station on the west side. The Oswego Village Board approved the concept plan for about 100 acres of mixed-used development during its Aug. 4 meeting.

The plan — submitted by Melrose Holdings 7, LLC for the Tuscany Station subdivision planned at the southwest corner of Orchard Road and Tuscany Trail — calls for 320 multi-family residences to be developed on 20 acres; commercial development on 4.28 acres; mixed use development that would include residential and integrated commercial development on 12.39 acres; and 22.10 acres of single family homes.

The proposed Metra station parking lot would be located on an 18.78 acre parcel and have spaces for 1,769 vehicles. The lot would be situated along the north side of the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway tracks, immediately opposite the village's existing Metra Park-n-Ride parking lot.

The parking site is larger than the 15 acres originally acquired by the village for the Metra site, but the parking lot layout is consistent with the recommended parking lot layout in the current Metra study, according to board documents.

In a memo to the board, Natalie Zine, the village's community development planner, wrote:

"Based on the adjacent residential uses, the potential for the Metra Station, the adjacency to Orchard Road, and previously approved concept plan designs for this area, staff feels the mix of higher density residential uses mixed with commercial/retail is generally appropriate and would fit the character of the site and serve the community's future needs."

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