A 21,000-square-foot Mormon church is to be built on Ridge Road, if the Plainfield Village Board gives its blessing to an annexation agreement, special use permit and final plan.

The building will be located on a five-acre site south of 127th Street and north of 135th Street, Plainfield Village Planner Michael Garrigan said. It's being funded by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, based in Salt Lake City.

The church is expected to serve about 200 to 250 Mormon families in the Plainfield/Oswego/Aurora communities, Garrigan said. The nearest Mormon church right now is on 95th Street in Naperville, he said.

The building will be a traditional church structure, Garrigan said.

"Basically, there will be some ancillary facilities for educational activities, a gym and a couple of gathering rooms," he said. "There's no school per se but they will have educational programs." 

The property will be zoned R1. Under village ordinances, churches require special use permits.

Depending on when the church submits the final version of the annexation agreement, the project could go before the village board this Monday. The village plan commission has already recommended approval, Garrigan said.

If the final plan is OK'd this fall, it's likely construction will begin in the spring and be finished by the end of 2012 or beginning of 2013, he said.

This is the second time the Mormon church is attempting to build a church in Plainfield. In 2007, church officials purchased five acres on 127th Street but had to abandon plans because they weren't able to get utilities extended to the site, Garrigan said.