Plainfield Tennis Facility Gets the Nod, But Officials Object to Soccer Club

Plainfield trustees were receptive to a company’s plans to build a 45,484-square-foot indoor tennis facility in unincorporated Will County.

Following an annexation hearing, trustees approved a site plan for HBK Tennis Club, which will sit on six acres on Normantown Road south of 119th Street. Board members also directed the village’s attorney to draft ordinances to rezone the property for the special use.

Planner Michael Garrigan said the private facility will have five indoor tennis courts. He said the developer has also been working to alleviate concerns of residents in the nearby White Ash Farm subdivision by adding buffering and landscaping to the south.

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A small single-family development would also be located between the tennis club and the White Ash Farm homes. On Monday, trustees heard a concept plan from developer Pinnacle Custom Home Builders for the seven-acre parcel of land located at the southeast corner of 119th Street and Normantown Road.

The proposal calls for a parcel of 15 single-family detached home lots. According to village documents, the homes would provide a transition between the existing White Ash Farm subdivision to the south and the proposed tennis club.

The tennis club would also contain a pro shop, locker rooms and reception area, according to the proposal. 

Village wary of Kendall County soccer club

Meanwhile, officials expressed concern about a proposal to bring a soccer club to Kendall County, citing traffic and parking issues.

The property, located on Wheeler Road, is within a mile-and-a-half of the Plainfield municipal boundaries and was identified as residential in the village’s Comprehensive Plan.

Trustees voted Monday to send a letter of legal objection to the Kendall County Board regarding the project, which would be a social club rather than an athletic facility.

While not legally binding, the letter would allow the village to voice its disapproval of the proposal.

According to village documents, applicant Maria Silvia Gonzalez is proposing a 110-members private club that would meet from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday nights and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Under the proposal, a clubhouse would be built as a 1,536-square-foot addition to an existing farm building.

Garrigan said village staff has received complaints from residents in the nearby Vista Pointe and Grande Park South neighborhoods regarding the “intensity of activity” at the site. Residents have also voiced concerns about club members parking on Wheeler Road near the site of the proposed addition.

“Based on staff’s review of the project and the information provided to staff, it is not clear what the property is currently being used for,” Garrigan said in a memo to the board. “The owner currently has a Facebook page advertising a restaurant for the subject site and staff has some continued concerns about whether the new use would be consistent with the village’s long-term plans for the subject site.”

A soccer club/restaurant would be an isolated commercial use within any future residential development in the area, Garrigan added, citing a potential “incompatible use.”

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