Condo project OK'd near Schaumburg, Roselle roads BY KAREN SHOFFNER STAFF WRITER schaumburg review 080405 Village trustees approved, in a 4-2 vote, a slightly scaled-down version of a development that zoning board members had considered too dense. The Pleasant Square development, to be built on 8.32 acres near the northwest corner of Schaumburg and Roselle roads, got the backing of four trustees at the July 26 Village Board meeting. The project will have seven single-family homes, 13 rowhouses and 126 condominium units. The condos will be in seven three-story buildings. The trustees said they were impressed with the architecture, but Marge Connelly and Hank Curcio expressed concerns about traffic and parking issues. Connelly felt that there wouldn't be enough parking for the single-family homes while Curcio felt the number of condo units would increase traffic congestion in that area. "This is a prime site in the village that we will be servicing with police, fire and public works for the next 40 or 50 years. We need to get it right. I feel that the peak traffic calculation is low because they used townhouse figures as a base not high-rise condos," Curcio said. Trustee Tom Dailly disagreed with Curcio about the effect the development would have on traffic. "We have to keep in mind that people don't all leave at the same time. Des Plaines, Arlington Heights, Roselle are all putting up seven- or eight-story buildings all the time. I don't see any greater volume of traffic. I think there's a fear, but it's just not there," Dailly said. The developer, United Land Development, has offered to pay for a traffic signal at Roselle Road and Bethel Lane to ease congestion, but it's up to Cook County to decide if it's warranted there. In April, the zoning board unanimously rejected the original Pleasant Square proposal, which consisted of four Victorian-style single-family homes, three duplexes, four rowhouse buildings with 13 units and seven, three-story condominium buildings with 126 units on the 8.32-acre site zoned for 11 single-family homes. The zoning board felt the development was too dense for the site. The scaled-down proposal came to the village without a recommendation from the zoning board because its members voted 3-3 at a June hearing. Nearby residents agreed with some zoning board members about the density of the project and expressed concern about the amount of traffic it would bring to an area that already sees many motorists using Pleasant Drive to avoid the Roselle and Schaumburg roads intersection in the morning and evening. Construction of the project could start next year and will take about 18 months to complete.