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Homer Glen · 159th Street Corridor

What’s proposed for 159th Street in Homer Glen?

A proposed C-4 truck yard on 159th Street, near Leach Drive and Cedar Road, goes to a Will County vote. The facts, the documents, and how to be heard — all in one place.

C-4
Zoning requested
Highway Commercial
~38 ac
Site size
159th St, near Leach Dr & Cedar Rd
80–120
Daily truck trips
Applicant's own study
Will County
Who decides
Not the Village
Aug 2026
Board vote
Date to be confirmed

What’s proposed on 159th Street

Badger Infrastructure Solutions has applied to rezone about 38 acres on 159th Street in Homer Glen — near Leach Drive and Cedar Road — from C-2/R-2 to C-4 (Highway Commercial), to build offices and a truck yard for its hydro-excavation operation. This is Will County zoning case ZC-26-020.

The parcel is in unincorporated Will County (Homer Township), not inside the Village of Homer Glen — so the Will County Board, not the Village, decides. In committee the request was recommended for denial, 3–4, and the full Board postponed its vote to August 2026.

Heidi’s public comment — Village Board, July 22, 2026

Delivered at the Homer Glen Village Board meeting. Open on YouTube →

Starts at her comment (2:48). Full transcript below.

“I’d like to commend the residents who put in a lot of time and effort on the 159th Street / Cedar Glen / Badger trucking rezoning topic. A door-to-door petition gathered over 80 signatures, which kickstarted the community action. It then shifted into an online petition arranged by a resident named Mark, and that has garnered nearly 900 signatures and it’s growing. Thank you to everyone in the Cedar Glen subdivision for your commitment. It has brought much-needed attention to an important issue.”

“Residents have questions about two rezonings on 159th. Tonight the question is: what’s the standard for rezoning?”

“The door-to-door petition is because of a request to rezone about 38 acres for a truck facility — Badger hydrovac excavation on 159th Street, across the village line in Homer Township, next to residential. This board voted to object, and most of us agree with that. Nobody’s trying to stop what the owner can build. The objection is to the rezone. Badger is asking for C-4 zoning; right now the property is C-2 and R-2.”

“The second rezoning issue is a few miles east on 159th, inside the village, on the same road — the ARYA high-density development. This one needs a zoning district written from scratch for this project, because right now it’s not a mixed-use area. ARYA wants commercial and high-density mixed use along a corridor that, in your own report analysis, says we’ll need to give careful consideration of new residential along 159th to traffic circulation, site ingress/egress, and compatibility with the adjacent commercial uses.”

“In other words, there are two projects — Badger and ARYA — on the same corridor, both asking for opposite zoning. One is on the border of the village, the other is in the village.”

“A rezone isn’t development, and no one has the right to one. It’s the board’s choice. So when it’s an actual vote, an actual tie, an actual choice this board controls — which way does it go for the residents? The feedback on 159th has been strong. We are asking for the votes to match them when the time comes.”

— Heidi Pacella, Hadley Road

The planning language Heidi references is from the Village of Homer Glen’s 2005 Comprehensive Plan.

Why it matters

  • WaterThe site and the surrounding homes rely on private wells. A large-volume industrial water user next door is a real question for the local aquifer.
  • Traffic & safety159th Street here is a state highway with an S-curve, two elementary schools, and a bus barn nearby. The applicant’s own study projects 80–120 truck trips a day.
  • Land useThis would place a heavy-industrial operation directly next to established residential subdivisions.

How we got here

2024
Will County unanimously denied an earlier industrial rezoning request on this same 159th Street corridor (case ZC-24-050), after 100+ residents petitioned against it.
Spring 2026
Badger Infrastructure Solutions files zoning case ZC-26-020 with Will County to rezone the parcel from C-2/R-2 to C-4.
May 19, 2026
The county Planning & Zoning Commission recommends approval, 4–3.
July 9, 2026
The Land Use & Development Committee recommends denial, 3–4.
July 16, 2026
The full County Board postpones the case to its August meeting.
August 2026
The full County Board votes. Date to be confirmed — check back or take the survey below to be notified.

Myth vs. fact

Isn’t this the Village of Homer Glen’s decision?
No. The parcel is in unincorporated Will County (Homer Township) — it is not inside the Village. Will County holds the zoning authority. The Village can only file a formal objection.
Won’t a “no” just get overturned in court, like the solar farms?
No. Those reversals came from a state law that preempts local control of renewable-energy projects only. It does not apply to a truck-yard rezoning — a County Board denial here is reviewed under the ordinary deferential legal standard and stands.
Doesn’t Homer Glen’s own plan call for business here?
Yes and no. The Village’s 2005 Comprehensive Plan does map this corridor for “business park” use — so the label fits. But the same plan’s design guidelines describe a campus-style development, buffered from nearby homes, with truck traffic routed away from residential streets and fewer trips and less noise than retail. A truck yard sending dozens of trucks a day past an established subdivision fits the label but not the plan’s own description of what belongs here.
Could this land be annexed into the Village of Homer Glen?
It could be, but that isn’t the current plan. Today the parcel is unincorporated, so Will County — not the Village — decides the rezoning. Annexation would flip that: Village zoning would govern instead, including the 2005 plan’s business-park guidelines (buffering from homes, truck traffic kept off residential streets). At the county hearing the applicant said it intends to use a private water company and a septic system rather than annex in for village utilities.
Is this already a done deal?
No. The Land Use and Development Committee recommended denial, 3–4. The full County Board still has to vote, in August, and public comment becomes part of the official record.
Do I have to show up at the meeting to be heard?
No. A written comment submitted ahead of time goes into the same public record as speaking in person. Build yours below in about two minutes.
It’s not in my subdivision — why should I care?
The aquifer that feeds area wells and the traffic on 159th Street affect the whole corridor, not just the homes directly next door.
Sources
  1. Will County zoning case ZC-26-020 (ORD 26-211) — search the case file, agendas, and the recorded votes on the county board portal. willcountyil.primegov.com
  2. Will County Supervisor of Assessments — the parcel record for PIN 16-05-17-400-027-0000. willcountysoa.com
  3. Village of Homer Glen 2005 Comprehensive Plan (PDF) — the "business park" designation and its design guidelines (Section 5.0). homerglenil.org (PDF)
  4. Village of Homer Glen — official notice on the proposed rezoning. homerglenil.org

Quick survey

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The county decides in August

Will County Board — the August 2026 meeting (date to be confirmed)
Will County Office Building, 302 N. Chicago St., County Board Room, Joliet, IL 60432
Case ZC-26-020. Public comment is welcome at the meeting — sign up to speak through the county’s public portal once the meeting is posted — and written comment can be submitted ahead of time.

Can’t make the meeting? Build a written comment below in your own words — takes about two minutes, and you can submit it or read it at the podium.

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