Title/Name/Summary
Indra's Thai Restaurant - Special Use Amendment
History
QUICKFACTS
Project
Indra's Thai Restaurant
Petitioner Chaiyut Puangkham
Purpose The petitioner requests an amendment to an existing special use permit to operate a full service restaurant with patron seating, in an existing tenant space in the County West Plaza shopping center.
Project Attributes
Location: 15880 S. Wolf Road
Size: The full service restaurant will be located in a 2,200 square foot tenant space and will offer dine-in and carry-out options. The existing shopping center is an approximately 18,000 square foot building on a 2.4 acre site.
Existing Zoning & Land Use: BIZ General Business District / Commercial strip center
PROJECT DESCRIPTION & CONTEXT
The petitioner is proposing to operate a full service restaurant in the existing “County West Plaza” commercial strip center located at the northwest corner of 159th Street and Wolf Road in the former 'Chicago Taste Gyros' space in the southernmost corner tenant unit. The strip center has ten tenant spaces including three other restaurants. The petitioner plans on offering dine-in, carry-out, and delivery options, although delivery will not be offered immediately. The petitioner also intends on remodeling the interior of the space and will include patron seating which must comply with the permitting and approval process, including separate male and female restrooms that are required per State of Illinois Code. Other than a new wall sign, no changes are proposed to the exterior of the building or to the site.
The restaurant requires a Special Use Permit because it is located within 300' of a residential parcel, in this case single family homes that are located to the rear of the County West Plaza parcel in unincorporated Cook County. The existing Special Use Permit, approved by Ordinance 4554 in March 2010, must be amended because it is limited to carry out only.
PLAN COMMISSION DISCUSSION
There were no public comments on this petition.
PLAN COMMISSION MOTION
On January 8, 2013, Plan Commission voted 5-0 to recommend to the Village Board approval of a Special Use Permit for the restaurant located at 15880 S Wolf Rd. and as shown on the plat of survey, “County West Plaza,” received November 19, 2012, subject to the following conditions:
1.The petitioner submits for approval from the Development Services Department should screening be required for the proposed rooftop mechanical units.
2.This approval is subject to meeting Building and Health Code requirements.
3.New signage will be approved through a separate permitting process.
This is now before the Development Services Committee for consideration. The motion has been clarified as a special use amendment. Due to the relatively minor nature of this special use amendment, and to avoid delays to the petitioner, this petition will go to both the Development Services Committee and the Board of Trustees on the same night.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to recommend to the Village Board approval of an amended Special Use Permit that adds dine in and carry out services for the restaurant located at 15880 S Wolf Road as fully referenced below:
THIS SECTION FOR REFERENCE ONLY (NOT NECESSARY TO BE READ)
I move to recommend to the Village Board approval of an amended Special Use Permit that adds dine in and carry out services for the restaurant located at 15880 S Wolf Road as shown on the plat of survey, “County West Plaza,” received November 19, 2012, subject to the following conditions:
1.The petitioner submits for approval from the Development Services Department should screening be required for the proposed rooftop mechanical units.
2.This approval is subject to meeting Building and Health Code requirements.
3.New signage will be approved through a separate permitting process.