Title/Name/Summary
Dairy Queen Outdoor Patio - Special Use Permit
History
The petitioner proposes to install an outdoor seating area patio in front of the Dairy Queen restaurant. To do this, he is proposing to eliminate two existing parking spaces immediately in front of the building and replacing them with a new concrete patio area that will contain approximately 20 seats and that will be fenced with a four foot tall aluminum railing.
The petitioner also proposes to create new pervious open space on the site. The new pervious space will replace an area currently occupied by six parking spaces directly in front of the restaurant. It will consist of a grass lawn.
The proposed outdoor seating patio space will be 30 feet wide along La Grange by 10 feet deep. The proposed pervious open space will be approximately 30 to 50 feet wide along La Grange by 30 feet deep.
A special use permit was required because Dairy Queen is a restaurant within 300 feet of residential properties that proposes to increase the intensity of the use and never had a previous special use permit. It existed prior to the zoning requirements for a special use.
On January 26, 2010, the Plan Commission moved 7-0 to recommend approval to the Village Board of Trustees the site plan titled 14460 S La Grange Road, Orland Park, Proposed Concrete Patio”, prepared by the petitioner Raj Patel, date stamped received October 26, 2009, subject to the following conditions:
1. That a bicycle parking rack is installed on site near the main entrance;
2. That the color of the four (4’) foot tall aluminum outdoor seating patio fence be black;
3. That a sidewalk is added along the north edge of the proposed green space to connect the La Grange Road sidewalk with the sidewalk in front of the Dairy Queen main entrance;
4. That the petitioner work with the adjacent property owner to establish a cross-access connection to the south before left turn movements from the site on to La Grange Road are blocked;
The motion for the special use permit was omitted at Plan Commission, but the special use was fully discussed, as published, at a public hearing.
On February 22, 2010 the Development Services and Planning Committee of Trustees voted 3-0 to recommend to the Village Board to approve the site plan for Dairy Queen as recommended at the January 26, 2010 Plan Commission hearing, plus the Committee recommendation included the motion to approve the special use.
The Committee recommendation included the motion to approve the special use.
This case is now before the Village Board of Trustees for final review/approval.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to approve the site plan and special use permit for Dairy Queen as recommended at the January 26, 2010 Plan Commission hearing and the February 22, 2010 Committee of Trustees meeting and as fully referenced below;
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I move to approve the site plan titled 14460 S La Grange Road, Orland Park, Proposed Concrete Patio”, prepared by the petitioner Raj Patel, date stamped received October 26, 2009, subject to the following conditions:
1. That a bicycle parking rack is installed on site near the main entrance;
2. That the color of the four (4’) foot tall aluminum outdoor seating patio fence be black;
3. That a sidewalk is added along the north edge of the proposed green space to connect the La Grange Road sidewalk with the sidewalk in front of the Dairy Queen main entrance;
4. That the petitioner work with the adjacent property owner to establish a cross-access connection to the south before left turn movements from the site on to La Grange Road are blocked;
AND
I move to approve the special use permit for Dairy Queen.