Title/Name/Summary:
Meijer Parking Lot Improvements - 15701 71st Ct - Appearance Review
History:
This property has been the subject of past cases:
2009-0437 (Village board approval)
2010-0138 (Appearance Review for remodel from previous tenant)
2010-0224
2025-0637
Project:
Meijer Parking Lot Improvements - 2026-0737
PPA-26-0059
Petitioner:
Chris Bronson, Program Manager
Petitioner Contact:
Phone: (616) 403-6018
Email: chris.bronson@meijer.com
Purpose:
The petitioner plans to replace a section of asphalt near the front entrance of the store and re-stripe a section of the parking lot to add ADA parking spaces and remove standard spaces.
Requested Actions: Appearance Review
Project Attributes:
Address: 15701 71st Ct
P.I.N.(s): 28-18-310-015-0000
Lot Size: 678,548 SF
Building Area: 113,000 SF
Comprehensive Plan Planning District: 159th & Harlem Planning District
Comprehensive Land Designation: Community Commercial
Existing Zoning: BIZ
Surrounding Land Use:
North: Manufacturing & Commercial
South: Commercial
East: Residential (Tinley Park)
West: Commercial
PLANNING DISCUSSION
Repaving:
The petitioner plans to remove, regrade, and replace a section of asphalt by Meijer’s front entrance. The amount of asphalt to be replaced is around 14,430 SF.
Parking:
The petitioner also plans to change the parking space striping within this area of new asphalt. Three new ADA access aisles, and six new ADA parking spaces are planned.
Meijer currently has 685 parking spaces, with 12 of those being ADA spaces. This proposal would increase the number of ADA spaces to 18, with 12 standard parking spaces being removed to create these new spaces. This would result in 661 standard parking spaces and 18 ADA spaces, with a total of 679 spaces. This would exceed the number of ADA spaces required under the ADA, which is 2% of the total spaces, or 14 spaces.
Meijer would still have more parking spaces than required under this proposal. According to the Village’s Land Development Code Section 6-306.B6., commercial retail buildings over 50,000 SF in floor area require one parking space per 250 SF. At 113,000 SF, Meijer currently needs 452 parking spaces. Under this proposal, Meijer would still have 209 more spaces than required by code.
The proposed striping of ADA spaces has been reviewed and meets minimum size requirements under the ADA.
The attached plan set has been revised from the original. The revised plans show a minimum 60” mounting height from grade to the bottom of the signage.
Recommended Action/Motion
The Appearance Review for the parking lot improvements at Meijer, case number 2026-0737, as shown in the attached plan set prepared by Kimley Horn, has been administratively approved on August 5, 2026.