Title
Hoffman Woods Zoning Map Amendment
History
Please see attached staff report due to formatting issues
Project: 2025-0161 Hoffman Woods Zoning Map Amendment - 17601 116th Avenue
Petitioner: Jim Culotta, Interim Village Manager
Location: 17601 116th Avenue
P.I.N.: 27-31-100-009-0000
Parcel Size: 6.8 acres
Requested Actions: The Petitioner, the Village of Orland Park, seeks approval of a zoning map amendment (“rezoning”) of Hoffman Woods located at 17601 116th Avenue. The petitioner seeks to rezone the subject site from E-1 Estate Residential to OS Open Space.
Hoffman Woods is a wooded property located along Southwest Highway (US Route 6) between Brook Hill Drive and Orland Woods Lane. On June 21, 2004, the Village Board approved Ordinance No. 3895, annexing the Hoffman Woods parcel into the Village after it was acquired by the Open Lands Commission. The Ordinance annexing the property did not include a plat of annexation, preventing the Ordinance from being recorded. A plat of annexation was recently prepared and recorded with the county in January 2025.
Parcels are automatically zoned E-1 Estate Residential upon annexation, so this proposed zoning map amendment is required to officially rezone Hoffman Woods as Open Space, ensuring consistency with the Village’s zoning and land use framework and correcting the map inconsistency.
The purpose of the Open Space District is to protect the Village’s parks, natural areas, retention ponds, detention basins, civic and fraternal non-profit organizations, and open space corridor connections. It is also to ensure permanent access to outdoor recreation, natural areas, and other recreational opportunities for residents in all neighborhoods, and to enhance the value of nearby properties. The proposed zoning amendment will promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the public by ensuring the land is preserved with open space uses and not for private development. Overall, the proposed zoning map amendment conforms to the Village’s Land Development Code and policies for this area.
The subject property is currently zoned E-1 Estate Residential, the default zoning district assigned to properties upon annexation into the Village. When reviewing an application for rezoning property, the decision-making body shall review the following factors for consideration. Staff has responded to the factors on the attached document and recommends approval of the zoning map amendment from E-1 Estate Residential to OS Open Space. The factors below come principally from the 1957 case LaSalle v. County of Cook:
1. The existing uses and zoning of nearby property;
2. The extent to which property values are diminished by a particular zoning classification or restriction;
3. The extent to which the destruction of property value of a petitioning property owner promotes the health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the public;
4. The relative gain to the public as opposed to the hardship imposed on a petitioning property owner;
5. The suitability of the subject property for its zoned purposes;
6. The length of time the property has been vacant as zoned, considered in the context of land development in the area;
7. The Comprehensive Plan designation and the current applicability of that designation;
8. The evidence or lack of evidence, of community need for the use proposed.
PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED ACTION
Regarding Case Number 2025-0161, also known as Hoffman Woods Zoning Map Amendment, Staff recommends to accept and make findings of fact as discussed at this Plan Commission meeting and within the Staff Report dated March 24, 2025.
And
Staff recommends the Plan Commission approve a zoning map amendment for 17601 116th Avenue from E-1 Estate Residential to OS Open Space.
Recommended Action/Motion
Regarding Case Number 2025-0161, also known as Hoffman Woods Zoning Map Amendment, I move to approve the Staff Recommended Action as presented in the Staff Report to the Plan Commission for this case.