Title
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN APPEAL FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORLAND PARK BUILDING CODE REGARDING MIXED USE BUILDINGS (COOPER SQUARE)
History
Cooper Square - Resolution
On June 18, 2007 the Village Board moved to approve a building variance which requires a Resolution. Attached is a resolution granting the variance subject to conditions as stated in the ordinance.
This is now before the Village Board for consideration of a Resolution.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to pass Resolution Number 0711 entitled: A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN APPEAL FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORLAND PARK BUILDING CODE REGARDING MIXED USE BUILDINGS (COOPER SQUARE)
Body
WHEREAS, all non-single-family-residential buildings in the Village of Orland Park are considered as being within the fire limits of the Village; and
WHEREAS, the Orland Park Building Code Section 503.2 requires that all buildings within the fire limits of the Village be constructed with non-combustible exterior walls and a fire rated concrete floor between building floors; and
WHEREAS, a certain development in the Village, Cooper Square, desires to construct 33 town home units, with the eight facing 147th Street (Building 6) being mixed-use units, with business use on part of the first floor of each unit and residential use above; and
WHEREAS, the business portion of each unit will be used only by the unit’s owner, who will also be the occupier of the residential portion of the unit; and
WHEREAS, because of the business use on part of the first floor, the mixed-use units are considered to be within the fire limits and thus require non-combustible walls and a fire-rated concrete floor between the first and second floor spaces; and
WHEREAS, because the business uses on the first floors of the units in the mixed-use building will occupy only the front of the floor (with garage space behind), which will be only a fraction of each unit’s area, it has been determined that a frame structure constructed in accord...
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