Title/Name/Summary
On the Road Again Deck and Fence - Certificate of Appropriateness
History
QUICKFACTS
Project
On the Road Again Deck and Fence - 2012-0133
Petitioner
Nancy Plesha
Purpose
To construct an approximately 450 square foot deck expansion to the existing rear deck and to construct a new picket fence in the side yard area facing Brook Avenue.
Requested Actions: Certificate of Appropriateness
Project Attributes
Address: 9925 W. 143rd Street
P.I.N.(s): 27-09-201-001; -002; -003
Size: 7,601 square foot lot
Comprehensive Land Designation: Community Intensity Commercial/ Office
Existing Zoning: OOH
Existing Land Use: Commercial Retail
Surrounding Land Use:
North: BIZ General Business District - School/ Insitutional
South: OOH Old Orland Historic District - (across alley) Single Family Home and Commercial Office
East: OOH Old Orland Historic District - Commercial Office
West: OOH Old Orland Historic District - (across Brook Avenue) Commercial Office/ Single Family Home
Preliminary Engineering: N/A.
OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND
9925 W. 143rd Street is a two-story Italianate structure from the 1880’s that according to the 2008 Residential Area Intensive Survey (RAIS) is considered a contributing structure to the Historic District. The structure is also listed as an Orland Park Landmark on the Local Register of Significant Places of Section 5-110 Landmarks of the Land Development Code. The historic survey dates the building to c. 1885 with “medium” integrity and in “good” condition.
The building was constructed as a residence. The building is now a commercial use.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION & CONTEXT
The petitioner proposes to construct a new approximately 450 square foot deck expansion at the rear and side of the landmark building. There is an existing deck at the back of the building that will be replaced with the new deck addition. The new deck addition will wrap around the building’s southwest corner and follow the west façade north until the e...
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