Title/Name/Summary
El Pueblito Restaurant
History
PROJECT:
Special Use for El Pueblito Mexican Restaurant
PETITIONER:
Jose Espinoza,
Owner
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the special use petition is to establish a Mexican restaurant within 330 feet of a residential property. The restaurant will be located in a BIZ General Business District.
LOCATION:
9111 W 151st Street
Orland Park Square Plaza
ATTACHMENTS:
Sketch Floor Plan
Sketch Center Plan
Plat of Survey
Special Use Standards
SIZE:
2,700 square foot unit
EXISTING ZONING:
BIZ, General Business District
EXISTING LAND USE:
Commercial Retail
SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USE:
North: (Across 151st Street) COR -- Pond
South: R-3 - Single Family Homes
East: BIZ - Commercial Retail/ Office Building
West: BIZ - Vacant 1 unit Retail Building
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION:
Community Intensity Commercial/ Office
PUBLIC UTILITIES:
This site is served by all the necessary utilities.
NATURAL FEATURES:
This is an existing and improved site and has few natural features.
TRANSPORTATION:
The site is served by 151st Street, a local minor arterial street.
PLANNING OVERVIEW:
The petitioner is seeking to open a 48 seat Mexican Restaurant in a BIZ district at 9111 W 151st Street, in the space formerly occupied by Design Dinette in Orland Park Square Plaza. The proposed restaurant use requires a special use per Section 6-207.C.17 of the Land Development Code (LDC).
9111 W 151st Street is currently a single retail unit of 4,050 square feet. The petitioner as the tenant, with the cooperation of the building owner, proposes to divide the single unit into two separate and divided units of equal size, each 2,025 square feet in area. The petitioner has previously indicated that another retail use will occupy the remaining half of 9111 W 151st Street.
The petitioner proposes to locate the El Pueblito restaurant in the eastern half of 9111 W 151st Street, immediately adjacent to Salon Salon.
DISCUSSION:
Land Use and Compatibility
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