Title/Name/Summary
17151 Wolf Road Land Donation
History
QUICKFACTS
Project
17151 Wolf Road Land Donation
Purpose
Donation of a land parcel to the Village of Orland Park
Project Attributes
Owner: Land trust represented by Kathleen Gerhardstein
Address: 17151 Wolf Road
Size: 3 acres
Comprehensive Land Designation: Low intensity residential development
Existing Zoning: Currently unincorporated Cook County
Proposed Zoning: OL = Open Lands District (subject to Annexation into the Village)
OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND
The land owner of this property has approached the Village with an interest in donating land held by a family trust. The three acre unincorporated parcel is located on the east side of Wolf Road just north of the former El Cortez Restaurant. It is undeveloped and located almost entirely in the flood plain and/or wetland. K Fence, who owns the property to the north, currently informally leases the front portion of the property to display their fences for $1,400 per year. Additionally, Clear Channel Outdoor currently leases a billboard space on the site for $1,200 per year. The parcel is located in the Marley Creek floodplain, which has been identified in the draft Comprehensive Plan’s Open Space Chapter as a proposed greenway. Two other Open Lands holdings, Marley Creek and Marley Creek West, are located less than one half mile downstream in the same floodplain.
Much of the development in this unincorporated area along Wolf Road has not been up to standards of the surrounding Orland Park residential areas. Due to physical constraints on land in this area, land owners struggle to find a financially viable way to utilize their property, possibly resulting in undesirable or sub-standard unincorporated development, such as billboards, cell towers, or other difficult-to-locate development.
This proposal was taken to the Open Lands Commission meeting on July 10, 2012 for consideration. There were questions regarding costs related to a...
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