Title/Name/Summary
Pytel Solar Energy System Installation - Appearance Review
History
PROJECT:
Solar Energy System Installation - 2011-0616
PETITIONER:
Casimir Pytel
REQUESTED ACTION:
Appearance Review
Environmental Clean Technology Review
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this petition is to install a 4.8 kW Solar Energy System on the rooftop of a single family home.
LOCATION:
18233 Lake Shore Drive
P.I.N. NUMBER:
27-31-306-006
ATTACHMENTS:
Elevation Drawings
SIZE:
4.8 kW
Approx. 140 square feet
EXISTING ZONING:
R-3 Residential District
EXISTING LAND USE:
Single Family Home
SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USE:
North: R-3 Residential District - Single Family Home
South: R-3 Residential District - Single Family Home
East: R-3 Residential District - Single Family Home
West: R-3 Residential District - (across Lake Shore Drive) Single Family Home
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION:
Low Intensity Population
TRANSPORTATION:
This site is accessible from Lake Shore Drive, a local street.
PLANNING OVERVIEW:
In October 2010, the Village Board of Trustees approved amendments to the Land Development Code that created Section 6-314 Environmental Technology Standards. The new section included development information and regulations regarding the appropriate implementation of renewable energy systems in the Village. These include wind energy conversion systems, solar energy systems and geothermal energy systems.
As a result of these regulations now making renewable energy accessible to Orland Park residents and businesses, the petitioner proposes a solar energy system (SES) to locate on two southwestern facing gabled rooftops of his single family home. This is only the second project of its kind in the Village, the first being the Raman Residence at 7701 W. 157th Street.
Section 6-314 requires that the petitioner seeking a renewable energy or environmental clean technology system first obtain an Environmental Clean Technology (ECT) review from the Plan Commission. This pro...
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