Title/Name/Summary
14306-10 Union Avenue - Certificate of Appropriateness
History
The petitioner proposes to replace a door on the south end of the east storefront elevation in order to bring the building into compliance with the Rental Housing Ordinance and Property Maintenance Code.
14306-10 Union Avenue is known historically as the Orland Park Hotel. The building is listed as a local landmark on the Local Register of Significant Places in Section 5-110 of the Land Development Code. It is also listed as a contributing structure of the Old Orland Historic District.
The 2008 Residential Area Intensive Survey (RAI) identifies 14306-10 Union Avenue as a 19th Century Commercial/ Storefront/ Italianate building. The survey categorizes the integrity of the building as medium and the condition as good. Since the survey, the conditions of the building have deteriorated. The main façade of the building shows signs of weather-beating with paint decayed and architectural elements (i.e. dentils) missing from cornice work and window frames.
The building has been recently cited due to violations of the Rental Housing Ordinance. The second floor of the building contains approximately three apartments. Access to these rental units is provided by a door at the south end of the east elevation. A property maintenance and rental housing inspection identified that the current door on the building is decayed and the construction of the door (an eight light glass front door) does not meet Rental Housing requirements for security.
The petitioner proposes to change the apartments’ first floor door with a solid door that is closer in type to a historic door noted on a historic photograph of the building.
On April 19, 2011, the Historic Preservation Review Commission recommended moved 5-0 to recommend to the Village Board of Trustees to approve the Certificate of Appropriateness for the proposed side door on the storefront façade of the landmark building at 14306-10 Union Aven...
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