Title/Name/Summary
Extra Space Storage - Appearance Review
History
QUICKFACTS
Project
2025-0380 Extra Space Storage Awning Removal
Petitioner
Leahy McKenna: VP Modern Signs
Purpose
The petitioner proposes to remove the existing awning over the office entrance.
Requested Actions: Appearance Review
Project Attributes
Address: 11525 184th Place
P.I.N.: 09-06-226-007-0000
Size: 5.14 acres
Comprehensive Plan Planning District: I-80 Employment District
Comprehensive Land Designation: Office Employment Emphasis
Existing Zoning: ORI Mixed Use District
Existing Land Use: Commercial - Self Storage Facility
Surrounding Land Use:
North: ORI- Mixed Use District - Orland Park Business Center Office Park (office / warehouse/ indoor recreation)
South: Interstate 80/ Unincorporated Will County
East: ORI - Mixed Use District - Orland Park Business Center Office Park (office/ warehouse)
West: ORI - Mixed Use District - Orland Park Business Center Office Park (vocational school)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION & CONTEXT
The subject property is a self-storage facility in Orland Park’s Business Center Office Park, it has existed here since at least 2006 under different ownership. Extra Space Storage, the current ownership, was found to be updating signage and altering the building’s primary façade by removing the existing awning over the office entrance without a permit. This review is a belated review of the awning removal.
The existing awning was Sunbrella Ocean Blue in color with ‘Office’ printed on the front in white lettering. The awning was 2’ in depth, 3’ 4’’ in height and 24’ in length and contained a fluorescent lamp fixture beneath the awning, concealed by a metal grate. This awning was most recently updated in 2016 when Life Storage took over the property. The color was updated from a dark green shade and the fluorescent lighting was updated and replaced (2016-0770).
The Petitioner proposes to remove the awning, restore the façade to like-new conditions and install a sim...
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