Title/Name/Summary
Cuzzins Restaurant - Special Use Amendment
History
PROJECT:
Cuzzins Restaurant 2010-0402
PETITIONER:
Mary Ligammari
REQUESTED ACTION:
Special Use Amendment;
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this petition is to obtain a special use amendment to an existing special use ordinance to open and maintain a 2,800 square foot restaurant in the Seville Plaza shopping center with potential seating up to 73 seats.
LOCATION:
8600 W 159th Street
Suite 4B
P.I.N. NUMBER:
27-14-300-006;
27-14-300-007;
ATTACHMENTS:
Floor Plan;
Special Use Standards;
Seville Plaza Site Plan
Aerial;
SIZE:
2,800 square feet;
EXISTING ZONING:
BIZ General Business District
EXISTING LAND USE:
Retail Shopping Center;
SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USE:
North: R-3 Residential District - (Orlan Brook Subdivision) Multi-Family Homes;
South: BIZ General Business District - (across 159th Street) Orland Bowl;
East: BIZ General Business District - (across 86th Avenue) Nissan Dealership;
West: BIZ General Business District / R-3 Residential District - (Orlan Brook Subdivision) Multi-Family Homes and businesses;
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION:
Community Intensity Commercial/ Office
TRANSPORTATION:
Seville Plaza is accessible from full access drive-ways on 159th Street (one driveway), an IDOT major arterial road, and 86th Avenue (three driveways), a local street.
PLANNING OVERVIEW:
The petitioner proposes to open and maintain a 2,800 square foot restaurant in a vacant unit of the Seville Plaza shopping center. The petitioner proposes the potential to have up to 70 seats in the restaurant. The proposed vacant unit was once the location of Feloras Lithuanian Cuisine, which was approved under a previous special use for 36 seats. The petitioner would like to increase the seating capacity in the restaurant from 36 seats to 73 seats. However, the Building Code requirements regarding the spacing of aisles and seats will likely limit the actual number of seats that can be implemented in the resta...
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