Title/Name/Summary
Avis Car Rental
History
QUICKFACTS
Project
Avis Car Rental - 2016-0006
Petitioner
Mitch Goltz
GW Property Group, LLC
Purpose
The purpose of this petition is to establish a motor vehicle rental use on a 1.36 acre site, formerly the location of Every Bloomin’ Thing floral business, for temporary car rentals until a permanent facility can be established.
Requested Actions: Special Use Permit
Project Attributes
Address: 7646 W. 159th Street
P.I.N.(s): 27-13-308-062
Size: 1.36 acres
Comprehensive Plan Planning District: 159th and Harlem Planning District
Comprehensive Land Designation: Community Commercial
Existing Zoning: BIZ General Business District
Existing Land Use: Vacant (formerly a retail plant nursery)
Proposed Land Use: Motor Vehicle Rental facility
Surrounding Land Use:
North: R-4 Residential District - Single Family Attached (townhomes)
South: Not in Orland Park (Tinley Park) - (across 159th Street) Offices
East: BIZ General Business District - Motor Vehicle Service (Gas Station)
West: Not in Orland Park (Unincorporated) - Single Family Detached
Preliminary Engineering: Preliminary engineering is not required for this project.
OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND
Avis Car Rental was recently approved by the Village Board on December 7, 2015 as part of a Planned Unit Development via special use permit for 7420 W. 159th Street. The land use was to occupy an outlot of the PUD along 159th Street in a standalone retail building. The plan was to establish the land use temporarily on the property in a office trailer until the building could be constructed and the temporary facility would be removed from the site.
However, complicated logistics prevented the property owner of 7420 W. 159th Street PUD and Avis Car Rental from realizing those plans in a timely manner. Both the property owner of the PUD and Avis Car Rental have identified 7646-48 W. 159th Street as an alternative location until a permanent facility can be construct...
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