Title/Name/Summary
7420 W. 159th Street
History
QUICKFACTS
Project
7420 W. 159th Street - 2015-0526
Petitioner
Mitch Goltz, GW Properties
Purpose
The purpose of this petition is to establish a five (5) lot mixed-use commercial planned unit development on eleven (11) acres with retail lots along 159th Street. Lot 1 will be developed first and will have a motor vehicle service use (car rental facility) and a temporary structure and gravel parking lot until the first building is complete.
Requested Actions: Site Plan, Special Use Permit (with modifications), Subdivision, Landscape Plan
Project Attributes
Address: 7420 W. 159th Street
P.I.N.(s): 27-13-402-027
Size: 11 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
Proposed Land Use: Commercial Mixed-Use Planned Unit Development
Surrounding Land Use:
North: R-4 Residential District - Colonades Apartments/Condos
South: Tinley Park - (across 159th Street) Apartments/Condos
East: BIZ General Business District - Retail and Restaurant
West: BIZ General Business District -- Retail
Preliminary Engineering: Preliminary engineering has been granted. Please refer to the Detailed Planning Discussion section for more details.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION & CONTEXT
The petitioner is proposing to establish a five lot mixed-use commercial planned unit development (PUD) on a vacant parcel west of the Home Depot Center near 159th Street and Harlem Avenue. The proposed PUD will enable retail/ restaurant and other smaller service use out-lots along its 159th Street frontage. Larger potentially more intense users (e.g. big box, senior living) are contemplated for the rear of the PUD. A non-jurisdictional wetland is currently located at the center of the subject site. The petitioner proposes to remove the wetland entirely and mitigate according to the requi...
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