The Tinley Park Plan Commission on Oct. 2 voted to recommend that the Village Board grant special-use permits and site-plan and architectural approval to Toro Construction and Vasquez Group LLC, doing business as Integrity Wall Inc., to operate a building materials sales/storage and millwork operation and limited open storage at 17201 Bridgeland Avenue in the ORI (office restricted industrial) zoning district.

Staff described the site as a 3.5-acre property with an existing building and a large paved yard; the property previously housed ABC Supply and has been vacant since about 2018. The petitioner plans to use the existing building for prefabrication of residential wall panels and to keep most manufacturing activities indoors. The petitioner said open outdoor storage would be limited to lumber stacked up to 7 feet and only used intermittently, not as permanent bulk storage. Any trailers were described as expected to be stored indoors when not in use.

Staff said the proposal anticipates about 15 union carpenters and five to eight administrative employees. The petitioner proposed 57 parking spaces, exceeding the code-required estimated 35 spaces for the proposed uses. Staff recommended and the commission approved conditions addressing parking accessibility, trash-enclosure materials, rooftop mechanical visibility and a zoning-lot consolidation agreement to treat multiple tax parcels as a single zoning lot.

Commissioners asked about noise and truck operations. The petitioner said typical operations include a crew start at 7 a.m. but no truck departures before 8 a.m.; the petitioner said the operation expects about one trailer departure per day on busy days and usually fewer than two trailer departures per week. The petitioner said equipment such as nail guns and a CNC saw are enclosed and that the existing building’s configuration and proposed screening will meet performance standards for noise, lighting and other code requirements.

Staff also said the proposed open storage would occupy roughly 6% of the site (the code maximum is 15%) and would be set back more than the 50-foot minimum from adjacent residential areas (about 79 feet to the east and 138 feet to the south). A condition requires a recorded zoning-lot consolidation agreement, in a form approved by the village attorney, prohibiting separate conveyance of the parcels and treating them as a single zoning lot.

The commission carried both the special-use and the site-plan motions by roll-call votes. The site-plan approval included four conditions: (1) provide one additional accessible parking stall to comply with the Illinois accessibility code (location to be approved during the building permit process); (2) construct the trash enclosure of masonry consistent with the building; (3) no new rooftop mechanical equipment visible from the right-of-way; and (4) execution and recording of the zoning-lot consolidation agreement. The item will be forwarded to the Village Board on Oct. 21 for final action.

“I’m extremely excited to be able to relocate our factory from Orland Park to Tinley Park,” petitioner Luis Vasquez said. “We maintain a very clean operation ... and we’re proud to move into this town and provide union jobs.”

Commissioners asked staff and the petitioner to coordinate final permit details and accessibility compliance with village building and planning staff prior to the Village Board hearing.