Planning commissioners approve Gas & Wash retaining-wall finish and landscaping plan

The Tinley Park Planning Commission on Aug. 7 approved a modification to the site-plan condition for Gas & Wash at 18301 LaGrange Road, allowing the petitioner to finish the LaGrange Road retaining wall with a tinted acrylic-aggregate masonry coating and expanded landscaping. The motion passed on a 4-2 roll call (Commissioners Gaskell, Gatto, Hamilton and Chairman Gray voted yes; Commissioners Manning and Merrick voted no).

The vote removes a 2023 condition that required any retaining wall proposed at the final engineering phase be “constructed of materials substantially compatible to the buildings and fueling canopies.” Staff told the commission the property has been operating under a temporary certificate of occupancy while outstanding exterior items were completed and that the retaining-wall finish was the last remaining item. Staff said they extended the temporary certificate of occupancy and will issue a full certificate of occupancy after the installed material is inspected and accepted.