Brook Park’s Planning Committee voted to place an ordinance on the May 20 council agenda to approve a lot consolidation and subsequent split for property at 14011 Brook Park Road (Parkplex Apartments) in the U7D zoning district.

The application submitted to the planning commission proposes to consolidate two existing partial parcels (ending in 002 and 004) and then split the consolidated parcel into three new parcels labeled A, B and C. According to the packet discussed in committee, Parcel A would be approximately 0.8 acres at the corner of Brook Park Road and West 140th Street; Parcel B (0.5032 acres) would be the Marathon gas-station parcel between A and C; and Parcel C would be the largest section at about 3.3962 acres.

The mayor said the project is similar to a recent submission and that a business seeking to purchase land needs a slightly different configuration than originally proposed. Councilman Schreier said the prior filing was never finalized and that this submission is the replacement to be filed. Schreier moved to have legislation drawn and placed on the May 20 council meeting agenda for passage; the motion was properly supported and the clerk’s roll call recorded affirmative votes, advancing the ordinance to the full council agenda.

If adopted by council, the ordinance will authorize the described lot consolidation and split consistent with the planning commission’s recommendation. Committee discussion focused on parcel sizes and the procedural step of filing corrected legislation for council consideration; speakers did not propose substantive changes to zoning or land-use standards during the committee exchange.