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Commission backs plan to revive hotel at 200 E. Rand Rd., but parking monitoring required
Summary
The commission gave a positive recommendation to a final PUD that would restore a hotel with restaurant and banquet uses at 200 E. Rand Rd., contingent on plat consolidation, a revised parking study and a land‑bank/monitoring plan that requires monthly counts and triggers installation of deferred parking if utilization exceeds 85%.
The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended the Village Board approve a final planned unit development to reestablish hotel, restaurant and banquet uses at 200 East Rand Road.
Staff told the commission the property — annexed in 1961 — contains roughly 2.93 acres and a primary structure proposed to be refreshed, renovated and repurposed as a hotel with on‑site restaurant and banquet meeting space. The petitioner plans to restripe the lot to increase marked on‑site parking from 137 to 140 stalls, provide a 24‑hour complimentary shuttle to the airport, and rely on cross‑use parking agreements with adjacent properties. Staff described a land‑banking plan for 10–25 additional stalls if demand increases.
Because the property’s existing setbacks and lot conditions are nonconforming under today’s code, the PUD would authorize continued use of those conditions. Staff recommended approval subject to conditions including submission of a plat of consolidation, screening for dumpsters, a required photometric plan, compliance with code, and submission and approval of a revised parking study that reflects restaurant square footage and shared parking availability before the case is scheduled for Village Board consideration.
Commissioners pressed staff on a significant discrepancy between the village’s code‑based parking requirement and private parking studies; staff said the cross‑use agreements, shuttle service and the monitoring/land‑banking approach address peak‑period demand. Staff added that if monthly counts show utilization above 85% or the village documents negative impacts, the village may require installation of deferred parking. Stormwater permitting (including Metropolitan Water Reclamation District review) would be required before converting banked open space to paved parking.
Representatives for the applicant, including Chris Patel of REIT 200 LLC and parking consultant Justin Opitz of Kimley Horn, said cross‑use agreements have been executed with neighbors, the shuttle will reduce rental‑car demand and they hope to open by the end of the year. The fire department has signed off on corrected fire protection items, the petitioner said.
After discussion, the commission moved, seconded and voted to forward a positive recommendation to the Village Board. The Village Board hearing was scheduled for March 17.
