2025 Budget In Brief

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEWS

2024 Projects

• Orland Ridge Townhomes – Completed • Bluff Pointe Townhomes – Completed • Metro East Townhomes – Completed

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

The mission of the Development Services Department is to enhance the quality of life in the community through long-term planning and development design review, as well as to promote economic growth by encouraging neighborhood investment, business expansion, business retention and community revitalization. In 2024, Development Services pivoted from regular departmental functions to responding to the May 7 hailstorm and community recovery while still welcoming new businesses, guiding new developments through the Plan Commission and preparing to transition to a new permitting system, expected to roll out in early 2025.

• Pete’s Fresh Market – Completed • Silver Cross Medical Pavilion – Completed • Steinhafels Furniture – Completed • Waterford Pointe Villas and Houses – Under Construction • School Additions for District 135: 1. Centennial Elementary – Completed 2. High Point Elementary – Completed 3. Orland Junior High – Completed 4. Prairie Elementary – Completed 5. Liberty Elementary – Completed • Centennial Park West improvements – Completed • Schussler Park Fields – Completed • Wild Fork Foods – Completed • Portillo’s – Completed • Seasons 52 – Completed

2025 Department Initiatives • Transition to Tyler Enterprise Permitting and Licensing software • Implement new building permit and impact fee structures • Continue simplifying and reorganizing the Land Development Code • Continue the Business Retention and Expansion Program • Begin preparations for the Comprehensive Plan Update • Create guide for new businesses

2024 Department Achievements • Processed over 10,000 permits and sub-permits, 2.5 times higher than 2023 • Completed most of the preparation to implement new permitting & licensing software • Worked with the Master Developer to approve Downtown Orland Park Planned Development and Redevelopment Agreement

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VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK | FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET IN BRIEF

VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK | FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET IN BRIEF