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Sky Zone Trampoline Park in Orland Park will remain open under restrictions that it has been following for several months as part of a settlement with the village, according to Orland Park officials.

The agreement, announced Tuesday, would appear to resolve a lawsuit the business filed against the village in Cook County Circuit Court in March after Orland Park revoked Sky Zone’s business license. It has been allowed to remain open during the appeal process.

Orland Park had pulled Sky Zone’s business license after a September 2020 report of a fight in progress that drew a large police response.

Under the settlement, Sky Zone, just east of Orland Square mall, will be required to close at 9 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and have private security working those days from 7 p.m. to close.

Sky Zone had previously agreed to those conditions to remain open while it appealed the business license revocation, but now they are being made permanent, according to the village.

“Since the implementation of the remedial measures, there have been no significant incidences involving the safety of patrons,” the village said in announcing the settlement.

Sky Zone was cited for reckless conduct and a fire code occupancy violation following the Sept. 12 incident.

Last month, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Eve Reilly said in a ruling that Orland Park officials were overly harsh in revoking the business license and told the village to reconsider the matter and the steps taken by the business.

In her Nov. 23 ruling, Reilly said that mitigating evidence presented by Sky Zone to the village “was not fully examined and considered” by officials. The judge asked the village to consider the measures Sky Zone had so far put in place, such as the earlier closing hours, and whether license revocation was still appropriate or if other sanctions should be considered.

Along with the earlier closing time and private security, Sky Zone won’t be able to host Glow Night events which involve turning off lights inside and using black lights and lasers, according to the settlement.

The business was holding such an event last September when a 911 call was made to Orland Park police about a fight, resulting in some 50 police officers from Orland Park and surrounding departments responding to the business.

It was not clear whether a fight had actually taken place inside, and three youths were cited under village ordinance for disorderly conduct, according to police Chief Joe Mitchell. Nobody was injured, he said.

How many people were inside Sky Zone when officers arrived was not precisely determined, with Sky Zone officials estimating the number at perhaps 330 while police testifying at the initial license revocation hearing putting the number at between 500 to 700 people.

The business said that, per fire codes, it has an occupancy limit of 682 people. Police said they had to assist in clearing hundreds of youths from the property after the initial 911 call and those inside Sky Zone were ushered out into the parking lot.

On Dec. 17 last year, the village’s hearing officer, village manager George Koczwara, ruled the business license should be revoked, a decision upheld by the Village Board in a March 1 vote following a hearing of an appeal filed by Sky Zone.

After Judge Reilly’s order remanding the matter back to the village for review, Koczwara said that he, as the hearing officer, would reconsider whether the license revocation was the appropriate response, but that no new hearing would take place and no additional evidence be considered.