These regulations shall hereafter be referred to as the "Official Zoning Code of the Village of Harristown." The map attached to this Code shall hereafter be referred to as the "Official Zoning Map of Harristown," and shall be considered an inseparable part of this Code.[1]
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Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in the Village offices.
This Code is drawn in accordance with those regulations set forth in Division 13 of the Illinois Municipal Code, contained within the Illinois Compiled Statutes, Chapter 65, Sec. 5/11-13-1; further these regulations are based upon a Comprehensive Land Use Plan drawn for the Village of Harristown and surrounding areas which was adopted by the Village Board on the 23rd day of April 1979.
Specifically this Code is designed to further the objectives of the Village plan; to prevent or lessen pollution of the air and water resources of the community; to promote the public health, safety, morals, comforts and general welfare; to lessen or avoid congestion in the public streets and highways; to avoid hazards resulting from accumulation or runoff of storm and flood waters; conserve and enhance the taxable value of the land and buildings; to prevent overcrowding of land or buildings; to provide proper relationships between uses and public utility; and to otherwise insure the orderly growth of the community.
This Code defines and limits the powers and duties of the Administrative Officer, bodies, and corporate authorities to the following functions:
(A) 
To divide the Village into districts regulating and restricting therein the location, construction, reconstruction or major alteration of any building or structure; and to regulate the type and intensity of land use by adoption and enforcement of the Official Zoning Map of the Village of Harristown.
(B) 
To change the district classification applied to any parcel of land after proper legal notice and public meeting as prescribed in this Code and the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
(C) 
To adopt or amend sections to be added to this Code after proper legal notice and public hearings as prescribed in this Code and the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
(D) 
To grant relief or variance to the strict interpretations of this Code, but only as provided for in Article VI of this Code.
(E) 
To permit the granting of special permits to establish uses of land or structures as designated as allowable special uses in the zone regulations, or for new or unusual uses which are not specified in any zone, but only as provided for in Section 40-5-1 of this Code.
(F) 
To permit the granting of special planned unit developments, but only as provided for in Section 40-5-3 of this Code.
(G) 
To provide for the gradual elimination or to extend the life of nonconforming uses as provided for in Article VII of this Code.
(H) 
To impose building setbacks greater than those contained in district regulations along major highways or surface water drainageways, but only as shown on the official setback map as provided for in Section 40-4-4(B) of this Code.
(I) 
To take any necessary legal action against any person or organization which violates provisions of this Code, including, but not limited to, seeking injunctive relief to restrain activities or constructions in violation of this Code, or to remove or demolish buildings or structures in violation of this Code, and fines for violations.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Village Board of Harristown, that the several provisions of this Code are separable in accordance with the following:
(A) 
If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge any provision of this Code to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect any other provisions of this Code not specifically included in said judgment.
(B) 
If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge invalid the application of any provision of this Code to a particular property, building, or other structure, such judgment shall not affect the application of said provision to any other property, building, or structure not specifically included in said judgment.
In case of any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this Code, the proper authorities of the Village, or any person the value of use of whose property is or may be affected by such violation, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings in equity to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure, or land or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises.
The violation of the terms of this Code shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $200 or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court, for each offense, and each and every day a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
This Code is urgently needed for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety and it shall therefore go into effect 10 days after its passage and publication. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish this Code in book form.