This comprehensive amendment shall be known, cited, and referred
to as "the Village of Lincolnwood Zoning Ordinance." Throughout this
document it is referred to as the "Zoning Ordinance."
This Zoning Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the powers granted and the limitation imposed by state law and pursuant to the Village of Lincolnwood's home rule authority as set forth in Article VII, Section 6(a) of the Illinois Constitution.
(1)
This Zoning Ordinance is adopted for the purpose of:
a.
Promoting and protecting the public health, safety, comfort, morals,
convenience, and general welfare;
b.
Securing adequate natural light, pure air, and safety from fire and
other dangers;
c.
Conserving the taxable value of land and buildings;
d.
Avoiding or lessening congestion in the public streets; and
e.
Avoiding or lessening the hazards to persons and damage to property
resulting from the accumulation or runoff of storm- or floodwaters.
(2)
This Zoning Ordinance is intended to accomplish the foregoing purposes
by:
a.
Dividing the entire Village of Lincolnwood into districts and restricting
and regulating therein the location, construction, reconstruction,
alteration and use of building structures and land, whether for residential,
business, manufacturing or other specified uses;
b.
Preventing the overcrowding of land through regulating and limiting
the height and bulk of buildings thereafter erected as related to
land area;
c.
Establishing, regulating and limiting the building or setback lines
on or along streets, alleys or property lines;
d.
Regulating and limiting the intensity of the use of lot areas, and
regulating and determining the area of open spaces within and surrounding
such buildings;
e.
Establishing standards to which buildings or structures therein shall
conform;
f.
Prohibiting uses, buildings or structures incompatible with the character
of the residence, business or manufacturing districts;
g.
Preventing additions to, and alterations or remodeling of, existing
buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions
and limitations imposed herein;
h.
Providing for the gradual elimination of those uses, buildings and
structures which are incompatible with the character of the districts
in which they are located, including, without being limited thereto:
i.
Elimination of such uses of unimproved lands or lots when the
existing rights of the persons in possession thereof are terminated,
or when the uses to which they are devoted are discontinued;
ii.
Elimination of uses to which such buildings and structures are
devoted; Elimination of such buildings and structures when they are
substantially destroyed or damaged as hereinafter provided.
i.
Defining and limiting the powers and duties of the Zoning Officers
and bodies as hereinafter provided; and
j.
Prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this
Zoning Ordinance, or of any amendment thereto.
