[CC 1995 §405.010; Ord. No. 106 Art. IV, 10-24-1968; Ord. No. 169 §1, 5-7-1979; Ord. No. 292 §2, 6-14-1993]
A.
The following regulations are established for Residence District "A", to wit:
1.
Use regulations. Business and industry are strictly prohibited except as otherwise permitted herein; no building or land shall be used and altered unless otherwise provided in this Title, except for one (1) or more of the following uses:
a.
Single-family dwellings of no more than two (2) stories in height.
b.
Parks, playgrounds and community buildings owned and operated by the City of Crystal Lake Park or operated by any Board of Trustees of a subdivision, provided the approval of the Board of Aldermen has been obtained.
c.
Planned environment unit development as provided in this Chapter.
d.
Group Homes. No group home shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature.
e.
In home businesses.
2.
Height. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet, except as provided in Section 410.040.
3.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot; provided however, that such rear yards shall not be less than thirty (30) feet but need not exceed forty (40) feet, except as provided in Section 410.040.
4.
Side yard. There shall be a side yard having a depth of not less than ten percent (10%) of the average width of the lot for each side yard; provided however, that such side yard width shall not be less than ten (10) feet in width but not exceed twenty (20) feet.
5.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than forty (40) feet to the front line of a building and not less than thirty (30) feet to the front line of an open porch or paved terrace; provided however, that where lots comprising forty percent (40%) or more of the frontage are developed with buildings having a front yard with a variation in depth of not more than ten (10) feet, no building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall project beyond the average front yard line so established; provided further, that the regulation shall not be so interpreted as to require a front yard of more than seventy-five (75) feet. Where property has frontage along a major highway, the front yard shall be determined by the provisions of Section 410.020.
6.
Corner lots. The requirements of Subsection (4) shall apply to corner lots except that where the building faces an intersecting street or place, the side yard of the lot shall be no less than fifty percent (50%) of the depth of the front yard required on the said lot; provided however, that this additional width of the side yard on the street or place side of the reversed corner lot shall not reduce the buildable width of such lot, if on record on October 24, 1968, to less than thirty (30) feet.
7.
Intensity of use. Every lot on which a building is erected or structurally altered for dwelling purposes shall have a minimum width at the street line of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet and a minimum area of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
8.
Planned environment unit.
a.
In any Residential District "A" a tract of land may be developed for residential use and supporting community facilities provided that a planned environment unit is approved as provided in this Section notwithstanding any other provisions of this Title. The planned environment unit shall have a minimum density ratio of one (1) living unit for each fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of lot area, but such dwelling units may be placed and situated on the tract of land as permitted by this Title.
b.
Application for a planned environment unit shall be made to the Board of Aldermen of the City and such application shall contain such data and information so as to assume the fullest practicable presentation of facts for the consideration by the Board. The Board of Aldermen may adopt and permit a planned environment unit by an ordinance duly enacted by the Board. In considering an application for a planned environment unit, the Board of Aldermen shall consider whether the proposal is consistent with good general planning practice, good site planning, can be constructed and operated in a manner not detrimental to the permitted use in the district and would be visually compatible with the surrounding area and is deemed desirable to promote the general welfare of the City. The Board of Aldermen shall also consider the architectural, landscape and other relationships which may exist and may recommend and require physical treatment and limitations as will, in the Board's opinion, enhance the development. Such recommendations and requirements may be made part of any ordinance enacted permitting the development of the planned environment unit.
c.
In addition to the foregoing, the Board of Aldermen may recommend and require, and make a part of the enabling ordinance, matters pertaining to, but not limited to, the following:
(1)
Off-street parking.
(2)
Screening and fencing of certain designated areas.
(3)
Setbacks along the boundary lines of the planned environment unit.
(4)
The type of improvements and the landscaping of the tract.
(5)
Conditions governing the maintenance of common areas.
(6)
The maximum and minimum gross floor area of each dwelling unit.
(7)
The holding of fee simple title in the common and recreational areas, if any, in a Board of Trustees for the unit owners use and benefit.
(8)
The provisions to be contained in any trust indenture governing the development.
d.
In the event that substantial construction has not been commenced within two (2) years of the date of enactment of an ordinance which adopts and permits a planned environment unit upon a tract of land, unless extended by ordinance, the planned environment unit shall terminate. As used herein, "substantial construction" shall mean final grading for roadways necessary for the first (1st) phase of construction and installation of sanitary and storm sewers.