The Residential A-1 District is intended to include those portions
of the City recently developed, predominantly with one-family dwellings
on individual lots, where it is deemed desirable to maintain and encourage
this pattern of development, or those undeveloped portions of the
City or contiguous areas seeking annexation and proposed for new residential
development, where it is deemed desirable to encourage this pattern
of predominant land usage and density of population.
No building, premises or land shall be used, and no building
or structure shall be hereafter erected or altered, within any Residential
A-1 District, except for the following uses, unless otherwise provided
for in this chapter:
A.
One-family detached dwellings.
B.
Libraries and public museums.
C.
Churches, temples and other places of public worship.
D.
Public or private schools offering general instruction between kindergarten
and twelfth-grade levels, and public or private colleges offering
courses leading toward an associate, baccalaureate or advanced degree
in arts or science, or a comparable recognized degree.
E.
Parks, recreation areas and recreation buildings operated by a unit
of government, and government buildings, but not including storage
yards or buildings for the housing of trucks, contractor's equipment,
poles, pipe, road building materials or similar materials.
F.
Farming, truck gardening and horticultural nurseries, but not including
the raising, housing, pasturing or keeping of bees, fowl or livestock.
[Amended 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 1060]
G.
Temporary buildings, structures and uses incidental to construction
on the site, for a period not to exceed one year.
H.
Customary accessory uses, including private garages.
I.
One nameplate sign, not exceeding one square foot in area, which
may include the occupant's name, street address and profession or
home occupation, if such is conducted on the premises. One sign advertising
the sale or rental of the premises, and not exceeding five square
feet in area, and including the zoning classification, may be displayed.
[Amended 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 1060]
[Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 965; 1-3-2022 by Ord. No. 1048]
No building shall hereafter be erected or altered to exceed
35 feet in height if a main or principal building, nor to exceed 20
feet if an accessory structure. Notwithstanding the maximum height
of 20 feet, in the event the primary structure built upon the lot
is less than 20 feet in height, the maximum height of the accessory
structure shall not exceed the height of the primary structure.
Every building hereafter erected shall be on a lot having an
area not less than 7,500 square feet, if an interior lot, with a width
of 65 feet measured along the front setback line; nor less than 8,800
square feet in area, if a corner lot, with a width of 85 feet measured
along the front setback line parallel to the lesser street frontage.
No lot shall be less than 100 feet in depth.
No principal building shall hereafter be erected or enlarged
to extend closer to any lot line than the following distances:
[Amended 1-3-2022 by Ord. No. 1048]
No detached accessory structures shall be erected upon any lot
until and unless a primary residence is constructed and occupied.
Once a residential primary structure is occupied, no detached accessory
structure shall hereafter be erected or enlarged to extend closer
to any lot line than the following distances:
A.
Sixty feet to the nearest right-of-way line of any federal or state
highway.
B.
Thirty feet to the nearest right-of-way line of any other street,
but not less than 60 feet from the center line of such street.
C.
Ten feet to any interior side lot line, except that within 30 feet
of the rear lot line a detached accessory structure may be located
five feet from any interior side lot line.
D.
Five feet to any rear lot line.
E.
Any detached accessory structure shall be limited to the least of
the following restrictions:
(1)
One thousand two hundred fifty square feet shall be the maximum square
footage of all combined detached accessory structures and this requirement
shall include the attached garage of the primary residence.
(2)
Sixty-five percent of the square footage of the primary structure
foundation (footprint) which footprint shall not include the attached
garage of the primary structure foundation. This 65% maximum requirement
shall be waived if all detached structures on the lot and the primary
structure combined (including attached garage) together do not exceed
10% of the total lot area.
F.
Any attached garage shall not exceed 50% of the square foot of the
primary foundation (footprint).
[Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 965]
No building, with its accessory buildings, shall occupy in excess
of 35% of the lot area.
[Added 1995 by Ord. No. 692]
No semitrailers of any type or nature nor any commercial vehicles
required by the Illinois Department of Transportation to display a
placard indicating the vehicle is carrying hazardous materials shall
be parked or stored overnight on any lot in the Residential A-1 District.
[Added 1979 by Ord. No. 526]
A.
Conversion
of single-family dwelling to two-family dwelling. Within the Residential
A-1 District, a conversion of an existing single-family dwelling to
a two-family residence and only a two-family residence may be permitted
as a special use by the City Council upon recommendation of the Zoning
Board after a public hearing. Such special use shall only be granted
upon finding that its establishment will not have an adverse effect
on adjoining residential uses; and upon further findings that the
following requirements are met:
(1)
Height: same as Residential A-1 District requirements.
(2)
Lot size. The lot shall have a minimum of 12,500 square feet if an
interior lot, and a minimum of 15,000 square feet if a corner lot.
An interior lot shall have a minimum of 120 feet of frontage along
the street. A corner lot shall have a minimum of 120 feet of frontage
along the front setback line parallel to the lesser street frontage.
No lot shall be less than 100 feet in depth.
(3)
Front, rear and side yards: same as Residential A-1 District requirements.
(4)
Parking: a minimum of five off-street parking spaces with all-weather
surfaces.
B.
Within
the Residential A-1 District, home occupations may be permitted as
a special use by the City Council upon recommendation of the Zoning
Board after a public hearing. Such special use shall only be granted
upon finding that:
[Added 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
(1)
Its
establishment and operation will not have an adverse effect on adjoining
residential uses;
(2)
Sufficient
on-site parking will be provided, so that no noticeable increase in
on-street parking will result, nor increased traffic hazard due to
entry or exiting vehicles;
(3)
Delivery
vehicles serving the home occupation, if any, will be of the size
and type commonly observed on the streets in the Residential A-1 District;
and
(4)
The
occupation involves no retail or wholesale business or manufacture
except as such may be an integral part of, and clearly incidental
to, the rendering of a personal or professional service.
C.
Within
the Residential A-1 District, the raising, housing, pasturing, or
keeping of bees, fowl or livestock may be permitted as a special use
by the City Council upon recommendation of the Zoning Board after
a public hearing. Such special use shall only be granted upon finding
that:
[Added 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 1060]
(1)
Such
a use will not have an adverse effect on adjoining or neighboring
residential uses;
(2)
Animals
lawfully kept within the Residential A-1 District shall be kept within
the fenced area of the rear yard at all times; and
(3)
Setback:
such a use may only be permitted where the raising, housing, pasturing,
or keeping of bees, fowl or livestock is located at a distance of
300 feet or greater from rear and side lot lines.
[Added 1-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 965]
