The Residential RC District is intended to provide areas within
the City limits where two-family dwellings, multifamily dwellings,
sheltered-care homes and nursing homes might be developed without
placing undue burdens on the City's water or sewer systems, and without
creating atypical automotive traffic concentrations in single-family
residential areas.
No building or premises shall be used and no building shall
be erected or altered hereafter within any Residential RC District,
unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, except for the following
uses:
A. Any use permitted in the Residential A-2 District, subject to the restrictions of Article
V.
[Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 965]
B. Two-family dwellings, subject to the requirements of §§
315-30 through
315-34.
C. Multifamily residences, sheltered-care homes, nursing homes, subject
to the restrictions set forth in this chapter for such uses. Upon
approval of the Board, one or more of the following uses may be established
clearly incidental to a multifamily residence, sheltered care home
or nursing home: restaurant; office of a doctor, dentist or similar
practitioner in the healing arts. Such incidental use shall be allowed
only if it is primarily for the use and benefit of the occupants of
the principal use.
Standards to which multifamily residences, sheltered-care homes
and nursing homes shall comply are as follows:
A. Lot size. No multifamily residence, sheltered-care home or nursing
home shall be erected hereafter, and no existing building shall be
converted to any such use, unless the lot has an area of at least
10,500 square feet.
B. Floor area ratio. Irrespective of the number of floors in a building
or a series of buildings on the same lot, the sum of the total area
of all floors shall not exceed 0.75 times the area of the lot.
C. Density. No multifamily residence shall be erected or altered hereafter
to accommodate or make provision for more than the following number
of families: two families for the first 6,000 square feet of lot area,
plus one family for each additional 2,000 square feet of lot area.
D. Building height. No building shall be erected or altered hereafter
to exceed 54 feet in height.
E. Side yard. On each side of the building, there shall be a side yard
having a width of not less than 10% of the width of the lot or 1/5
the building height, whichever is greater.
F. Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less
than 15% of the lot depth but not less than 10 feet in depth, or 1/3
the building height, whichever is greater.
G. Front yard. There shall be a front yard along each abutting street
having a depth of at least 25 feet measured from the right-of-way
line.
H. Off-street parking. There shall be provided, on the same or an adjacent
lot, off-street parking for two cars for each dwelling unit in a multifamily
residence; one car space for each employee per shift plus one car
space for each four residents' accommodations in a sheltered-care
home or nursing home. In addition, if one or more incidental uses
are permitted by the Zoning Board, such off-street parking shall be
provided as to the Zoning Board seems adequate.
I. Site plan approval.
(1) Before any permit is issued for a multifamily residence, sheltered-care
home or nursing home in this district, the site plans therefor shall
be submitted to the Zoning Board for approval. Such site plans shall
show: lot lines; building placement; width of bounding streets and
type of pavements; location and size of water lines and sewer lines
serving the property; location of off-street parking, with access
drives; heights of buildings or parts thereof; landscaping; surrounding
land uses; and such other details as the Board may require in its
deliberation.
(2) In its deliberation, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall give due consideration
to: the probable effect the proposal would have on surrounding land
uses; the adequacy of existing water and sewer utilities serving the
site; the relation of the building height and mass to surrounding
structures; and the effect the project will have as a traffic generator
on streets giving access to the site. The Plan Commission may submit
its comments and recommendations to the Zoning Board for consideration
in its deliberations.
(3) The Zoning Board of Appeals may approve the plans as submitted, may
approve the plans subject to modification, or may disapprove the plans.
Its decision in each case shall be in writing, spread upon the minutes
of the Board, with copies to the applicant, the Zoning Officer and
the City Council.
[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 RC District.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
Mobile home parks shall conform to the standards set forth in Chapter
203, Manufactured Home Parks, of the City Code.
Within the Residential RC District, planned unit developments may be permitted as a special use, at an overall density of 16 dwelling units per acre, subject to the procedures and requirements of Article
XIV, and the applicable sections of Chapter
260, Subdivision of Land, of the City Code.
Within the Residential RC 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 its establishment and operation
will not have an adverse effect on adjoining residential uses; that
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; that delivery vehicles serving the
home occupation, if any, will be of the size and type commonly observed
on the streets in the Residential RC District; and that 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.