The Village Board may authorize, by ordinance and after a hearing
and report by the Board, the following exceptions to the terms of
this chapter:
A. Permit the extension of a district where the boundary line of a district
divides a lot in a single ownership at the time of the passage of
this chapter (9-27-1965).
B. Interpret the provisions of this chapter in such a way as to carry
out the intent and purpose of the plan, as shown upon the map fixing
the several districts accompanying and made a part of this chapter,
where the street layout actually on the ground varies from the street
layout as shown on the map aforesaid.
C. Permit the erection and use of a building or the use of premises
in any location for a public service corporation for public utility
purposes which the Village Board determines reasonably necessary for
the public convenience or welfare.
D. Waive or reduce the parking and loading requirements in any of the
districts whenever the character or use of the buildings is such as
to make unnecessary the full provision of parking or loading facilities,
or where such regulations would impose an unreasonable hardship upon
the use of the lot, as contrasted with merely granting an advantage
or a convenience.
E. Permit an off-street parking area in an R-4 District where this would
relieve traffic congestion on the streets, provided such parking area
conforms to the following conditions:
(1) The entire area is located within 200 feet of a C District, exclusive
of any publicly dedicated right-of-way.
(2) The area shall be used exclusively for the parking of vehicles belonging
to invitees of the owner or lessee of the lot.
(3) Walls, fencing, or planting shall be permitted to protect and be
in harmony with surrounding residential property.
(4) The parking area shall not include any required front yard in the
district in which it is located.
(5) All driveways and the area used for parking spaces shall be properly
drained and surfaced with a hard, durable, dust-proof material; and
plans and specifications for same, together with the locations of
entrances and exits, shall be approved by the Village Engineer.
(6) The area shall conform to such other reasonable requirements as the
Village Board may require for the protection of surrounding property,
persons and residential values.
F. To determine whether an industry should be permitted within the M-1
Light Industrial and the M-2 Heavy Industrial District because of
the methods by which it would be operated and because of its effect
upon uses within surrounding zoning districts.
Where, by reason of exceptional narrowness, shallowness or shape
of a specific piece of property or by reason of exceptional topographical
conditions or other extraordinary or exceptional situation or condition
of a specific piece of property, the strict application of any provision
of this chapter would result in peculiar and exceptional practical
difficulties and clearly demonstrable hardship upon the owner of such
property, amounting to practical confiscation thereof, and not a mere
inconvenience to such owner, the Village Board may authorize, by ordinance,
and after hearing a report of the Board, a variation in the strict
application of the terms of the chapter to the extent that justice
may be done, provided such variation can be granted without substantial
detriment to the public good and without substantially impairing the
general purpose and intent of the Comprehensive Plan as established
by the regulations and provisions contained in this chapter.