In the construction of this comprehensive amendment, the rules and definitions contained in this Article II shall be observed and applied, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1)
Words used in the present tense shall include the future;
(2)
The singular number shall include the plural and the plural the singular;
(3)
The word "building" shall include the word "structure";
(4)
The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary; and
(5)
The word "may" or "should" is permissive.
A sign which no longer correctly directs or exhorts
any person, advertises a bona fide business, lessor, owner, product
or activity conducted or product available on the premises on which
the sign is displayed.
To touch, to lie immediately next to, to share a common wall
or lot line, or to be separated by only a street, alley, or right-of-way.
A detached subordinate building or a portion of a principal
building, the use of which is incidental to that of the dominant use
of the principal building.
Touching or contiguous, as distinguished from lying near
or adjacent.
Adult use cannabis businesses, including, but not limited
to: adult use cannabis cultivation centers, adult use cannabis dispensaries,
cannabis craft growers, cannabis infusers, and cannabis processors.
[Added 9-3-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-3418]
A facility operated by an organization or business that is
licensed by the Department of Agriculture to cultivate, process, transport,
and perform other necessary activities to provide cannabis and cannabis-infused
products to adult use cannabis business establishments.
[Added 9-3-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-3418]
A facility operated by an organization or business that is
registered by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation to acquire cannabis from a cannabis cultivation center,
cannabis craft grower, cannabis processor, or another cannabis dispensary
for the purpose of selling or dispensing cannabis, cannabis-infused
products, cannabis seeds, paraphernalia, or related supplies for recreational,
nonmedicinal purposes to purchasers other than registered qualifying
patients under the Illinois Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
Program Act (410 ILCS 130/1 et seq.).
[Added 9-3-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-3418]
Signs painted or attached directly to a vehicle for advertising
purposes when the vehicle is used primarily for advertising purposes
and not for transportation.
Any right-of-way, with a width of not less than 16 feet nor
more than 24 feet, which affords a secondary means of vehicular access
to abutting properties. A street shall not be considered an alley.
Any change in size, shape, occupancy or use of a building
or structure.
Any place or establishment, public or private, where animals
are bathed, clipped, or combed for the purpose of enhancing their
aesthetic value or health and for which a fee is charged.
A building or portion thereof designed or used for the care,
observation or treatment of domestic animals.
A facility used to house or contain stray, homeless, abandoned,
or unwanted animals and that is owned, operated, or maintained by
a public body, an established humane society, animal welfare society,
society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or other nonprofit
organization devoted to the welfare, protection, and humane treatment
of animals.
Any sign which includes action or motion, but not including
flashing signs or changing signs.
Any device or array that transmits and/or receives electromagnetic
signals for voice, data or video communications purposes including,
but not limited to, television, AM/FM radio, microwave, cellular telephone
and similar forms of communications.
Any person who requests relief pursuant to this Zoning Ordinance,
including, without limitation, all record owners and beneficial owners
of the property that is subject of the requested relief.
Either architectural concrete block or brick. Architectural
concrete block and concrete brick have; (i) highly-textured finishes
in a variety of styles, such as indented, hammered, fluted, ribbed
or similar architectural finishes; and (ii) natural or synthetic pigmentation
that is added during the manufacturing process to produce color variations.
[Added 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3106]
An element of a building design intended to be ornamentation
or decorative features attached to or protruding from an exterior
wall.
An establishment engaged in the sale, loan, or display of
art, books, paintings, sculpture, or other works of art. This definition
does not include a place designed to be used as a dwelling unit.
Place designed to be used, or used as, both a dwelling place
and a place of work by an artist, artisan, or craftsperson, including
persons engaged in the application, teaching, or performance of fine
arts such as but not limited to drawing, vocal or instrumental music,
painting, sculpture or writing.
A special combination of housing, supportive services, personalized
assistance, and health care designed to respond to the individual
needs of those who need help with activities of daily living. A facility
with a central or private kitchen, dining, recreational, and other
facilities, with separate bedrooms or living quarters, where the emphasis
of the facility remains residential.
Rope lighting, flexible lighting, series lighting, and other
similar applications of window trimming, but excluding seasonal lights,
visible from a public way.
[Added 6-18-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-3784]
An establishment, building, or land used for the repair and
maintenance of automobiles, motorcycles, trucks or similar vehicles
including but not limited to body, fender, muffler, or oil change
and lubrication, motor replacement or rebuilding, but excluding dismantling
and salvage and establishment and facilities where the servicing and
repair of vehicles is incidental to marketing and selling activities.
See "junkyard."
Any building or land used primarily for the dispersal, sale,
or offering for sale of automotive fuels, oils or accessories, including
lubrication of automobiles and replacement of minor parts and accessories,
but not including major repair work such as motor replacement or rebuilding.
A roof-like mechanism, retractable in operation, which projects
from the wall of a building for the purpose of affording weather protection
to doorways and windows. Often, awnings provide identity for a business
and provide shade for display areas.
A retail bakery is one where not more than 50% of the floor
area is devoted to processing or manufacturing of baked goods. A wholesale
bakery is one where the floor area is devoted to processing or manufacturing
baked goods, and not to include retail sales.
A platform that projects from the exterior wall of a building,
located above the ground floor, is exposed to the open air, has direct
access to the interior of the building, and is not supported by posts
or columns extending to the ground.
[Added 7-15-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3114]
A financial institution that is open to the public and engaged
in deposit banking, and that performs closely related functions such
as making loans, investments, and fiduciary activities.
A temporary sign applied to, or constructed of, paper, plastic
or fabric of any kind, with or without frame, used to identify or
attract attention to a location, object, institution, product, service
or business. Flags of nations, states, political subdivisions, businesses
or institutions shall not be considered banners for purposes of this
Zoning Ordinance.
A banquet facility or banquet hall is a building or portion
(excluding facilities located in restaurants or hotels) thereof where
food, either prepared on the premises or otherwise and/or beverages
are provided on a prearranged basis for consumption on premises; is
primarily intended to accommodate one or more groups of diners or
patrons for functions such as banquets, wedding receptions and similar
functions, is not open to the public, and the use thereof is restricted
to the invitees of the party contracting for use of the facility.
A portion of a structure located partly underground, but
having less than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height over more
than half of its floor area below grade.
A private, owner-occupied business in a single-family dwelling
where overnight accommodations and a morning meal are provided to
transients for compensation. The term "bed-and-breakfast" does not
include short-term rental properties.
[Amended 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3192]
A sign placed on, or part of, a bench and used for advertising
purposes.
A mound of soil, either natural or man-made, used to screen
and visually separate, in part or entirely, one area, site or property
from the view of another area.
A business establishment containing more than two pool or
billiard tables for the use of patrons.
A tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of
streets, public lands, railroad rights-of-way, bulkhead lines or waterways,
or boundary lines of the Village.
The President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lincolnwood.
Any device (including jet skis and personal water craft devices)
used or capable of being used for navigation on water.
Every vehicle designed or utilized for the transportation
of any boat, without motive power, designed for being drawn by another
vehicle.
A molded rectangular block primarily comprised of clay and/or
shale, fired with natural gas or coal at approximately 2,000°
to fuse the shale or clay into a durable building unit that is laid
continuously with joints between the units filled with mortar and
is manufactured to ASTM C216 or C652, Grade SW, and must have a minimum
thickness of 2 1/4 inches when applied as a veneer.
[Added 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3106; amended 2-3-2015 by Ord. No.
2015-3142]
Landscaping (other than mere grass on flat terrain), or the
use of landscaping along with berms, walls or decorative fences, that
at least partially and periodically obstruct the view from the street,
in a continuous manner, of: vehicular use areas; parking lots and
their parked cars; detention and retention ponds; cellular tower facilities;
and other similar uses.
That portion of a lot bounded by the yards required pursuant
to this Zoning Ordinance.
That portion of a lot determined to be buildable by code
and not including the required, front, side and rear yards.
Any structure designed or built for the support, enclosure,
shelter or protection of persons, animals, chattels or property of
any kind, and which is permanently affixed to the land.
See "accessory building."
Chapter 14 of the Village Code, as amended.
[Amended 12-6-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-2979]
The horizontal area measured within the outside of the exterior
walls of the ground floor of all principles and accessory buildings
on a lot.
A building surrounded by open space.
The vertical distance from the grade at the top of the curb
to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or to the peak
of the ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs. Chimneys, towers, spires,
elevator penthouses, cooling towers and similar projections other
than signs shall not be included in calculating building height. (See
also specific regulations for each zoning district; see also, definition
of "finished first floor height" and definition of "eave height.")
Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in
retail or wholesale, from the premises, of materials used in the construction
of buildings or other structures, but specifically excluding automobile
or equipment supplies otherwise classified herein. Typical uses include
building material stores and home supply establishments.
A building or structure in which the primary use of the lot
on which the building is located is conducted.
Signs attached to, or part of, a building or structure on
the same property as the sign, but not including freestanding signs
or transit shelter signs.
[Ord. No. 2011-2937]
Any building not designed to be permanently located at the
place where it is, or where it is intended to be temporarily placed
or affixed.
The regulations set forth in this Zoning Ordinance pertaining
to the permissible or required height, volume, area, floor area, floor
area ratio, minimum lot area and dimensions, building coverage, lot
coverage, yards and setbacks, and usable open space applicable to
uses and structures.
An occupation, employment or enterprise which occupies time,
attention, labor and materials; or wherein merchandise is exhibited
or sold, or where services are offered.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service, or other activity conducted upon the premises upon which
such sign is located.
An exterior casing or console or other enclosure having horizontal
dimensions of not more than four feet by six feet, and used to protect
and provide security for equipment associated with one or more antennas.
The diameter of the trunk of a tree measured in inches at
a point six inches above ground line.
A facility operated by an organization or business that is
licensed by the Department of Agriculture to cultivate, dry, cure,
and package small quantities of cannabis and perform other necessary
activities to make small quantities of cannabis available for sale
at an adult use or medicinal cannabis dispensary or use at a cannabis
processor or infuser.
[Added 9-3-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-3418]
A facility operated by an organization or business that is
licensed by the Department of Agriculture to directly incorporate
cannabis or cannabis concentrate into a product formulation to produce
a cannabis-infused product.
[Added 9-3-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-3418]
A facility operated by an organization or business that is
licensed by the Department of Agriculture to either extract constituent
chemicals or compounds to produce cannabis concentrate or incorporate
cannabis or cannabis concentrate into a product formulation to produce
a cannabis product.
[Added 9-3-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-3418]
An organization or business that is licensed by the Department
of Agriculture to transport cannabis on behalf of a cannabis business
establishment or a community college licensed under the Community
College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot Program.
[Added 9-3-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-3418]
A permanent hood, or roof-like construction, or marquee which
projects from a building wall.
Any sign fastened, affixed, or attached to a canopy or marquee
in such a manner that the canopy or marquee becomes the supporting
structure or forms the background surface of the sign, which does
not project more than 15 inches from the canopy or marquee.
Rental of automobiles and light trucks and vans, including
incidental parking and servicing of vehicles for rent or lease. Typical
uses include auto rental agencies and taxicab dispatch areas.
Mechanical facilities for the washing or waxing of private
automobiles, light trucks and vans, but not commercial fleets.
A roofed automobile shelter, with one or more open sides.
A business or activity, the purpose of which is the processing,
preparing, and serving of meals or food items for off-premise consumption.
This definition shall not include any business location where on-premises
over-the-counter retail sale of food items occurs and shall not include
banquet halls or banquet facilities as defined in this Zoning Ordinance.
A story having more than 1/2 of its floor to clear ceiling
height below grade.
Any sign designed or used so that characters, letters or
symbols can be changed or rearranged without altering the surface
of the sign.
Special physical characteristics of an existing or proposed
building or structure or an area that set it apart from its surroundings
and contributes to its individuality. Character-defining considerations
include, but are not limited to, building height, shape, materials,
orientation and architectural style and features, as well as the site's
interior spaces and relationship to the surrounding area.
A building or part of a building, other than a child development
home or elderly day-care home, used for the licensed care, education,
counseling, or training of individuals 15 years of age or less and/or
for the care of elderly individuals, totaling six or more persons,
who are not related by blood or marriage to the caregiver and who
are present for less than 24 hours per day. This definition encompasses
facilities generally known as child care centers, preschools, nursery
schools, before-school and after-school programs, senior care centers,
elder care programs, and similar programs and facilities. A child/elderly
development center includes the following accessory uses: counseling,
education, training, and health and social services for the parents
or principal guardians of children attending the center.
See "medical or dental clinic."
The lowest temperature at which a combustible liquid under
the most favorable conditions, will give off a flammable vapor which
will burn momentarily.
A nonprofit association of persons who are in fact members
and whose facilities are restricted to members and their guests. Food
and alcoholic beverages may be served on its premises, provided they
are secondary and incidental to the principal use.
An educational institution either authorized by the State
of Illinois to award associate, baccalaureate, or higher degrees,
or operated by a local school district to provide post-high school
training related to employment and life skills.
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-3392]
A privately owned for-profit commercial facility designed
and equipped to provide customary leisure time or recreational activities,
such as bowling, swimming, miniature golf, paintball, indoor go-carts,
ice skating, tennis, racquetball and similar activities. For purposes
of this chapter, a firearms shooting range is not a commercial recreational
facility.
[Added 5-20-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3096]
Either a Class 1 or Class 2 commercial vehicle and any trailer
including, but not limited to tar hoppers, generators, cement trailer,
or any portable construction or maintenance equipment that is not
a camper trailer, or a recreational vehicle trailer.
Class 1: Any vehicle, other than a recreational vehicle, regardless
of the use to which the vehicle is put or intended or designed to
serve and regardless of any other classification system made applicable
to vehicles by any governmental body, that weighs in excess of 8,000
pounds in gross weight (including vehicle and maximum load).
Class 2: Any vehicle that is not a recreational vehicle or a
Class 1 commercial vehicle that is operated for the transportation
of persons or property in the furtherance of any commercial or industrial
enterprise, regardless of whether for hire, including without limitation
the following:
A building to be used as a place of meeting, recreation or
social activity and not operated for profit.
A group home or specialized residential care home, the residents
of which do not constitute a family, that: (a) serves persons with
disabilities, as defined in the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3602(h)(1),
as may be amended; and (b) does not serve persons as an alternative
to incarceration for a criminal offense or persons whose primary reason
for placement is treatment of a communicable disease."
[Amended 3-20-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-2993]
The official Comprehensive Plan of the Village of Lincolnwood.
Any building or structure which: (a) complies with all the
regulations of this Zoning Ordinance or of any amendment thereto governing
bulk of the district in which said building or structure is located;
or (b) is designed or intended for a permitted or special use as applicable
in the district in which it is located.
In actual contact.
Any retail establishment offering for sale a limited line
of groceries and household items intended for the convenience of the
neighborhood.
A stock model van with major customizing and which bears
RV license plates.
The location and use of two or more antenna on a single monopole,
tower, antenna support structure or mast.
A place providing day care for not more than six children,
including family members, being operated as a home occupation, and
retaining all necessary state licenses.
A unit of measurement of the intensity (loudness) of sound.
Sound level meters, which are employed to measure the intensity of
sound, are calibrated in decibels.
An establishment at which the primary business of the operation
is the delivery of its goods to the customer, and not removal of goods
by the customer.
[Added 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-3686]
Any establishment, except a hospital or other facility operated
by a licensed medical practitioner, at which the act of puncturing
the skin and inserting indelible colors to create permanent pigmentation
or color is performed, as is often associated with tattoos.
[Added 4-7-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-3461]
The Zoning Officer, the Village Director of Community Development,
the Village Director of Public Works, the Village Police Chief, and
the Village Fire Chief, or their respective designees.
[Amended 3-2-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-3044]
Any property on which will be performed any construction
of a new building, or any addition to, or expansion of, an existing
building. A property on which there will be a change in use within
an existing building, without any such construction, addition, or
expansion, shall not be considered a "development site."
[Added 4-2-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-3047]
Directional (or "panel") antennas, designed to receive and/or
transmit signals in a directional pattern which is less than 360°,
typically an arc of approximately 120°.
A sign which identifies only the names and locations of occupants
or uses within a building or on a lot.
Any disc not exceeding 39 inches in diameter, whether flat,
concave, or parabolic, that is designed to receive signals from satellites
or other sources or to transmit such signals to a receiving station.
A portion of the corporate area of the Village of Lincolnwood,
as designated on the Zoning District Map, within which certain uniform
regulations and requirements, or various combinations thereof, apply
under the provisions of this comprehensive amendment.
That portion of a structure that consists of a gable roof
and a window at its outer end and that projects from a sloping roof;
also known as a dormer window
[Added 11-1-2011 by Ord. No. 2972]
A vertical line extending from the outermost portion of the
tree canopy to the ground.
A place of business being operated for the sale and purchase
at retail of food or beverages and other goods, services, or entertainment
which is designed and equipped so as to allow its patrons to be served
or accommodated primarily while remaining in their motor vehicles.
Examples of drive-in, drive-up, drive-through or drive-thru establishments
include, but are not limited to, the following:
Drive-in, drive-through or drive-thru bank, financial institution
or automated teller machine. A building or portion thereof where normal
financial activities such as depositing or withdrawing funds, cashing
checks, making utility payments, etc., are carried on directly by
a customer seated in a motor vehicle and a teller within the building
at a drive-up window; or where such aforesaid activities are carried
on directly by a customer seated in a motor vehicle and utilizing
an automated teller machine.
Drive-up, drive-in restaurant. A building or portion thereof
where food and/or beverages are sold in a form ready for consumption
and where all or a significant portion of the service takes place
or is designed to take place outside the confines of the building,
usually in a motor vehicle on the site.
Drive-through or drive-thru facility: restaurants; coffee/beverage
stand; dry cleaners; film concessions; and pharmacies. A drive-through
or drive-thru facility is any establishment building or portion thereof
where the design, method of operation, or any portion of whose business
use eliminates the requirement that the customer leave the motor vehicle
in which the customer is riding in order to obtain the delivery of
the goods or services being offered.
Any impervious, permeable, or semipermeable surface approved
by the Zoning Administrator, providing direct ingress to and egress
from a parking space located on any zoning lot.
[Amended 3-18-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-3457]
An establishment or business maintained for the pickup and
delivery of dry cleaning and/or laundry without the maintenance or
operation of any laundry or dry cleaning equipment or machinery on
the premises.
A building, portion of a building, or premises used or intended
to be used for cleaning fabrics, textiles, wearing apparel, or articles
of any sort by immersion or agitation, or by immersions only, in volatile
solvents including, but not by way of limitation, solvents of the
petroleum distillate type, and/or the chlorinated hydrocarbon type,
and the processes incidental thereto.
A dwelling containing two dwelling units only, one above
the other.
[Amended 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3192]
A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively
for nontransient residential purposes, including single-family, two-family
and multiple-family dwellings, but not including lodging rooms in
hotels, motels, rooming houses, or short-term rental properties.
[Amended 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3192]
A dwelling joined to two other dwellings by party walls,
cavity walls, or other aboveground physically unifying horizontal
structural elements.
A dwelling which is surrounded on all sides by open space
on the same lot.
A building containing three or more dwelling units.
A dwelling joined to one other dwelling by a party wall,
cavity wall or other aboveground physically unifying horizontal structural
element
A building containing one dwelling unit only.
A building containing two dwelling units only, one above
the other.
One or more rooms within a dwelling which are arranged, designed
or used as living quarters for one family only. Individual bathrooms
and complete single kitchen facilities, permanently installed to serve
the entire family, shall always be included within each "dwelling
unit."
[Amended 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3192]
The lower edge or edges of a roof, usually projecting beyond
the sides of the building.
The vertical distance from the grade elevation at the top
of the curb to the bottom of eave of the building.
A dwelling unit consisting of one principal room, exclusive
of bathroom, kitchen, hallway, closets or dining alcove directly off
the principal room, providing that such dining alcove does not exceed
90 square feet in area.
Exterior Insulated and Finish System is a building facade
finishing system that utilizes a foam board insulation backing, which
is covered with a reinforced base coat and then a final layer of a
textured finish coat.
A dwelling unit used in part for the care, education, recreation,
or training of no more than five elderly individuals who are not related
by blood or marriage to the caregiver and who are present for less
than 24 hours per day. This definition encompasses facilities generally
known as "senior care centers," "elder care programs," and similar
programs and facilities.
A terminal at which electric energy is received from the
transmission system and is delivered to the distribution system only.
A terminal at which electric energy is received from the
transmission system and is delivered to other elements of the transmission
system and, generally, to the local distribution system.
A digital sign, located on the premises of the business(es)
it advertises, capable of displaying words, symbols, figures, or images
that electronically or mechanically change by remote or automatic
means, and which advertises goods and services that are available
at that location.
[Added 11-5-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-3429]
Any sign which may be modified by electronic processes to
form a sign message or messages wherein the sequence of messages and
the rate of change is electronically programmed. Public service signs
are not classified as electronic message signs.
The external face of a building or structure.
[Added 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3102]
The official of the Village of Lincolnwood, duly appointed
and designated as the Village Engineer.
An outdoor or indoor area, building, or part of a building,
devoted to showing motion pictures, or for dramatic, dance, musical,
or other live performances.
A place of business, the ownership or management of which
is separate and distinct from those of any other place of business
located on the same or other lot.
The Federal Communications Aviation Administration.
The exterior wall of a building facing a public or private
street, or a public access drive. An exterior wall that faces an alleyway
is not a "facade" for the the purposes of this chapter.
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3102]
See "drive-through establishment."
An accessory building and use which incorporates the fundamentals
for fallout protection-shielding mass, ventilation and space to live-and
which is constructed of such materials, in such a manner, as to afford
to the occupants substantial protection from radioactive fallout.
An individual, or two or more persons related by blood, marriage
or adoption, living together in a dwelling unit, or a group of not
more than five persons who need not be related by blood or marriage
or adoption, living as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit,
and sharing common facilities as considered reasonably appropriate
for a family related by blood, marriage, or adoption, in either case
exclusive of servants.
The Federal Communications Commission.
An accessory structure, assembled using cut or formed natural
materials or artificial materials, which is used as a barrier, boundary,
decorative accessory, means of protection or confinement enclosing
or dividing a piece of land, and which is over 12 inches in height
above the ground level. Examples include, but are not limited to,
open fences, solid fences, masonry and stone walls. For the purposes
of this chapter, a "fence" shall not include naturally growing shrubs,
bushes and other foliage.
All sections of fence (excluding the post) in any lot may
have a total height that shall not exceed the prescribed maximum fence
height; provided that the space between the bottom of a section of
fence and the ground beneath it shall not exceed three inches. A fence
post may extend no more than a maximum of three inches above the section
of fence.
Any fence which was erected pursuant to a permit and is maintained
in good condition and existing prior to the passage of the regulation,
but which does not conform to the regulations set forth in this Zoning
Ordinance.
The painting, staining, sand scraping, nailing, screwing,
riveting, welding, tie-wiring, or clamping so as to restore the like
new appearance, restore the safe condition, or maintain the condition
of what would generally be considered a good functioning fence.
Materials such as concrete block, cinder block, plank lumber over six inches in width, scrap lumber, scrap materials, barbed wire (except at the top of a fence in an M District where not abutting a residential lot or in any zoning district where used to enclose utility or telecommunications facilities), pallet lumber, plastic pipe, plastic or synthetic materials, (except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 3.13 of this chapter), exterior insulation finish systems, combinations of materials, "chicken wire mesh" (except as allowed immediately around compactly planted vegetable gardens, as seasonally needed in rear and side yards only, square wire farm fence, in residential zones welded wire fence with members less than 1/2 inches in diameter, fabric, burlap, plastic sheets (except approved synthetic composite materials), wood and plastic snow fence, rubble and debris and open fences with obstructions.
[Amended 4-1-2014 by Ord. No. 3090]
A fence including gates, which has, over its entirety, no
less than 50% of the surface area in open space as viewed from an
angle of 90°, from the fence line. Examples include, but are not
limited to: chain link; wrought iron; picket; Kentucky rail; split
rail.
That portion of a fence that is between the fence posts.
The face side of a fence which shows the most amount of structural
supports.
Any action in which a person fixes, mends, restores, or removes
that portion of a fence which provides its opacity (e.g., vertical
boards, individual post replacement, slats, pickets, chain link) and/or
associated horizontal supports. Repair shall include any action to
an existing fence within a calendar year not specifically included
within the definition of "fence replacement" or "fence maintenance."
Any action in which a person removes and replaces more than
25% of the number of posts or horizontal or vertical members in a
fence within a calendar year.
A fence which is not a solid fence nor an open fence, and
including, without limitation, shadow box and louvered fences; provided,
however, that "semiprivate fence" does not include any louvered fence
for which (i) the gaps between the fence boards are less than 50%
of the board width; (ii) the angle of the boards exceeds a fifty-degree
angle, from horizontal or vertical; or (3) it is possible to see from
one side of the fence through to the other side.
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3102; 8-18-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-3164]
A fence which is not open over 50% of the surface area. Examples
include, but are not limited to: stockade, board and batten, basket
weave, chain link with woven slat inserts, and brick, except as otherwise
provided.
The finished surface of the floor level above the basement
or cellar of a structure or building, or the upper surface of the
floor of the first story of a structure or building.
The vertical distance from the grade elevation at the top
of the curb to the top of the finished first floor.
A specialized indoor facility used in hole or in part for
the safe shooting practice of firearms (as that term is defined pursuant
to the Illinois Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. 430 ILCS 65/0.01
et seq., as may be amended).
[Added 5-20-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3096]
A construction of fabric, plastic, paper or other synthetic
or natural material depicting through symbols, characters, design
or letters, a nation, political subdivision, institution or business.
Any sign which contains an intermittent or flashing light
source, or which includes the illusion of intermittent or flashing
light by means of animation or an externally mounted intermittent
light source.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of a
building or of such area devoted to a specific use, measured from
the exterior face of exterior walls or from the center line of walls
separating two buildings or uses. Gross floor area shall include,
without limitation, areas such as:
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Basement floors;
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Elevator shafts and stairwells at each floor;
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Floor spaces and shafts used for mechanical, electrical, and
plumbing equipment, except equipment located in a cellar or on the
roof;
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Penthouses;
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Interior balconies and mezzanines;
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Enclosed porches; and
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Floor space used for accessory uses.
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When any space has a floor-to-ceiling height of 14 feet or more,
each 14 feet of height, or fraction thereof, shall constitute a separate
floor, provided, however, for spaces with a sloping or slanting ceiling,
only that portion of such space with a floor-to-ceiling height of
14 feet or more shall be treated as a separate floor.
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Horizontal area devoted to off-street parking and off-street
loading facilities, located in each floor of a building for which
the principal use is manufacturing, business, office, or multifamily
residential;
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Cellar floors;
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Attic floors;
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Decks and patios;
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Open, unenclosed porches;
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Sheds 100 square feet in area or less;
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Chimneys projecting not more than two feet from an exterior
wall; and
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The first 250 square feet or 50% of the floor area of a detached
or attached garage, whichever is less.
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"Floor area," when prescribed as the basis of measurement
for off-street parking spaces and off-street loading spaces for any
use, shall be the sum of the net horizontal area of the several floors
of the building, excluding:
[Amended 3-5-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-3042]
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The horizontal areas of the basement and cellar floors that
are devoted exclusively to uses accessory to the operation of the
building
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equipment
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of the walls.
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The gross floor area of a building divided by the total lot
area of the zoning lot on which it is located. For planned unit developments,
the floor area ratio shall be determined by dividing the gross floor
area of all principal buildings by the total lot area of the development
site.
Any sign supported by structural members placed in the ground
independently of any other structure on the lot. Freestanding signs
include monument signs and pole/pylon signs.
A building or area in which freight brought by motor truck
or railroad freight cars is assembled or stored for routing in intrastate
or interstate shipment by motor trucks or railroad freight cars.
Signifies the number of oscillations per second in a sound
wave and is an index of the pitch of the resulting sound.
The face side of a fence which shows the least amount of
structural supports.
The facade of a residence which may face the front yard lot
line, or the corner yard lot line, which contains what would normally
be considered the front entrance door to the residence. (See Diagram
E and F following.)
Any facade of the principal building which approximately
parallels the front lot line and exceeds eight feet in length. (See
Diagram E following.)
The generally triangular section of wall located at the end
of a pitched roof, which section occupies the space between the two
slopes of the roof.
[Added 11-1-2011 by Ord. No. 2972]
An accessory building designed and used for the storage of
motor vehicles owned and used by the occupants of the building to
which it is accessory and in which no occupation or business for profit
is carried on.
A building or portion thereof other than a private or storage
garage, designed or used for equipping, servicing or repairing motor
vehicles. Hiring, selling or storing of motor vehicles may be included.
A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively
for storage of motor vehicles, and in which motor fuels and oils are
not sold, and motor vehicles are not equipped, repaired, hired or
sold.
See "auto station."
For signs located on a berm, "grade" is he average elevation
of the established curb along the front of a lot or, where no curb
is established, the average elevation of the crown of the street adjacent
to the front of a lot. For all other signs, structures and for all
buildings, "grade" is the average elevation of the finished surface
of the ground adjoining the exterior walls of a building or a base
of the structure or sign.
Store where most of the floor area is devoted to the sale
of food products for home preparation and consumption, which typically
also offer other home care and personal care products, and which are
substantially larger and carry a broader range of merchandise than
convenience stores.
The lot area covered by a principal building, measured at
grade, from the exterior faces of the exterior walls, but excluding
open porches or terraces, garages or carports.
Recommended design elements.
A tower that is supported in whole or in part by guy wires
and ground anchors.
A business establishment which: (i) promotes physical fitness;
(ii) contains equipment and gymnasia for body exercising or other
facilities intended to improve physical fitness, diet, weight control
and/or health; and (iii) is generally utilized by members who pay
a periodic fee for facility access and use. For purposes of this chapter,
a firearms shooting range is not a health club.
[Amended 5-20-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3096]
When referring to a monopole or mast, means the distance
measured from the finished grade to the highest point on the structure,
including the base pad and any antenna.
Any home occupation or profession conducted entirely within
a dwelling by a member of the family residing in the dwelling and
when such home occupation is incidental and secondary to the use of
the dwelling for dwelling purposes, and in connection with which:
(a) there is no other display or activity that will indicate from
the exterior of the dwelling that it is being utilized in whole or
in part for any purpose other than a residential use; (b) there is
not sold or conducted a commodity or service that requires regular
receipt and delivery of merchandise, goods or equipment by other than
first class mail; (c) an accessory building is not used in whole or
in part for such home occupation; (d) vehicular traffic in the vicinity
of the dwelling is not increased by more than one additional vehicle
at a time; and (e) no separate entrance is provided in connection
with the conduct of any home occupation. The operation of a short-term
rental property is not a home occupation.
[Amended 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3192]
An institution which maintains and operates facilities for
the diagnosis, treatment, medical care or surgical care of persons
suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity or other abnormal
physical condition and which permits overnight lodging for patients.
A hotel in which at least 80% of the hotel accommodations
are occupied by permanent guests, securing such accommodations by
prearrangement for a continuous period of 30 days or more.
An establishment which is open to transient guests, in contradistinction
to a lodging house, boarding house, or a rooming house, and is commonly
known as a hotel in the Village of Lincolnwood, and which provides
the following customary hotel services; maid service; furnishing and
laundry of linens; telephone and secretarial and desk service; the
use and upkeep of furniture; and bellboy service. Regardless of the
services provided, a short-term rental property is not a hotel or
motel.
[Amended 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3192]
A level area of ice that is kept frozen for the purpose of
ice skating.
[Added 11-20-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-3366]
Any sign lighted by or exposed to artificial lighting whether
by lights on or within the sign or directed toward the sign.
Any hard-surfaced, man-made horizontal area that does not
readily absorb or retain water, including, but not limited to, parking
and driveway areas, paving bricks, composed stone, sidewalks, and
all detached buildings and structures.
[Added 4-2-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-3047]
Any material that substantially reduces or prevents the infiltration
of water.
A surface which does not allow water to be absorbed so it
may percolate into deeper ground. Such surfaces are those constructed
of Portland cement, bituminous asphalt, paving brick, composed stone
or gravel, or any other surface that allows no water penetration.
(Ord. Z2004-256, 6-17-2004; see also "impervious material" and "pervious.")
A housing development:
[Added 5-5-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-2948]
Consisting of individual dwelling units, intended for occupancy
by not more than three persons;
In which occupants are provided common services, such as dining
facilities, housekeeping, transportation, and social and recreational
facilities, but to whom daily living or nursing services are not provided;
and
Which dwelling units are solely occupied by persons who are
either: i) 62 years of age or older; or ii) satisfy one or more exceptions
set forth in 24 C.F.R. § 100.303, as may be amended, to
the provisions of the Federal Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3601
et seq., as may be amended) governing housing for older persons.
Structures which are used for advertising or promotional
purposes which are supported by air. This shall include, but shall
not be limited to, balloons, dirigibles or inflated depictions of
objects or things.
Any motor vehicle or any vehicle from which, for a period
of at least 45 days, the engine, wheels or other parts have been removed,
or on which the engine, wheels or other parts have been altered, damaged,
or otherwise so treated that the vehicle is incapable of being driven
under its own motor power. Inoperable motor vehicle shall not include
a motor vehicle which has been rendered temporarily incapable of being
driven under its own power in order to perform ordinary service or
repair operations nor to any motor vehicles that are kept within a
building when not in use, or to a motor vehicle on the premises of
a place of business engaged in wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.
A building occupied by a nonprofit corporation wholly for
public or semipublic use.
An open area of land and any accessory building or structure
thereon which are used primarily for buying, selling, exchanging,
storing, baling, packaging, disassembling or handling waste or scrap
materials, including vehicles, machinery and equipment not in operable
condition or parts thereof, and other metals, paper, rags, rubber
tires and bottles.
Any premises or portion thereof on which more than three
dogs, cats or other household domestic animals over one year of age
are kept, or on which one or more of such animals are maintained,
boarded, bred or cared for, in return for remuneration, or are kept
for the purpose of sale.
The modification of the landscape for an aesthetic or functional
purpose using a combination of elements including trees, shrubs, ground
cover, grass, and flowers.
A tower that has open-framed supports on three or four sides
and is constructed without guy wires and ground anchors.
A business that provides coin-operated self-service type
washing, drying, dry-cleaning and/or ironing facilities, providing
that no pickup or delivery service is maintained.
The letters, illustrations, symbols, figures, insignia, and
other devices employed to express and illustrate the message of the
sign.
A public facility for the use and borrowing, but not sale,
of literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials.
Banners made of cloth-like material and mounted with metal
brackets to light poles.
Advertising signs attached to light poles.
Establishments engaged in the sale of alcoholic beverages
for off-premises consumption.
A space within the principal building or on the same lot,
providing for the standing, loading or unloading of trucks and with
access to a street or alley.
A group of people formally organized for a common interest,
usually cultural, religious, or entertainment, with regular meetings
and formal written membership requirements.
A sign which consists of symbols, words, pictures, letters
or other graphic elements arranged in a generally recognizable fashion
used to represent a particular trade, corporation, profession or business;
including, but not limited to, corporate emblems, trademarks, logos
and barber poles. Any words or letters included in a logograph shall
be incidental to the graphic elements.
See "lot of record" and "lot, zoning." Unless specifically
provided, or the context indicates otherwise, all references in this
Zoning Ordinance to a "lot" shall be deemed to mean a "zoning lot."
[Added 12-3-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-2867A]
A lot, the front lot line and at least one side lot line
of which each abut the right-of-way of two or more streets, which
streets have an interior angle of intersection of not more than 135°.
The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and
the rear lot line.
A lot that is not a corner lot.
A property line bounding a lot.
The line separating the lot from the street for corner lots.
The lot line having the shortest length abutting a street line shall
be the front lot line.
A lot line that is not a rear lot line and that does not
abut a street.
The line that most nearly qualifies as the line most distant
and opposite from the front lot line. In the case of an irregularly
shaped lot, the rear lot line shall be the line that is (a) perpendicular
to the mean direction of the side lot lines, (b) at least 10 feet
within the lot, and (c) most distant and opposite from the front lot
line.
Any lot line other than a front lot line or a rear lot line.
A portion of platted land and territory that is measured,
set apart, shown, numbered and delineated upon a duly approved plat
of subdivision or resubdivision recorded with the Cook County Recorder
of Deeds.
[Amended 12-3-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-2867A]
A corner lot, the street side lot line of which is substantially
a continuation of the front lot line of the first lot to its rear.
A lot having lot lines on two nonintersecting streets or
on substantially parallel sections of two intersecting streets.
The minimum horizontal distance between the side lot lines
of a lot, measured at the narrowest width within the buildable area.
For lots located on a cul-de-sac, lot width shall be the average of
(i) the width of the street frontage of that lot, and (ii) the widest
width of that lot within the buildable area.
A single tract of land located within a single block which
is under unified ownership or control, and which is designated by
the owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed or built upon
as a unit. A "lot" as used herein may be a single parcel legally described
as such or may consist of one or more lots of record or parts thereof.
[Amended 12-3-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-2867A]
A roof having a steep slope, attached to the face and main
structure of the building, which may extend above the parapet line
or roofline of the building.
A sign that is mounted on a mansard of a building.
Cast, pre-cast decorative, simulated stone product, and similar
stone product, provided that such product yields a highly textured
stone-like appearance, with coloration that is added during the manufacturing
process to produce color variations, and is highly durable. Manufactured
stone must have a minimum thickness of 2 5/8 inches when applied
as a veneer.
[Added 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3106; amended 2-3-2015 by Ord. No.
2015-3142]
The production, predominantly from previously prepared materials,
of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication,
assembly, treatment and packaging of such products, and incidental
storage, sales, and distribution of such products, but excluding basic
industrial processing and custom manufacturing.
The processing and manufacturing of materials or products,
typically in the initial processing stage or manufacturing of products
that require additional processing, fabrication, or assembly for ultimate
use by the consumer. These activities do not necessitate the storage
of large volumes of highly flammable, toxic or explosive materials.
A roof-like structure of a permanent nature which projects
from the wall of a building.
A wall constructed of a type of masonry product permitted
by Village codes, such as stone or brick.
An establishment where massage therapy, as defined and licensed
by the State of Illinois, or similar treatment or manipulation of
the human body is administered, unless such treatment or manipulation
is administered by a medical practitioner, chiropractor, acupuncturist,
or physical therapist. This definition does not include an athletic
club, health club, school, gymnasium, spa, or similar establishment
where massage or similar manipulation of the human body is offered
as an incidental or supplementary service.
A thin, self-supporting pole, not more than 50 feet high,
which resembles a light standard or a telephone pole and is used as
a support structure for antennas.
A facility operated by an organization or business that is
registered by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to perform necessary
activities to provide only registered medical cannabis dispensaries
with usable medical cannabis.
[Added 9-2-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3128]
A facility operated by an organization or business that is
registered by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation to acquire medical cannabis from a registered medical cannabis
cultivation center for the purpose of dispensing cannabis, paraphernalia,
or related supplies and educational materials to registered qualifying
patients (as that term is defined in the Illinois Compassionate Use
of Medical Cannabis Program Act, 410 ILCS 130/1 et seq.).
[Added 9-2-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3128; amended 9-3-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-3418]
A facility, other than a hospital as herein defined, which
provides health care for ambulatory patients and maintains and operates
facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, medical care or surgical
care of persons. Medical treatment typically does not require a stay
of more than 24 hours, except for those facilities used solely for
the evaluation of patients in a sleep lab. The principal use of a
medical or dental clinic is for offices of an organization or group
practice specializing physicians or dentists or both.
A unit of length, equal to 1/1,000 part of one millimeter:
0.001 millimeter.
A trailer designed and constructed for dwelling purposes.
A self-supporting pole over 50 feet high, which consists
of a single shaft which has either a solid or hollow core, and which
is used as a support structure for antennas, but which has neither
lattice framework nor external support devices such as guy wires.
A freestanding rectilinear sign with width and thickness
generally uniform from finished grade to top of sign.
Vegetative material such as leaves, bark, straw or other
materials left loose and applied to the soil surface for the beneficial
purpose of reducing evaporation.
A detached building designed and used as a dwelling by three
or more families occupying separate dwelling units.
[Amended 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3192]
A dwelling containing three or more dwelling units.
[Amended 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3192]
Any public facility, including, without limitation, police
and fire stations and civic buildings providing municipal services.
A sign indicating the name and address of a building, or
the name of an occupant thereof, and the practice of a permitted occupation
therein.
The use of deciduous trees, deciduous bushes, evergreen trees,
evergreen bushes or other live plantings which are planted or grown
in a manner that creates a hedge which acts as a barrier or boundary.
The free growth of noxious weeds, any plant materials that
have died, or plants that are on a list of the federal, state, or
county government and agencies as being unacceptable or hazardous
to persons or the environment.
Naturally occurring granite, marble, limestone, slate, river
rock, sandstone, other native stone, and other similar hard and durable
all-weather stone that is customarily used in exterior building construction.
[Added 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3106]
Any building or structure lawfully established which: (a)
does not comply with all the regulations of this Zoning Ordinance
or of any amendment thereto governing bulk of the district in which
such building or structure is located; or (b) is designed or intended
for a nonconforming use.
Any lot/lot of record not in conformity with this Zoning
Ordinance.
A sign that does not conform to the regulations of this Zoning
Ordinance.
Any building or structure and the use thereof or the use
of land that does not conform with the regulations of this comprehensive
amendment or any amendments thereto governing use of the district
in which it is located but conformed with all of the codes, ordinances
and other legal requirements applicable at the time such building
or structure was erected, enlarged or altered, and the use thereof
or the use of land was established.
A material which is capable of causing injury to living organisms
by chemical reaction, or is capable of causing detrimental effects
on the physical or economic well-being of individuals.
An establishment that provides full-time nursing and health-related
personal care, but not hospital services, with in-patient beds for
three or more individuals who are not related by blood or marriage
to the operator and who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness,
or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves. A hospital shall
not be construed to be included within this definition.
A method of dividing the range of sound frequencies into
octaves in order to classify sound according to pitch.
An electrical frequency analyzer designed according to standards
formulated by the American Standards Association and used in conjunction
with a sound level meter to take measurements in specific octave intervals.
A room or group of rooms used for conducting the affairs
of a business, profession, service industry, government, or governmental
agency, but not including medical or dental offices.
A building or portion thereof, the principal use of which
is for offices of an organization or group practices of specializing
physicians or dentists or both, and contains facilities for examination
and treatment of patients, but without facilities for overnight lodging,
except for those facilities used solely for the evaluation of patients
in a sleep lab.
Any sign which directs attention to any promotion, business,
service, activity or commodity, which is not conducted, sold or offered
on the lot upon which the sign is located.
Omnidirectional or whip antennas are antennas designed to
receive and/or transmit signals in a three-hundred-sixty-degree pattern,
up to 20 feet in height or length, and up to approximately five inches
in diameter;
Land used or occupied for the purpose of buying, selling
or renting merchandise stored or displayed out-of-doors prior to sale.
Such merchandise includes automobiles, trucks, motor scooters, motorcycles,
boats or similar commodities.
The keeping of personal or business property or motor vehicles
in a required open parking space or any other area outside of a building
for a period exceeding 72 consecutive hours.
Any sign which is painted on any building, fence, chimney,
roof or other similar structure.
A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively
for storage of motor vehicles, and in which motor fuels and oils are
not sold, and motor vehicles are not equipped, repaired, hired or
sold.
An area, enclosed in a building or unenclosed, reserved for
the parking of one motor vehicle with ingress and egress to a street
or alley.
An area reserved for, and designed principally to offer recreation,
passive or active, to the public. This area may include, but shall
not be limited to, open fields, accessory buildings, walkways, benches,
multi-use courts, swimming and wading pools, amphitheaters, etc.
Finely divided solid or liquid matter, other than water,
which is released into the atmosphere.
A common wall which extends from its footing below grade
to the underside of the roof and divides buildings.
An impervious surface, or a substantially similar pervious
surface (but excluding grass), located not more than one foot above
grade, designed and intended for recreational use and not for vehicular
uses.
[Added 7-15-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3114]
Pavement maintenance items include, without limitation: seal
coating; hot mix asphalt (HMA) overlays of existing impervious areas;
removal and replacement of existing concrete sidewalks; pulverizing
in place existing HMA impervious areas and overlaying with a new impervious
pavement section over the same or smaller area with less than 50%
subbase repairs; complete removal of existing impervious areas and
replacement with a new impervious pavement section over the same or
smaller area with less than 50% subbase repairs; and other similar
activities.
[Ord. No. Z2009-368]
Pavement reconstruction includes, without limitation: pulverizing
in place existing HMA impervious areas and overlaying with a new impervious
pavement section over the same or smaller area with 50% or more subbase
repairs; complete removal of existing impervious areas and replacement
with a new impervious pavement section over the same or smaller area
with 50% or more subbase repairs; and other similar activities not
included within the definition of "pavement maintenance" set forth
in this article.
[Ord. No. Z2009-368]
A development designed with an emphasis primarily on the
street sidewalk and on pedestrian access to the site and building,
rather than on vehicular access and parking areas.
A criterion established to control smoke and particulate
matter, noise, odor, toxic or noxious matter, vibration, fire and
explosion hazards, glare or heat, or radiation hazards generated by
or inherent in uses of land or buildings.
Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, trustee, estate, association, or other similar legal entity,
and any agent thereof.
A business that provides personal services directly to customers
at the site of the business or that receives goods from or returns
goods to the customer which have been treated or processed at another
location, including, without limitation, travel agencies, dry cleaning
and laundry drop-off and pickup stations, tailors, hair stylists,
cosmeticians, toning or tanning salons, currency exchanges, postal
substations, package delivery and pickup stations, shoe repair shops,
interior design studios, dance and martial arts studios, and domestic
pet services.
[Ord. No. 2011-2927]
A commercial mobile telecommunications service, unlicensed,
wireless telecommunications service, or common carrier wireless telecommunications
exchange access service.
Facilities for the provision of personal wireless services.
The ability of a substance to allow the passage of water.
The Plan Commission of the Village of Lincolnwood.
A parcel or tract of land, initially under single ownership
or control, which contains two or more principal buildings and one
principal use, planned and constructed as a unified development where
specific regulations of a given zoning district are modified through
the issuance of a special use permit.
A sign that is supported by one or more columns, uprights,
poles, or braces that extend from the ground or from an object on
or in the ground.
See "billiard club."
An unenclosed structure that projects from the exterior wall
of a building, has direct access to the street level of the building,
and is covered by a roof.
[Added 7-15-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3114]
Any sign designed to be moved from place to place or not
permanently attached to the ground or to any structure.
A facility that contains service windows for mailing packages
and letters, post office boxes, offices, vehicle storage areas, and
sorting and distribution facilities for mail.
A construction product produced by casting concrete in a
reusable mold or form which is then cured in a controlled environment,
transported to the construction site, and lifted into place. In contrast,
standard concrete is poured into site-specific forms and cured on
site.
[Added 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3106]
A construction product similar to precast concrete, but for
which a fine aggregate is used in the mixture so that the final product
approaches the appearance of naturally occurring rock or stone.
[Added 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3106]
Any sign which is affixed to any building wall or structure
and extends beyond the building wall or parts thereof, more than 15
inches. Projecting sign does not include awning or canopy signs.
The owner of a property or premises or lesser estate in the
property or premises, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, an assignee
of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, or any other person,
sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or corporation directly
or indirectly in control of a building, structure, or real property,
or his or her duly authorized agent. Property owner shall include
a tenant in control of the entire property or premises.
A sign depicting the time, temperature or date.
An establishment in which the primary business is the retail
sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises and where
sandwiches and snacks may be served or sold as an accessory use. Also
sometimes referred to as a "bar" or "tavern."
The deleterious and harmful effects of all ionizing radiation,
which shall include all radiation capable of producing ions in their
passage through matter. Such radiations shall include, but are not
limited to, electro-magnetic radiations such as X-rays and gamma rays,
and particulate radiations such as electrons or beta particles, protons,
neutrons and alpha particles.
A strip of land with tracks and auxiliary facilities for
track operations, but not including freight depots or stations, loading
platforms, train sheds, warehouses, car or locomotive shops, or car
yards.
A vehicle or boat originally designed for living quarters,
recreation, or human habitation and not used as a commercial vehicle,
including but not limited to, the following:
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BOAT — Any vessel used for water travel. A boat mounted
on a trailer shall be considered one vehicle.
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CAMPER TRAILER — A folding or collapsible vehicle without
its own motive power, designed as temporary living quarters for travel,
camping, recreation, or vacation use.
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MOTORIZED HOME — A temporary dwelling designed and constructed
for travel, camping, recreational, or vacation uses as an integral
part of a self-propelled vehicle.
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OFF-ROAD VEHICLE — A vehicle intended primarily for recreational
use off roads on which state vehicle licenses are required, including
dune buggies, go-carts, or snowmobiles.
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RACING CAR or CYCLE — A vehicle such as a race car, stock
car, or racing cycle that is intended to be used in racing competition.
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TRAVEL TRAILER.
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VEHICLE TRAILER — A vehicle without its own motive power
that is designed to transport another vehicle, such as a boat, motorcycle,
or snowmobile for recreational or vacation use and that is eligible
to be licensed or registered and insured for highway use. A vehicle
trailer with another vehicle mounted on it shall be considered one
vehicle.
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Conversion vans are not recreational vehicles for purposes of
this Zoning Ordinance.
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Any Trailer as defined herein and shall also include any
vehicle on wheels, skids, rollers or blocks, either self propelled
or propelled by any other means, which is used or designed to be used
primarily for residential, living, sleeping purposes or for the transportation
of boats or any other recreational equipment, or for other similar
purposes.
A place of worship or religious assembly with related facilities
such as: rectory; private school; meeting hall; offices for administration
of the institution; licensed child or adult care, playground, cemetery.
A building or group of buildings in which are located facilities
for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation,
but not facilities for the manufacture or sale of products, except
as incidental to the main purpose of the laboratory.
Any establishment at which the primary purpose of the operation
is the preparation and service of food and/or beverages for immediate
consumption off the premises and that has not more than five seats
available to patrons for on-premises consumption.
[Added 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3102[1]]
An establishment that provides food services to patrons who
order and are served while seated and who pay after eating.
[Added 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3102]
An establishment that provides food and/or beverage services
(other than carry-out restaurants) at which patrons order or select
items and pay before eating or drinking. "Limited-service restaurant"
includes, without limitation, cafeterias that use cafeteria-style
serving equipment, a refrigerated area, and self-service beverage
dispensing equipment, and at which food and drink items are displayed
in a continuous cafeteria line.
[Added 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3102]
A commercial enterprise that provides goods and/or services
directly to the consumer, where such goods are available.
[Amended 12-6-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3242; 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-3686]
A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a
street or related facilities, public path or trail, railroad, electric
line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer, communication
line, or for other special uses.
That portion of a street which is used or intended to be
used for the travel of motor vehicles.
The top of the parapet of a building with a flat roof, the
deck line of a building with a mansard roof, or the eaves line of
a building with a gable, gambrel or hip roof.
A sign erected, constructed and maintained on or above the
roof of any building.
Structures which are used for displaying flags which are
affixed to the rooftop of any building or structure.
All buildings and structures operated and maintained for
the purpose of providing general public education to students in grades
pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade ("Pre-K — 8"). The term
"Pre-K — 8 school" shall include school administrative offices
and all accessory uses customarily incidental to a public school,
including but not restricted to, athletic fields, field houses, gymnasiums,
parking lots, greenhouses, playgrounds, and open space. Any building
or structure used in whole or in part to house a technical or vocational
school shall not be considered a "Pre-K — 8 school."
[Amended 4-19-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3202]
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The term "public school" shall include all educational functions,
the building or structure required to house them, and all accessory
uses normally incidental to a public school, including but not restricted
to, athletic fields, field houses, gymnasiums, parking lots, greenhouses,
playgrounds, stadiums, and open space. The term "public school" shall
also include a community-centered school campus. Any building or structure
used in whole or in part to house the administrative offices or maintenance
and repair shops intended or used for the entire school system, or
as a technical or vocational school, shall not be considered a "public
school."
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An education institution, either for-profit or not-for profit,
where classes in the various arts (e.g. dance, painting, sculpture,
music, performance) or for the teaching of industrial, clerical, managerial,
or artistic skills (e.g. graphic design, beauty school, legal assistance)
are taught to more than four persons at a time.
A structure providing enclosure, such as a fence, and a visual
barrier between the area enclosed and the adjacent property. A screen
may also consist of deciduous trees, deciduous bushes, evergreen trees,
evergreen bushes or other live plantings which are planted or grown
in a manner that creates a hedge which acts as a barrier or boundary.
A building or group of buildings with controlled access,
housing independent, fully enclosed modules, bays, or compartments
that are leased to individuals or businesses exclusively for the temporary
storage needs of small businesses and residential households.
[Added 12-6-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3242]
See "independent living facility."
[Added 5-5-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-2948]
The minimum horizontal distance between a specified lot line,
measured along a straight line and at a right angle to such lot line,
and the nearest point of a building or structure.
When 40% or more of the lots fronting on one side of a street
within a block are improved, the existing setbacks of such improved
lots shall be the "established setback" for determining the depth
of required front yards for the remainder of the lots along such street
frontage, as regulated in this Zoning Ordinance.
A building or portion thereof that is held out for rent,
for overnight lodging for transient guests, for a period shorter than
30 consecutive days.
[Added 2-16-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-3192]
Small-scale plants, generally without a single stem, used
as hedges, foundation planting, borders and accents, possessing qualities
such as flowers, fruit, and attractive foliage or shape.
Any facade of the principal building which approximately
parallels the side lot line which also faces a street and exceeds
eight feet in length. (See Diagram D following.)
A triangular area, described by the edge of pavement lines
of two intersecting streets and a line connecting the edge of pavement
lines, each leg of which is 25 feet in length, extending in both directions
from the intersecting point of the street curblines and the hypotenuse.
A name, identification, description, illustration, display
or device which is affixed to, painted or represented upon a building,
structure or land and which directs attention to a product, place,
activity, message, person, institution or business. For the purpose
of this definition, a sign structure may have a single face or multiple
faces.
The area within a rectangle which encompasses a continuous
portion of a building facade, unbroken by windows, doors, or major
architectural interruptions of the building surface. For signs located
completely within a gable, signable wall area may be triangular in
shape.
The area of a sign, measured as the sum of sign areas within
a rectangle, circle or triangle which encompasses the extreme limits
of each and every sign face, including all advertising and background
surfaces, but excluding structural members not forming an integral
part of the display or pole covers which contain no advertising copy
for double-faced signs.
Any sign surface upon, against, or through which the message
of the sign is exhibited.
The supports, uprights, bracing, and framework of a sign.
A building containing one dwelling unit only.
Building or portion thereof which contains facilities for
examination and monitoring of patient stay shall exceed one night
and all patients will be monitored at all times.
The discharge from a chimney, stack, vent, exhaust or combustion
process which is made up of particulate matter.
A retail establishment that dedicates more than 20% of the
gross floor area of the use for the display of or inventory for tobacco
products or tobacco accessories and in which the sale of other products
is merely incidental.
[Added 10-15-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-3798]
A device, array of devices, or structural design feature,
the purpose of which is to provide for the thermal collection of energy
or the generation or storage of electricity from sunlight, or the
collection, storage and distribution of solar energy for utility typically
related to the operation of a building, such as space heating or cooling,
daylight for interior lighting, or water heating.
[Added 11-28-2023 by Ord.
No. 2023-3733]
The intensity of sound of an operation or use as measured
in decibels.
An instrument standardized by the American Standards Association
for measurement of the intensity of sound.
Signs that may not be erected or maintained except upon issuance of a special sign approval therefore, as provided in Section 11.10 of this Zoning Ordinance.
Design elements required by code.
That portion of a building, other than a cellar, included
between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next
above it, or, if there be no floor above it, then the space between
the floor and the ceiling next above it. When a basement is used for
a garage for use of occupants of the building, or other utilities
common for the rest of the building, it shall not be counted as a
story. A cellar is not included in computing the number of stories
for the purpose of height measurement.
A partial story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall
plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more
than three feet above the floor of such story, except that any partial
story used for residence purposes, other than for a janitor or caretaker
or his family, or by a family occupying the floor immediately below
it, shall be deemed a full story.
That portion of a public or private right-of-way having a
weight-bearing surface that affords a primary means of vehicular access
to abutting properties, whether designated as a street, avenue, highway,
road, boulevard, lane, or throughway or however otherwise designated,
but not including driveways to buildings. An alley shall not be considered
a street.
All of the property fronting on one side of a street, measured
along such street between an intersecting or intercepting street and
another intersecting or intercepting street, a right-of-way in excess
of 30 feet, an end of a dead-end street, or a municipal boundary.
Features associated with a street that are intended to enhance
that street's physical character and use by pedestrians, such as benches,
trash receptacles, lights etcetera.
The street right-of-way line abutting a property line of
a lot.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such
as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders or any substantial change
in the roof or in the exterior walls, excepting such repair or replacement
as may be required for the safety of the building.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
more or less permanent location on the ground or attached to something
having a permanent location on the ground, including, but without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, advertising signs, backstops
for tennis courts and pergolas.
Any accessory building or structure installed or erected
on a property for a duration of less than 21 days.
[Added 10-19-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-3638]
A facility for scientific laboratory analysis of natural
resources, medical resources, and manufactured materials. The scientific
analysis is generally performed for an outside customer to support
the work of that customer. This category includes environmental laboratories
for the analysis of air, water, and soil; medical or veterinary laboratories
for the analysis of blood, tissue, or other human or animal products;
and dental laboratories for the production of dental restorations
on the order of a dentist. Forensic laboratories for analysis of evidence
in support of law enforcement agencies would also be included in this
category.
A structure designed and constructed specifically to support
an antenna array, and may include a monopole, self-supporting (lattice
tower) and other similar structures.
The plant, equipment and property used to transmit, receive,
distribute, provide or offer telecommunications services, including
but not limited to, cables, wires, conduits, ducts, pedestals, antennas,
towers, monopoles, telecommunications support facilities, alternative
tower structures, electronics and other appurtenances.
Providing or offering for rent, sale or lease or in exchange
for other value received, of the transmittal of voice, data, image,
graphic and video programming information between or among points
by wire, cable, fiber optics, laser, microwave, radio, satellite or
similar facilities, with or without benefit of any closed transmission
medium.
Support buildings, structures and equipment cabinets containing
electrical and mechanical equipment and devices used for the reception
of or transmission of voice, data image, graphic and video programming
information between or among points by wire, cable, fiber optics,
laser, microwave, radio, satellite or similar facilities.
A chain link fencing used to enclose a construction site,
with appropriate gates, meant for security, health and welfare of
the public.
Any sign that advertises a temporary event, product, or service
occurring or offered on the property on which the sign is located,
and is not intended or designed for permanent display.
[Amended 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-3429]
An impervious surface, or a substantially similar pervious
surface (but excluding grass), located more than one foot above grade,
designed and intended for recreational use and not for vehicular uses.
[Added 7-15-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3114]
Any instruments related to the processing, packaging, or
consumption of tobacco products, including, without limitation, cigarette
papers, pipes, holders of smoking materials of all types, cigarette
rolling machines, electronic nicotine delivery systems, and other
items, designed primarily for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco
products or of substances made illegal.
[Added 10-15-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-3798]
Any substance containing nicotine or tobacco leaf, including,
without limitation, packaged tobacco-based products, loose leaf tobacco,
smokeless tobacco, non-tobacco nicotine products, cigarettes, e-cigarettes,
pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, and dipping tobacco, but excluding
cigars.
[Added 10-15-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-3798]
The highest point of the curb along the frontage of a property.
[Added 2-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-3252]
Any structure designed and constructed primarily for the
purpose of supporting one or more antennas, including self-supporting
lattice towers, guy towers, or monopole towers. The term includes
radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common
carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, personal wireless towers
and other similar structures. This term also includes any antenna
or antenna array attached to the tower structure. For purposes of
this section the term "tower" excludes any tower under 12 feet in
total height.
An attached single-family residential dwelling design which
typically contains three or more dwelling units having one or more
walls abutting with another dwelling and designed to have all exits
open directly to the outside.
[Amended 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3192]
Those materials which are capable of causing injury to living
organisms by chemical means.
Any vehicle or portable structure constructed so as to permit
occupancy thereof for lodging or dwelling purposes or for the use
as an accessory building or structure in the conduct of a business,
trade or occupation, and which may be used as a conveyance on streets
and highways, by its own or other motive power; a portable structure
supported by wheels, jacks, horses, skids or blocks without a permanent
foundation which is towed or hauled by another vehicle and, whether
occupied or not, used for temporary human occupancy, carrying materials,
goods or objects, livestock, or use as a temporary office.
A vehicle without its own motive power, designed to be used
as a temporary dwelling for travel, camping, recreational, or vacation
uses.
Signs mounted onto or incorporated into a structure used
to provide shelter to persons waiting to board a mass transit bus
operated by the Regional Transportation Authority or the Chicago Transportation
Authority.
[Ord. No. 2011-2937]
A business development containing two or more business establishments
developed under either: (i) one ownership; or (ii) multiple owners,
all of whom have entered into an improvement and maintenance agreement
with an integrated building and site arrangement and overall architectural
concept.
The purpose or activity for which the land, or building thereon,
is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is occupied or
maintained, and shall include any manner of performance of such activity
with respect to the performance standards of this Zoning Ordinance.
An accessory use is one which is incidental and customarily
accessory to the principal use of the premises.
See "nonconforming use."
Any use which may be lawfully established in a particular district or districts, and which conforms to all requirements, regulations and performance standards, if any, of such district, as provided in Article IV of this Zoning Ordinance.
The dominant use of land or buildings as distinguished from
a subordinate or accessory use.
A use which, because of its unique characteristics, cannot be properly classified as a permitted use in any particular district or districts but may be authorized, as provided in Article IV of this Zoning Ordinance.
All lines and facilities related to the provision, distribution,
collection, transmission, or disposal of water, storm and sanitary
sewage, oil, gas, power, information, telecommunication and telephone
cable, and include facilities for the generation of electricity.
Any passenger vehicle, truck, truck-trailer, trailer or semitrailer
propelled or drawn by mechanical power.
An establishment, building or land primarily engaged in the
removal and temporary storage of vehicles but does not include the
dismantling or demolition of vehicles.
A machine for dispensing merchandise or services designed
to be operated by the customer.
See "animal hospital."
See "Board of Trustees."
The Municipal Code of Lincolnwood, as amended.
[Amended 12-6-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-2979]
A sign affixed to an exterior building wall, other than a
transit shelter sign, which sign shall project not more than 15 inches
from the building wall.
[Ord. No. 2011-2937]
A building or structure used principally for the storage of goods, merchandises material, and/or equipment. A warehouse is not to be deemed or considered retail sales and services, as defined elsewhere in this Section 2.02.
[Amended 12-6-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3242]
A commercial activity, building, or land primarily engaged
in or used for the display, storage, and sale of goods to other firms
for resale, or an off-price and/or a retail/warehouse establishment
exceeding 30,000 square feet of floor area and offering a range of
general merchandise to the public.
An opening in the wall of a building for admission of light,
containing transparent or translucent material, such as glass.
Any sign that is applied or attached to a window or is located
within a building such that the sign is positioned to be viewed from
the exterior of the building.
The area of a building facade which is occupied by a window
or windows.
Iron, steel, aluminum, or alloy, solid or hollow stock material,
fabricated with two or three horizontal members, and multiple vertical
members with at least 75% open space.
Material which is of substantially the same design type as
wrought iron, but with more horizontal members, major decorative elements
or ornamentation, or made of other metals, or less than 75% open,
but substantially of the same design as wrought iron.
An open area on a lot as required in this comprehensive amendment,
which is unobstructed from its lowest level to the sky, except as
otherwise provided herein.
That area on a lot between the street side lot line, the
line established by the front yard, and the line established by the
rear lot line. (See Diagram C.)
Diagram C
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That area of a lot between the front lot line, two side lot
lines (interior or street), and the line established by the front
yard requirement of each district or the front face of the primary
building that is set back the furthest from the front lot line. (See
Diagram C.)
A side yard which adjoins another lot or an alley separating
such side yard from another lot. (See Diagram C.)
A line in a lot that is parallel to the lot line along which
the applicable yard extends and which is not nearer to such lot line
at any point that the required depth or width of the applicable yard.
A building, structure or other obstruction shall not encroach into
the area between the "yard line" and such adjacent lot line, except
for such permitted obstructions in yards as are set forth in this
comprehensive amendment.
That area on a lot between the rear lot line, two side lot
lines (interior or street), and the line established by the rear yard
requirement of each district, or the rear face of the primary building,
that is set back the furthest from the rear lot line. (See Diagram
C.)
That area on a lot between the interior side lot line, the
line established by the front yard definition of this regulation,
and the line established by the rear yard definition of this regulation
but not being a corner lot side yard. (See Diagram C.)
The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Lincolnwood.
The districts into which the Village of Lincolnwood has been
divided for zoning regulations and requirements as set forth on the
Zoning District Map.
See Section 4.02 of this Zoning Ordinance.
The Community Development Director or his or her designee.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed the definitions
of "restaurant" and "restaurant, fast-food or carry-out."
