These provisions shall be known as the "Village of Westville
Zoning Code of 1996."
It is the purpose of this code:
A.Â
To promote and protect the public health, safety, morals, comfort
and general welfare of the people;
B.Â
To divide the Village into zones or districts, restricting and regulating
therein the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration,
and use of buildings, structures, and land for residence, business,
and other specified uses;
C.Â
To protect the character and the stability of the residential and
business areas within the Village and to promote the orderly and beneficial
development of such areas;
D.Â
To provide adequate light, air, privacy and convenience of access
to property;
E.Â
To regulate the intensity of use of lot areas, and to determine the
area of open spaces surrounding buildings, necessary to provide adequate
light and air, and to protect the public health;
F.Â
To establish building lines and the location of buildings designed
for residential, business, and manufacturing, or other uses within
such areas;
G.Â
To fix reasonable standards to which buildings or structures shall
conform therein;
H.Â
To prohibit uses, buildings, or structures incompatible with the
character of development or intended uses within specified zoning
districts;
I.Â
To prevent additions to, or alteration or remodeling of, existing
buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions
and limitations imposed hereunder;
J.Â
To limit congestion in the streets and protect the public health,
safety, convenience, and general welfare by providing for the off-street
parking of motor vehicles and the loading and unloading of commercial
vehicles;
K.Â
To protect against fire, explosion, noxious fumes, and other hazards,
in the interest of the public health, safety, comfort and general
welfare;
L.Â
To prevent the overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures,
so far as is possible and appropriate in each district, by regulating
the use and bulk of buildings in relation to the land surrounding
them;
M.Â
To conserve the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the
Village;
N.Â
To provide for the elimination of nonconforming uses of land, buildings,
and structures which are adversely affecting the character and value
of desirable development in each district; and
O.Â
To define and limit the powers and duties of the administrative officers
and bodies as provided herein.
(See 65 ILCS 5/11-13-1.)
A.Â
Zoning districts. For the purposes of this code, the Village is hereby divided into zoning districts hereafter provided in Article II.
B.Â
The boundaries of the zones are established as shown on the Village
Zoning District Map. The zoning districts and boundaries are hereby
adopted and established as shown on the District Map, which map, together
with all notations, references, data, district boundaries and other
information thereon, are made a part of the Zoning Code by reference.
The Zoning Map, properly attested, shall remain on file in the office
of the Zoning Official or other appropriate Village official.
Except as otherwise provided in this code:
A.Â
Conformity of buildings and land. No building, structure, or premises
shall be used or occupied, and no buildings or parts thereof or other
structure shall be erected, raised, moved, placed, reconstructed,
extended, enlarged or altered, except in conformity with the regulations
herein specified for the zoning district in which it is located and
as otherwise regulated herein, except as otherwise specifically provided
for by this code.
B.Â
Conformity of buildings. No building, structure or premises shall
be erected, altered or used so as to produce greater heights, smaller
yards or less unoccupied area, and no building shall be occupied by
more families and/or persons than prescribed for such building, structure
or premises for the district in which it is located and as otherwise
regulated herein, except as otherwise specifically provided for by
this code.
C.Â
Conformity of open spaces. No yard, court or open space, or part
thereof, shall be included as a part of the yard, court or open space
similarly required for any other building, structure or dwelling,
except as otherwise specifically provided for by this code.
This code is not intended to abrogate or annul any building
permits, certificates of occupancy, variances or other lawful permits
issued before the effective date of this code.
A.Â
Interpretation of provisions. In their interpretation and application,
the provisions of this code shall be held to be minimum requirements.
Whenever this code imposes a greater restriction than is imposed and
required by other provisions of law or by other rules or regulations
or resolutions, the provisions of the most restrictive code should
govern.
B.Â
Interpretation of district boundaries.
(1)Â
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately
parallel to the center lines or street lines of streets, the center
lines or alley lines of alleys, or the center lines or right-of-way
lines of highways, such district boundaries shall be construed as
being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated
on the Zoning Map.
(2)Â
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following
lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
(3)Â
Where the boundary of a district follows a railroad line, such boundary
shall be deemed to be located at the railroad right-of-way line closest
to the most restrictive zoning district line shown on the Zone District
Map.
(4)Â
Where the boundary of a district follows a stream, lake or other
body of water, said boundary line shall be construed to be the center
line of the stream, otherwise at the limit of the jurisdiction of
the Village, unless otherwise indicated.
(5)Â
Any areas shown on the Zoning Map as park, playground, school, cemetery,
water, street, or right-of-way shall be subject to the zoning regulations
of the district in which they are located.
(6)Â
Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated in the
manner authorized by law, the zoning district adjoining each side
of such street, alley, or public way shall automatically extend to
the center of such vacation and all area included in the vacation
shall thereafter be subject to all regulations of the extended districts.
(7)Â
Where any land or territory within the Village is not shown to be
located in a district, the zoning regulations of the most restrictive
adjoining district shall govern.
(8)Â
Where a lot under single ownership is divided, at the time of enactment
of this code or by subsequent amendments, by a zoning district boundary
line, the requirements of the less restrictive district adjacent to
such line may be extended for that lot, not more than 25 feet into
the more restrictive district.
C.Â
Existing special uses. Where an existing use is classified as a special
use under this code, it shall be considered a legal use, without further
action of the Village Board.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
In the construction of this code, the rules and definitions
contained in this section shall be observed and applied, except when
the context clearly indicates otherwise.
A.Â
Rules. Words used in the present tense shall include the future;
and words used in the singular number shall include the plural number,
and the plural the singular. The word "shall" is mandatory and not
discretionary; the word "may" is permissive. The word "lot" shall
include the words "plot," "piece" and "parcel." The phrase "used for"
shall include the phrases "arranged for," "designed for," "intended
for," "maintained for" and "occupied for." The word "Village" shall
refer to, and be interpreted to mean, the Village of Westville, Illinois.
B.Â
ABANDONMENT
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
ACCESSORY USE
ALLEY
ALTERATION
ALTERATION, STRUCTURAL
ANIMAL HOSPITAL
APARTMENT
APARTMENT HOTEL
APARTMENT HOUSE
AREA OF ZONING LOT
ATTACHED BUILDING
AUDITORIUM
AUTOMOBILE AND TRAILER SALES AREA
AUTOMOBILE PARKING AREA
AUTOMOBILE WRECKING YARD
BASEMENT
BLOCK
BOARDINGHOUSE
BUILDABLE AREA
BUILDING HEIGHT
BUILDING LINE
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
CLINIC
CLUB
CORPORATE AUTHORITY
COVERAGE
DISTRICT
DUMP
DWELLING
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY
DWELLING, THREE-FAMILY
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
ENCLOSED BUILDING
ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENTAL OR PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES
FAMILY
FLOOR AREA
FLOOR AREA RATIO
GARAGE, PARKING PUBLIC
GARAGE, PRIVATE
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION
GRADE
GUESTHOUSE
HOME OCCUPATION
HOTEL
JUNKYARD
KENNEL
LAND USE PLAN
LAUNDRIES
(1)Â
(2)Â
LEAST RESTRICTIVE
LOADING SPACE
LODGING OR ROOMING HOUSE
LOT
LOT AREA
LOT COVERAGE
LOT DEPTH
LOT LINE, FRONT
LOT LINE, REAR
LOT LINE, SIDE
LOT OF RECORD
LOT WIDTH
LOT, CORNER
LOT, INTERIOR
LOT, THROUGH
MOBILE HOME
(1)Â
(a)Â
(b)Â
(2)Â
MOBILE HOME, DEPENDENT
MOBILE HOME, INDEPENDENT
MOST RESTRICTIVE
MOTEL or MOTOR HOTEL
NOISOME OR INJURIOUS SUBSTANCES, CONDITIONS AND OPERATIONS
(1)Â
(2)Â
(3)Â
(4)Â
(5)Â
(6)Â
(7)Â
(8)Â
(9)Â
NONCONFORMING BUILDING
NONCONFORMING USE
OFFICIAL MAP
PARKING AREA, PRIVATE
PARKING AREA, PUBLIC
PARKING SPACE, AUTOMOBILE
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
PREMISES
PRINCIPAL USE
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
PUBLIC SEWER AND WATER FACILITIES
RETAIL (OR RETAILING)
ROOM
SERVICE OFFICE
SETBACK
SIGN
SIGN, BULLETIN BOARD
SIGN, CONSTRUCTION
STORY
STRUCTURE
YARD
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
ZONING CERTIFICATE
ZONING INSPECTOR
ZONING MAP
Definitions. The following words and terms, wherever they occur in
this code, shall be interpreted as herein defined:
An action to give up one's rights or interests in property.
A detached subordinate building or structure, the use of
which is customarily incidental to that of the main use of the land
and which is located on the same lot with the main building or use.
A use which is incidental and subordinate to the principal
use of the premises, and does not change the basic character thereof,
as determined by its principal use.
A public access way which affords only a secondary means
of access to abutting property and is not intended for general traffic
circulation.
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts or in the exit facilities, or an enlargement,
whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the
moving from one location or position to another.
A change in the supporting members of a building, such as
bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
Any building or portion thereof designed or used for the
care, observation, or treatment of domestic animals.
A suite of rooms or a room in a building arranged and intended
for a place of residence of a single family or a group of individuals
living together as a single housekeeping unit.
An apartment house which furnishes for the use of its tenants
services ordinarily furnished by hotels, but the privileges of which
are not primarily available to the public.
A multifamily dwelling used or occupied by four or more families
living independently of each other in dwelling units, such dwelling
units normally being rented or used other than by the day, by the
same occupant for a continuous period ordinarily of six months or
more.
The total area within the property lines of a lot, excluding
public streets and alleys, meeting the district requirement of this
code.
A building attached to another building by a common wall
(such wall being a solid wall, with or without windows and doors)
and a common roof with a least horizontal dimension of six feet.
A room, hall or building made a part of a church, theater,
school, recreation building or other building assigned to the gathering
of people as an audience, to hear lectures, plays and other presentations.
An open area, other than a street, used for the display or
sale of new or used automobiles or trailers, and where no repair work
is done except for minor incidental repair of automobiles or trailers
to be displayed and sold on the premises.
A lot or part thereof used for the storage or parking of
motor vehicles, with or without the payment of rent or charges.
Any place where two or more motor vehicles, not in running
condition, or parts thereof, are stored in the open and are not being
restored to operation, or any land, building or structure used for
wrecking or storing of such motor vehicles or parts thereof, and including
any used farm vehicles or farm machinery, or parts thereof, stored
in the open and not being restored to operating condition; and including
the commercial salvaging of any other goods, articles or merchandise.
A story having more than 1/2 its height below the average
level of the adjoining ground.
A tract of land bounded by streets, or, in lieu of a street
or streets, by public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, bulkhead
lines or shorelines of waterways, or corporate boundary lines of municipalities.
A building other than a hotel where, for compensation and
by arrangement, meals and lodging are provided for three or more persons.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The space remaining on a zoning lot after the minimum open
space requirements of this code have been complied with.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the proposed finished grade at the front wall of the building to
the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deckline
of mansard roof, or to the mean height level between eaves and ridge
for gable, hip or gambrel roofs.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The line nearest the front of and across a zoning lot, establishing
the minimum open space to be provided between the front line of a
building or structure and the street right-of-way line.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A nonaccessory building in which is conducted the principal
use of the zoning lot on which it is located.
A place used for the care, diagnosis and treatment of sick,
ailing, infirm and injured persons, but who are not provided with
board or room nor kept overnight on the premises.
A nonprofit association of persons who are bona fide members
organized for some purposes and paying regular dues; not including
a group organized solely or primarily to render a service customarily
carried on as a commercial enterprise.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Westville, Vermilion
County, Illinois.
See Figure 2.[1]
A portion of the territory of the Village within which certain
uniform regulations and requirements or various combinations thereof
apply under the provisions of this code.
A lot or land or part thereof used primarily for the disposal
by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning, except as otherwise permitted,
or any other means and for whatever purpose, of garbage, sewage, trash,
refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles or parts thereof, or waste
material of any kind.
Any building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively
as living quarters for one or more families, other than hotels, motels,
tourist homes, clubs, hospitals, or similar uses.
A building or portion thereof designed or altered for occupancy
by four or more families living independently of each other.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A detached principal building designed for or used as a dwelling
exclusively by one family as an independent housekeeping unit.
A detached principal building designed for or used as a dwelling
exclusively by three families, each living as an independent housekeeping
unit.
A detached principal building designed for or used as a dwelling
exclusively by two families, each living as an independent housekeeping
unit.
A building separated on all sides from adjacent open space
or other buildings by fixed exterior walls or party walls, with openings
only for windows and doors, and covered by a permanent roof.
The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance by
public utilities or municipal departments of underground or overhead
gas, electrical, communication, supply or disposal systems, including
poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire
alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other
similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably
necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities
or municipal departments or commissions or for the public health or
safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.
One person or two or more persons, related by blood, foster
relationship, marriage or adoption, and, in addition, any domestic
servants or gratuitous guests thereof; or one or more persons who
need not be so related, and, in addition, domestic servants or gratuitous
guests thereof, who are living together in a single, nonprofit dwelling
unit and maintaining a common household with single cooking facilities.
A roomer, boarder or lodger shall not be considered a member of the
family.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The area included within outside walls of a building or portion
thereof, including habitable penthouses and attic space, but not including
vent shafts, courts or uninhabitable areas below ground level or in
attics.
The ratio of total floor area, in square feet, of all buildings
on a lot to total lot area, in square feet.
A building or portion thereof used by the public for the
storage or parking of motor vehicles for compensation.
A building or portion thereof for the storage of one or more
motor vehicles for persons living on the premises.
A building or premises or portion thereof used for the retail
sale of gasoline, oil or other fuel for motor vehicles and which may
include, as an incidental use only, facilities used for polishing,
greasing, washing or otherwise cleaning or light servicing of motor
vehicles, but not including liquefied petroleum gas distribution facilities.
The average of the finished ground level at the midpoint
of each wall of a building. In case walls are parallel to and within
five feet of a public sidewalk, said ground level shall be measured
at the sidewalk.
Living quarters within a detached accessory building located
on the same premises with the principal building, for use by temporary
guests of the occupants of the premises. Such quarters shall have
no kitchen facilities nor be rented or otherwise used as a separate
dwelling.
A use conducted entirely within a dwelling and carried on
by the inhabitants thereof, and no others, which use is clearly incidental
and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and
does not change the residential character thereof.
A building designed or used for occupancy normally as the
temporary lodging place of individuals, having at least six guest
rooms; where a general kitchen and dining room may be provided but
where there are no cooking facilities in any guest room.
An open area where scrap metal, paper, rags, or similar materials
are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled,
or handled, including auto and building salvage yards, but excluding
similar uses taking place entirely within a completely enclosed building.
Any structure or lot on which four or more dogs and/or cats
over four months of age are kept.
The long-range plan for the desirable use of land within
the Village as officially adopted and as amended from time to time.
LAUNDROMATA business that provides home-type washing, drying and ironing machines for hire to be used by the customers on the premises.
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRYA business that provides washing, drying and ironing services operated by the employees on the premises.
For the purpose of this code, the designation of the most
or the least restrictive district shall be of the following order,
with the least restrictive district being first in order: B-2, B-1,
SR-2, and SR-1.
An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building,
or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of
a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials,
and which abuts upon a street, alley or other appropriate means of
access.
A building with more than three guest spaces where lodging
is provided for compensation pursuant to previous arrangement, but
not open on a daily, overnight, or per-meal basis to transient guests.
A portion or parcel of land (whether a portion of a platted
subdivision or otherwise) occupied or intended to be occupied by a
building or use and its accessories, together with such yards as are
required under the provisions of this code, having not less than the
minimum area, width and depth required by this code for a lot in the
district in which such land is situated, and having its principal
frontage on a street or on such other means of access as permitted
in accordance with the provisions of this code. The minimum area of
a lot, as defined herein, must be an integral unit of land under unified
ownership in fee or in co-tenancy, or under legal control tantamount
to such ownership, which ownership or control must continue for the
existence of the building or buildings permitted to be situated on
the lot.
See "area of zoning lot."
The area of a zoning lot occupied by the principal building
or buildings and accessory buildings.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and the rear
lot lines measured in the general direction of the side lot lines.
The line separating the lot from the street. On a corner
lot, the front lot line shall be the street lot line having the least
dimension.
The lot line or lot lines most nearly parallel to and most
remote from the front lot line.
Any lot line other than front or rear lot line. A side lot
line separating a lot from a street is called a "side street lot line."
A side lot line separating a lot from another lot or lots is called
an "interior side lot line."
A lot which is a part of a subdivision, the plat of which
has been recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Vermilion
County, Illinois.
The mean horizontal width of the lot measured at right angles
to its depth.
A lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection
or upon two parts of the same street, such streets or parts of the
same street forming an interior angle of less than 135°. The point
of intersection of the street lines is the "corner."
A lot whose side lines do not abut upon any street.
A lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel
streets.
An automobile trailer, trailer coach, house trailer, trailer,
vehicle, or structure:
Designed and constructed in such a manner as will permit occupancy
thereof as sleeping quarters for one or more persons, or the conduct
of any business or profession (including use as a selling or advertising
device); and
So designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels and used
as a conveyance on highways or streets, propelled or drawn by its
own or other motive power, except a device used exclusively upon stationary
rails or tracks.
Mobile homes shall include single-family dwellings designed
for conveyance after fabrication on streets or highways, whether mounted
on its own wheels or otherwise.
A mobile home, or travel trailer, which does not have a flush
toilet or a bathtub or shower.
A mobile home, or travel trailer, that has a flush toilet
and a bathtub or shower.
See "least restrictive."
A series of attached, semi-attached or detached sleeping
or living units for the accommodation of transient guests and not
customarily including individual cooking or kitchen facilities, said
units having convenient access to off-street parking spaces for the
exclusive use of the guests or occupants.
Creation of unreasonable physical hazard, by fire, explosion,
radiation or other cause, to persons or property at or beyond the
property line of the premises in question.
Discharge of any liquid or solid waste into any stream or body
of water or into any public or private disposal system or into the
ground, so as to contaminate any water supply, including an underground
water supply.
Maintenance or storage of any material, either indoors or outdoors,
so as to cause or to facilitate the breeding of vermin.
Emission of smoke, measured at the point of emission, of a denser
shade than that specified for the district or which otherwise constitutes
an unreasonable hazard to the health, safety or welfare of any persons.
Fly ash or dust which can cause damage to the health of persons,
animals, or plant life or to other forms of property, or excessive
soil, measured at or beyond the property line of the premises in question.
Creation or causation of any unreasonably offensive odors at
or beyond any property line of the premises in question.
Creation or maintenance of any unreasonable reflection or direct
glare by any process, lighting or reflection material at or beyond
any property line of the premises in question.
Creation or maintenance of any unreasonably distracting or objectionable
vibration and/or electrical disturbances at or beyond any property
line of the premises in question.
Any public nuisance.
A building or structure or portion thereof conflicting with
the provisions of this code applicable to the district in which it
is situated.
A use of a building or land legally existing at the time
of adoption of this code, or any amendment thereto, which does not
conform with the use regulations of the district in which located.
The portion of the master plan adopted by ordinance which
designates land necessary for public facilities or uses, including
streets, alleys, public ways, parks, playgrounds, school sites and
other public grounds and ways for public service facilities within
the whole area, including within the official Comprehensive Plan of
one or more separate geographical or functional parts, and including
all or any part of the contiguous, unincorporated area under the planning
jurisdiction of the Village.
An open, crushed-stone-covered area, other than a street
or public way, designed, arranged, and made available for the storage
of private passenger automobiles only of occupants of the building
or buildings for which the parking area is developed and to which
it is accessory.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
An open, hard-surfaced area, other than a street or public
way, used for the parking of automobiles or other motor vehicles and
available to the public, whether for a fee or as an accommodation
for clients or customers.
Space within a public or private parking area of not less
than 180 square feet (nine feet by 20 feet), exclusive of access drives,
or aisles, ramps, columns, or office and work areas, for the storage
of one passenger automobile or commercial vehicle under 1Â 1/2
tons' capacity.
A residential or commercial development on a parcel of land
in single ownership and consisting of two or more buildings having
any yard, court, parking or loading space in common.
A lot together with all the buildings and uses thereon.
The main use of land or buildings, as distinguished from
a subordinate or accessory use.
An office (other than a service office and other than an
office for care and/or treatment of, or medical attention to, animals
as distinguished from persons) for the practice of professions, such
as the offices of physicians, dentists, attorneys-at-law, architects,
engineers, artists, musicians, teachers, accountants and others who
through training are qualified to perform services of a professional
nature, or the offices of a governmental agency; and where there is
no storage, sale or display of merchandise on the premises.
Any publicly owned open area, including, but not limited
to, the following: parks, playgrounds, forest preserves, beaches,
waterways, parkways and streets.
Those water and/or sewer facilities of a municipality and/or
of a sanitary sewer district which comply with applicable public health
standards.
A business enterprise consisting primarily of the making
of sales and/or rendering of services directly to ultimate consumers,
where each sale or service transaction is in relatively small quantity
or volume, as distinguished from a wholesale business or from a business
where sales are made or services are rendered either in substantial
volume to an individual customer and/or for resale to or reuse by
ultimate consumers.
An unsubdivided portion of the interior of a dwelling unit,
excluding bathrooms, kitchens, closets, hallways and service porches
and the like.
An office in which are offered services by real estate agents,
insurance agents, public stenographers, brokers, or others who through
training are duly qualified to perform services of an executive nature
(as distinguished from a professional office) and where there is no
storage, sale or display of merchandise on the premises.
The distance in linear feet measured on a horizontal plane
from the lot line to a building or structure on the lot.
Any inscription written, printed, painted, or otherwise placed
on a board, plate, banner or upon any material, object or device whatsoever,
which by reason of its form, color, wording or otherwise attracts
or is designed to attract attention to the subject thereof or is used
as a means of identification, advertisement, or announcement. As used
in this code, the term shall apply only to signs which attract attention
to the sign from outside of a building or structure.
A sign used for purposes of notification of the public of
an event or other occurrence of public interest, such as a church
service, political rally, civic meeting or similar event.
A sign advertising the development or improvement of a property
by a builder, contractor or other person furnishing services, materials,
or labor to said premises, which sign is intended for a limited period
of display, and is erected on the same lot with the work being done.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there
is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling
next above it.
Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground, but not including single poles unattached to any other pole or structures having a fixed location on the ground, lines, cables or other transmission or distribution facilities of public utilities. All structures shall be subject to the provisions of § 360-48 of this code.
An open space not occupied or obstructed by any structure,
except fences as regulated herein and as otherwise expressly provided
herein.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot between
the front lot line and the nearest line or point of the principal
building.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot between
the rear lot line and the nearest line or point of the principal building.
A document issued by the Zoning Inspector authorizing buildings,
structures or uses consistent with the terms of this code and for
the purpose of carrying out and enforcing its provision.
The Zoning Inspector of the Village or his authorized representative.
The Zoning Map or maps of the Village, together with all
amendments subsequently adopted.
[1]
Editor's Note: Figure 2 is included in an attachment to this
chapter.
Any territory hereafter annexed to the Village shall automatically
be in the SR-1 Single-Family Residence District until duly changed
by an amendment to this code; except that the Village Board of Trustees,
with the advice of the Zoning Board of Appeals, may annex any territory
as any other zoning district or districts herein established if all
legal requirements for zoning the property at the time of the annexation
and the requirements for amending this code by the extension of the
zoning district provisions are met.
Note: 65 ILCS 5/11-13-19 requires that the Zoning Map be published
by March 31 of each year if there have been any zone district changes
or annexations.