Village of Westville, IL Zoning District Regulations

To facilitate public understanding of this code and for the better administration and convenience of use thereof, the regulations limiting the dwelling unit density, the heights, bulk and arrangement of buildings, limiting the size and use of signs, and requiring minimum off-street parking for each of the districts established by § 360-9 hereof (or specified use) are set forth in Schedule A hereof, hereinafter called "Schedule A." Such schedule is hereby adopted and declared to be an integral part of this code, and it may be amended in the same manner as any other part of this code.

For each district (or specified use) named in said Schedule A:

(1)

Maximum number of dwelling units shall be as indicated in Column B;

(2)

Minimum lot requirements shall be as indicated in Columns C, D and E of the schedule;

(3)

Minimum yard dimensions shall be as indicated in Columns F, G, H, I and J;

(4)

Maximum lot coverage therefor shall be indicated as Column K;

(5)

Permitted floor area ratio (ratio of floor area to lot area) shall be indicated as Column L;

(6)

Maximum building heights shall be as indicated in Column M;

(7)

Requirements for accessory buildings and uses, as to maximum height, shall be as indicated in Column N; and as to minimum distance of detached accessory buildings and uses to principal buildings, streets, and lot lines, as indicated in Columns O, P, Q, R and S, respectively;

(8)

Signs permitted shall be as indicated in Column T;

(9)

Minimum off-street parking shall be indicated in Column U;

(10)

Other pertinent matters and requirements are as indicated in Column V, and as otherwise set forth in the schedule and in notes and remarks appended thereto.

A blank space in a block of a column of said Schedule A indicates that the requirement of that column does not pertain to the district or use specified on the corresponding horizontal lines. The words "Same as SR-1 (or other symbol or reference)" as used in a column shall mean and include the specific limitations and requirements as set forth in the same column for the district referred to by such symbol or reference; otherwise, the limitations and requirements in said Schedule A shall be read from left to right.

Where the limitations and requirements of any of Columns T through V of the schedule are contained in a block which, reading vertically on the schedule, covers more than one district (or specified use), such limitations and requirements shall be applicable to all of the districts or uses so covered by the block. Where reference is made in said schedule to another section or provision of this code, such section or provision referred to shall thereby be incorporated as an integral part of the requirement including such reference.

§ 360-11 SR-1 and SR-2 Single-Family Residence Districts.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]

Uses permitted. The following uses are permitted in the SR-1 and SR-2 Districts:

(1)

All uses commonly classified as agriculture, horticulture, or forestry, including crop and tree farming, truck farming, gardening, nursery operations, forestry operations, together with the operation of machinery or vehicles, but not including dairy farming, livestock raising, animal and poultry breeding and raising, stockyards, commercial livestock or poultry feeding or agricultural processing plants.

(2)

One-family dwellings. (See § 360-24A.)

(3)

Living quarters for persons employed in agricultural or related activities that are conducted on the premises.

(4)

Noncommercial recreational activities.

(5)

Churches and other places of worship, subject to § 360-20, but not including funeral chapels or mortuary chapels.

(6)

Schools and colleges for academic instructions, subject to § 360-28.

(7)

Libraries, museums, art galleries and similar public cultural facilities, subject to § 360-26.

(8)

Community social or recreational centers.

(9)

Cemeteries and mausoleums in conjunction therewith.

(10)

Essential services, subject to § 360-26 and § 360-27.

(11)

Public service uses, including filtration plants, pump stations, water reservoirs, sewage treatment plants, police and fire stations or other governmental uses, subject to § 360-26 and § 360-27.

(12)

Railroad rights-of-way and trackage, but not including classification yards, terminal facilities or maintenance facilities.

(13)

Accessory uses that are clearly supplementary and secondary to the primary use located on the lot.

(14)

Temporary produce stands for sale of agricultural produce raised on the premises, provided that adequate off-street parking is available and that major traffic congestion or hazard would not be created in conjunction with the location or access thereto.

(15)

Radio or television transmission towers.

(16)

Mobile homes, subject to § 360-24.

(17)

Electrical substations (static transformer stations), gas regulator stations, telephone exchange facilities and essential services, subject to the provisions of § 360-27.

(18)

Municipal uses, facilities and buildings, subject to the provisions of § 360-26.

(19)

Public uses: libraries, museums, playgrounds, parks, recreational or community centers or grounds, except those carried on for gain, subject to the provisions of § 360-26.

(20)

Public, private or parochial schools offering courses of instruction at elementary and secondary levels in accordance with standards for compulsory education, subject to the provision of § 360-28.

(21)

Nursery schools and orphanages, subject to the provisions of § 360-28.

(22)

Growing of plants and trees on a private or commercial basis.

Permitted accessory uses. The following accessory uses are permitted in the SR-1 and SR-2 Districts:

(1)

Private uses: greenhouses, tool sheds, garages or carports, tennis courts, patios, subject to applicable provisions of § 360-44.

(2)

Private swimming pools, subject to applicable provisions of § 360-18.

(3)

Incinerators for home use, provided such are located on the lot so as not to constitute an unreasonable hazard to dwellings and other buildings on the premises or on adjacent property, and located not less than 15 feet from any dwelling on the premises and not less than 10 feet from any other building on the premises.

(4)

Keeping of household pets, provided kennels are not maintained.

(5)

Parking spaces not for gain in addition to minimum off-street parking, subject to the provisions of § 360-25.

(6)

Keeping of not more than one unoccupied camp trailer or utility trailer, subject to the provisions of § 360-25.

(7)

Temporary construction sheds and temporary buildings for sales or rental offices or show houses for use during construction operations, provided all other regulations of the district are complied with, but in no case shall such office be continued beyond the duration of construction of the project or one year, whichever is greater. However, such time limit may be extended for one year by the Board of Zoning Appeals.

(8)

Accommodations for professional servants, caretakers, watchmen or custodians, but not as a separate detached one-family dwelling on the same lot.

(9)

Customary home occupations, subject to the provisions of § 360-15.

(10)

Fences, hedges and walls, subject to the provisions of § 360-14.

§ 360-12 B-1 Community Business District.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]

Uses permitted. The following uses are permitted in the B-1 District:

(1)

Any use permitted and as regulated in the SR-1 and SR-2 Districts.

(2)

Places used for the retailing of those commodities which may be classified as "convenience goods," "durable goods" and "fashion goods" as follows:

Apparel stores and shops
Art galleries and studios
Bakery shops, including the baking and processing of food products for retail sale on the premises only
Bus terminals and other public transportation terminal facilities for passengers
Candy and ice cream shops
Commercial institutions, such as banks and savings and loan associations
Department stores
Drugstores
Eating and drinking establishments
Food stores, including supermarkets, delicatessens, dairy products, meat markets, health foods
Frozen-food stores and food lockers
Funeral chapels, mortuary chapels, and ambulance services
Furniture, home furnishing and appliance stores
Gasoline service stations, subject to the provisions of § 360-22
General office buildings
Hardware stores
Hobby shops
Hotels, motels and apartment hotels
Libraries or museums, provided that all principal buildings are located at least 25 feet from all property lines
Medical and dental clinics and centers
Meeting halls
Membership clubs and public or charitable institutions not for correctional purposes
Multifamily residential buildings, subject to Schedule A, Columns U/V[1]
Personal service shops, including barber and beauty shops, shoe repair shops, laundries, self-service laundries, dry-cleaning stores, travel agencies, photographers, blueprinting and photostatting shops, tailoring
Pet shops, but not including animal hospitals
Places of amusement or recreation such as theaters, auditoriums or bowling alleys
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning sales
Post offices or postal substations, subject to the provisions of § 360-26
Preparation and manufacture of goods or products for retail sale on the premises only, provided that such manufacturing process or treatment shall be clearly incidental and essential to the retail business conducted on the premises, and further provided that not more than five persons (exclusive of the manager) shall be engaged in said manufacture, processing or treatment of products, and that all such operations create no undue noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibration or other similar nuisance
Professional and service offices
Radio and TV broadcasting stations
Sales of new automobiles and new automobile accessories and parts
Secondhand stores and rummage shops
Taverns
Two- and three-family dwellings, subject to Schedule A, Columns U/V[2]
Variety stores
Other stores and shops, including gift and card shops, leather and luggage, tobacco and news, camera shops, sporting goods, garden shops, antique shops

[1]

Editor's Note: Schedule A is included as an attachment to this chapter.

[2]

Editor's Note: Schedule A is included as an attachment to this chapter.

Permitted accessory uses. The following accessory uses are permitted in the B-1 District:

(1)

Any accessory use permitted and as regulated in the SR Districts.

(2)

Storage of merchandise or inventory usually carried in stock; provided that such storage shall be located on the lot with the retail, service or commercial use, and shall be within a completely enclosed building.

(3)

Service garage, only if in conjunction with and accessory and incidental to the sale of new automobiles.

§ 360-13 B-2 General Business District.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]

Uses permitted. The following uses are permitted in the B-2 District:

Any use permitted and as regulated in the B-1 Community Business District, except that the following uses shall not be permitted: single-family dwellings; boarding- and rooming houses; dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses; apartment hotels and mobile homes.

Amusement and recreation, places of, including amusement parks

Automobile and/or agricultural implement sales, repair and service, subject to the provision of § 360-21 and § 360-22

Air-conditioning equipment, custom fabrication and installation

Animal hospitals when conducted entirely within an enclosed building

Beverages, bottling

Book publishing, printing.

Business machines, repair and service, storage and wholesale

Candy, wholesale distribution

Carpenters' shops and power woodworking

Carpet and rug cleaners and storage

Cement products, wholesale (pipe, blocks, etc.)

Cleaning and dyeing processing

Cold storage

Contractors, equipment and material storage

Dairies, distributing and pasteurization

Decoration, workshop and equipment yards

Display, designers' and builders' shops

Drive-in restaurants

Dry-cleaning establishment, bulk processing

Electric equipment, assembly and repair

Express companies, warehouses

Feed and seed stores

Food products, brokers, distributors and warehousing

Furniture, repairing and refinishing

Locksmith's repair shop

Machine and equipment rental service

Newspaper printing

Photo-engraving company

Roofing materials, storage and sales

Sales of auto parts

Storage of automobiles

Storage yards, bulk material

Surgical supplies, wholesale distributor

Tents and awning manufacture

Trailer sales

Termite control contractor shops

Warehouses

Water-softening equipment, service and repairs

Weighers, commercial

Welding, equipment and supplies, storage

Provided that neither junkyards, the dismantling of vehicles or the storage of dismantled vehicles, petroleum bulk plants, or outside storage of inflammable liquids or explosives shall be permitted in this district; and provided, further, that adequate safeguards (structural, mechanical and locational) shall be provided to protect adjoining properties from the effects of noisome or injurious substances, conditions and operations as defined in § 360-39.

Permitted accessory uses. The following accessory uses are permitted in the B-2 District:

(1)

Any accessory use permitted and as regulated in the SR Districts.

(2)

Commercial greenhouses.

(3)

Storage of merchandise or inventory usually carried in stock, provided that all outdoor storage shall be completely concealed by a fence at least six feet in height.

(4)

Accommodations for caretakers, watchmen or custodians.