[1983 Code]
This Title may be known, cited and referred to as the Thornton
Zoning Code.
[1983 Code]
This Title is adopted for the following purposes:
A.
To promote and protect the public health, safety, morals, comfort
and general welfare of the people.
B.
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 manufacturing and other specified purposes.
C.
To protect the character and stability of the residential, business
and manufacturing areas within the Village and to promote the orderly
and beneficial development of such areas.
D.
To provide adequate light, air, privacy and convenience of access
to property.
E.
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.
To establish building lines and the location of buildings designed
for residential, business, manufacturing or other uses within such
areas.
G.
To fix reasonable standards to which buildings or structures
shall conform therein.
H.
To prohibit uses, buildings or structures incompatible with
the character of development or intended uses within specified zoning
districts.
I.
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.
To limit congestion in the public 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.
To protect against fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other
hazards in the interest of the public health, safety, comfort and
general welfare.
L.
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.
To conserve the taxable value of land and buildings throughout
the Village.
N.
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.
O.
To define and limit the powers and duties of the administrative
officers and bodies as provided herein.
[1983 Code; amended 3-4-1985; 2-19-2001; 12-4-2006; 2-18-2014; 6-7-2021]
A.
In the construction of this Title, the rules and definitions
contained in this section shall be observed and applied, except when
the context clearly indicates otherwise.
B.
Words used in the present tense include the future; words used
in the singular number shall include the plural number and the plural
the singular.
C.
The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary.
D.
The word "may" is permissive.
E.
The word "lot" shall include the words "plot," "piece" and "parcel";
the word "building" includes all other structures of every kind regardless
of similarity to buildings; and, the phrase "used for" shall include
the phrases "arranged for," "designed for," "intended for," "maintained
for" and "occupied for."
F.
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
3.
ALLEY
APARTMENT
APARTMENT HOUSE
AUTOMOBILE LAUNDRY
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION
AUTOMOBILE WRECKING YARD
AUTOMOTIVE COLLISION REPAIR
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR
AWNING
BASEMENT
BILLBOARD
BLOCK
BOARDING HOUSE
BUILDABLE AREA
BUILDING
BUILDING HEIGHT
BUILDING NONCONFORMING
BUILDING SETBACK LINE
BUILDING, COMPLETELY ENCLOSED
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
BULK
BUS LOT
CARTAGE, LOCAL
CELLAR
CLINIC or MEDICAL HEALTH CENTER
CLUB OR LODGE, PRIVATE
CORNER LOT
CORNER LOT, REVERSED
COVERAGE, LOT
CURB LEVEL
DISTRICT
DWELLING
DWELLING GROUP
DWELLING UNIT
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY
DWELLING, THREE-FAMILY
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
FAMILY
1.
2.
FARM
FILLING STATION
FLOOR AREA RATIO
FRONTAGE
FUEL BULK STATION
GAMING CAFE
GARAGE
GARAGE, BUS
GARAGE, PRIVATE
GARAGE, PUBLIC
GARAGE, STORAGE
GARAGE, TRUCK OR BUS
GRADE
1.
2.
3.
GROSS FLOOR SPACE
GUEST HOUSE
HABITABLE BUILDING
HABITABLE ROOM
HOME OCCUPATION
HOSPITAL or SANITARIUM
HOTEL or MOTEL
HOTEL, APARTMENT
HOUSEHOLDER
INSTITUTION
JUNKER
JUNKYARD
KENNEL, COMMERCIAL
LABORATORY, COMMERCIAL
LINE OF BUILDING (FOR MEASURING YARDS)
LOADING AND UNLOADING SPACE, OFF-STREET
LODGING OR ROOMING HOUSE
LOT
LOT COVERAGE
LOT DEPTH
LOT FRONTAGE
LOT LINE, FRONT
LOT LINE, INTERIOR
LOT LINE, REAR
LOT OF RECORD
LOT WIDTH
LOT, CORNER
LOT, INTERIOR
LOT, REVERSED CORNER
LOT, THROUGH
LOT, ZONING
MANUFACTURE
MARQUEE or CANOPY
MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO
NONCONFORMING USE
NURSERY SCHOOL
NURSERY, DAY
NURSING HOME or REST HOME
OCTAVE BAND
PARCEL DELIVERY STATION
PARKING AREA, PRIVATE
PARKING AREA, PUBLIC
PARKING SPACE, AUTOMOBILE
PERSON WITH A DISABILITY
1.
2.
3.
4.
PLACE
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
PORCH
PUBLIC UTILITY
RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY
RESIDENTIAL-CARE
RESIDENTIAL-CARE HOME
RESIDENTIAL-CARE HOME, LARGE
RESIDENTIAL-CARE HOME, SMALL
RINGELMANN NUMBER
ROOMING HOUSE
RUNWAY
SATELLITE RECEIVING ANTENNA
SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING
SETBACK LINE, BUILDING
SIGN
SIGN, ADVERTISING
SIGN, BUSINESS
SIGN, FLASHING
SIGN, GROSS SURFACE AREA OF
SMOKE UNITS
SPECIAL USE
STORY
STORY, HALF
STREET
STREET LINE
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS
STRUCTURE
TAVERN
TERRACE, OPEN
TITLE
TOURIST COURTS, MOTOR LODGES, MOTELS
TOURIST HOME
TRAILER
TRAILER CAMP
TRAILER, HOUSE OR MOBILE HOME
TRUCK PARKING AREA OR YARD
USE
USED CAR LOT
UTILITY ROOM
YARD
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
ZONING LOT
ZONING MAPS
Defined terms.
An "accessory building or use" is one which:
Is subordinate to and serves a principal building or principal
use.
Is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to the principal building
or principal use served.
Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of occupants
of the principal building or principal use served.
Is located on the same zoning lot as the principal building
or principal use served with the single exception of such accessory
off-street parking facilities as are permitted to locate elsewhere
than on the same zoning lot with the building or use served.
"Accessory use" includes, but is not limited to the following:
A children's playhouse, garden house and private greenhouse.
A garage or building for domestic use.
Incinerators incidental to residential use.
Storage of goods used in or produced by manufacturing activities,
on the same lot or parcel of ground with such activities, unless such
storage is excluded by the district regulations.
A nonpaying guest house or rooms for guests within an "accessory
building," provided such facilities are used for the occasional housing
of guests of the occupant of the principal building and not for permanent
occupancy by others as housekeeping units.
Servants' quarters comprising part of an accessory garage and
solely for occupancy by a servant or household employee (and his or
her family) of the occupants of the principal dwelling.
Off-street motor vehicle parking areas, and loading and unloading
facilities.
Signs (other than advertising signs) as permitted and regulated
in each district incorporated in this Title.
Carports.
Public utility communication, electric, gas, water and sewer
lines, their supports and incidental equipment.
None of the following shall be an accessory use. Outdoor parking
of trucks, buses, trailers, aircraft or boats, except that either
a single boat less than 10 feet tall (as parked, including trailer
if parked on trailer), and less than 18 feet in length, including
bumper and hitch, or single camping trailer or boat trailer less than
five feet tall and less than 26 feet in length, including bumper and
hitch, may be parked on an improved lot; provided, that at no time
shall such parked boat or trailer be occupied or used for living,
sleeping or housekeeping purposes.
A public way, not more than 30 feet wide, which affords only
a secondary means of access to abutting property.
A room or suite of rooms in a multiple-family structure which
is arranged, designed, used or intended to be used as a single housekeeping
unit. Complete kitchen, bath and toilet facilities, permanently installed,
must always be included for each apartment.
See "Dwelling, Multiple."
A building, or portion thereof, where automobiles are washed
with the use of a chain conveyor and blower or steam-cleaning device.
A place where gasoline, stored only in underground tanks,
kerosene, lubricating oil or grease for operation of automobiles,
are offered for sale directly to the public, on the premises, and
including minor accessories and services for automobiles; but, not
including major automobile repairs, and including washing of automobiles
where no chain conveyor, blower or steam cleaning device is employed.
When the dispensing, sale or offering for sale of motor fuels or oils
is incidental to the conduct of a public garage, the premises shall
be classified as a public garage. Automobile service stations shall
not include sale or storage of junkers or junk yards as defined herein.
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 vehicle 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.
Major rebuilding or major reconditioning of worn or damaged
motor vehicles or trailers, including body, frame or fender, straightening
or repair and overall painting of vehicles.
Engine rebuilding, replacement of parts and general motor
service to automobiles or vehicles classified by the Illinois Motor
Code as Class 1 or Class 2 vehicles up to 15,000 pounds, but not including
any operation specified under "Automotive collision repair."
A roof-like cover, temporary in nature, which projects from
the wall of a building or overhangs the public way.
A story having part, but not more than 1/2 of its height
below grade. A basement is counted as a story for the purpose of height
regulation if subdivided and used for business or dwelling purposes
other than by a janitor employed on the premises. Finish floor below
the adjoining outside finished grade shall be two feet six inches
maximum at required windows when used for habitable rooms. A basement
shall have an entrance other than through a habitable room.
Any structure or portion thereof upon which are signs or
advertisements used as an outdoor display. This definition does not
include any bulletin boards used to announce church services or to
display court or other public office notices, or signs offering for
sale or lease the premises on which the sign is located.
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 a corporate boundary line of the
Village.
A building other than a hotel or restaurant where meals are
provided for compensation to three or more persons, but not more than
20, who are not members of the keeper's family.
The space remaining on zoning lot after the minimum open
space requirements of this Title have been complied with.
Any structure with substantial walls and roof securely affixed
to the land and entirely separated on all sides from any other structure
by space or by walls in which there are no communicating doors, windows
or openings; and, which is designed or intended for the shelter enclosure
or protection of persons, animals or chattels. Any structure with
interior areas not normally accessible for human use, such as gas
holders, oil tanks, water tanks, grain elevators, coal bunkers, oil
cracking towers and other similar structures, are not considered as
buildings.
The vertical distance measured from the sidewalk level or
its equivalent established grade opposite the middle of the front
of the building to the highest point of the roof in the case of a
flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof; and, to the mean height
level between eaves and ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof; provided
that where buildings are set back from the street line, the height
of the building may be measured from the average elevation of the
finished lot grade at the front of the building.
Any building which does not conform to the regulations of
this Title prescribing the maximum floor area ratio, required yards,
coverage, height and setbacks, minimum required spacing between buildings
on a single lot and minimum required usable open space for the district
in which such building is located.
A line parallel to the street line at a distance from it,
regulated by the front yard requirements set forth in this Title.
A building separated on all sides from the adjacent space,
or from other buildings or other structures by a permanent roof or
by exterior walls or party walls, pierced only by windows or normal
entrance or exit doors.
The main structure erected on or the main use occupying the
lot, as distinguished from an accessory (subordinate) structure or
use.
The term used to describe the size and mutual relationships
of buildings and other structures, as to size, height, coverage, shape,
location of exterior walls in relation to lot lines, to the center
line of streets, to other walls of the same building, to other buildings
or structures and to all open spaces relating to the building or structure.
Any lot or land area used for the storage or layover of passenger
buses or motor coaches.
Pick up and delivery of parcels, packages and freight by
motor truck within and not exceeding 15 miles of the Village.
A story having more than 1/2 of its height below the curb
level or below the highest level of the adjoining ground. A cellar
shall not be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurements.
A cellar shall be an entrance other than through a habitable room.
A cellar shall not be used for dwelling purposes.
An establishment where patients are admitted for special
study and treatment by two or more licensed physicians and other professional
associates, practicing medicine together.
An association of persons who are bona fide members paying
annual dues, which owns, hires or leases a building or portion thereof.
See "Lot, Corner."
See "Lot, Reversed Corner."
See "Lot Coverage."
See "Grade."
A section or sections of the Village for which the regulations
governing the use of buildings and premises or the height of buildings
or the size or yards or intensity of use are uniform.
A building or portion thereof, but not including a house
trailer or mobile home, designed or used exclusively for residential
occupancy, including one-family dwelling units, two-family dwelling
units and multiple-family dwelling units, but not including hotels,
boarding or lodging houses.
Two or more one-family, two-family, three-family or multiple-family
dwellings or boarding or lodging houses, located on one zoning lot,
but not including tourist courts or motels.
One or more rooms in a residential structure or apartment-hotel,
designed for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes.
A building or portion thereof, designed or altered for occupancy
by four or more families living independently of each other.
A building designed exclusively for use and occupancy by
one family and entirely separated from any other dwelling by space.
A building designed or altered to provide dwelling units
for occupancy by three families living independently of each other
with permission for one of the units to be located no lower than 18
inches below grade.
A building designed exclusively for occupancy or altered
to provide dwelling units for occupancy by two families.
Either:
Two or more persons, each related to the other by blood, marriage,
or adoption, together with usual domestic servants and not more than
one bona fide guest, all living together as a single housekeeping
unit and using common kitchen facilities (that is, a related family);
or
Five or fewer persons, all of whom are not necessarily related
to each of the others by blood, marriage or adoption, all living together
as a single housekeeping unit and using common kitchen facilities
(that is, an unrelated family). For purposes of this Zoning Ordinance,
however, an unrelated family shall not include persons living together
in a community residence or nursing home.
An area which is used for the growing of the usual farm products,
such as vegetables, fruit trees and grain, and for the packing or
storage of the products produced on the premises, as well as for the
raising thereon of the usual farm poultry and farm animals, such as
horses, cattle, sheep and swine as secondary to crop raising, subject
to distance limitations from residential property and not including
the commercial feeding of garbage or offal to swine or other animals,
the commercial feeding of animals on open lots where no feed is raised
on the premises, or the commercial feeding of poultry broilers or
laboratory animals such a mice, rats, rabbits, etc.
See "Automobile Service Station."
The quotient obtained by dividing the total square foot area
of the building or buildings, including each story or partial story,
by the area of the lot.
All the property on one side of a street between two intersecting
streets (crossing or terminating) measured along the line of the street,
or if the street is dead-ended, then all of the property abutting
on one side between an intersecting street and the dead end of the
street.
A place where crude petroleum, gasoline, naphtha, benzine,
benzol, kerosene or other flammable liquid which has a flash point
at or below 200° F. (closed cup tester), is stored for wholesale
purposes, where the aggregate capacity of all storage tanks is more
than 6,000 gallons, regardless of whether the fuel is stored aboveground,
underground or in mobile tank cars or trucks.
An establishment or a business whose primary purpose is to
operate video gaming terminals as defined under the Illinois Video
Gaming Act and in which the sale of pre-packaged foods or snacks and
alcoholic beverages is only incidental to the operation of the video
gaming terminals.
A building or premises used for housing or care of self-propelled
vehicles.
Any building used or intended to be used for the storage
of three or more passenger motor buses, or motor coaches used in public
transportation, including school buses.
An accessory building which is the property of and for the
use of the occupants of the lot on which the private garage is located.
A building other than a private garage, used for the care,
servicing and sale of automobile supplies or where motor vehicles
are parked or stored for remuneration, hire or sale within the structure,
but not including trucks, tractors, truck/trailers and commercial
vehicles exceeding 1 1/2 ton capacity.
Any building or premises used for housing only of motor-driven
vehicles pursuant to previous arrangements and not to transients and
at which automobile fuels and oils are not sold and motor-driven vehicles
are not equipped, repaired, hired or sold.
A building which is used or intended to be used for the storage
of motor vehicles, truck/trailers, tractors and commercial vehicles
exceeding 1 1/2 ton capacity.
For buildings having walls adjoining one street only, the elevation
of the sidewalk at the center of the wall adjoining the street.
For buildings having walls adjoining more than one street, the
average of the elevation of the sidewalk at the center of all walls
adjoining the streets.
For buildings having no wall adjoining the street, the average
level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior
walls of the building. Any wall approximately parallel to and not
more than five feet from a street line is to be considered as adjoining
the street.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all the floors,
including attic and basement, in a building, which areas shall be
measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the
center line of walls separating buildings, as the case may be.
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.
Any structure or part thereof that shall be used as a home
or place of abode by one or more persons.
Every room in any building in which persons regularly sleep,
eat or carry on their usual domestic or social vocations or avocations.
It shall not include private laundries, bathrooms, toilet rooms, pantries,
storerooms, corridors, rooms for mechanical equipment for service
in the building or other similar space not used by persons frequently
or during extended periods.
A gainful occupation or profession customarily carried on
by an occupant of a dwelling unit as a use which is clearly incidental
to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes. The home
occupation shall be carried on wholly within the principal building
or within a building accessory thereto, and only by members of the
family occupying the premises and one person outside the family. No
article shall be sold or offered for sale on the premises, except
such as is produced by the occupation on the premises and no mechanical
or electrical equipment shall be installed or maintained other than
such as is customarily incidental to domestic use. There shall be
no exterior display, no exterior sign, except as allowed by the sign
regulations for the district in which such home occupation is located,
no exterior storage of materials, no other exterior indication of
the home occupation, or variation from the residential character of
the principal building and no offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust,
odors, heat or glare shall be produced. Offices, clinics, doctors'
offices, hospitals, barber shops, beauty parlors, dress shops, millinery
shops, tearooms, restaurants, tourist homes, animal hospitals and
kennels, among others shall not be deemed to be home occupations.
An institution devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation
of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment or care for not less than
24 hours in any week of three or more nonrelated individuals suffering
from illness, disease, injury, deformity or other abnormal physical
conditions. The term "hospital" as used in this Title does not apply
to institutions operating solely for treatment of insane persons,
drug addicts, liquor addicts or other types of cases necessitating
restraint of patients and the term "hospital" shall not include convalescent,
nursing, shelter or boarding homes.
A building in which more than five rooms or suites are reserved
to provide living and sleeping accommodations for temporary guests,
with no provisions in said rooms for cooking in any individual room
or suite.
A building containing dwelling units or individual guest
rooms, the majority of which are for permanent guests. Maid and janitor
service may be provided, but kitchen facilities are not necessarily
included.
The occupant of a dwelling unit who is either the owner or
lessee thereof.
A building occupied by a nonprofit corporation or a nonprofit
establishment for public use.
An automobile, truck or other motor vehicle which has been
damaged to such an extent that it cannot be operated under its own
power and will require major repairs before being made usable or such
a vehicle which does not comply with state or Village vehicle laws
or ordinances.
The use of more than 200 square feet of any lot where waste,
scrap metal, paper, rags or similar materials are bought, sold, exchanged,
stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled, including auto and
building wrecking yards, but excluding similar uses taking place entirely
within a completely enclosed building.
Any lot or premises or portion thereof on which more than
three dogs, cats and other household domestic animals, over four months
of age, are kept or on which more than two such animals are boarded
for compensation or kept for sale.
A place devoted to experimental study such as testing and
analyzing. Manufacturing, assembly or packaging of products is not
included within this definition.
A line parallel to the nearest lot line drawn through the
point of a building or group of buildings nearest to such lot line,
exclusive of such features specified as being permitted to extend
into a yard.
An open, hard-surfaced area of land other than a street or
public way, the principal use of which is for the standing, loading
and unloading of motor trucks, tractors and trailers to avoid undue
interference with the public use of streets and alleys. Such space
shall be not less than 10 feet in width, 45 feet in length and 14
feet in height, exclusive of access aisles and maneuvering space.
A building where lodging only is provided for compensation
to three or more, but not more than 20, persons.
When used alone, shall mean a zoning lot, unless the context
of this Title clearly indicates otherwise.
The area of a zoning lot occupied by the principal building
or buildings and accessory buildings.
The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines
measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines.
That boundary of a lot along a public street. For a corner
lot, the owner may elect either street line as the front lot line.
The front property line of a zoning lot.
A side lot line common with another lot.
The lot line or lot lines most nearly parallel to and most
remote from the front lot line. Lot lines other than front or rear
lot lines are side lot lines.
A lot which is a part of a subdivision, the map of which
has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County,
Illinois; or a parcel of land, the deed to which was recorded in the
office of the Recorder of Deeds prior to the adoption of this Title.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured
at right angles to the lot depth at the established front building
line.
A parcel of land situated at the intersection of two or more
streets or adjoining a curved street at the end of a block.
A lot other than a corner or reversed corner lot.
A corner lot, the rear of which abuts upon the side of another
lot, whether across an alley or not.
A lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel
streets, and which is not a corner lot.
See "Zoning Lot."
The making of anything by any agency or process.
A roof-like structure of a permanent nature which projects
from the wall of a building and overhangs the public way.
The floor area ratio requirements as set forth under each
zoning district shall determine the maximum floor area allowable for
the building or buildings (total floor area of both principal and
accessory buildings) in direct ratio to the gross area of the zoning
lot.
Any building, structure or land lawfully occupied by a use
or lawfully established at the time of the adoption of this Title
or amendments hereto, which does not conform after the passage hereof
for the district in which it is situated.
An institution providing day care service for children from
four to six years of age.
An institution providing care for three or more children
under the age of four years, for periods of more than four hours,
but not exceeding 24 hours.
A private home for the care of children or the aged or infirm,
or a place of rest for those suffering bodily disorders, but not including
facilities for the treatment of sickness or injuries or for surgical
care.
A means of dividing the range of sound frequencies into octaves
in order to classify sound according to pitch.
A building in which commodities, sold at retail within the
area and packaged by the retailer, are assembled and routed for delivery
to retail customers located within the area.
An open, hard-surfaced area of land, 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 is accessory.
An open, hard-surfaced area, other than a street or public
way intended to be used for the storage of passenger automobiles and
commercial vehicles under 1 1/2 ton capacity and available to
the public, whether for compensation, free or as an accommodation
to clients or customers.
Space within a public or private parking area of not less
than 162 square feet (8 1/2 feet by 19 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 1 1/2
ton capacity.
Any individual whose disability:
Is attributable to mental, intellectual and physical impairments
or a combination of mental, intellectual or physical impairments;
and
Is likely to continue for a significant amount of time or indefinitely;
and
Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of
special interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other services
which are of a life-long or extended duration.
An open, unoccupied space other than a street or alley permanently
reserved as the principal means of access to abutting property.
A tract of land which is developed as a unit under single
ownership or control which includes two or more principal buildings.
A roofed-over structure, projecting out from the wall or
walls of a main structure and commonly open to the weather in part.
Any person, firm, corporation or Municipal department duly
authorized to furnish under public regulation to the public, electricity,
gas, steam, telephone, telegraph, transportation or water.
A strip of land with tracks and auxiliary facilities for
track operation, but not including depots, loading platforms, stations,
train sheds, warehouses, car shops, car yards, locomotive shops or
water towers.
Maintenance (room and board) and oversight (general watchfulness
and appropriate services to meet needs of residents who are persons
with a disability, including but not limited to social, recreational
and employment opportunities).
Any living quarters wherein unrelated individuals are provided
residential care. A residential care home does not include a nursing
home, hospital, adult day center or living quarters which serve persons
as an alternative to incarceration for a criminal offense.
A residential-care home for nine to 15 persons, plus supervisory
or oversight personnel, living together as a single housekeeping unit
for the primary purpose of providing shelter.
A residential-care home for eight persons or fewer, plus
supervisory or oversight personnel, living together as a single housekeeping
unit for the primary purpose of providing shelter in a family-like
atmosphere as part of the residential community.
The number of the area on the Ringelmann Chart that coincides
most nearly with the visual density of emission.
A building in which sleeping quarters (but not meals or cooking
facilities) are provided by pre-arrangement for compensation on a
weekly or longer basis for three or more persons who are not members
of the keeper's family. For the purpose of this Zoning Ordinance,
the term "rooming house" shall also mean lodging house, and a rooming
house shall not include a community residence or nursing home.
A strip or area of pavement used exclusively for the landing
or taking off of aircraft, or for the movement of vehicles incidental
to such use.
An accessory structure whose purpose is to receive communication
or other signals from orbiting satellites and other extraterrestrial
sources, and which consist of three main components: the antenna itself
(often called a dish); a low-noise amplifier (LNA) and a receiver.
The antenna and the LNA are located outdoors and are connected by
coaxial cable to the receiver, which is placed indoors. The height
of the antenna shall be measured vertically from the highest point
of the signal-receiving apparatus, when positioned for operation,
to the bottom of the base which supports the antenna to the ground
level which supports the antenna.
A multi-family dwelling and/or development designed for and
intended to be used for independent housing for persons 55 years of
age or older.
See "Building Setback Line."
A name, identification, description, display or illustration
which is affixed to, or painted or represented directly or indirectly
upon a building, structure or piece of land and which directs attention
to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization
or business.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered elsewhere than
upon the premises where such sign is located or to which it is affixed.
A sign which directs attention to a business or profession
conducted or to a commodity, service or entertainment sold or offered
upon the premises where such sign is located or to which it is affixed.
Any illuminated sign on which the artificial light is not
maintained stationary and/or constant in intensity and color at all
times when such sign is in use. For the purpose of this Title, any
revolving, illuminated sign shall be considered a "flashing sign."
The entire area within a single, continuous perimeter enclosing
the extreme limits of such sign and in no case passing through or
between any adjacent elements of same. However, such perimeter shall
not include any structural or framing elements lying outside the limits
of such signs and not forming an integral part of the display.
The number obtained by multiplying the smoke density in the
Ringelmann numbers by the time of emission in minutes. For the purpose
of this chart, Ringelmann density reading is made at least once every
minute during the period of observation; each reading is then multiplied
by the time in minutes during which it is observed; and, the various
products are added together to give the total period under observation.
Any use of land or buildings, or both, described and permitted herein, subject to the provisions of Chapter 11-9 of this Title.
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. Any portion of a story exceeding 14 feet in height
shall be considered as an additional story for each 14 feet or fraction
thereof.
A half story is that portion of a building under a gable,
hip or mansard roof, the wall plates of which, on at least two opposite
exterior walls, are not more than 4 1/2 feet above the finished
floor or such story. In the case of one-family dwellings, two-family
dwellings and multiple-family dwellings less than three stories in
height, a half story in a sloping roof shall not be counted as a story
for the purpose of this Title. In the case of multiple-family dwellings
three or more stories in height, a half story shall be counted as
a story.
All property dedicated or intended for public streets, highway,
freeway or roadway purposes or subject to public easements therefor.
A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and
a contiguous street.
Any change other than incidental repairs which would prolong
the life of the supporting members of a building or structure, such
bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
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, billboards, back
stops for tennis courts and pergolas.
A building where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
A level and rather narrow plane or platform which, for the
purpose of this Title, is located adjacent to one or more faces of
the principal structure and which is constructed not more than four
feet in height above the average level of the adjoining ground.
Reference to "Title" herein shall be construed to mean the
Zoning Title.
A group of attached or detached buildings containing individual
sleeping or living units, designed for or used temporarily by automobile
tourists or transients, with garage attached or parking space conveniently
located to each unit, including auto courts, motels, motor lodges
or other similar type uses.
A dwelling in which accommodations are provided or offered
for transient guests.
A vehicle without motive power used or adaptable for living,
sleeping, business or storage purposes, having no foundation other
than wheels, blocks, skids, jacks, horses or skirting, which does
not meet Building Code* requirements and has been or reasonably may
be equipped with wheels or other devices for transporting the structure
from place to place. The term "trailer" shall include "camp car" and
"house car." A permanent foundation shall not change its character
unless the entire structure is erected in accordance with the Village
Building Code.[1]
Any premises occupied or designed to accommodate one or more
families living in an automobile house trailer or mobile home, or
the parking of one or more trailers for business or storage purposes.
Any trailer as defined herein used for residential purposes.
Any land used or intended to be used for the storage or parking
of trucks, tractors, truck trailers and including commercial vehicles,
while not loading or unloading, and which exceeds 1 1/2 tons
in capacity.
The purpose for which land or a building thereon is designed,
arranged or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained, let
or leased.
A zoning lot on which used or new cars, trailers or trucks
are displayed for sale or trade.
A room or rooms which has as its primary function a place
to store or house any washing machine and/or dryers, washing tubs
or trays, heating unit, hot water heater, gas meter, electric meter
or water meter or a combination of any of the above.
An open space on the same zoning lot with a principal building
or group of buildings, which is unoccupied and unobstructed from its
lowest level upward, except as otherwise permitted in this Title,
and which extends along a lot line and at right angles thereto to
a depth or width specified in the yard regulations for the district
in which the zoning lot is located.
A yard extending across the full width of the zoning lot
and lying between the front line of the lot and the nearest line of
a building.
A yard extending across the full width of the zoning lot
and lying between the rear line of the lot and the nearest line of
the principal building, which is unobstructed and unoccupied from
its lowest level upward, except as otherwise permitted in this Title.
That part of the yard lying between the nearest line of the
principal building and a side lot line and extending from the required
front yard (or from the front lot line, if there is no required front
yard) to the required rear yard, which is unoccupied and unobstructed
from its lowest level upward, except as otherwise permitted in this
Title.
A plot of ground made up of one or more parcels which is
or may be occupied by a use, building, or buildings including the
open spaces required by this Title.
The map or maps incorporated into this Title as a part hereof,
designating zoning districts.
