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Village of Orland Park, IL
Will County
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
[Entire section amended by Ord. 4374, 6-2-2008]
A. 
Purpose. In order to carry out the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan of the Village and the purposes of these regulations, the following districts are hereby created:
E-1
Estate Residential District
R-1
Residential District
R-2
Residential District
R-3
Residential District
R-4
Residential District
LSPD
Large Scale Planned Development District
[Ord. 2514, 1-17-1994]
RSB
Residential/Supporting Business District
BIZ
General Business District
MFG
Manufacturing District
OOH
Old Orland Historic District
COR
Mixed Use Core District
ORI
Mixed Use Office, Research and Industrial District
VC
Village Center District
[Ord. 2746, 6-5-1995]
OS
Open Space District
[Ord. 4217, 2-5-2007; amended 7-17-2023 by Ord. No. 5822]
RMC
Regional Mixed-Use Campus
[Ord. 5168, 2-20-2017]
B. 
Boundaries. The boundaries of these districts are described on the Zoning District Map, attached hereto and incorporated herein.
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of the Zoning District Map is to set forth the boundaries of the zoning districts established in Section 6-101 as they may be applied from time to time to all land within the corporate limits of the Village.
B. 
Interpretation of Boundaries. Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the zoning districts shown on the Zoning District Map amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of Section 5-108 of these regulations, the following rules shall be used to interpret the maps:
1. 
In cases where a boundary line is located within a street or alley right-of-way, railroad or utility line right-of-way, easement, or navigable or non-navigable waterway, it shall be considered to be in the center of the right-of-way, easement or waterway. If the actual location of such right-of-way, easement, or waterway varies slightly from the location as shown on the map, then the actual location shall control.
2. 
In cases where the map shows a boundary line as being located a specific distance from a street line or other physical feature, this distance shall control.
3. 
Where the map shows a district boundary to approximately coincide with a property line or Village limit line, the property line or Village limit line shall be considered to be the district boundary, unless otherwise indicated.
4. 
In cases where a district boundary does not coincide or approximately coincide with any street, alley, railroad, waterway, or property line, and no dimensions are shown, the location of the boundary shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on the map.
C. 
Maintenance of Map. The originals of the Zoning District Map shall be signed by the Village Clerk and the President of the Board of Trustees and retained in the offices of the Village Clerk. Copies of the Zoning District Map shall be maintained by the Village and kept up-to-date by posting thereon all changes and subsequent amendments.
[Ord. 4374, 6-30-2008]
D. 
Update. The Zoning District Map shall be updated and published in accordance with III. Rev. Stat. ch. 24, sec. 11-13-19 (1989).
[Amended 7-17-2023 by Ord. No. 5822]
A. 
Annexation. All fully developed land which shall be annexed to the Village shall be classified into the zoning district that is most compatible, in the opinion of the Board of Trustees, with the Village's Comprehensive Plan. All undeveloped or partially developed land which shall be annexed to the Village shall be automatically classified and zoned in the E-1 Estate Residence District until otherwise classified in accordance with the Village's Comprehensive Plan.
B. 
Petition For Annexation. The owner of any land proposed for annexation to the Village shall file with the Development Services Department a petition for annexation. The Development Services Department shall review such application and shall recommend to the Board of Trustees whether such annexation should be approved. If such petition involves a zoning classification other than E-1, the petition shall be referred to the Plan Commission which shall recommend to the Board of Trustees the appropriate zoning district in accordance with the procedures of Section 5-108. If such petition involves an annexation agreement, the provisions of III. Rev. Stat. Ch. 24, § 7-1-2, as amended, shall be followed.
[Ord. 4374, 6-2-2008]
C. 
Proposal for Rezoning. If a petition or application is made requesting a map amendment to a property other than E-1, the petition goes to Plan Commission as a public hearing and shall include a site plan in its submission to the Development Services Department.
[Ord. 4374, 6-2-2008]
Districts Tables were deleted
[Ord. 4374, 6-2-2008; amended by Ord. 4574, 7-6-2010]
A. 
General.
1. 
All development, except as provided by special use, must conform to the minimum bulk regulations as set out in this section.
2. 
No building, structure or land located in the Village shall be used or occupied, and no building or structure shall be erected, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged or altered unless in accordance with the minimum lot area, lot width, setback and open space requirements set forth on Table 6-104(A) or as otherwise required by these regulations.
3. 
No setbacks existing on the effective date of these regulations shall subsequently be reduced below, or further reduced below if already less than the minimum setback requirements set out in Table 6-104(A) for equivalent new construction.
4. 
No lot shall hereafter be divided into two or more lots unless all lots resulting from such division conform with all applicable minimum lot size requirements of the zoning district in which such lots are located or as otherwise provided in these regulations.
5. 
(Reserved.)
6. 
Any lot which was of record at the time of the adoption of these regulations, and which does not meet the requirements for minimum lot width and area set forth on Table 6-104(A),[1] may be utilized for a use permitted under the zoning district in which the lot is located, provided that the applicable setbacks and other provisions of these regulations are met.
[Amended by Ord. 4926, 9-15-2014]
[1]
Editor's Note: Table 6-104(A), including amendments by Ord. 2514, 1-17-1994; Ord. 4015, 5-2-2005; Ord. 4926, 9-15-2014; Ord. 5126, 9-19-2016; and Ord. 5168, 2-20-2017, was deleted by Ord. 5312, 7-16-2018.
B. 
Lot Coverage.
1. 
Location of Required Open Space.
a. 
Open spaces shall be maintained on all lots outside of the required building setback (the building envelope), unless otherwise enabled by these regulations as accessory uses and structures. Required building setbacks shall be measured inward from the property lines of the subject site.
b. 
No required setbacks, other open space, or minimum lot area allocated to a building shall be used to satisfy the setbacks or other open space or minimum lot area requirements for any other building.
2. 
Uses and Structures Prohibited in Required Setbacks.
a. 
No principal building or structure shall be located within any setback required by these regulations.
b. 
Except as otherwise provided in Section 6-306 of these regulations, no off-street parking area, maneuvering area for parking spaces, or loading area shall be located within any required front setback or within any required side setback which abuts a street. This restriction shall not apply to driveways of single family detached dwellings providing access from the street to the parking area.
c. 
No outdoor storage of goods and materials or refuse containers shall be located within any required front setback, or within any required side setback which abuts a street, except for the temporary placement of refuse containers for curbside pick-up in residential districts.
3. 
Maintenance of Setbacks and Other Open Spaces. The maintenance of setbacks and other open spaces and minimum lot areas set forth on Table 6-104(A) shall be a continuing obligation of the owner(s) of the property.
4. 
Required Building Setbacks v. Actual Building Setbacks. The regulations of this section and the subsequent zoning districts establish the required building setbacks for the lots of each zoning district, effectively establishing a building envelope in which to erect principal structures, additions and accessory uses and structures. The setbacks of each zoning district shall be interpreted to read as the required setbacks. In the case when a principal building is set back further than the required setback, the actual setback, being more restrictive, shall not govern nor override the ability of a property owner to construct within the zone's established building envelope, which meets the required building setbacks. The exception to this is fences and similar accessory structures, which have regulations regarding presence in front yard spaces.
[Ord. 4926, 9-15-2014]
C. 
Number of Buildings Per Lot. No more than one principal building devoted to a single use shall be located on a lot, except as approved as a special use for planned development in accordance with these regulations.
[Ord. 3130, 5-18-1998]
D. 
Height Limitations. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and listed below, height limitations for all structures are listed in each district, in Sections 6-201 through 6-213.
1. 
The height limitation established for each district shall not apply to public utility poles and lines, skylights, fire towers, spires, cooling towers, parapet walls, collocated wireless communication facilities, and roof structures for elevators, stairways, tanks, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment, or similar equipment for the operation and maintenance of a building.
2. 
Unless located in or adjacent to a residential district, the height limitation shall not apply to radio or television towers, steeples, chimneys, and water tanks. Freestanding wireless communication facilities must meet the height requirements of Section 6-311.
3. 
Structures exempted from the maximum height provisions by Subsections D1 and 2 above may not exceed a height of 10 feet above the average roof line of the building to which they are affixed or adjacent unless permitted by a special use permit. Wireless communication facilities shall follow the height regulations of Section 6-311.
[Amended by Ord. 4926, 9-15-2014]
E. 
Clear Sight Triangles at Street Intersections.
1. 
The restrictions set out in this subsection shall apply to the following triangles of land abutting street intersections:
a. 
Arterial Streets. The triangle bounded on two sides by the curb (or pavement edge where there is no curb), measured in each direction along the curb or pavement edge for 50 feet from their point of intersection or pavement edge, and on the third side by the diagonal line connecting the ends of the fifty-foot sides; and
b. 
Collector Streets. The triangle bounded on two sides by the intersecting street lines, measured 35 feet in each direction from their point of intersection, and on the third side by the diagonal line connecting the ends of the thirty-five foot sides.
2. 
Within the triangles identified in Subsection E1 above, and except as provided in Subsection E3 below, no structure, sign, plant, shrub, tree, berm, fence, wall, or other object of any kind shall be installed, constructed, set out or maintained so as to obstruct cross-visibility at a level between 30 and 72 inches above the height of the curb.
3. 
The restrictions of this subsection shall not apply to:
a. 
Existing natural grades which, by reason of natural topography, rise 30 or more inches above the level of the center of the adjacent intersection;
b. 
Trees having limbs and foliage trimmed in such a manner that no limbs or foliage extend into the area between 30 and 72 inches above the level of the center of the adjacent intersection; and
c. 
Fire hydrants, public utility poles, street markers, and traffic control devices.
F. 
Obstruction of Public Right-of-Way. Except as otherwise permitted by these regulations, no structure, fence, landscaping, driveway, parking lot, newspaper vending machine or mailbox shall be permitted which obstructs or otherwise interferes with public use of a street right-of-way or other public easement.
[Ord. 4574, 7-6-2010, moved Section 6-301, "Bulk Regulations," to Section 6-104 for reorganization]