The use and height of buildings erected, converted,
enlarged or structurally altered at the adoption of this chapter and
the use of any land thereafter shall be in compliance with the regulations
established herein for the district in which such land or building
is located.
No lot area shall be so reduced that the yards
and open spaces shall be smaller than is required by this chapter,
nor shall the density of population be increased in any manner except
in conformity with the area regulations established for the district
in which a building or premises is located.
No part of a yard or other open space provided
about any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions
of this chapter shall be included as a part of a yard or other open
space required for another building.
Every building hereafter erected, converted,
enlarged or structurally altered shall be located on a lot, and in
no case shall there be more than one main building on one lot.
Any side yard, rear yard or court abutting a
district boundary line shall have a minimum width and depth in the
less restricted district equal to the average of the required minimum
widths and depths for such yards and courts in the two districts which
abut the district line.
When a housing project consisting of a group
of two or more buildings is to be constructed on a site not subdivided
into customary lots and streets, or where an existing lot and street
layout make it impractical to apply the requirements of this chapter
to the individual building units, the Village Board may approve a
development plan, provided that it complies with the regulations of
this chapter as applied to the whole plat.
The regulations contained herein relating to
the height of buildings and the size of yards and other open spaces
shall be subject to the following exceptions:
A. Public and quasi-public buildings. Churches, schools,
hospitals, sanatoriums and other public and quasi-public buildings
may be erected to a height not exceeding 60 feet nor five stories,
provided that the front, side and rear yards required in the district
in which such building is to be located are each increased at least
one foot for each foot of additional building height above the height
limit otherwise established for the district in which such building
is to be located.
B. Structures excepted. Chimneys, cooling towers, elevator
bulkheads, fire towers, monuments, penthouses, stacks, scenery lofts,
tanks, water towers, ornamental towers, spires, wireless microwave
radio relay structures, wireless telecommunications facilities, telephone,
telegraph and power transmission poles and lines, television or broadcasting
towers, masts or serials and necessary mechanical appurtenances are
hereby excepted from the height regulations of this chapter and may
be erected in accordance with other regulations or ordinances of the
Village.
[Amended 5-2-2006 by Ord. No. 05022006B]
C. Higher grade controls. Where a lot abuts on two or
more streets or alleys having different average established grades,
the higher of such grades shall control only for a depth of 120 feet
from the line of the higher average established grade.
D. Through lots. Buildings on through lots and extending
from street to street may waive the requirements for a rear yard by
furnishing an equivalent open space on the same lot in lieu of the
required rear yard, provided that the setback requirements on both
streets are complied with.
E. Substandard lots. Where a lot has an area less than
the minimum number of square feet per family required for the district
in which it is located and was of record as such at the time of the
passage of this chapter, such lot may be occupied by one family.
F. Principal structures. All principal structures shall
be located on a lot, and only one principal structure shall be located,
erected or moved.
H. Yards to be unobstructed. Every part of a required
yard shall be open to the sky and unobstructed, except for accessory
buildings in a rear yard and the ordinary projections of sills, belt
courses, cornices and ornamental features projecting not more than
12 inches.
I. Fire escapes and towers. Open or enclosed fire escapes
and fire towers may project into a required yard not more than five
feet and into a required court not more than 31/2 feet, provided that
they are so located as not to obstruct light and ventilation.
J. Front yards. No front yard shall be used for open storage of boats, vehicles or other equipment, except for vehicular parking or driveways, except as provided in §
206-53. All open storage areas shall be properly landscaped.
K. Yard calculation. No part of a yard or other open
space provided about any building for the purpose of complying with
the provisions of this chapter shall be included as part of a yard
or any other open space required for another building.
L. The minimum size of a residential dwelling shall be
960 square feet. The minimum width of a residential dwelling shall
be 22 feet. Any residential dwelling less than 22 feet in width shall
be required to be located in a manufactured housing park.
[Added 8-29-1995 by Ord. No. 082995A]
[Amended 8-16-1994 by Ord. No. 081694E]
A. Definition. For the purpose of this section, a fence
is herein defined as an enclosing barrier consisting of vegetation,
wood, stone, metal or other material. The term "fence" shall be construed
to include plantings, such as hedges.
B. Permit. No fence shall be erected, enlarged or altered
within the Village without obtaining a permit from the Building Inspector.
A sketch or design of the proposed fence shall be submitted with the
application. The location, type of material, construction and height
must comply with this section before a permit may be issued.
C. General regulations.
(1) No fence shall be erected, planted, permitted or maintained
in any zoning district within the dedicated street right-of-way.
(2) No barbed wire or electrically charged fence shall
be erected, permitted or maintained except on parcels that exceed
10 acres in size and are actively farmed.
(3) No fence shall be erected, permitted or maintained
which has sharp or pointed pickets or is otherwise dangerous to life
and limb.
(4) With the exception of the following, snow fences are
prohibited when used as permanent fencing. Snow fencing is allowed
as a temporary use without a building permit from October 15 through
April 15 to barricade active construction sites, for school and park
grounds (not as perimeter fencing) and for crowd control and other
special events at the discretion of the Building Inspector.
(5) The most attractive side of a fence shall face adjoining
property or a public right-of-way.
(6) A fence, wall or hedge may be erected, placed, maintained
or grown on a lot line.
(7) Hedges shall be confined to the property on which
they are planted.
(8) In any zoning district, no fence, wall or hedge shall
be erected, maintained or grown to a height exceeding three feet above
the street grade in a vision triangle located within 25 feet of the
intersection of any street right-of-way lines projected. The Building
Inspector shall have the authority to notify the property owner to
lower the fence, wall or hedge to a height of less than three feet
and direct that hedges be continuously trimmed or removed so as not
to create a traffic or safety hazard.
(9) Fences and walls shall be maintained in a good state
of repair.
(10)
On lots with double frontage, fences shall conform
to the front yard requirements for both streets, except where one
street is officially designated "no access."
(11)
Any fence, wall or hedge which exists prior
to the effective date of this chapter but which does not conform to
the provisions of this section shall not be altered, enlarged or replaced
without making the entire fence conform to the provisions of this
section and any other applicable Village ordinances.
D. Maximum height of fences.
(1) Residential:
(a)
Three feet from the building setback to the
front property line, except that fences open to vision with a ninety-percent
see-through design may be increased to four feet in height.
(b)
Corner lots: three feet from the building setback
to the side property line, except that fences open to vision with
a ninety-percent see-through design may be increased to four feet
in height.
(c)
Seven feet on the rear lot line.
(d)
Seven feet on an interior side lot line from
the rear of the lot to the front setback line.
(2) Commercial and industrial: eight feet on all sides,
except for vision triangles, where the maximum height is three feet.
E. Violations and penalties. The owner of any property on which a fence, wall or hedge exists in violation of this section shall be fined an amount as set forth in Chapter
102, Fees and Penalties, for each day the violation continues after notification of the violation is given to the owner of said property. Notice shall be given to the owner in writing by the Building Inspector or by the Police Department.
[Amended 6-20-2017 by Ord. No. 06202017]
A. Time of construction.
(1) No accessory building or structure may be constructed on any Village
lot prior to the time of construction of the principal building to
which it is an accessory.
(2) No accessory building or structure shall, at any time, be used for
the purpose of living quarters.
B. Building design. The exterior of the accessory building, including
the roof, shall substantially complement the principal dwelling on
the property and be an enhancement to the neighborhood.
C. Setback, area and height regulations.
(1) Accessory buildings which are not a part of the main building must
maintain a minimum distance of 10 feet from the principal structure
and shall occupy no more than 30% of the area of the required rear
yard or exceed 2,000 square feet in size within an R-R Rural Residential
District or 1,000 square feet in size within any other zoning classification;
location to include rear and side yard setbacks only, with the minimum
rear yard setback of 10 feet and side yard setback of 10 feet if the
accessory building is larger than 200 square feet. For accessory buildings
200 square feet or smaller, the minimum rear yard setback is five
feet and side yard setback is five feet. No accessory building may
extend beyond the street front of the principal structure. On corner
lots, the dimension of the shorter of the two property lines having
street frontage shall be used to calculate the allowable square footage.
Maximum height for attached accessory buildings may not exceed the
height of the principal structure, and detached accessory buildings
may not exceed 20 feet within an R-R Rural Residential District, or
exceed 16 feet within any other zoning classification.
[Amended 7-16-2019 by Ord. No. 07162019; 11-17-2020 by Ord. No. 11172020; 4-7-2021 by Ord. No. 04072021]
(2) Where an accessory building is part of the principal structure or
is substantially attached thereto, the side and rear yard requirements
applied to the main structure shall be applied to the accessory structure.
(3) Height and area regulations shall not apply to accessory buildings
designated as farm structures.
D. Number
of accessory buildings per lot. Except as provided below, only one
accessory building may be constructed on any Village lot.
[Added 7-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 07162019; amended 11-17-2020 by Ord. No. 11172020]
(1) Within an R-1 Single-Family Residential District, in addition to a detached garage, one additional accessory building compliant with all other pertinent restrictions of §
206-18 is permitted for a lot, provided that the combined square footage of the detached garage and the additional accessory building together does not exceed 1,250 square feet.
(2) Within an R-R Rural Residential District, in addition to a detached garage, one additional accessory building compliant with all other pertinent restrictions of §
206-18 is permitted for a lot, provided that the combined square footage of the detached garage and the additional accessory building together does not exceed 2,500 square feet.
[Amended 8-16-1994 by Ord. No. 081694E]
The finished grade on elevation of the lawn
for any structure, measured at any point along the front or sides
of such structure, shall be not less than one foot nor more than two
feet higher than the established street grade of the abutting street.
In any situation where a building lot cannot meet the grading requirements
set forth herein due to the topography of an abutting street or streets,
the Building Inspector may allow for reasonable variations of such
grading requirements.