When a use or accessory use is not specifically listed in the
sections devoted to uses permitted, it shall be assumed that such
uses are expressly prohibited unless by a written decision of the
Village Board it is determined that said use is similar to and is
compatible with the uses listed and is expressly included as a use
permitted in a zoning district.
All buildings and structures shall conform to the building regulations established herein for the district in which each building shall be located, except that parapet walls, chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, stacks and necessary mechanical appurtenances shall be permitted to exceed the maximum height provisions when erected in accordance with all other ordinances of the Village (as provided in § 360-43).
The maintenance of yards, courts, and other open space and minimum
lot area legally required for a building shall be a continuing obligation
of the owner of such building or of the property on which it is located,
as long as the building is in existence. Furthermore, no legally required
yards, courts, or other open space or minimum lot area allocated to
any building shall, by virtue of change of ownership or for any other
reason, be used to satisfy yard, court, other open space, or minimum
lot area requirements for any other building.
No improved zoning lot shall hereafter be divided into two or
more zoning lots unless all improved zoning lots resulting from each
such division shall conform with all the applicable regulations of
the zoning district in which the property is located.
[Amended 7-11-2000 by Ord. No. 1316; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
No accessory building shall be used for residential purposes, except
as otherwise provided in this code.
B.
Any travel trailer, house trailer, vehicle truck trailer of any style,
including semi-truck trailers, to be used as accessory buildings shall
not exceed eight feet wide and 37 feet long, and shall have wheels
and axles removed, and shall be set on a permanent foundation, and
shall conform with the surrounding neighborhood.
All yards, courts, and other open spaces allocated to a building
or dwelling group shall be located on the same zoning lot as such
building or dwelling group.
No yards now or hereafter provided for a building existing on
the effective date of this code shall subsequently be reduced below,
or further reduced below if already less than, the minimum yard requirement
of this code for equivalent new construction.
No part of an area, frontage, or yard required for any lot,
building or use for the purpose of complying with the provisions of
this code shall be included as an area, frontage or yard for another
lot, building or use. Except as otherwise specifically provided in
this code, only one principal building shall be permitted on a lot.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
For any corner lot or through lot, both frontages shall comply
with the front yard requirements of the district in which it is located.
Any lot in any district shall have minimum frontage abutting
a public street, the width of which shall be the greater of:
A.
Thirty feet;
B.
The width of the building located on the lot; or
C.
The lot width required by the zoning district in which the lot is located as shown in Schedule A, included as an attachment to this chapter.
A.
All lots shall be properly graded for drainage and maintained in
good condition, free from trash and debris.
B.
Noise emanating from any use shall not be of such volume or frequency
as to be unreasonably offensive at or beyond the property line. Unreasonably
offensive noises, due to intermittence, beat frequency, or shrillness,
shall be muffled so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses.
C.
No noxious, toxic or corrosive matter, smoke, fumes or gases shall
be discharged across the boundaries of any lot in such concentrations
as to be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort
or welfare or to cause injury or damage to property or business.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No temporary structure (including trailers or mobile homes)
shall be used or occupied for any residential, commercial or industrial
use except as specifically permitted or required by this code. However,
the Board of Zoning Appeals may, upon application therefor, permit
the use of such temporary structure for such reasonable time and for
such use as the Board deems to be compatible with the character of
the area in which the structure is located, and in compliance with
reasonable consideration of the general health, safety and welfare.
When two or more parcels of land, each of which lacks adequate
area and/or minimum dimensions to qualify for a permitted use under
the requirements of the use district in which they are located, are
contiguous and are held in one ownership, they shall be used as one
zoning lot for such use.
In any district where individual water and sewage systems are
used in place of public water and/or sewage facilities, the minimum
lot area, width and depth shall be subject to approval of the Village
Board of Trustees but shall not be less than that required for the
district in which the use is to be located or less than one acre in
area, whichever is greater; or have less frontage than 125 feet. When
doubt exists with the Village Board as to the adequacy of the soil
structure of the lot to properly accommodate an individual water and/or
sewage system, the Village Board may require the property owner to
obtain an opinion from a registered engineer as to the size of lot
required for an individual water and/or sewage system to operate on
the lot according to safe health standards. If the findings of the
engineer indicate that larger lots are necessary, the Village Board
may require a lot size in excess of the minimum area defined previously
in this section. (See 225 ILCS 225/1 through 225/23.)
The height limitations of this code shall not apply to church
spires, belfries, cupolas, penthouses or domes not used for human
occupancy, nor to chimneys, ventilators, skylights, water tanks, silos,
parapet walls, cornices without windows, antennas, or necessary mechanical
appurtenances usually carried above the roof level, or to public buildings
or structures located more than one foot horizontally from the property
line for each foot of building height.
Subject to the requirement that there be a minimum distance
of six feet between any point on a principal building and any point
on any principal building on an adjacent lot, the following exceptions
shall apply:
A.
Cornices, chimneys, planters, or other similar architectural features
may extend two feet into a required yard.
B.
Open, unenclosed, uncovered porches at ground level may extend into
a required yard not more than six feet.
C.
Fire escapes may extend into a required yard not more than four feet.
D.
Patios extending into required rear yards may be covered by a roof,
but shall not be enclosed by walls. Such patios shall extend no more
than 10 feet into the required rear yard.
E.
Canopies, eaves, balconies, roof overhangs or other similar features
not included in the foregoing parts of this section may extend into
a required yard not more than four feet.
Public utility transmission and distribution facilities may be exempt from minimum rear yard requirements, except as provided for each zoning district (subject to § 360-27).
