General Residential Districts — GR
are established to provide for uses similar to those of Neighborhood
Residential Districts — NR, however at somewhat higher
densities. It is contemplated that all residences in these districts
shall be served by public water supply and public sewage disposal
facilities.
In General Residential Districts, no building
or other structure shall be built for any purpose other than:
A.
Area per dwelling unit and lot dimensions:
(1)
For a single-family dwelling, the minimum land area
shall be 7,500 square feet and the minimum width of the lot at the
front building line shall be not less than 60 feet. However, this
shall not apply to prevent the construction of a single-family dwelling
on a lot existing on the date of this enactment and not adjoined at
the side by another unoccupied land in the same ownership having an
area of not less than 5,000 square feet and a width at the front building
line of not less than 50 feet.
(2)
For a two-family dwelling or a pair of semidetached
dwellings, the minimum land area shall be 9,000 square feet and the
minimum width of the lot at the front building line shall be not less
than 75 feet or the distance necessary to provide the side yards specified
below, whichever is the greater.
(3)
For a dwelling containing three or more dwelling units,
the minimum land area per dwelling unit shall be 2,000 square feet
and the minimum width of the lot at the front building line shall
be not less than 100 feet or the distance necessary to provide the
side yards specified below, whichever is the greater.
B.
Front yards. The requirements shall be determined
in the same manner as SFR.
C.
Rear yards. The requirements shall be determined in
the same manner as SFR.
D.
Side yards.
(1)
For a single-family residence, there shall be two
side yards with a total width of not less than 24 feet. The minimum
width of any one side yard shall not be less than eight feet.
(2)
For a two-family dwelling, there shall be two side
yards, with a total width of 24 feet and the minimum width of one
side yard shall not be less than 10 feet.
(3)
For each semidetached dwelling, there shall be a side
yard of not less than nine feet.
(4)
For dwellings of three or more dwelling units, there
shall be two side yards of a total width of not less than 24 feet,
plus four feet additional for each dwelling unit in excess of three
contained in the building. The width of the narrower of the two side
yards shall not be less than 12 feet.
E.
Corner lots. The requirements shall be determined
in the same manner as SFR.
F.
Height restrictions. The maximum building height shall
be 30 feet.
[Added 7-26-1994 by L.L. No. 5-1994]
The requirements shall be the same as set forth
in SFR.
The requirements shall be the same as set forth
in NR.
Cottages in groups shall conform to the following
requirements:
A.
The land area per unit shall be not less than 750
square feet.
B.
The space between rental units or structures shall
not be less than 15 feet.
C.
No rental structure or part thereof shall be placed
closer to any street or road center right-of-way line than 75 feet
or closer than 50 feet to any other established or marked right-of-way
line or closer to a side or rear property line than 15 feet.
D.
Automobile parking space shall be provided to accommodate
not less than one car for each rental unit.
E.
No outdoor swimming pool shall be placed closer to
any street center line than 50 feet or closer than 25 feet from any
other marked or established right-of-way line or closer to a side
or rear property line than 25 feet.
F.
The property is to be appropriately landscaped, particularly
at the front and sides.
A.
Permit for a mobile home park:
(1)
It shall be unlawful within the Village for any person
or persons to construct or operate a mobile home park without first
securing a written license from the Village Board and complying with
the regulations of this chapter.
(2)
The application for such annual license or the renewal
thereof shall be filed with the Village Clerk and shall be accompanied
by a fee prescribed by the Village Board. Thereafter, each mobile
home within a mobile home park shall be assessed on the tax rolls
of the Village against the mobile home park owner. In the event that
a mobile home within a mobile home park is not accounted for on the
tax rolls for whatever reason and the taxes not paid for the current
year, then in that event the mobile home park owner shall pay a monthly
fee in the amount determined by the Village Board for each month or
any portion thereof that a mobile home occupied a mobile home space.
Said fee shall be paid at the commencement of each month.
(3)
The application for a license or renewal thereof shall
be made on forms prescribed by the Village and shall include the name
and address of the owner in fee of the tract (if the fee is vested
in some person other than the applicant, a duly verified statement
by that person that the applicant is authorized by him to construct
or maintain the mobile home park shall accompany the application).
Each license or renewal thereof shall expire on the 31st day of December
following the issuance thereof.
B.
Application for a mobile home license. Any applicant
for a mobile home park license shall state that he, as agent or owner,
shall be responsible for the proper maintenance and upkeep of the
proposed park and shall furnish the following information:
C.
Park plan.
(1)
For authorization, a mobile home park shall have an
area of not less than two acres, and no mobile home park or service
building shall be closer to a street or road center line than 45 feet
or other property line than 20 feet.
(2)
A mobile home park shall conform to the following
additional requirements:
(a)
The park shall be located on a well-drained
site suitable for the purpose with an adequate entrance road at least
20 feet wide.
(b)
Individual mobile home lots shall have an area
of not less than 5,000 square feet with a minimum width of 40 feet
and a minimum depth of 75 feet.
(c)
Margins alongside the rear property line shall
be densely planted with trees and shrubs.
D.
Water supply and sewage disposal.
(1)
An adequate supply of potable water shall be provided
and wastes from showers, toilets and laundries shall be discharged
into a suitable sewer system.
(2)
Municipal water and sewage facilities. A plan shall
be presented by the developer showing the linkup of individual trailer
stations to Village water and sewer facilities.
E.
Refuse disposal. Refuse shall be disposed of in a
manner acceptable to the Village.
F.
Registration. The park shall keep a record of the
name and permanent address of each occupant.
G.
Inspection. Before the park commences operation, the
Zoning Enforcement Officer shall make an inspection of the premises
to determine that all requirements of this chapter have been complied
with and shall issue a zoning certificate of occupancy. No use shall
be permitted until such certificate has been issued.
H.
Revocation or suspension of license. The Village Board
shall have the authority to enter and inspect, for health and sanitation
purposes, any facility licensed hereunder at any reasonable time.
If upon inspection it shall be found that the licensee has violated
any provisions of this chapter, the Village Board shall have the power
to revoke or suspend such license and order the mobile home removed
or the mobile home park closed after notice and an opportunity to
be heard.
Other uses include:
