(A) Purpose. The R-3, single-family residence, district is intended primarily to preserve and protect existing single-family residences constructed on smaller lots. The district should be mapped in those areas where dwellings are presently constructed on smaller lots, and where small tracts of developable land are available, in order to maintain and enhance the character of these areas.
(B) General conditions.
(1) Lot area is to be not less than 7,200 square feet.
(2) Lot width is to be not less than 60 feet.
(3) Minimum floor area per dwelling.
(a) One-story dwellings: not less than 800 square feet on the ground floor.
(b) Dwellings having more than one story: not less than 500 square feet on the ground floor and not less than 800 square feet for all floors.
(c) Split-level dwelling: not less than 800 square feet on the first two floors of living area without including in the computation thereof any living area below, or partially below, ground level.
(4) Building height is not to exceed two and one-half stories or 30 feet, whichever is lower.
(5) Yards:
(a) Front yard setback shall not be less than 25 linear feet to any part of a structure not including up to five steps open to the sky.
(b) Side yards:
1. Side yards having not less than 10% of the total lot width for each side, but not less than five linear feet each side to any portion of any principle structure, including overhangs, porches, mechanical equipment, stoops, chimneys or the like. A side yard need not be more than eight linear feet, except where a driveway exists or is proposed, not less than ten linear feet.
2. A side yard abutting a street not to be less than 25 feet wide.
(c) Rear yard is not to be less than 30 feet in depth.
(E) Kimball Hill variations to R-3 and R-4 zoning districts.
(1) The areas designated for detached single-family dwelling units be approved for the approved for the R-3 zoning classification with a minimum lot size not less than 9,000 square feet.
(2) Single-family lots shall be subject to the yard dimension variations set forth:
(a) Front yard to be not less than 25 feet where a 30-foot minimum is required.
(b) Side yard abutting a street to be not less than 25 feet where a 30-foot minimum is required.
(c) Rear yard to be not less than 30 feet where a 40-foot minimum is required.
(3) The area designated for attached single-family dwelling units be approved for the R-4 zoning classification with no more than 160 dwelling units permitted.
(4) Single-family development shall be subject to the yard dimension variations set forth:
(a) Front yard to be not less than 25 feet where a 35-foot minimum is required.
(b) Side yard abutting a street to be not less than 25 feet where a 30-foot minimum is required.
(c) Rear yard to be not less than 30 feet where a 40-foot minimum is required. This variation is for building exclusively.
(5) Attached single-family development to be allowed to utilize cul-de-sac streets as noted on the preliminary development plan.
(6) The complete development shall be subject to the notations and comments of the Village Engineer’s memo dated May 4, 1994.
(1981 Code, Art. VII, E) (Ord. passed 12- -1986; Am. Ord. 87-24, passed 12-7-1987; Am. Ord. 98-10, passed 5-4-1998; Am. Ord. 04-01, passed 1-5-2004; Am. Ord. 04-15, passed 5-17-2004; Am. Ord. 13-09, passed 4-1-2013)