The R-E, R-L, R-M, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 Single-Family Residential Districts are hereby established as Districts in which the principal use of land is for single-family dwellings and related educational, cultural and religious uses where appropriate and harmonious with the residential environment. For these Single-Family Residential Districts, in promoting the general purpose of this Zoning Code, the specific intent of this chapter is to:
(a) Encourage the construction of, and the continued use of, the land for, single-family dwellings.
(b) Prohibit business, commercial or industrial use of the land, and to prohibit any other use that would interfere with development or maintenance of single-family dwellings in the District. To that end, the Village Council determines and finds that a developing trend toward short-term rental occupancy in traditional single-family residential dwellings is undesirable and inconsistent with maintaining the character and integrity of the Village’s single-family residential neighborhoods; that it is considered to be a commercial use of residential premises akin to a motel or inn, which are uses that are not permitted in single-family residential districts; and that such commercial uses have not been, and are not, permitted to be located in single-family residential districts.
(c) Encourage the discontinuance of existing uses that would not be permitted as new uses under the provisions of this Zoning Code.
(d) Discourage any land use that would generate traffic on minor or local streets, other than normal traffic to serve the residences on those streets.
(e) Discourage any use that, because of its character or size, would create requirements and costs for public services, such as fire and police protection, water supply and sewerage, substantially in excess of such requirements and costs if the District were developed solely for single-family dwellings.
(Ord. 158. Passed 9-14-87; Ord. 2005-01. Passed 1-10-05; Ord. 2021-04. Passed 10-11-21.)