(A) Words used in the present tense shall include the future; the singular number shall include the plural and the plural the singular; the word
BUILDING shall include the word STRUCTURE and the word SHALL is mandatory and not directory.
(B) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS. A subordinate building or a portion of the main building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building or the main use of the premises. An accessory use is one which is incidental the main use of the premises including a private garage.
ALLEY. A public or private thoroughfare which affords a secondary means of access to property abutting thereon.
BASEMENT. A story having part but not more than one-half of its height below grade. A BASEMENT shall not be counted as a story for the purpose of height regulation.
BUILDING. Any structure designed or intended for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection of persons, animals, chattels, or property. When a structure is divided into separate parts by unpierced walls extending from the ground up, each part is deemed a separate BUILDING.
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF. The vertical distance from the grade to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof, or the mean height level between eaves and ridge, for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
BUSINESS. Any occupation, employment, or enterprise wherein goods, merchandise, or other property is exhibited or sold, or which occupies time, attention, labor, or materials, or where services are offered for compensation.
CAR WASH. Any building or area constructed for the purpose of providing stalls, spaces, or other areas for washing and cleaning of motor vehicles by the general public.
CELLAR. A story having more than one-half of its height below grade. A CELLAR is not included in computing the number of stories for the purpose of height measurement.
DRIVE-IN ESTABLISHMENT. A business which accommodates patrons’ motor vehicles, in which patrons may be served or may use goods or merchandise sold by such business.
DWELLING. Any building or portion thereof, but not hotels, motels, nursing homes, tourist homes, mobile homes, trailers, or tents, which is designed or used exclusively for residential purposes.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE. A building designed as or consisting of more than two dwelling units.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY. A building designed as or consisting of one dwelling unit.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. A building designed as or consisting of two dwelling units.
DWELLING UNIT. A group of rooms constituting all or part of a structure, which are arranged, designed, used, or intended exclusively as living quarters for one family, and which includes complete kitchen and bathroom facilities, permanently installed and not shared with another dwelling unit.
FAMILY. One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single housekeeping unit, whether or not related to each other by birth, adoption, or marriage; but no unrelated group consisting of more than five persons shall be considered a family.
FENCE. A barrier intended to prevent ingress or egress, to mark a boundary, or to create a sense of privacy or security.
FILLING STATION. Any building or premises used for the dispensing, sale, or offering for sale at retail or wholesale of any motor vehicle fuels or oils.
FRONTAGE. All property on one side of a street between two intersecting streets (crossing or terminating), measured along the line of the street, or if the street is dead ended, then all of the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street, and the dead end of the street.
GARAGE, CLASS II. Any building or premises, except those used as a private garage, used for equipping, repairing, leasing, selling, or storing motor vehicles.
GARAGE, PRIVATE. An accessory building or portion of a main building housing motor vehicles which are the property of and for the private use of the occupants of the lot on which the private garage is located. Not more than one of the vehicles may be a commercial vehicle of more than three tons capacity. An open-sided garage, commonly known as a carport, shall be considered a PRIVATE GARAGE for purposes of this title.
HOME OCCUPATION. Any occupation, profession, avocation, or hobby, whether or not for profit, carried on in a residential district.
HOTEL. A building containing lodging rooms, a general kitchen and dining room, a common entrance lobby, and halls, stairways, or elevators, where each lodging room does not have a doorway opening to the outdoors, in which lodging is provided and offered to the public for compensation, and which is open to transient guests, in contradistinction to a boarding house or lodging house.
INSTITUTION. A building occupied by a non-profit corporation or a non-profit establishment for public use.
LODGING HOUSE. A building or place where lodging is provided (or which is equipped regularly to provide lodging) by prearrangement for a definite period, for compensation, for three or more, but not exceeding 12 individuals, not open to transient guests, in contradistinction to hotels or motels open to transients. A BOARDING HOUSE shall be synonymous with a LODGING HOUSE.
LOT. A parcel of land, whether as described on a plat of subdivision or further divided, which is occupied or intended for occupancy by one principal building or one principal use permitted in this title, together with accessory buildings, and together with yards and parking spaces required by this title, and having at least 49 feet of frontage upon a street.
LOT, CORNER. A lot abutting upon two streets at their intersection.
LOT, DEPTH OF. The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE. A lot having a frontage on two non-intersecting streets, as distinguished from a corner lot.
LOT LINE. The dividing line between a lot, tract, or parcel of land and the contiguous street, alley, or adjacent lots, tracts, or parcels of land. A STREET LINE shall be synonymous with a FRONT LOT LINE.
MOBILE HOME. A structure designed for permanent habitation and so constructed as to permit its transport on wheels, temporarily or permanently attached to its frame, from the place of its construction to the location, or subsequent locations, at which it is intended to be a permanent habitation and designed to permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling for one or more persons. The term MOBILE HOME shall include manufactured homes constructed after June 30, 1976, in accordance with the Federal National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. MOBILE HOMES are permitted only in a mobile home parks licensed by the State of Illinois.
MODULAR HOME. A factory-built home which is subject to regulation by the state’s Department of Public Health and not built on a permanent chassis. By law, a MODULAR HOME must have affixed to it a yellow seal in the shape of the State of Illinois on the electrical panel box or a similar seal of the State of Indiana. A MODULAR HOME on a permanent perimeter foundation extending below the frost depth qualifies as a single-family structure in any zone in which single-family structures are allowed. Should the state’s Department of Public Health approve a factory-built home with a permanent chassis, such a home is not considered a MODULAR HOME under this title, but rather is considered a MOBILE HOME under this title.
MOTEL. A building containing lodging rooms, where each lodging room has a doorway opening to the outdoors, in which lodging is provided and offered to the public for compensation, and which is open to transient guests, in contradistinction to a boarding house or lodging house.
NON-CONFORMING USE. Any building or land lawfully occupied by a use, lawful at the time of passage of the zoning ordinance codified herein or any amendment thereto, which does not conform after the passage of the zoning ordinance or amendment thereto with the use regulations of the district in which it is situated.
PARKING SPACE. A durably surfaced area, enclosed in the main building, in an accessory building, or unenclosed, sufficient in size to store one standard automobile, exclusive of a durably surfaced driveway connecting the parking space with a street or alley and permitting satisfactory ingress and egress of an automobile. Any PARKING SPACE designated for use by handicapped motorists shall be sized in accordance with standards promulgated by the state’s Department of Transportation.
SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS. Businesses or offices wherein services are offered for compensation, and where the sale of goods or merchandise are incidental to the main activity.
SIGNS, ADVERTISING. A sign which directs attention to a business, goods, merchandise, commodity, or service not sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is erected or in the structure upon which it is affixed.
STORY. The portion of a building other than a cellar or basement, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.
STORY, HALF. A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall space not more than three feet above the top floor level, and in which space not more than 60% of the floor area is finished off for use.
STREET. All property used, dedicated, or intended for public or private street or roadway purposes or subject to easements therefor.
STREET LINE. The front lot line, dividing a lot, tract, or parcel of land and contiguous property used, dedicated, or intended for use as a street.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS. Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams, or girders, or any substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected, that use of which requires permanent location on the ground or attached to something having a permanent location on the ground, including, but not limited to signs, private garages, sheds, decks, patios, and canopies.
TRAILERS. A vehicle or portable structure built on a chassis, designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational or vacation use, and customarily towed behind a motor vehicle. A self-propelled trailer, commonly called a motor home, shall be considered a TRAILER for purposes of this title. A camper, customarily designed for mounting upon the bed of a pick-up truck, shall also be considered a TRAILER for purposes of this title.
YARD. An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied and unobstructed by a portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein. In measuring a YARD for the purpose of determining the width of a side yard, the depth of the front yard, or the depth of a rear yard, the mean horizontal distance between the lot line, as platted, and the main building shall be used.
YARD, FRONT. A yard extending across the front of a lot between the side yard lines, and being the minimum horizontal distance between the street line and the main building or any projection thereof other than the projection of the usual steps.
YARD, REAR. A yard extending cross the rear of a lot, measured between the side lot lines, and being the minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the rear of the main building or any projections other than steps. On corner lots, the REAR YARD shall be considered as parallel to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension. On both corner lots and interior lots, the REAR YARD shall in all cases be at the opposite end of the lot from the front yard.
YARD, SIDE. A yard between the main building and the side line of the lots and extending from the front line to the rear yard line.
(Ord. 282, passed 8-15-1989; Ord. 98-26, passed 9-15-1998)