9-4-10: BULK, SPACE AND YARD REQUIREMENTS:

The building height, lot, yard, floor area ratio, and landscaped surface requirements applicable in the business districts are set forth in the following table:

			B-1	B-2	B-3
A.	Maximum Height:
	1.	Principal structures (whichever is less):
		a. Feet	35	35	35
		b. Stories	2	3	3
	2.	Accessory structures (feet)	25	25	25
B.	Minimum Lot Area And Dimensions: 1,2
	1.	Minimum lot area (square feet)	20,000	n/a	43,560
	2.	Minimum lot width (feet)	100	n/a	150
C.	Minimum Yards: 1,3,4,5,6,7,8
	1.	Front and corner side (feet)	25	n/a	50
	2.	Side (feet)	10	n/a	15
	3.	Rear (feet)	25	n/a	30
D.	Maximum Floor Area Ratio:
	1.	Retail uses:
		a. 1 story	0.18	1.0	0.22
		b. More than 1 story	0.18	1.0	0.27
	2.	Office uses:
		a. 1 story	0.25	1.0	0.27
		b. More than 1 story	0.25	1.0	0.34
	3.	Combined retail and office uses:
		a. 1 story	0.22	1.0	0.24
		b. More than 1 story	0.27	1.8	0.35
	4.	All other uses:
		a. 1 story	0.25	1.0	0.30
		b. More than 1 story	0.27	1.5	0.38
E.	Minimum Landscaped Surface Area (Percent):
	1.	Retail uses	40	n/a	30
	2.	Office uses	45	n/a	35
	3.	Combined retail and office uses	40	n/a	40
	4.	All other uses	40	n/a	35

 

   F.   Exceptions And Explanatory Notes:

      1.   Nonconforming Lots: See section 9-11-5 of this title for lot requirements with respect to legal nonconforming lots of record.

      2.   Minimum Lot Area: Water areas and land areas with natural resource restrictions including floodplains, wetlands, and low land conservancy soils are not included as part of the calculation of the required minimum lot area.

      3.   Visibility Across Corners: Any other provision of this zoning code to the contrary notwithstanding, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, allowed to grow, or maintained on any corner lot in any business district other than the B-2 district in violation of the provisions of subsection 4-2-1-3C of the Lake Zurich municipal code.

      4.   Special Setbacks For Signs: Special setbacks established for some signs in the Lake Zurich municipal code shall control over the yards established in the table.

      5.   Specified Structures And Uses In Required Yards: The following structures and uses, except as limited below, may be located in any required yard:

         a.   Statuary, arbors, trellises, and ornamental light standards having a height of 8 feet or less; and

         b.   Awnings, canopies, eaves, and gutters projecting not more than 3 feet into the required yard; and

         c.   Fire escapes when required pursuant to applicable codes and ordinances; and

         d.   Bay windows and balconies projecting not more than 3 feet from an exterior wall for a distance not more than 1/3 of the length of such wall; and

         e.   Chimneys, flues, belt courses, leaders, sills, pilasters, lintels, ornamental features, cornices, and the like projecting not more than 2 feet from an exterior wall; and

         f.   Outside stairways projecting from an exterior wall not more than 3 feet and having a height of 4 feet or less; and

         g.   Flagpoles; and

         h.   Terraces; and

         i.   Fences, walls, and hedges, subject to the limitations of the Lake Zurich municipal code; and

         j.   Driveways, subject to the limitations of subsection 9-10-1C of this title.

      6.   Rear Yard Regulation For Accessory Structures And Uses In The B-1 District: Accessory parking areas and lots shall not be required to maintain a rear yard or setback in the B-1 district in excess of 10 feet if no part of such rear yard is contiguous to any property zoned in any residential district; provided, however, that this regulation shall not apply to antennas and antenna support structures.

      7.   Special Yards Abutting Ela Road And Cuba Road: Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, all yards along every lot line abutting Ela Road or Cuba Road shall be not less than 40 feet.

      8.   Special Yards Abutting Route 12 And Route 22: Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, all yards along every lot line abutting Route 12 or abutting Route 22 between Ela Road and the westernmost village limits shall be not less than 50 feet.

(Ord., 10-2004)