(A) Purpose. The R-3 District is established to provide areas of a higher density than the R-2 District but of a similar urban character where community water and sewer facilities are available.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted:
(1) One family detached dwellings and permitted accessory uses.
(2) Parks, forest preserves and recreational areas, when publicly owned and operated.
(3) Home occupations.
(5) Signs - refer to Chapter 153.
(C) Special uses. The following uses may be allowed by special use permit in accordance with the provisions of § 157.189.
(1) Two-family dwellings and permitted accessory uses. Every two-family dwelling hereafter erected shall be located on a lot having an area of not less than 12,000 square feet and a width at the established building line of not less than 90 feet. See § 157.065(F)(1) above for side yard adjoining a street.
(2) Cemeteries, including crematories and mausoleums in conjunction therewith.
(3) Churches, rectories, seminaries, convents, monasteries and similar religious institutions, including dormitories and other accessory uses required for operation.
(4) Doctors' and physicians' offices, provided there are adequate parking facilities and provided that the property is adjacent and contiguous to ben existing B-1 zoning district.
(5) Golf courses including ancillary uses normally provided, such as restaurants, including the sale of alcoholic beverages, residential uses for guests, manager and other employees, but not including commercially operated driving ranges or miniature golf courses; and provided that no club house or accessory building shall be located nearer than 500 feet to any dwelling on another zoning lot.
(6) Filling of holes, pits or lowlands with non-combustible material free from refuse and food wastes.
(7) Home occupations.
(8) Nursing home and rest home.
(9) Private recreational areas or camps, when not operated for profit.
(10) Schools, public, denominational, or private, elementary and high, including playgrounds and athletic fields auxiliary thereto.
(11) Planned developments, under single ownership or control, in which incidental business or recreational facilities for the convenience of the occupants may be furnished, provided the property proposed for development shall have a gross area of at least four acres. For such developments, the Village Board may vary the regulations herein, provided such variations are consistent with the general purpose and intent of the ordinance and will result in better site planning and thus be of greater benefit to both the occupants of the development and to the community.
(12) Radio and television stations and towers, but not commercial towers.
(13) Railroad rights-of-way and trackage, but not including reclassification yards, terminal facilities or maintenance facilities.
(14) Schools - nursery, public or private.
(15) Swimming club, private (commercial).
(16) Swimming club, private (non-profit).
(17) Trucks - the storing of solid waste disposal trucks that existed at the adoption date of this chapter shall be permitted as a special use and shall not be considered nonconforming.
(E) Minimum lot size.
(1) Every one-family detached dwelling hereafter erected shall be located on a lot having an area of not less than 10,000 square feet and a width at the established building line of not less than 66 feet. The width of 66 feet shall apply only to existing lots and any future lots in any R-3 District shall have a width at the established building line of not less than 75 feet.
(2) All nonresidential principal uses of buildings, as permitted herein, shall be located on a tract of land having an area of not less than 12,000 square feet and a width at the established building line of not less than 80 feet.
(3) Minimum lot sizes for special uses shall be prescribed and conditions imposed at the time a special use permit is authorized, but in no case shall any such lot have an area of less than 12,000 square feet.
(F) Yard areas. No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained:
(1) Front yard. A front yard of not less than 30 feet and on corner lots the front yard requirements shall be met on both frontages of corner lots.
(2) Side yards. A side yard on each side of the main building of not less than six feet, except where a side yard adjoins a street the minimum width of such yard shall be not less than 30 feet. On lots upon which a nonresidential use is erected or enlarged, there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet on each side of the main structure and a combined total of side yards of not less than 25 feet, except where a side yard adjoins a street the minimum width of such yard shall be not less than 30 feet.
(3) Rear yard. A rear yard of not less than 30 feet.
(G) Maximum lot coverage. Not more than 30% of the lot area may be occupied by buildings and structures, including accessory buildings.
(H) Building height. No building shall exceed a height of 30 feet or two stories, whichever is lowest.
(I) Minimum dwelling unit size. No single-family dwelling unit on a 67-foot wide lot or more shall have less than 1200 square feet floor area above grade; and no single-family dwelling unit on a 66-foot wide lot or less shall have less than 1000 square feet floor area and kitchen area must be above grade.
(Ord. 77-08, passed 6-28-77; Am. Ord. 79-02, passed 5-29-79; Am. Ord. 80-1, passed 4-14-80; Am. Ord. 01-07, passed 8-6-01) Penalty, see § 157.999