(A) Purposes. In addition to the objectives prescribed in § 155.001, the RM Multi-Family Residential District is included in this chapter to achieve the following purposes:
(1) To reserve appropriately located areas for family living in a variety of types of dwellings at a reasonable range of densities consistent with sound standards of public health and safety;
(2) To preserve as many as possible of the desirable characteristics of 1-Family and 2-Family Residential Districts while permitting higher population densities;
(3) To ensure adequate light, air, privacy, and open space for each dwelling unit;
(4) To provide space for semi-public facilities needed to complement urban residential areas and space for institutions that require a residential environment;
(5) To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of excessive size in relation to the land around them;
(6) To provide necessary space for off-street parking of automobiles and, where appropriate, for off-street loading of trucks;
(7) To protect residential properties from noise, illumination, unsightliness, odors, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat, glare, and other objectionable influences; and
(8) To protect residential properties from fire, explosion, noxious fumes, and other hazards.
(Ord. 1992-10, § 500, passed 3-18-1993)
(B) Required conditions.
(2) No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment, or material shall be employed which is found by the Village Board of Trustees to be objectionable to persons residing or working in the vicinity by reason of odor, insect nuisance, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried wastes, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness, or traffic, or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion.
(Ord. 1992-10, § 501, passed 3-18-1993)
(C) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted:
(1) Multi-family dwellings;
(2) Home occupations conducted in accord with the regulations prescribed in § 155.125;
(3) (a) A lone accessory structure located on the same site with a permitted use, including private garages and carports, 1 guest house or accessory living quarters without a kitchen, storehouses, garden structures, greenhouses, recreation rooms, and hobby areas within an enclosed structure. If the premises has a detached garage, the square footage of the garage plus the new accessory structure shall not exceed a total of 650 square feet in area. If the premises has an attached garage, the new accessory shall not exceed 300 square feet in area;
(b) A single-car garage is required on the same lot with a 1,199 square feet or less size 1-family dwelling; and
(c) A 2-car garage or greater is required on the same lot with a 1,200 square feet or greater 1-family house.
(Am. Ord. 2004-16, passed 6-24-2004)
(4) Swimming pools used solely by persons resident on the site and their guests, provided that no swimming pool or accessory mechanical equipment shall be located in a required front yard or less than 10 feet from a property line.
(Ord. 1992-10, § 502, passed 3-18-1993; Am. Ord. 1994-15, passed - -)
(5) Any residential property zoned RM with single-family or two-family residential structure(s) constructed or under construction with a valid permit on said residential property on or before July 22, 2008, and owned under the Illinois Condominium Property Act shall be a permitted use under the Village RM district. Residential structures whose construction is initiated more than 90 days after the date this division is approved, or which are not owned under the Illinois Condominium Property Act shall not be covered by this section.
(Ord. 2008-42, passed 7-17-2008)
(1) Lodging houses in which not more than 15 paying guests may be lodged or boarded;
(2) Churches, convents, monasteries, parish houses, parsonages, and other religious institutions;
(3) Golf courses, public parks and playgrounds;
(4) Hospitals, sanitariums, and nursing homes, not including hospitals, sanitariums, or nursing homes for mental, drug addict, or liquor addict cases;
(5) Daycare facilities and nursery schools;
(6) Private recreation parks and swim clubs;
(7) Public and parochial schools and colleges;
(8) Public utility, public facility, and public services; pumping stations, power stations, equipment buildings and installations, drainageways and structures, storage tanks, found by the Village Board of Trustees to be necessary for the public health, safety, or welfare;
(9) A lone accessory structure and use located on the same site as a special use;
(Am. Ord. 2004-17, passed 6-24-2004)
(10) Bed and breakfast; boarding houses; and hotel, motel, and lodging houses;
(11) Senior housing projects; and
(12) Community-based housing.
(Ord. 1992-10, § 503, passed 3-18-1993)
(E) Setback and yard requirements. In the RM District, more than 1 building containing dwelling units may be permitted on a zoning lot. In addition to the yards and setbacks established for this district, the following additional setbacks between buildings shall be required where there is more than 1 building containing dwelling units on a zoning lot:
(1) Side to side: a minimum of 20 feet is required;
(2) Side to back: a minimum of 30 feet is required;
(3) Front to front: a minimum of 64 feet is required;
(4) Front to side: a minimum of 30 feet is required;
(5) Front to back: a minimum of 64 feet is required;
(6) Back to back: a minimum of 40 feet is required; and
(7) All setbacks shall be increased by 1 foot for every increase of 4 feet in height of either if the adjacent buildings are greater than 25 feet in height.
(Ord. 1992-10, § 504, passed 3-18-1993)
Editor’s note:
This section was also amended by Ord. 1999-9, passed August 5, 1999.