Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU): A small, self-contained residential dwelling unit that is secondary to a larger residential dwelling unit located on the same lot.
Accessory Storage Building (ASB): An accessory building used for the parking of motor vehicles and the storage of various equipment. Accessory storage buildings include garages, greenhouses, sheds, and similar buildings.
Accessory Structure: A structure located on the same lot as a principal structure, and that is subordinate in structure and use to the principal structure.
Accessory Use: A use located on the same lot as a principal use that is subordinate to the principal use.
Active Park Areas: Areas specifically adapted and planned for a wide range of physical activity such as group games, physical education, sports, and athletics. Facilities usually include, but are not limited to, playfields, game courts, rinks, pools, skate parks, tennis courts, community centers, and play apparatus.
Addition: Construction that increases the size of a building or structure in terms of height, length, width, floor area, or lot coverage.
Adjacent: Property or a right-of-way that touches a lot line of the subject property or is separated by only an alley. Properties shall not be considered adjacent to one another if a named or numbered right-of-way separates the properties.
Administrative Adjustment: Authorization granted by the Zoning Administrator to allow development that deviates from the specific regulations of this Chapter within a narrowly defined set of circumstances.
Adult Cabaret: An establishment that features any of the following: persons who appear nude or seminude; live performances that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the exposure, depiction, or description of "Specified Anatomical Areas" or the conduct or simulation of "Specified Sexual Activities"; or films, motion pictures, videos, slides, computer displays, or other visual representations or recordings that emphasize "Specified Anatomical Areas" or "Specified Sexual Activities."
Adult Store: An establishment having a substantial or significant portion of its sales or stock in trade devoted to books, magazines, periodicals, other printed matter, instruments, novelties, devices, paraphernalia, films, motion pictures, videos, digital materials, or other visual representations that are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to "Specified Sexual Activities" or "Specified Anatomical Areas." This shall include any establishment with a segment or section devoted to the sale or display of such materials, or an establishment that publicly claims itself as a purveyor of such materials based upon its signage, advertising, displays, actual sales, presence of booths, or any other factors showing the establishment's primary purpose is to purvey such material.
Adult Theater: An establishment that, as a substantial or significant portion of its business, presents films, motion pictures, videos, digital materials, or other visual representations that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to "Specified Sexual Activities" or "Specified Anatomical Areas."
Adult Use: "Adult Use" shall include "Adult Cabarets," "Adult Stores," "Adult Theaters," and other similar uses.
A-Frame Sign: A movable ground sign constructed in the shape of an "A" or some variation thereof. Refer to Figure 156.12-A. A-Frame Sign.
Agriculture: The use of land for farming, animal husbandry, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, apiculture, aquaculture, hydroponics, tree farms, and sod farms where these uses are the principal use of the land. Agriculture does not include "Mining Operations" or "Garden Center."
Alley: A narrow public or private right-of-way typically located at the side or rear of lots that is used to minimize the need for curb cuts and driveways along other streets and provide access to parking, loading, and service areas for adjacent properties.
Alteration: A change in the supporting members of a building or structure, such as bearing walls, partitions, columns, beams, or girders, or a substantial change to the roof or exterior walls.
Animal Boarding: An establishment where pet animals are temporarily boarded. "Animal Boarding" does not include "Animal Hospitals."
Animal Day Care: An establishment for the temporary sheltering and care of domesticated animals weighing less than 200 pounds, and may provide such services as obedience classes, training, behavioral counseling, and socializing.
Animal Grooming: An establishment where animals are brought for grooming and does not contain boarding facilities.
Animal Hospital: An establishment for the care and treatment of ill or injured pet animals that may be temporarily boarded during the period of care and treatment.
Animal Shelter: An establishment where pet animals are temporarily boarded while permanent homes are found for them.
Antenna: A linear antenna designed to send and/or receive television, radio, communication, data, or other similar signals from other antennas.
Arbor: A freestanding structure that serves to support climbing plants, often used to define an access point to a garden.
Attention Getting Device: A sign that directs attention to a business, product, or service using streamers, spinners, propellers, paddle wheels, or other ornamentation designed to move in the wind. "Attention Getting Devices" do not include "Banner Flag Signs" or "Inflatable Devices."
Awning: A roof-like cover, often constructed of flexible fabric and/or metal, which projects from the wall of a structure over a window, sidewalk, or door and is designed for protection from the weather or as a decorative element.
Balcony: A platform that projects from the exterior wall of a building, which is exposed to the open air, has direct access to the interior of the building, and is not supported by columns extending to the ground.
Ball Court: A paved area used to play sports and/or games.
Bandit Sign: A sign affixed, posted, painted, or pasted to any tree, utility pole, hydrant, bench, fence, stake, trash receptacle, sidewalk, curb, parkway, street, median, or similar location, located on either public or private property.
Banner Flag Sign: A sign typically made of lightweight fabric or other flexible material that is mounted to a pole and designed to move in the wind. "Banner Flag Signs" do not include "Attention Getting Devices." Refer to Figure 156.12-B. Banner Flag Sign.
Banner Sign: A sign typically made of lightweight fabric or other flexible material with or without a frame. "Banner Signs" do not include "Attention Getting Devices."
Banquet Hall: An establishment that provides accommodations for private functions, such as weddings, anniversaries, or other similar celebrations. Such use may include facilities for the preparation of food, sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, and outdoor reception facilities.
Bar/Tavern: An establishment that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, and may serve food for consumption on the premises in a manner that is incidental to the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Base Flood: A flood that has a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
Base Flood Elevation: The level to which floodwater is anticipated to rise during a base flood.
Basement: A portion of a building located partly or entirely underground that has no more than one half of its height above grade.
Bed and Breakfast: A single-unit dwelling which offers lodging services on a short-term basis for a fee which may offer breakfast meals to guests. "Bed and Breakfast" does not include "Home Occupation."
Best Management Practice (BMP): A structural device, measure, or program used to reduce pollution in stormwater runoff. BMPs regulate the quantity of stormwater runoff and improve the quality of the runoff before it enters groundwater.
Bicycle Parking Space: An area used to park a bicycle that may or may not be located on a right-of-way.
Bioretention: The process of utilizing a shallow vegetated basin to collect and absorb stormwater runoff as part of systems such as bioretention cells, bioretention curb extensions, and bioretention planters.
Bioswale: A shallow vegetated basin that collects, absorbs, and conveys stormwater runoff.
Block: Land bounded on all sides by street rights-of-way, utility rights-of-way, and/or physical barriers such as bodies of water or public open spaces.
Blue Roof: A roof that is designed to store and discharge rainfall.
Boat Launch: An on shore ramp used to move watercraft to and from a body of water.
Body Art Establishment: An establishment that provides physical body adornment, alteration or modification that may include, but shall not be limited to, piercing, tattooing, branding, braiding, implantation or scarification.
Brewery/Distillery: An establishment that produces alcoholic and/or non-alcoholic malt liquor on site, which may include an accessory or adjacent taproom where customers are allowed to sample and purchase products manufactured on-site. The sale of beer or other alcoholic liquors manufactured outside the premises is prohibited.
Buffer Yard: A yard or landscape component used to separate uses or structures, diminish light trespass, or fulfill other similar purposes.
Building: A structure with substantial walls and a substantial roof that is securely affixed to land and separated on all sides from similar structures by space or by walls that do not have communicating doors, windows, or similar openings.
Building Height: For a building with a flat roof, the vertical distance measured from the ground immediately adjacent to the building to its highest point. For a building with a gable, hip, or gambrel roof, the vertical distance measured from the ground immediately adjacent to the building to the mean point between the eaves and the ridge. For a building with a mansard roof, the vertical distance measured from the ground immediately adjacent to the building to the deck line. Regardless of roof type, the following projections shall not be included when determining building height: chimneys, towers, spires, steeples, parapet walls, staircase enclosures, elevator enclosures, tanks, cooling towers, green roofs, blue roofs, mechanical equipment, and similar projections. See Figure 156.12-C. Building Height and Roof Types.
Cannabis: The same definition as "cannabis" set forth in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, ILCS Ch. 410, Act 705, § 1-10, as amended.
Cannabis Business Establishment: A "cannabis business establishment as defined in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, ILCS Ch. 410, Act 705, § 1-10, as amended; or a medical cannabis dispensary or medical dispensary cultivation center.
Cannabis Craft Grower: "Craft grower" as defined in in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, ILCS Ch. 410, Act 705, § 1-10, as amended.
Cannabis Cultivation Center: "Cultivation center" as defined in in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, ILCS Ch. 410, Act 705, § 1-10, as amended.
Cannabis Dispensary: "Dispensing organization" and "dispensary" as defined in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, ILCS Ch. 410, Act 705, § 1-10, as amended.
Cannabis Infuser: "Infuser organization" or "infuser" as defined in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, ILCS Ch. 410, Act 705, § 1-10, as amended.
Cannabis Processer: "Processing organization or "processor" as defined in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, ILCS Ch. 410, Act 705, § 1-10, as amended.
Cannabis Transporter: "Transporting organization" or "transporter" as defined in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, ILCS Ch. 410, Act 705, § 1-10, as amended.
Canopy: A rigid roof-like cover, often constructed of metal and/or glass, which projects from the wall of a structure over a window, sidewalk, or door and is designed for protection from the weather or as a decorative element. A canopy may include ground-mounted support posts.
Carnival or Circus: A traveling group of rides, animal displays, shows, games, and/or concessions.
Chicken Coop: An enclosure used to house chickens.
Club, Lodge, or Hall: A meeting, recreational, or social facility primarily established for the use of the members and guests of a non-profit or private organization.
College or University: A facility for post-secondary higher learning that grants associate or bachelor degrees. The institution may also have research facilities and/or professional schools that grant master and doctoral degrees. "College or University" may include ancillary uses such as dormitories, cafeterias, restaurants, athletic facilities, and similar uses.
Commercial Stable: An establishment where equines are sheltered for hire or sale. Lessons, boarding of equines, therapeutic riding, and recreational riding are allowed activities as part of the operation of a commercial stable.
Commercial Vehicle: A motor vehicle operated for the transportation of people or property in furtherance of a commercial enterprise.
Community Garden: Land that is collectively cultivated and maintained by a group of people.
Community Residence: A group residence consisting of a group home or specialized residential care home serving persons with disabilities that is licensed, certified, or accredited by the appropriate state or federal agencies. Such residence shall serve as a single housekeeping unit for the housing of unrelated people with functional disabilities who share responsibilities, meals, social activities, and other aspects of residential living. "Community Residence" does not include "Residential Care Facility," and does not include a residence that serves persons as an alternative to incarceration for a criminal offense.
Compost Bin: A container used to store and break down organic matter to produce material that facilitates fertilizing and conditioning soil.
Conforming Structure: A structure that complies with the bulk and setback regulations of this Ordinance for the zoning district in which such structure is located.
Conforming Use: A use that complies with the use regulations of this Ordinance for the zoning district in which such use is located.
Contractor Trailer: A portable building or structure which may include office space and/or facilities for equipment storage for a construction project.
Corner Lot: A parcel of land located at the intersection of at least two streets and that has frontage on each street.
Corner Side Facade: Any facade that faces and is most closely parallel to the corner side lot line.
Corner Side Lot Line: The boundary of a lot that is approximately perpendicular to the front and rear lot lines, which separates the longest street right-of-way frontage of a corner lot from the street right-of-way. Refer to Figure 156.12-D. Lot Lines and Yards.
Corner Side Yard: The area on a lot extending from the corner side facade of a building to the corner side lot line between the front yard and the rear lot line. Refer to Figure 156.12-D. Lot Lines and Yards.
Cross Slope: The incline of a path perpendicular to the direction of travel.
Cultural Facility: A use that provides cultural services including, but not limited to, museums, cultural centers, historical societies, and libraries.
Curb Extension: An extension of the curb line into the street, across the parking lane to the edge of the travel lane.
Day Care Center: An establishment providing care for more than three children or adults in a protective setting for less than 24 hours per day that is not located within a residential dwelling unit. "Day Care Center" does not include day care programs operated by an "Educational Facility" or a "Place of Worship."
Day Care Home: A facility within a residential dwelling unit that provides care for children or adults in a protective setting for less than 24 hours per day.
Deck: A roofless outdoor platform that is elevated from the ground and connects to the exterior wall of a building.
Design Vehicle: The vehicle type selected from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) classification system for the purpose of creating geometric designs for a highway or street.
Development: Any human-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to construction of or substantial improvements to buildings or other structures, the placement of mobile homes, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation, or drilling operations.
Dog Run: A fenced-in area located within a yard that provides space for a dog to exercise.
Drive-Thru Facility: A facility used to provide products or services through a window, attendant, or automated machine to people in motor vehicles. A "Drive-Thru Facility" may be established in combination with other uses, such as a "Financial Institution," "Personal Services Establishment," "Restaurant," or "Retail Goods Establishment." A "Drive-Thru Facility" shall not be considered to be established in combination with a "Motor Vehicle, Sales, Repair and/or Service."
Drive-Thru Sign: A sign that displays items for sale or service at an establishment with "Drive-Thru Facilities."
Driveway: An unobstructed area that provides access to a parking or loading space.
Dwelling Above the Ground Floor: A dwelling unit located on the upper floor(s) of a building that contains non-residential uses on its ground floor.
Dwelling Unit: A structure, or portion of a structure, providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. "Dwelling Unit" does not include a RV, motor home, trailer, tent, or portable building.
Easement: Land which has been designated by lawful agreement between the owner of the land and another person for a specified use by such person.
Eave: The projecting lower edge of a roof that overhangs the wall of a building.
Effective Turning Radius: The minimum radius appropriate for turning from the right-hand travel lane on the approach street to the appropriate lane of the receiving street, measured along the path a vehicle follows when turning. This measurement is determined by the selection of the design vehicle appropriate for the street, and will typically be larger than the actual radius, as it accounts for the presence of on-street parking, bicycle lanes and other elements in a turning vehicle's path onto the destination street.
Electrical Vehicle Charging Station: A location used to supply energy to electric vehicles.
Electrical Generator: A device that generates electrical power.
Electronic Message Sign: A sign that displays a changeable message with text, or simple images using an electronic display. "Electronic Message Signs" shall not include "Video Display Signs."
Encroachment: The location of a structure within a required setback.
Environmental Performance Standards: Criteria established to regulate noise, odor, dust, air pollution, glare, heat, vibration, fire, explosion hazards, or hazardous materials generated by the use of land or buildings.
Externally Illuminated Sign: A sign that is lit by a source of light located outside the sign so that light shines onto the sign face.
Facade: The exterior face of a building, including, but not limited to, the wall, windows, windowsills, doorways, and design elements.
Farmers Market: An outdoor market located in a designated area for the sale of agricultural products, such as fruits, vegetables, juices, flowers, plants, herbs, spices, dairy goods, meats, by the vendors who typically produce such items, as well as baked goods, arts and crafts, and other value-added goods.
Farmerstand: An open air stand for the seasonal sale of agricultural produce which is produced on the same property.
Fence: A barrier typically constructed of brick, stone, treated wood, simulated wood, PVC, steel, or a combination of materials, that is erected to separate, screen, or enclose an area.
Financial Institution: A bank, credit union, savings and loan office, currency exchange, payday loan establishment, or an automated teller machine established by such an entity.
Flag: A sign made of flexible material which is mounted on a pole and symbolizes any governmental, political, civic, educational, religious, or corporate organization.
Flashing Sign: A sign which contains an intermittent or sequential light source that may flash, blink, strobe, travel, chase, rotate, or change in intensity, brightness, or color. "Flashing Signs" do not include "Electronic Message Signs", or "Video Display Signs."
Flat Roof: A flat roof structure with no visible slope, which is located on all street-facing facades and may or may not have overhanging eaves. See Figure 156.12-C. Building Height and Roof Types.
Flood Fringe: The portion of the 100-year floodplain that is located outside of the designated floodway.
Floodplain: The land adjacent to a body of water with ground surface elevations at or below the base flood, which has been or may be covered by floodwater. The floodplain includes the "Floodway" and "Flood Fringe."
Floodproofing: A combination of structural provisions or changes to properties and structures subject to flooding primarily for the reduction or elimination of flood damages to properties, water and sanitary facilities, structures and contents of structures in floodprone areas.
Floodway: The bed of the wetland or lake and the channel of a watercourse and those portions of the adjoining floodplain which are reasonably required to carry or store the base flood discharge.
Foot-Candle: A measure of the illuminance cast upon a surface that is one foot from a uniform light source of one candela, and which is equal to one lumen per square foot.
Front Facade: Any facade that faces and is most closely parallel to the front lot line.
Front Lot Line: The boundary of a lot that is adjacent to a street right-of-way. For corner lots, the front lot line shall be the shortest street frontage of the lot. For irregularly shaped lots, the front lot line shall be the entire length of the lot line that is adjacent to a street right-of-way. Refer to Figure 156.12-D. Lot Lines and Yards.
Front Yard: The area on a lot extending from the front facade of a building to the front lot line between the side lot lines. Refer to Figure 156.12-D. Lot Lines and Yards.
Fully Shielded Lighting: A fixture that prevents light from being emitted above a horizontal plane running from the lowest point of the fixture that emits light.
Funeral Home: An establishment where services are conducted for the deceased, including facilities to prepare the deceased for display, burial, and/or cremation.
Garage: A building, either attached or detached, which is used or designed for the parking and storage of motor vehicles, and the storage of various equipment.
Garage or Yard Sale: The sale of a variety of used household items, which is typically held in the garage or front yard of a residential dwelling unit.
Garage or Yard Sale Sign: A sign advertising the sale of items typically held in a garage or yard.
Garden: An area dedicated to the cultivation of plants.
Garden Center: An establishment that sells plants grown or stored on site.
Gazebo: A freestanding open-sided structure that provides shade and shelter in outdoor areas.
Government Facility: A building or structure owned, operated, and/or occupied by a governmental agency to provide services to the public. "Government Facility" includes public safety facilities, public works facilities, post offices, and administrative offices, but does not include "Park," "Preschool or Elementary School," or "Secondary School."
Government Sign: A sign, such as a traffic control sign, public safety sign, emergency sign, or public notice, that is required by applicable federal, state, county, or local regulations.
Grade: The average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the building.
Greenhouse: A building for the cultivation and protection of plants, which is typically constructed of transparent glass, metal, and/or plastic.
Green Infrastructure: Systems that use vegetation, soils, and natural processes to collect and absorb stormwater runoff, such as "Blue Roofs," "Green Roofs," "Permeable Pavement," "Rain Gardens," and "Rainwater Cisterns."
Green Roof: A roof that is partially or completely covered with vegetation, a growing medium, and a waterproof membrane, that absorbs rainwater and reduces the heat absorbed by a building or structure.
Gross Floor Area: The total horizontal area of the floors of a building as measured from the outside face of the walls.
Half Street: A portion of the width of a right-of-way, usually along the edge of a development, where the remaining portion of the right-of-way is provided as part of the future development of the adjacent property.
Headstone: A non-commercial sign in the form of a tombstone, tablet, grave marker, statuary, or memorial, that offers a remembrance of persons or events.
Heavy Manufacturing: The manufacturing of products from unprocessed or raw materials, which may include the use of highly flammable material, toxic matter, or explosives. Heavy industrial processes ordinarily have a significant impact on the environment and adjacent properties. Typical heavy manufacturing uses include, but shall not be limited to, chemical processing, grain milling, metal casting, metal smelting, motor vehicle assembly, petroleum refining, rendering, tire assembly, and asphalt, brick, concrete, or tile manufacturing.
Historical Marker: A sign displaying information of historic significance such as a building's name, date of erection, or location.
Home Occupation: An occupation carried on in a dwelling unit by a resident, which is accessory to the residential use of the dwelling unit. "Home Occupation" does not include "Bed and Breakfast."
Hoophouse: An accessory structure used as a greenhouse or season extender and is often characterized by a half-round dome shape.
Hospital: An institution that provides healthcare and medical services for the sick and injured, which may include, but shall not be limited to, in-patient facilities, out-patient facilities, training facilities, offices, and laboratories.
Hot Tub: Any structure, other than a bathtub for indoor use, intended for recreational bathing, in which all controls, water-heating and water-circulating equipment are an integral part of the product. A "Hot Tub" may include, but shall not be limited to Jacuzzis, whirlpools, and spas. A "Hot Tub" shall not include "Swimming Pool", as defined in this Section.
Hotel/Motel: An establishment that provides sleeping accommodations and lodging services on a short-term basis for a fee and amenities which may include, but shall not be limited to, restaurants, meeting rooms, health clubs, and swimming pools.
Illegal Structure: A structure that did not legally exist prior to the adoption of this ordinance and does not conform with the current ordinance requirements for the district in which it is located.
Illegal Use: An activity or facility that does not enjoy a legal conforming or legal nonconforming status, as defined in this Ordinance.
Indoor Entertainment: An enclosed building where spectator uses are conducted by a for-profit entity that typically charges patrons a fee to enter. Typical "Indoor Entertainment" uses include, but shall not be limited to, indoor theaters, indoor music venues, and indoor sports arenas. "Indoor Entertainment" uses may include refreshment stands that provide products for consumption on the premises. "Indoor Entertainment" does not include "Adult Use" or "Indoor Recreation."
Indoor Recreation: An enclosed building where recreational activities are conducted by a for-profit entity that typically charges patrons a fee to enter. Typical "Indoor Recreation" uses may include, but shall not be limited to, bowling alleys, pool halls, health clubs, sporting and training facilities, children's play facilities, arcades, indoor miniature golf courses, indoor swimming pools, indoor tennis courts, and indoor skating facilities. "Indoor Recreation" uses may include refreshment stands that provide products for consumption on the premises. "Indoor Recreation" does not include "Indoor Entertainment," "Park", "Preschool or Elementary School," or "Secondary School."
Industrial Street: A medium capacity street designed for low to moderate speeds with a right-of-way that accommodates larger vehicles than other street types.
Inflatable Device: An advertising display that consists of flexible fabric or similar material that can be filled with air or gas and that may or may not be tethered to a specific location, and may move using a fan. "Inflatable Devices" do not include "Attention Getting Devices."
Interior Lot: A parcel of land that has street frontage along at least one lot line and is flanked by lots along its side lot lines.
Interior Side Facade: Any facade that faces and is most closely parallel to the interior side lot line.
Interior Side Lot Line: The boundary of a lot that is approximately perpendicular to the front and rear lot lines and is not adjacent to the street right-of-way. Refer to Figure 156.12-D. Lot Lines and Yards.
Interior Side Yard: The area on a lot extending from the interior side facade of a building to the interior side lot line between the front yard and the rear yard. Refer to Figure 156.12-D. Lot Lines and Yards.
Internally Illuminated Sign: A sign that is lit by a source of light located inside the sign so that light shines outward from within the sign.
Irregular Lot: A lot of such a shape or configuration that technically meets the area, frontage, and width to depth requirements of this Ordinance but meets these requirements by incorporating unusual elongations, angles, curvilinear lines unrelated to topography or other natural land features.
Landscaping: An expanse of scenery including lawns, trees, plants, and other organic and inorganic materials used for an aesthetic or functional purpose.
Library: An institution that provides literary, musical, artistic, and reference material to the public.
Light Manufacturing: The manufacturing of products from prepared materials or finished products. Light manufacturing processes ordinarily have a minimal impact on the environment and adjacent properties. Typical light manufacturing uses include, but shall not be limited to, the processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, and packaging of products as well as the incidental storage and distribution of such products.
Live/Work Dwelling: A dwelling unit consisting of both residential and commercial components as principal uses.
Loading Space: An unobstructed area provided and maintained for the temporary parking of motor vehicles in order to load and unload materials.
Long-Term Bicycle Parking: Bicycle parking intended for long-term or overnight storage, typically provided for employees, residents, or other persons requiring storage of a bicycle for a substantial portion of the day.
Lot: A parcel or tract of land intended to be separately owned, developed, or otherwise used.
Lot Area: The area of a zoning lot contained within its lot lines.
Lot Coverage: The proportion of the gross area of a lot occupied by any hard surfaces including, but not limited to, principal structures, accessory structures, decks, sidewalks and walkways, paved parking lots, paved driveways, compacted graveled area, and permeable pavers and pavements.
Lot Depth: The distance between the midpoint of the front lot line and the midpoint of the rear lot line See Figure 156.12-E. Lot Depth.
Lot Line: The boundary line of any lot.
Lot of Record: A legally created lot established by plat, deed, or contract, as duly recorded by the Kane County Recorder of Deeds.
Lot Width: The distance between the side lot lines measured at the front lot line. See Figure 156.12-F. Lot Width.
Low-Volume Neighborhood Street: The Village's lowest capacity street, designed to accommodate slow speeds and minimize the impervious surface area required for the roadway. It primarily serves the residential areas directly adjacent to it.
Major Thoroughfare: A high capacity street with a wider right-of way than other street types, designed for moderate speeds. It serves higher-intensity development and provides crosstown connections.
Manually Changeable Copy Sign: A sign designed to allow modifications of messages, letters, characters, illustrations, or other symbols by hand. "Manually Changeable Copy Signs" shall not include "Electronic Message Signs."
Marquee Sign: A sign with two or three sign faces that is mounted to a permanent roof-like structure extending from the facade of a building.
Maximum Front Setback: The maximum distance that a building or structure shall be located from a front lot line, as required by the zoning district regulations.
Maximum Corner Side Setback: The maximum distance that a building or structure shall be located from a corner side lot line, as required by the zoning district regulations.
Maximum Lot Coverage: The maximum proportion of the gross area of a lot occupied by surfaces that do not allow stormwater infiltration, such as principal structures, accessory structures, walkways, paved parking lots, and paved driveways. Maximum Lot coverage shall include "Maximum Primary Lot coverage."
Maximum Primary Lot Coverage: The maximum proportion of the gross area of a lot occupied by principal structures, detached garages, paved parking lots, and paved driveways.
Mechanical Equipment: Ground-mounted equipment such as heating, ventilating, generators, and air-conditioning (HVAC) units.
Medical Cannabis Cultivation Center: A "cultivation center" as defined in the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act, ILCS Ch. 410, Act 130, § 10, as amended.
Medical Cannabis Dispensary: "Medical cannabis dispensing organization" or "dispensing organization" or "dispensary organization" as defined in the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act, ILCS Ch. 410, Act 130, § 10, as amended.
Micro-Brewery: A facility for the production and packaging of malt beverages of alcoholic content for wholesale distribution, with a capacity of less than 15,000 barrels per year. Micro-breweries include a tasting room, which allows customers to taste/consume products manufactured on site, and/or a retail space for purchase of products manufactured on site and related items. Breweries that exceed this capacity or breweries not open to the public that only manufacture and distribute malt beverages are considered light industrial uses.
Micro-Distillery: A facility for the production and packaging of spirits and liquors in quantities not to exceed 12,000 gallons per year. Micro-distilleries and a tasting room, which allows customers to taste/consume products manufactured on site, and/or a retail space for purchase of products manufactured on site and related items. Distilleries that exceed this capacity or distilleries not open to the public that only manufacture and distribute spirits and liquors are considered light industrial uses.
Minimum Corner Side Setback: The minimum distance that a building or structure shall be located from a corner side lot line, as required by the zoning district regulations.
Minimum Interior Side Setback: The minimum distance that a building or structure shall be located from an interior side lot line, as required by the zoning district regulations.
Minimum Front Setback: The minimum distance that a building or structure shall be located from a front lot line, as required by the zoning district regulations.
Minimum Rear Setback: The minimum distance that a building or structure shall be located from a rear lot line, as required by the zoning district regulations.
Minimum Street Frontage: The minimum proportion of a building required to be located adjacent to a right-of-way, expressed as a percentage of the total length of the lot line adjacent to the street.
Mining Operation: The extraction and processing of mineral or aggregate resources from places of natural occurrence to surface locations, including activities involved in the development of aggregate resource once they are found.
Miscellaneous Information Sign: A sign which displays information such as, but without limitation, hours of operation, credit cards accepted, open/closed signs, and push/pull signs, and appears on or adjacent to entry doors or in display windows. Miscellaneous information shall include, without limitation, information located on vending machines, automated teller machines, and gasoline pumps.
Mobile Food Facility. A motorized vehicle or mobile food unit, such as a pushcart, that is used to sell food items.
Model Unit: A building or structure displayed as an example of the dwelling units available for sale or for rent in a residential development. A "Model Unit" may include sales or rental offices.
Motor Vehicle: Any passenger vehicle, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, truck, trailer-truck, semi- trailer, or trailer, which is propelled or drawn by a source of power.
Motor Vehicle Operations Facility: A facility for the dispatch, storage, and maintenance of emergency medical vehicles, taxis, school buses, and livery vehicles. "Motor Vehicle Operations Facility" does not include "Motor Vehicle Sales, Repair and/or Service," "Motor Vehicle Rental" or a public safety or public works facility, where vehicles for fire, police, or other municipal departments are dispatched, stored, and maintained.
Motor Vehicle Parking Space: An area used to park a motor vehicle that may or may not be located on a right-of-way.
Motor Vehicle Rental: An establishment that rents motor vehicles, including incidental facilities for parking and servicing such vehicles. "Motor Vehicle Rental" does not include "Motor Vehicle Operations Facility."
Motor Vehicle Sales, Repair and/or Service: An establishment that sells or leases new or used motor vehicles, provides services to adjust, align, repair, repaint, and/or replace motor vehicle parts and systems, sells motor vehicle parts and supplies in an incidental manner, dispenses motor vehicle fuel, and cleans motor vehicles. "Motor Vehicle Sales, Repair and/or Service" includes facilities for parking and servicing such vehicles, and sells in an incidental manner to the establishment's repair facilities.
Moving Sign: A sign that moves or gives the appearance of movement, including any sign that revolves, rotates, or in any way alters position by natural or artificial means. "Moving Signs" do not include "Electronic Message Signs," "Inflatable Devices," "Flags," "Pennant Signs," and signs displaying time and temperature.
Multi-Unit Dwelling: A building that contains three or more dwelling units where each unit has an individual entrance to a common stairway, hallway, or to the outdoors. "Multi-unit Dwelling" does not include "Townhouse Dwelling" or "Two-unit Dwelling."
Multi-Tenant Retail Center: A group of three or more commercial establishments that are constructed, owned, and managed as a single property. "Multi-Tenant Retail Centers" are generally configured as shopping centers, shopping malls, and strip centers. "Multi-Tenant Retail Centers" primarily include "Retail Goods Establishments," "Personal Service Establishments," "Indoor Entertainment," Indoor Recreation," and "Professional Offices" among other uses.
Native Species: A plant or animal that occurs naturally within an area, and was not introduced through human assistance.
Neighborhood Street: A low capacity street designed for slow speeds that primarily serves the residential areas directly adjacent to it.
Nit: A unit of luminous intensity equal to one candela per square meter.
Nonconforming Lot: A lot of record that at one time conformed to applicable zoning regulations, but no longer conforms due to subsequent amendments to this Ordinance.
Nonconforming Structure: A principal or accessory structure that at one time conformed to applicable zoning regulations, but no longer conforms due to subsequent amendments to this Ordinance. "Nonconforming Structure" shall also include nonconforming signs, on-site development, off-street parking and loading facilities, and landscape characteristics.
Nonconforming Use: A use of land or a structure that at one time conformed to applicable zoning regulations, but no longer conforms due to subsequent amendments to this Ordinance.
Obscene Sign: A sign that displays content in which the dominant theme of the material depicts prurient representations of sexual matters that affront contemporary community standards and do not possess redeeming social value, and signs that contain text or graphics: a) of an indecent or immoral nature; b) that advertise unlawful activity; c) that include fighting words; d) that include defamatory material; e) that include threats; f) that encourage incitement to imminent lawless action; and g) that present a clear and present danger due to their potential confusion with traffic control signs or signs that provide public safety information (e.g., signs that use the words "Stop," "Yield," "Caution," "Danger," or comparable words, phrases, symbols, or characters in such a manner as to imply a safety hazard that does not exist).
Off-Street Parking: An area not located within a right-of-way that is used to park a motor vehicle.
Off-Premises Sign: A sign that directs attention to a business, product, service, or other commercial activity that is conducted, sold, or offered at a location other than the premises where such sign is located.
On-Premises Cannabis Consumption Establishment: A cannabis dispensary or retail tobacco store (as defined in the Smoke Free Illinois Act, ILCS Ch. 410, Act 82, § 10, as authorized or permitted to allow the on-premises consumption of cannabis.
On-Street Parking: An area located on a right-of-way that is used to park a motor vehicle.
Outdoor Dining: An outdoor seating area which is typically connected to an indoor seating area for a "Restaurant" or "Bar/Tavern."
Outdoor Entertainment: An open air or partially enclosed structure in which spectator uses are conducted by a for-profit entity that typically charges patrons a fee to enter. Typical "Outdoor Entertainment" uses include, but shall not be limited to, outdoor theaters, outdoor music venues, outdoor sports arenas, and amusement parks. "Outdoor Entertainment" uses may include refreshment stands that provide products for consumption on the premises. "Outdoor Entertainment" does not include "Outdoor Recreation."
Outdoor Fire Pit: An outdoor fireplace that is open in design, or equipped with openings for a hearth and chimney and is constructed of steel, concrete, clay, or other noncombustible material.
Outdoor Recreation: An open air or partially enclosed structure in which recreational activities are conducted by a for-profit entity that typically charges patrons a fee to enter. Typical "Outdoor Recreation" uses may include, but shall not be limited to, outdoor miniature golf courses, outdoor swimming pools, outdoor tennis courts, and outdoor skating facilities. "Outdoor Recreation" uses may include refreshment stands that provide products for consumption on the premises. "Outdoor Recreation" does not include "Outdoor Entertainment," "Park," "Preschool or Elementary School," or "Secondary School."
Outdoor Sale: The display and sale of products and services outside of a building or structure.
Outdoor Storage Area: An outdoor area for the storage of materials, equipment, machinery, or motor vehicles that does not relocate for over 72 hours.
Overhead Door: A door that rotates on a horizontal axis and is supported horizontally when open.
Owner: The legal or beneficial title-holder of land, or holder of a written option to contract or purchase the land.
Parapet Roof: A low wall that projects above a roof along the perimeter of a building. See Figure 156.12-C. Building Height and Roof Types.
Park: An area for active recreation, passive recreation, and/or resource protection that is open to the public. "Park" may include, but shall not be limited to, baseball fields, football fields, soccer fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, playgrounds, water parks, and field houses. "Park" does not include "Indoor Recreation" or "Outdoor Recreation." or "Stormwater Basin".
Parking Garage: A structure with two or more levels that is used to park motor vehicles.
Parking Lot: A paved area not located within a right-of-way that is used to park motor vehicles.
Parking Lot Perimeter Landscape: A planted area located around the boundary of a parking lot, between the parking lot and a right-of-way.
Parking Lot Driveway Signs: A sign located adjacent a parking lot driveway to guide safe circulation of motorists or pedestrians on the site.
Parking Lot Sign: A sign regulating a parking lot, with a message such as "No Parking" or "Tow Zone," that is oriented to an off-street parking area.
Parkway: The area between the lot line and the nearest edge of the curb excluding the sidewalk, or In the absence of a curb, between the lot line and the nearest edge of the street. A "Parkway" typically includes low ground cover and/or street trees.
Patio: A roofless hard surfaced area typically constructed of masonry, brick, or concrete that is attached to the ground adjacent to the wall of a building.
Pedestrian Realm: An element of the right-of-way, typically comprised of a sidewalk and a parkway area. The parkway area extends from the back of curb or edge of pavement to the sidewalk and serves to buffer pedestrians from vehicular traffic in the vehicle realm. The parkway area may include landscaping, street trees, stormwater management facilities, street furniture, lighting, and signage.
Pennant Sign: A sign consisting of tapered flags made of lightweight material that are hung in a series and may or may not contain a message. "Pennant Signs" do not include "Attention Getting Devices" or "Banner Flag Signs."
Pergola: A freestanding structure with columns or posts topped with beams and open rafters, which may or may not be connected to the wall of a building.
Permanent Sign: A sign constructed of durable materials that is intended to be displayed for the duration of time that the use or occupant is located on the premises.
Permeable Pavement: A pavement system designed to collect and absorb stormwater runoff.
Permitted Use: A use that is allowed to be established by right in a zoning district, and does not require administrative review or approval.
Person: An individual, firm, corporation, partnership, or other similar entity.
Personal Services Establishment: A commercial enterprise primarily engaged in the provision of services of a personal nature. "Personal Service Establishment" uses may include, but shall not be limited to, dry cleaners, laundromats, barbershops, beauty salons, massage therapy establishment, shoe repair shops, and tailor shops. "Personal Service Establishment" includes facilities that sell products and goods in an incidental manner to the establishment's provision of services. "Personal Services Establishment" does not include "Adult Use."
Pitched Roof: A pitched or sloped roof, including hipped roofs, gabled roofs, roofs with a combination of hips and gables, gambrel roofs, and mansard roofs. See Figure 156.12-C. Building Height and Roof Types.
Place of Worship: An institution maintained by a religious body where people assemble for religious purposes, ceremonies, and other similar events. "Place of Worship" may include housing for members of religious orders, "Day Care Centers," "Preschools," "Elementary Schools," and "Secondary Schools."
Planned Development: A distinct category of special use permit intended to allow flexibility in the application of the standards of this Ordinance. "Planned Developments" are intended for significant development proposals that provide amenities to the community which are not required from conventional development applications.
Plat: A document that displays property lines and other information for the purpose of identifying and dividing land.
Pole Sign: A sign mounted to one or more freestanding poles that does not include a freestanding base and is not attached to a building.
Porch: An unenclosed roofed platform projecting from the exterior wall of a building.
Portable Sign: A sign with a supporting structure that is designed to be moved or relocated for display. Portable signs include, but shall not be limited to, signs mounted upon a trailer or other non-motorized mobile structure, which may or may not possess wheels. "Portable Signs" do not include "A-Frame Signs." Refer to Figure 156.12-G. Portable Sign.
Preschool or Elementary School: A public or private educational facility offering instruction to preschool, elementary, and/or junior high school students with a full range of curricular programs.
Principal Structure: A structure where the primary use of the lot is conducted.
Principal Use: The primary use of a lot or building as distinguished from an accessory use.
Professional Office: An establishment that engages in the application, processing, or manipulation of business information or professional expertise, which may or may not offer services to the public or offers health-related outpatient treatment by licensed health professionals. A "Professional Office" shall not manufacture, assemble, warehouse, or repair goods and products for the retail or wholesale market or engage in the repair of products or the provision of retail services. "Professional Office" may include, but shall not be limited to, medical offices, dental offices, law firms, insurance agencies, accounting firms, real estate agencies, investment firms, and non-profit organizations. "Professional Office" does not include government offices, which are considered "Government Facilities."
Projecting Sign: A sign attached to a building or other structure that extends beyond the surface of the building and is typically oriented perpendicular to the facade of the building. "Projecting Signs" do not include "Awning Signs" or "Marquee Signs."
Rain Barrel: A container for storing rainwater installed above-grade and generally storing less than 500 gallons.
Rain Garden: A shallow vegetated basin that collects and absorbs stormwater runoff.
Rainwater Cistern: A container for storing rainwater which may by installed either above- or be low-grade.
Real Estate Sign: A sign advertising property for rent, lease, or sale, or announcing an open house.
Rear Facade: Any facade that faces and is most closely parallel to the rear lot line.
Rear Lot Line: The boundary of a lot that is most distant from and approximately parallel to the front lot line. Refer to Figure 156.12-D. Lot Lines and Yards.
Rear Yard: The area on a lot extending from the rear facade of a building to the rear lot line between the side lot lines on an interior lot, and between the side lot line and the corner side yard on a corner lot. Refer to Figure 156.12-D. Lot Lines and Yards.
Reconstruction: The rebuilding of a structure or facility in such a manner and to such an extent as to substantially replace the existing structure or facility.
Recreation Equipment: Structures typically used for children's active recreation, which may include, but not be limited to swing sets and jungle gyms. "Recreation Equipment" does not include "Treehouse."
Recreational Vehicle: Vehicles or trailers for recreational or utilitarian uses that can be driven, towed, hauled, sailed, or flown. "Recreational Vehicles" includes, but is not limited to, mobile homes, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, race cars, off-road vehicles, travel trailers, pull campers, tent trailers, special purpose trailers, cargo trailers, utility trailers, vehicle trailers, power boats, cruisers, jet skis, fishing boats, hunting boats, pontoon boats, personal watercraft, row boats, and sail boats.
Research/Development Facility: A facility in which innovative ideas and technologies are investigated, tested, and refined in industries that may include, but shall not be limited to, electronics, computer hardware and software, communications, information technology, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals. "Research/Development Facility" may include the incidental manufacture and/or sale of products developed at the facility.
Residential Care Facility: A group care facility licensed for 24-hour medical or non-medical care of persons in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living, or for the protection of the individual. A "Residential Care Facility" includes assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospice, continuum of care facilities, memory care and independent living. A "Residential Care Facility" does not include "Community Residence."
Residential Sign: A permanent wall or window sign located on a residentially zoned lot.
Resubdivision: Any change to a previously recorded subdivision, either in whole or part.
Restaurant: An establishment that prepares and sells food and beverages for consumption on the premises and/or for carry-out. "Restaurant" shall not include refreshment stands incidental to "Indoor Entertainment," "Indoor Recreation," "Outdoor Entertainment," or "Outdoor Recreation" uses.
Retail Goods Establishment: A commercial enterprise primarily engaged in providing physical goods, products, or merchandise directly to the consumer, where such goods are typically available for immediate purchase and removal from the premises by the purchaser. "Retail Goods Establishment" may include, but shall not be limited to, grocery stores, clothing stores, jewelry stores, appliance stores, electronics stores, furniture stores, office supply stores, bookstores, and sporting goods stores. "Retail Goods Establishment" does not include "Adult Use".
Right-of-Way: Land dedicated or utilized for a street, trail, sidewalk, utility, railroad, or other similar purpose.
Roof Sign: A sign erected on the roof of a building that projects above the highest point of the roofline or parapet wall.
Satellite Dish: A parabolic antenna designed to send and/or receive television, radio, communication, data, or other similar signals from satellites and antennas.
Secondary School: A public or private educational facility offering instruction to high school students with a full range of curricular programs.
Secondary Thoroughfare: A medium capacity street, designed for moderate speeds. It primarily serves as a through street and connects Neighborhood Streets and Major Thoroughfares.
Self-Service Storage: A facility used for the storage of personal property where individuals rent storage spaces of various sizes on an individual basis.
Shade Tree: A deciduous tree, generally having a single stem, planted primarily for shade. Trees with an expected canopy of over 40 feet are considered large shade trees. Trees with an expected canopy of 30 to 40 feet are considered medium shade trees.
Shared Lane: A facility on a street that does not have dedicated bicycle lanes or designated shared lanes, but the speed and configuration of the street allows bicycles to comfortably share lanes with traffic and appropriate signage installed within the right-of-way to clearly establish that the land is a bicycle route.
Shed: A relatively small building typically used to store lawn, garden, and/or swimming pool equipment.
Short-Term Bicycle Parking: Bicycle parking intended primarily for short-term use by visitors to businesses and institutions. Bicycles are typically secured to short-term parking facilities by means of a bicyclist's own lock.
Sidepath: An off-street facility that is shared by pedestrians and bicyclists. A sidepath functions like a sidewalk but is wide enough to accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians simultaneously.
Sidewalk Sale: The temporary outdoor sale of merchandise by businesses which typically occurs on the sidewalk within the public right-of-way.
Sign: A message, image, display, or object used to advertise, direct attention to, or promote the interests of a person, business, organization, location, product, service, or activity. "Signs" do not include works of art.
Single-Unit Dwelling: A building that contains one dwelling unit, which is not attached to any other dwelling units with the exception of an "Accessory Dwelling Unit."
Small Wind Energy System: A structure that converts wind energy to electric or mechanical power with a rated capacity of not more than 100kW. "Small Wind Energy systems" consist of a wind turbine, tower or mounting device, and associated control or conversion electronics intended to reduce on-site consumption of utility power.
Solar Energy Collection System: A structure that converts sunlight into electric or mechanical power.
Solar Farm: A facility that includes a group of solar energy collection systems for the purpose of converting sunlight into electrical or mechanical power.
Special Use: A use that has unique characteristics inherent in its operation that may be allowed in a zoning district following administrative review and approval.
Special Flood Hazard Area: The land area covered by the floodwater of a base flood.
Specified Anatomical Areas: Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola; and human genitals, or any device worn to simulate human genitals, in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
Specified Sexual Activities: Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, oral copulation, or sodomy; and fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic regions, buttocks, or female breasts.
Stacking Space: A space designated as a waiting area, or queuing area, for vehicles at a drive-thru establishment.
Stealth Design: A technique that reduces the visual impact of a structure by enclosing, camouflaging, screening, or obscuring the structure in relation to the architectural features of a larger building or structure.
Story: The portion of a building included between a floor and the floor above it, or if there is no floor above it, the space between the floor and the ceiling above the floor. A basement shall not be counted as a story.
Street Address Sign: A sign that displays the name or address of the occupant.
Structural Soil: Soil that has been amended with aggregate to support concrete sidewalks and asphalt parking lots while providing nourishment to plant roots (e.g., "CU-Structural Soil" or other soil that has the ability to support a concrete slab while allowing for root penetration).
Structure: Anything constructed or erected that requires location on the ground or must be attached to something located on the ground.
Stub Street: A nonpermanent dead end street that can be extended as part of the subdivision and development of adjacent land. Access from the stub street shall be permitted only along the frontage of such street to the lots in the subdivision containing the stub street.
Subdivision: The division of land into two or more lots, or a development consisting of subdivided lots.
Surface Mining Operation: The mining of topsoil, earth, clay, gravel, peat, sand, stone, and other resources by moving ground at the surface including any ancillary operations associated with: 1) the stockpiling and sale, at wholesale or retail, of such resources; 2) the screening, crushing, mixing, washing, grinding, and storage of such resources in connection with preparation for sale; 3) the importation and crushing of reclaimed concrete or asphalt and the stockpiling and/or resale of same; 4) the importation and stockpiling/storage on site of other natural materials or manmade materials including, but not limited to, brick, block, landscape timbers, landscape tools and equipment, and the like, for resale at wholesale or retail; and 5) the construction, maintenance, and operation of buildings, structures, conveyors, and processing equipment, whether movable or immovable, reasonably necessary to carry out such activities.
Swimming Pool: An in-ground or above-ground basin of water constructed for swimming or wading. "Swimming Pool", as defined herein, excludes hot tub, except when a hot tub and swimming pool are combined as one structure. For the purposes of this Ordinance, a hot tub and swimming pool combined as one structure is considered a swimming pool.
Tandem Parking: A parking area consisting of two or more parking spaces placed one behind the other, with the space nearest to the street serving as the only means of access to the other space.
Temporary Outdoor Entertainment: A live event that is intended to be in place for a limited period of time within an outdoor space. "Temporary Outdoor Entertainment" may include, but shall not be limited to, animal shows, carnivals, circuses, fireworks shows, live music, outdoor theater, and worship services.
Temporary Outdoor Sale: The outdoor sale of merchandise of a seasonal nature, such as pumpkins or Christmas trees.
Temporary Sign: A sign that is intended to be displayed for a limited period of time.
Temporary Storage Container: A temporary, moveable structure that may be used for the storage of possessions or products prior to being transported to a storage facility.
Temporary Structure: A structure that is intended to be in place for a limited period of time, which is typically constructed without a foundation.
Temporary Use: A use that is intended to be in place for a limited period of time.
Temporary Window Sign: A sign composed of paper, cardboard, canvas, cloth, or similar materials affixed, hung, placed, applied, or posted on the interior or exterior of a building window or door.
Through Lot: An interior lot having frontage on two parallel streets that do not intersect.
Treehouse: An accessory structure supported by one or more trees. "Treehouse" does not include "Recreation Equipment."
Trellis: A vertical latticework structure used in a garden to support climbing plants.
Townhouse Dwelling: A building that contains three or more dwelling units where each unit has an individual entrance to the outdoors and each unit is attached vertically using one or more party walls. "Townhouse Dwelling" does not include "Two-unit Dwelling" or "Multi-unit Dwelling."
Two-unit Dwelling: A building that contains two dwelling units where each unit has an individual entrance to a common stairway or hallway, or to the outdoors. "Two-unit Dwelling" does not include "Townhouse Dwelling" or "Multi-unit Dwelling."
Underground Mining Operation: The mining of limestone, galena, gravel, sand, and other resources below the surface of the ground via blasting and other means including any ancillary operations associated with: 1) the stockpiling and sale, at wholesale or retail, of such resources; 2) the screening, crushing, mixing, washing, grinding, and storage of the resources in connection with the preparation for sale; 3) the construction, maintenance, and operation of such buildings, structures, and other equipment used to carry out such activities, including underground passages, shafts, and entries to other mines; 4) the establishment of subterranean offices, equipment storage, and equipment repair facilities; and 5) the underground storage of explosives and such other equipment used to carry out such activities.
University or College: A facility for post-secondary higher learning that grants associate or bachelor degrees. The institution may also have research facilities and/or professional schools that grant master and doctoral degrees. University or college includes ancillary uses such as dormitories, cafeterias, restaurants, retail sales, indoor or outdoor recreational facilities, and similar uses.
Unshielded Lighting: A fixture that allows light to be emitted above a horizontal plane from the lowest point of the fixture that emits light.
Use: The purpose or activity for which a lot, building, or structure is designed, intended, occupied, or maintained.
Utility: The use of land for infrastructure facilities including, but not limited to, services for gas, electricity, water treatment and storage, sewage treatment and storage, telephone, cable television, data, cellular, and fiber.
Variation: Authorization granted by the Village to allow development that deviates from the specific regulations of this Chapter.
Vehicle Realm: An element of the right-of-way, comprised of the travel lanes, bicycle lanes, and parking lanes.
Vehicle Sign: A sign attached to or placed on a vehicle that is prominently visible from the public right-of-way where the primary purpose of the vehicle is to advertise a business, product, or service rather than to be actively used or available for the daily function of the business to which the sign relates. "Vehicle Sign" shall not include a vehicle for sale sign advertising a vehicle for lease or sale.
Vehicle Storage: A vehicle parked on a lot for more than 48 hours in any 72-hour period.
Video Display Sign: A sign that displays a message with text, detailed images, or video using digital screens, LED screens, plasma screens, flat screens, video screens, and holographic displays. "Video Display Sign" shall not include "Electronic Message Sign."
Village: The Village of South Elgin, Illinois.
Vocational School: A facility that offers instruction in industrial, clerical, commercial, managerial, building trades, or automotive skills. "Vocational School" also includes educational facilities conducted as commercial enterprises, such as a driving schools, schools for general educational development, and other privately operated schools that do not offer a complete educational curriculum.
Wall: A vertical structure, typically constructed of concrete, stone, brick, masonry, or other similar material, that creates a physical barrier for light and air.
Wall Sign: A sign mounted flat against the wall of a building or structure that is typically oriented parallel to the wall to which it is attached.
Warehousing, Storage, or Distribution Facility: An establishment that stores and transports products or equipment, including, but not limited to warehouses, moving companies, storage facilities, freight transportation, and truck terminals.
Warning Sign: A sign that communicates a message of warning, danger, or caution.
Wayfinding Sign: A sign installed within the right-of-way by a government agency for the purpose of improving navigation of the Village and promoting areas and amenities of the Village. "Wayfinding sign" may include kiosks.
White Roof: A roof that is white or light in color that provides high levels of solar reflectance and reduces the heat absorbed by a building or structure.
Wholesale Establishment: An establishment that sells and distributes physical goods, products, or merchandise to commercial and industrial entities. "Wholesale Establishment" does not include "Retail Goods Establishment."
Window Sign: A sign affixed, hung, placed, posted, or printed on the interior or exterior of a building window or door which is intended to be viewed from the exterior of a building.
Wireless Telecommunication Antenna: A structure used to transmit and/or receive communication, data, or other similar signals in order to facilitate the use of wireless devices. "Wireless Telecommunications Antenna" does not include "Antenna" or "Satellite Dish."
Wireless Telecommunication Facility: A structure used to protect the equipment that processes communication, data, or other similar signals in order to facilitate the use of wireless devices.
Wireless Telecommunication Tower: A structure designed and constructed to support one or more "Wireless Telecommunications Antennas" and all devices attached to it. "Wireless Telecommunication Towers" are typically freestanding and may be of either lattice or monopole construction.
Yard: The area on a lot between the principal structure and the lot line.
Yard Sign: A temporary freestanding sign that is placed in a yard.
Zoning District: A designation given to each parcel within the Village under which certain development regulations and requirements are uniform.
Zoning Map: The map incorporated into this Ordinance, which designates the boundaries of the zoning districts of the Village.
(Ord. 2018-49, passed 10-1-18; Am. Ord. 2019-30, passed 9-16-19; Am. Ord. 2019-50, passed 12-2-19; Am. Ord. 2021-22, passed 5-3-21)