In all districts, property owners of all buildings and places where people live, work or assemble shall provide for the sanitary disposal of all sewage in accordance with the following requirements:
(A) Whenever the public sanitary sewerage system is reasonably accessible (that is, when the distance from the property in question to the nearest public sewer with available capacity does not exceed 600 feet all sewage shall be discharged into the system, whether or not a private sewerage system already exists or is more convenient; and
(B) Whenever the public sewerage system is not reasonably accessible, a private sewerage system shall be installed and used. All private sewerage system shall be designed, constructed, operated and maintained in conformity with the following requirements:
(1) Illinois Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act, ILCS Ch. 225, Act 225, §§ 1 through 22, as amended from time to time;
(2) Illinois Private Sewage Disposal Code No. 4.002, promulgated by the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, as amended from time to time;
(3) Pertinent, current regulations issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; and
(4) Applicable codes and regulations of the village, particularly the Subdivision Regulations. The Administrator shall not issue any initial certificate of zoning compliance unless, following consultation with the Village Engineer, he or she is satisfied that these requirements will be met.
(C) Carports. Carports shall be permitted without application for a zoning permit if they are in compliance with the restrictions set forth below:
(1) Height.
(a) The carport shall not be higher than 15 feet in the Conservation District or in any residential district; or
(b) The carport shall not be higher than 25 feet in any other zoning district, provided there shall be no height limitation on agriculture-related carports.
(2) Setbacks.
(a) No carport shall be located with a setback line of less than five feet on any side, including front and back.
(b) No carports shall be located in any part of any yard that is required because of setback regulations of the district, provided that, except as specifically provided otherwise in the Conservation District or in any residential district, a carport may be located as close as five feet to any side or rear lot line.
(c) Yard coverage. Carports shall not cover more than 30% of a required rear yard.
(d) Use as a dwelling. Use of a carport as a dwelling is strictly prohibited.
(3) Walls. No carport shall permitted with walls on the sides of the carport.
(4) Building permit required. A building permit must be obtained before the construction of a carport..
(1994 Code, § 40-3-12) (Ord. 15-09, passed 6-2-2015)