(A) District regulations shall be as follows:
District | Minimum Lot Size | Minimum Low Width | Maximum Height | Maximum % of Lot Coverage | (Minimum Lot Dimension in Feet) | ||
Front | Side | Rear
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District | Minimum Lot Size | Minimum Low Width | Maximum Height | Maximum % of Lot Coverage | (Minimum Lot Dimension in Feet) | ||
Front | Side | Rear
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Transitional | 5 acre | 300 ft. | 35 ft. | NA | 30 | 25 | 75 |
Single-family | 6,000 sq. ft.1 | 60 ft. | 35 ft. | 35% including accessory structures | 25 | 82 | 257 |
General res. | 6,000 sq. ft.1 +2,000 each addit. dwelling unit | 60 ft. | 35 ft. | NA | 25 | 8 | 25 |
Mobile home | 6,000 sq. ft.6 1 | 60 ft.6 | 35 ft. | 30% including accessory structures | 25 | 86 | 256 |
Central business | 2,000 sq. ft. | 25 ft. | 35 ft. | 90% | 10 | -3 32 | 15 |
General business | 6,000 sq. ft. | 60ft. | 35 ft. | NA | 10 | 103 | 15 |
Highway business | 6,000 sq. ft. | 60 ft. | 35 ft. | NA | 10 | 103 | 15 |
Light industrial | 10,000 sq. ft. | 90 ft. | 35 ft. | NA | 25 | 154 25 abut. res. | 10 backs alley5 25 backs res. |
Heavy industrial | 20,000 sq. ft. | 90 ft. | 35 ft. | NA | 30 | 154 25 abut. res. | 10 backs alley5 25 backs res. |
Flood plain | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
* regulations of the underlying district apply except where provided otherwise by any part of this chapter.
For footnotes, see Division (B) hereof.
(B) Footnotes for Table of Area and Height Regulations.
(1) Exception 1: The lot area for churches, public and private schools, or any permitted institution shall be a minimum of 20,000 square feet. Exception 2: No additional lot or parcel area is required for units above or below the ground (grade) floor, except as might be required to meet the parking space requirements of § 156.158.
(2) On all corner lots, the side requirement next to the interior lot shall be the same as an interior lot (ten feet), however, the setback from the intersecting streets shall be 25 feet in both directions irregardless of which street the building faces. Side yard to alley shall be a minimum of 20 feet on corner lots. No accessory building on a corner lot shall project beyond the front yard required on the adjacent rear lot, nor be located nearer than ten feet to the side line of the adjacent lots.
(3) Where a lot is used for any of the purposes permitted in this district and is located at the intersection of two or more streets, and where a Dwelling District adjoins the rear of the lot, the side yard on the side of the lot adjacent to the street shall not be less than ten feet in width, except that the buildable width of the lot shall not be reduced to less than 20 feet. In all other cases, a side yard is not required except on the side of a lot adjoining a Dwelling District, in which case there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet.
(4) There shall be a minimum side yard of not less than 15 feet on both sides of the building or buildings, but where the property is adjacent to a Dwelling District, there shall be a side yard of not less than 25 feet on the side nearest to the residential lots. The parking of private automobiles may be permitted within the side yard areas, but not closer than six feet to any lot zoned for residential use.
(5) A rear yard of ten feet is required from an alley, except where a lot abuts on a Dwelling District, in which case there shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet, and no storage of materials or equipment, or the parking of automobiles shall take place within the ten feet closest to any residential lot or lots.
(7) The rear setback in Parkview Addition and part of Parkview 2nd Addition, described as Blocks 1-6 of Parkview Addition, per Plat recorded in Book 2, Page 24, on May 13, 1959; and Lots 1 and 12 of Block 7, of Parkview 2nd Addition, per plat recorded in Book 4, Page, on October 10, 1973, at the Douglas County Recorder’s Office, Douglas County, Illinois, shall be 20 feet.
(8) Within Doris Subdivision, per plat recorded in the office of the Douglas County Recorder as File Number 278950 in Plat Cabinet 1-199 on July 29, 2015, the front setback shall be 20 feet, the rear setback shall be 18.75 feet and the side setbacks shall be six feet.
(C) Within an R-2 and D-2 District, "zero" lot line developments would be permitted, as hereinafter defined. When one or more lots are contiguously covered by one uninterrupted, continuous building, then the interior lot lines have no side setback requirements; however, the end lots of any such group of contiguous lots covered by one continuous building shall be subject to an 8-foot side setback, as required of all single family and general residential dwellings in division (A). Further, and concerning the common wall separating different individual dwelling units within a multi-family building in an R-2 and D-2 District, said common wall shall have a fire rating of not less than two hours. No breaching of the fire wall is permitted. Said two hour fire rating shall be pursuant to the National Fire Code, or the specific order and/or approval of the State Fire Marshal of the State of Illinois.
(Ord. 80-0-24, passed 1-12-81; Am. Ord. 95-0-6, passed 7-10-95; Am. Ord. 95-0-8, passed 7-24-95; Am. Ord. 2004-O-12, passed 5-24- 04; Am. Ord. 2007-O-10, passed 7-23-07; Am. Ord. 2017-O-9, passed 7-24-17)