In addition to §§ 156.115 and 156.116 the Plan Commission may recommend and the City Council approve, the special uses listed in division (B) hereof. Special uses shall comply with the standards and requirements provided therein. These standards and requirements shall apply only where a use is listed as a special use in the zoning district in which it is or would be located. Where a use is listed as permitted in a zoning district, the regular zoning district standards and requirements shall apply. In the case of a use being listed as a special use in the FP, Floodplain District the standards and requirements listed in the following schedule shall apply only where the use is also listed as a special use in the underlying T, D, B, or I District. Otherwise, a use listed as a special use shall be subject only to the provisions of § 156.125(A)(1). The following table is provided to clarify the relation between regulations for the FP, Floodplain District and regulations for the underlying T, D, B, or I Districts.
(A) The relation between regulations in the FP, Floodplain District and regulations for the underlying T, D, B, and I Districts.
If use is listed in the underlying T, D, B, or I District as:
Permitted | Special | |
If use is listed in the FP, Floodplain District as: | Both regulations applying to all uses in the FP District regulations applying to all uses in the underlying T, D, B, or I District shall apply, except that in case of conflict, the FP District regulations shall prevail. (no special use permit required) | Both regulations applying to and all uses in the FP District and regulations applying to all uses in the underlying T, D, B, or I District shall apply, except that in case of conflict, the FP District regulations shall prevail. In addition, the special use regulations for the underlying T, D, B, or I District shall apply, except that in case of conflict with any FP District regulations, the FP District regulations shall prevail. (special use permit required) |
Permitted | Both regulations applying to all uses in the FP District and regulations applying to all uses in the underlying T, D, B, or I District shall apply, except that in case of conflict, the FP District regulations shall prevail. In addition, the special use regulations for the FP District shall apply and shall prevail in case of conflict with any regulations for the underlying T, D, B, or I District. (special use permit required) | Both regulations applying to all uses in the FP District and regulations applying to all uses in the underlying T, D, B, or I District shall apply, except that in case of conflict, the FP District regulations shall prevail. In addition, the special use regulations for the FP District and the special use regulations for the underlying T, D, B, or I District shall apply, except that in case of conflict, the special use regulations for the FP District shall prevail. (special use permit required) |
Special |
(B) Schedule of standards and requirements for specific special uses. The following schedule provides standards and requirements for specific uses indicated as special uses in § 156.092. Those uses listed as special uses in § 156.092 and not listed in this division shall comply with applicable regulations in §§ 156.115 and 156.116 and all applicable regulations for the zoning district in which the special use is located. Footnotes are included in this table and are given at its conclusion.
Special Uses or Use Categories | Explanatory or Special Provisions |
All special uses in the Industrial uses: Food and kindred products category | Not permitted closer than 300 feet from any D or B District or any institutional or public assembly use. Front setback must be a minimum of 100 feet and side and rear yards must be a minimum of 50 feet. |
All special uses in the Industrial uses: Chemical and allied products category | Not permitted closer than 2,000 feet from any D or B District or any institutional or public assembly use. Front setback and side and rear yards must be a minimum of 300 feet. |
All special uses in the Industrial products: Petroleum and rubber products category, except petroleum and gas bulk storage of any other explosive flammable or toxic substance.1 | Not permitted closer than 2,000 feet from any D or B District or any institutional or public assembly use. Front and side and rear setbacks must be a minimum of 300 feet. |
Petroleum and gas bulk storage, or bulk storage of any other flammable explosive or toxic substance1 | Not permitted closer than 1,500 feet from an D or B District any institutional or public assembly use. Front setback and side and rear yards must be a minimum of 100 feet. |
Mineral extraction, quarrying, topsoil removal, or similar activities | Front setback and side and rear yards must be a minimum of 100 feet. |
Radio or television tower1 | Front setback must be a minimum of 100 feet. Side and rear yards must be a minimum of 50 feet. |
Water treatment, pumping or storage facility1 | Front setback shall be a minimum of 100 feet and side and rear yards shall be a minimum of 50 feet. |
Temporary real estate sales or rental office | Special use permit must be renewed annually. |
Electrical substation1 | Side and rear yards shall be a minimum of 20 feet. 6-foot wire mesh or solid fence required around site. |
Hospital1 | Side and rear yards shall be a minimum of 40 feet. |
Truck terminal or cartage and express facilities1 | Not permitted closer than 200 feet from any D District or residential use. |
Railroad yard or freight terminal1 | Not permitted closer than 200 feet from any D District. |
Open-air or drive-in theater, Miniature golf course, or all other outdoor private or commercial amusement or recreational enterprises1 | Not permitted within 200 feet of any D District. |
Special Uses or Use Categories | Explanatory or Special Provisions |
Kennel or dog pound or veterinary hospital1 | Not permitted within 100 feet of any D District or any residential, institutional, or public assembly use. 6-foot wire mesh or solid fence required around open animal exercise yards. |
Airport or airfield | Federal Aviation Administration and Illinois Department of Aeronautics requirements govern. |
Public or commercial sanitary landfill | Not permitted closer than 500 feet from any D or B District, or any institutional or public assembly use. Other standards shall be in accordance with the State of Illinois Environmental Protection Solid Waste Rules and Regulations, effective July 27, 1973. |
Sewage disposal plant or lagoon1 | Not permitted closer than 500 feet from any residential, institutional, or public assembly use. Front back and side and rear yards shall be a minimum of 200 feet. All sewage facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state and this chapter. |
Notes
1If use existed prior to the effective date of this chapter, but is not in conformity to the standards and requirements set forth in the above schedule, the use shall without further action be considered to be conforming in its use, setback, side and rear yard, and other requirements provided, however, that it still conforms to the regulations for permitted uses for the zoning district in which it is located. If use does not conform to the district regulations, then it shall be deemed nonconforming.
(Ord. 80-0-24, passed 1-12-81) Penalty, see § 156.999