(A) Purpose. The purpose of the Urban Expansion District is to implement the following objectives, based on the goals and policies of the County Comprehensive Plan:
(1) Promote housing development in cities who can provide public services rather than in agricultural districts;
(2) Provide a zoning district that will defer residential development in areas where city expansion is expected until such land is incorporated into municipal corporate limits;
(3) Avoid premature subdivision of parcels in a low density residential pattern that would make future provision of public services inefficient;
(4) Encourage intergovernmental and area-wide planning to provide for recreational amenities, street linkages, and inter-parcel stormwater management for development at the edge of municipalities and a harmonious transition between rural and urban land uses and development; and
(5) Restrict land uses that have the potential to interfere with orderly urban expansion and subdivisions at urban densities.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Agriculture;
(2) Forestry, production of woodland products, nurseries, tree farms;
(3) Seasonal produce stand;
(4) Wildlife area, fish hatchery and forest preserve owned or operated by governmental agencies;
(5) Single-family detached dwelling;
(6) Home occupation;
(7) Licensed residential program (up to eight residents);
(8) Daycare center;
(9) Local governmental agency building or facility, community center;
(10) Parks and public recreation areas;
(11) Religious institution;
(12) School, public or private;
(13) Flea market, auction site;
(14) Railroad right-of-way, but not including railroad yard;
(15) Family daycare;
(16) Group family daycare;
(17) Solar equipment;
(18) Swimming pool, hot tub;
(19) Water-oriented accessory structures (docks, lifts and the like);
(20) Wind turbine, accessory; and
(21) Other accessory uses and structures that are incidental to the principal use.
(C) Conditional uses (see Article 4 for accessory uses).
(1) Feedlots;
(2) Two-family dwelling;
(3) Accessory dwelling unit;
(4) Boarding house;
(5) Home occupation;
(6) Manufactured home park;
(7) Temporary worker housing;
(8) Cemetery, memorial garden;
(9) Highway maintenance shops and yards;
(10) Campground;
(11) Golf course, country club, driving range;
(12) Gun or archery range, indoor;
(13) Skating rink (enclosed), dance hall, game arcade, bowling alley, health club;
(14) Organized motor sports: ATVs; trucks; tractors; or motorcycle tracks or trails (not including auto or other vehicle racing, tracks or events);
(15) Paint ball course;
(16) Riding academy, boarding stable;
(17) Building material sales and storage, lumber yard, garden store, commercial; greenhouse, manufactured home sales;
(18) Office, professional or medical;
(19) Office, other than professional or medical;
(20) Office services;
(21) Repair services. Repair service include, but are not limited to, the repair of: appliances, furniture and upholstery, jewelry, shoes, musical instruments, watches, and other articles generally found for sale in retail sales establishments;
(22) Restaurant (drive-in), theater (drive-in) or similar uses that provide goods and services to patrons in automobiles;
(23) Restaurant;
(24) Retail sales establishment. Retail sales establishments include, but are not limited to, establishments that offer the following goods and/or service: antique and collectibles, bicycle sales and repair, books, clothing, convenience food goods, drugs, groceries, guns and ammunition, hardware, jewelry, music, musical instruments, newspapers and magazines, office furniture and supplies, picture framing, recreation equipment sales and service, stationery, tobacco, tourist related sales and service, video sales and rentals;
(25) Veterinary and animal clinic and facilities for the care and/or breeding of animals including kennels;
(26) Essential services, facilities, and structures; and
(27) Outdoor display.
(D) Density standards. The base density permitted in the UE District is one dwelling unit per quarter-quarter section or parcel of record. Dwellings existing at the time of the adoption of this ordinance will be included when determining whether or not a quarter-quarter section is at its maximum density. A dwelling that is part of a farmstead shall be counted as a dwelling unit.
(E) Conditional use standards for nonresidential uses. Nonresidential business, institutional or recreational uses, as categorized in Table 6.10, shall meet the following additional requirements in addition to the conditional use standards for those uses outlined in Article 6 and for conditional uses generally in Article 3.
(1) The location of the proposed development must be consistent with planned growth areas in the adjacent city’s Comprehensive Plan.
(2) The proposed development will not preclude orderly expansion of existing residential neighborhoods.
(3) The development must be served by a road adequate to serve the traffic generated by the development.
(F) Applicability of city zoning standards. If a joint planning board of city, township and county representatives has been established for the Urban Expansion District, the County Board may choose to apply the appropriate zoning standards of the adjacent city, including dimensional standards and other land use and environmental regulations.
(G) Dimensional standards. Development within the Urban Expansion District shall be subject to the following minimum dimensional standards:
(1) Lot area:
(a) Single-family dwelling, standard lots: one acre minimum of buildable top ground land; provided that the remainder of the parent parcel is restricted from further development until the parcel is annexed by the adjacent city or the zoning is otherwise changed to allow additional development;
(b) Other principal permitted and conditional uses: two and one-half acre minimum or as specified by conditional use permit; and
(c) No minimum lot area required for utilities, public uses and communication towers except as otherwise required.
(2) Minimum lot width: 100 feet;
(3) Minimum setbacks from property or road right-of-way lines, principal structures:
(a) Front yard: 50 feet;
(b) Side yard: ten feet; and
(c) Rear yard: 30 feet.
(4) Minimum setbacks from property or road right-of-way lines, accessory structures:
(a) Front yard same as principal structure;
(b) Side yard: ten feet (ten feet if structure is 100 square feet or less in area and no greater than 14 feet in height); and
(c) Rear yard: ten feet (ten feet if structure is 100 square feet or less in area and no greater than 14 feet in height).
(5) Minimum setbacks, windbreaks and trees:
(a) Road right-of-way of less than 100 feet: 20 feet from right-of-way;
(b) Road right-of-way of 100 feet or greater: 15 feet from right-of-way;
(c) From side or rear parcel boundary: ten feet for windbreaks consisting of shrubs and 20 feet for trees, as defined; and
(d) Side or rear windbreak and tree setbacks may be reduced or eliminated by agreement of adjoining property owners when the agreement is filed with the Zoning Administrator and recorded by the County Recorder of Deeds.
(6) Maximum impervious coverage: 25%; and
(7) Maximum height for all structures except agricultural structures, utilities and communication or wind towers: 35 feet.
(H) Accommodating future public water supply and sewerage facilities. Where determined appropriate by the Planning Commission, subdivisions shall be designed so as allow for the future installation of public water supply and sewerage facilities in the most efficient and economical manner. Utility easements shall be reserved in all locations necessary for the future installations of public water facilities.
(I) Additional requirements. Additional requirements within this ordinance and other county ordinances apply to development in the Urban Expansion District. These include, but are not limited to, the general regulations in Article 4 and the conditional use and specific development standards in Articles 3 and 6.
(Ord. 97, passed 7-21-2009)