As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and terms shall be construed as herein defined:
ABOVEGROUND SERVICE FACILITY: A structure located on or above the surface of the ground, including any cabinet and the underground supports and foundations for such structure, that is used by a public utility or service provider to supply some public need or demand such as power, water, gas, telecommunications or similar benefit. An aboveground service facility shall be deemed to be a principal structure, and for the purposes of this title, an aboveground service facility is one located on private property.
ACCESSORY UNIT: A group of rooms which has complete, permanently installed kitchen and bath facilities and which constitutes a dwelling within a converted dwelling that is separate from the primary unit, as provided in section 9-5-4 of this title.
ADULT BOOKSTORE AND/OR VIDEO STORE: An establishment having as a significant or substantial portion of its stock-in-trade books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, and/or photographs, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides, tapes, records or other form of visual or audio representations which are characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
ADULT BUSINESS USE: Any commercial use of property of which a significant or substantial portion involves an activity distinguished or characterized by its emphasis on matters depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, including, but not limited to, the operation of an adult bookstore and/or video store, adult mini-motion picture theater, adult motion picture theater, adult motion picture arcade, adult motel, adult card, gift or novelty store, or adult entertainment cabaret.
ADULT CARD, GIFT, OR NOVELTY STORE: An establishment having as a significant or substantial portion of its stock-in-trade items, such as cards, games, articles of clothing and novelties which are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT CABARET: A public or private establishment which, live or on motion pictures, features:
A. Topless and/or bottomless dancers, strippers and/or male or female impersonators; or
B. Entertainers who not infrequently display specified anatomical areas; or
C. Entertainers who by reason of their appearance or conduct perform in a manner which is designed primarily to appeal to the prurient interest of the patron, or entertainers who engage in, or engage in explicit simulation of, specified sexual activities.
ADULT MINI-MOTION PICTURE THEATER: An enclosed building, or any portion or portions thereof, having a capacity from six (6) to fifty (50) persons, where, for any form of consideration (including a coin or token inserted into a coin or token operated projector, video screen, or other image producing device), patrons may view films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or similar photographic or electronic reproductions in which a significant or substantial portion of the total presentation time is devoted to the showing of materials that are distinguished by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
ADULT MOTEL: A hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment which:
A. Offers accommodations to the public for any form of consideration; provides patrons with closed circuit television transmissions, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other electronic or photographic reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; and has a sign visible from the public right of way which advertises the availability of such transmissions, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other electronic or photographic reproductions; or
B. Offers a sleeping room for rent for a period of time that is less than eight (8) hours; or
C. Allows a tenant or occupant of a sleeping room to subrent the room for a period of time that is less than eight (8) hours.
"Rent" and "subrent", when used in reference to an adult motel, shall mean the act of permitting a sleeping room to be occupied for any form of consideration.
ADULT MOTION PICTURE ARCADE: An establishment in which electronic, electrical, or mechanical still or slide projectors, video screens, closed circuit television transmissions or other image producing devices operable by insertion of a coin or token or for other consideration are maintained for presentation of images to five (5) or fewer persons at a time per such device and where the images presented are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATER: An enclosed building with a capacity of fifty (50) or more persons where, for any form of consideration, patrons may view closed circuit television transmissions, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or similar electronic or photographic reproductions in which a significant or substantial portion of the total presentation time is devoted to the showing of materials that are distinguished by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
AGRICULTURE: Land, including necessary buildings and structures, shall be considered used for agriculture if not less than twenty (20) acres in area and if the principal use thereof is the raising or keeping of livestock and/or the growing of crops in the open.
ALLEY: A public right of way, with a width not exceeding twenty four feet (24'), which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property.
ALTERATION: A change in size, shape, character or use of a structure.
AMUSEMENT DEVICES: Any mechanical, electric or electronic amusement machine or device used for the purpose of amusement or as a test of skill. The term "amusement devices" shall not include vending machines not operated for purposes of amusement or as a test of skill, mechanical musical devices, jukeboxes or television sets, children's rides, billiards or pool tables, or athletic activities, including, but not limited to, golf driving and putting facilities, tennis courts, baseball batting cages and handball or racquetball courts.
ANIMAL HOSPITAL: Any building or portion thereof used to provide medical care, observation, treatment, and accessory indoor boarding of domestic animals.
ANTENNA: Any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on a building, structure or tower that radiates or captures electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals, video programming, radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunications signals or other communication signals. For the purpose of this title, "antenna" shall include "personal wireless facilities" as referenced in section 704 of the telecommunications act of 1996. For the purpose of this title, all antennas are considered wireless communication facilities.
ARCHITECTURAL ENTRANCE FEATURE: Structures used in conjunction with a sign for the purpose of ornamentation intended to improve, identify, designate, label or demarcate the entrance to or exit from a residential subdivision, business park or planned unit development. Such structures may include, but are not limited to, decorative walls, columns, fencelike structures, sculptures or statues. An architectural entrance feature is not considered a sign per se; however, a development entrance sign may be part of, or mounted to, an architectural entrance feature as set forth in chapter 11 of this title and subject to approval by the director of community development.
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING: Outdoor lighting directed at buildings, facades, structures, monuments and other architectural features.
ATTIC: The space between the ceiling (joist) beams of the top story and the roof rafters.
ATTIC, HABITABLE: A habitable attic is an attic which has a stairway as a means of ingress and egress and in which the ceiling area at a height of seven and one-third feet (71/3') above the attic floor is not more than one-third (1/3) the area of the next floor below.
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION (GAS STATION): Any building or portion thereof or premises used for dispensing or offering for sale at retail any automobile fuels or oils, having pumps and storage tanks; also, where battery, tire and other similar services are rendered, but only if rendered wholly within lot lines. Excluded are open sales lots, parking, storing and sale of automobiles or any other commodity not incidental to an automobile service station.
AVERAGE SURROUNDING GRADE: The average finished grade of the site.
BASEMENT: A portion of a building located partly underground, but having not less than one-half (1/2) its clear floor to ceiling height below the average surrounding grade of the adjoining ground.
BLOCK: A tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights of way, bulkhead lines or shorelines of waterways or corporate boundary lines.
BOAT: Any vessel used for travel upon or through water, except a personal watercraft. As it pertains to chapter 5 of this title, if a boat is maintained upon a trailer, the boat and the trailer upon which the boat is mounted shall be considered as one vehicle.
BUILDABLE AREA: The area of the lot which is not located within any required yard.
BUILDING: Any structure which is built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind, and which is permanently affixed to the land.
BUILDING, ACCESSORY: A subordinate building or portion of a principal building, the use of which is incidental to that of the principal building and customary in connection with that use.
BUILDING, COMPLETELY ENCLOSED: A building separated on all sides from the adjacent open space or from other buildings or other structures by a permanent roof and behind exterior walls or party walls, pierced only by windows and normal entrance or exit doors.
BUILDING HEIGHT: The height in feet shall be taken as the vertical distance from the average grade measured at the two (2) points where the front building setback line intersects the side lot lines, to the highest point of the building. In determining height, parapet walls not exceeding three feet (3') in height from the roof surface, penthouse, roof tanks, bulkheads, chimneys and similar roof structures shall not be included unless the aggregate area of such structures exceeds one-third (1/3) of the area of the roof of the building.
BUILDING IDENTIFICATION SIGN: A wall sign which displays the company name of a business proprietor and/or the address of the building.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL: A nonaccessory building in which the principal use of the lot on which it is located is conducted.
BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL: A building which is arranged, designed, used or intended to be used for residential occupancy.
BUILDING, TEMPORARY: Any building not designed to be permanently located in the place where it is, or where it is intended to be placed or affixed.
BUSINESS: Any occupation, employment or enterprise wherein merchandise is exhibited or sold, or which occupies time, attention, labor and materials, or where services are offered.
CALIPER: The diameter of the trunk of a tree measured in inches at a point six inches (6") above the ground for up to and including four inch (4") caliper size, and twelve inches (12") above the ground for larger sizes. This point of measurement is used for nursery stock trees.
CANNABIS DISPENSARY: A business establishment operated in accordance with Illinois State Statute 410 ILCS 705, where cannabis and/or cannabis products are offered for retail sale either for medical or recreational consumption. A cannabis dispensary does not include on-site consumption, cultivation, or infusion of cannabis or cannabis products.
CANOPY: A roofed structure that is open on at least three (3) sides and typically provides protection from the sun or weather that is associated with the sale of commercial goods or services.
CAR WASH: A building or portion thereof where automobiles are washed with the use of a conveyor and blower, or other cleaning device.
CARGO CONTAINER: An industrial, standardized reusable vessel that was:
A. Originally, specifically or formerly designed for or used in the packing, shipping, movement or transportation of freight, articles, goods or commodities, and/or
B. Designed for or capable of being mounted or moved on a rail car, and/or
C. Designed for or capable of being mounted on a chassis or bogie for movement by truck trailer or loaded on a ship.
CARGO CONTAINER FACILITY: Any site in which the principal use is the movement, staging, or redistribution of cargo containers either on or off of a chassis, or the nonpermanent storage (6 months or less) of cargo containers without being utilized for transportation purposes, but not to include railroad operations that are subject to jurisdiction of the U.S. department of transportation surface transportation board.
CARPORTS: A permanent roofed structure, made of wood, brick, steel or similar materials, not more than fifty percent (50%) enclosed by walls and attached to the principal structure for the purpose of providing shelter for one or more motor vehicles.
CARTAGE AND EXPRESS FACILITIES: Any buildings, parking lots and related structures whose principal use is one or more of the following: the routing of trucks; the receipt and immediate dispatching of goods; short term storage which is incidental to the primary function of receipt and dispatching of goods; the parking or storage of trucks, trailers or other vehicles that accommodates the simultaneous loading and unloading of trucks. Cartage and express facilities shall not include cargo container movement, storage, staging, or redistribution on or off a truck trailer.
CENTER ISLAND: Center islands are located between modules of head in parking spaces, and run the length of the parking rows (see table 1 of this section).
CHASSIS: The nonpowered portion of a semitrailer configuration that transports the cargo container; also known as a truck trailer.
CIRCULATION BORDER ISLAND: Circulation border islands provide a landscaped edge at the perimeter of a parking lot and define internal access drives used for primary traffic circulation within, entrance to, or exit from a parking lot (see table 1 of this section).
CLOSED CUP FLASHPOINT: The lowest temperature at which a combustible liquid under prescribed conditions will give off a flammable vapor which will propagate a flame. The tag closed cup tester shall be authoritative for liquids having a flashpoint below one hundred seventy five degrees Fahrenheit (175°F). The Pensky Martens tester shall be authoritative for liquids having flashpoints between one hundred seventy five degrees Fahrenheit (175°F) and three hundred degrees Fahrenheit (300°F).
COLLOCATION: The use of a single structure by two (2) or more antenna systems or platforms on a structure such as a support structure, pole, tower, mast building, water tower, or other structure.
COMMERCIAL FILMING: The film, electronic, magnetic, digital, or other recording of a moving image by a person, business, or other entity for a market audience with the intent of generating income. Examples include, but are not limited to, feature film, videography, television broadcast, documentary, or other similar projects. Commercial filming activities may include the advertisement of a product or service, or the use of actors, models, sets, or props. Only permitted in conjunction with a valid permit issued by the Village of Woodridge.
COMMON AREA LIGHTING: Lighting fixtures located in the common area of residential developments including, but not limited to, private roadways, streets and driveways.
COMMUTER VAN: Any motor vehicle designed for the transportation of not less than seven (7) nor more than sixteen (16) passengers, which is: a) used in a ridesharing arrangement; and/or b) owned or leased by or on behalf of a company or an employee organization and operated on a nonprofit basis with the primary purpose of transporting employees of the company between the employees' homes and the company's place of business or a public transportation station and in which the operating, administrative, maintenance and reasonable depreciation costs are paid principally by the persons utilizing the commuter van.
COMPENSATORY STORAGE: An artificially excavated volume of storage used to balance the loss of natural flood storage capacity when artificial fill or structures are placed within the floodplain. The uncompensated loss of natural floodplain storage can increase off site floodwater elevations and flows.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The comprehensive plan of the village of Woodridge, DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois.
CONVERTED DWELLING: A single-family dwelling which has been converted into a primary unit and accessory unit, as provided in section 9-5-4 of this title.
CRITICAL ROOT ZONE: A circular area on the ground beneath a tree having a radius equal to one foot (1') for every one inch (1") of tree diameter at breast height (see figure 1 of this definition for an example). The circular area need not be exactly centered around the tree, but it shall be positioned so that no disturbance occurs closer to the tree than one-half (1/2) the radius of the circle (see figure 2 of this definition for an example).
CURB LEVEL: The level of the established curb in front of a building or structure measured at the center of such front. When no curb level has been established, it shall be deemed to be the established level of the centerline of the street surface in front of a building or structure, measured at the centerline of such front.
DAMAGE, TREE: Any direct or indirect action that causes, or is reasonably likely to cause, the death of a tree or a significant loss of a tree's structural integrity including, but not limited to, destruction, poisoning, carving, mutilating, girdling, severing the main trunk, leader or large branches, touching with live wires, crushing or exposing the roots, digging or drilling any hole or trench within the critical root zone, filling with soil or other materials within the critical root zone, compacting a substantial portion of the soil within the critical root zone, or flooding the critical root zone. Without limitation to the foregoing, damage does not include the pruning of trees in accordance with the American National Standards Institute publication A300, part 1, "Tree, Shrub And Other Woody Plant Maintenance Standard Practices (Pruning)".
DAYCARE CENTER: Any childcare facility, as defined by 225 Illinois Compiled Statutes 10/205, which regularly provides daycare for less than twenty four (24) hours per day for more than eight (8) children in a family, or more than three (3) children in a facility other than a family home. The term does not include: a) kindergartens or nursery schools or other daytime programs operated by public or private elementary school systems or secondary level school units or institutions of higher learning; b) facilities operated in connection with a shopping center or service, or other similar activity, where transient children are cared for temporarily while parents or custodians of the children are occupied on the premises, or are in the immediate vicinity and readily available; c) any type of daycare center that is conducted on federal government premises; d) education program or programs serving children who shall have attained the age of three (3) years and which are operated by a school which is registered with the state board of education or accredited by a recognized organization; e) accessory childcare facilities; and f) special activities programs, including athletics, crafts instruction and similar activities conducted on an organized and periodic basis by civic, charitable and governmental organizations.
DAYCARE CENTER, ACCESSORY: Any facility for which notification has been made to, approval has been granted by, the Illinois department of children and family services and which is conducted by a religious organization or social service agency in which individual children are provided care, on an intermittent basis, for up to ten (10) hours per seven (7) day week. Any facility which provides intermittent care for up to ten (10) hours per seven (7) day week shall not provide care for more than eight (8) hours on any given day during the seven (7) day week. Such a facility is exempt as a daycare home or center under this title.
DAYCARE, HOME: Any residence which receives more than three (3), up to a maximum of twelve (12) children, for less than twenty four (24) hours per day. The number counted includes the family's natural or adopted children and all other persons under the age of twelve (12). The term does not include facilities which receive only children from a single household.
DECIBEL: A unit of measurement of the intensity (loudness) of sound. Sound level meters which are employed to measure the intensity of sound are calibrated in decibels.
DENSITY: The density is the ratio determined as follows:
Number of dwelling units
(Divided by)
Total lot area exclusive of all streets (sq. ft.)
Although this ratio is defined by using lot size, it is also used in determining overall densities when area developments are proposed without regard to individual lots.
DEVELOPMENT: Any manmade 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, mine dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations.
DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (dbh): The diameter of the trunk of a tree measured in inches at a point four and one-half feet (4.5') above the ground. This point of measurement is used for existing trees. The dbh for a multitrunk tree that splits below four and one-half feet (41/2') but whose trunks share a common base shall equal the combined dbh of all of the trunks and shall count as one tree. Trunks that split at ground level and that do not share a common base shall each be measured as a separate tree.
DISABLED: A person who has a chronic condition which:
A. Is attributable to a mental and/or physical impairment.
B. Is likely to continue indefinitely.
C. Results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following areas of major life activity: self- activity, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living, and economic self-sufficiency.
D. Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment or other services which are of lifelong or extended duration.
DISPLACEMENT (EARTH): The amplitude or intensity of an earthborn vibration measured in inches. The displacement or amplitude is one-half (1/2) the total earth movement.
DONATION DROP BOX: A receptacle placed outdoors used for the collection of used clothing, shoes, books and small household items donated by the public for redistribution by for profit and not for profit organizations and licensed under title 3 of this code.
DRIVE AISLE: A pathway for motor vehicles through a parking area that provides direct access to parking stalls on either or both sides of the pathway.
DRIVE-IN, DRIVE-THROUGH: Any place or business operated for the sale and purchase at retail of food and other goods or the rendering of services which facility is designed and equipped so as to allow its patrons to be served or accommodated while remaining in their motor vehicle.
DRIVEWAY: A pathway for motor vehicles from a street to a building, structure, or parking area. In residential districts, a driveway may also provide off street parking for vehicles.
DWELLING: A building or portion thereof designed or used for residential purposes, including single- and multiple-family uses, but not including house trailers, mobile homes or lodging rooms in hotels, motels or lodging houses.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY: A residential building designed and built as a group of individual dwelling units, each for a single family, but which units may touch each other by virtue of common or party walls and/or floors and ceilings, and which contain two (2) or more dwelling units.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED: A residential building designed and built as a dwelling unit for one family, but which may touch another single-family dwelling on one or more sides, with or without party walls, but which is located as the only dwelling unit on a single specific lot or parcel of ground.
DWELLING UNIT: A group of rooms constituting all or part of a dwelling which are arranged, designed, used or intended for use exclusively as living quarters for one family and which include cooking facilities.
EASEMENT: A specific area of land over which a liberty, privilege or advantage is granted by the owner to the public, a corporation or some particular person or part of the public for specific uses and purposes and which shall be designated a "public" or "private" easement, perpetual or for a given term and exclusive or nonexclusive depending on the nature of the particular grant.
EDUCATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL USES: Public and private schools, hospitals, sanatoriums and other similar uses.
END ISLAND: End islands are located at the ends of parking rows (see table 1 of this section).
EXISTING GRADE: The vertical location of the existing ground surface prior to excavation or filling.
FAA: The federal aviation administration of the United States.
FCC: The federal communications commission of the United States.
FAMILY: An individual, two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage or law, or a group of not more than five (5) persons living together in a dwelling unit. Servants having common housekeeping facilities with a family consisting of an individual, or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage or law, shall be considered a part of the family for the purposes of this title.
FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENT: A retail establishment serving food to individuals and/or groups and having a food preparation area of more than one-third (1/3) the area of the serving and seating area and utilizing disposable serving dishes or containers that permit the patrons to remove food from the establishment for consumption either on the premises or elsewhere, and providing drive-up window service to customers in motor vehicles. Such practice tends to encourage high vehicular traffic volumes and/or generate large amounts of refuse.
FENCE, CLOSED: A fence which is not an open fence; provided, that any fence required by section 9-12-3 of this title shall be constructed in such manner so as to provide a solid visual barrier between the uses located on the same lot as such fence and all other surrounding uses.
FENCE 1 , OPEN: A fence, including gates, which has a ratio of open area to closed area of four to one (4:1) with the open area distributed uniformly over the entire height and length of the fence. Open fences shall be constructed in such a manner that no vertical member shall exceed a width of six inches (6"). Open fences shall include split-rail fences with no more than three (3) horizontal rails, post and board fences with no more than three (3) horizontal boards, and fences of chainlink, woven mesh or other similar designs; except, that any fences which obstruct or disturb vision or create a visibility hazard due to reflected or refractive qualities are not defined as an open fence.
FIXTURE: A complete lighting unit consisting of a lamp (or lamps) and ballast (or ballasts) as required, together with the parts designed to distribute the light, position and protect the lamps and connect them to the power supply. A fixture is often referred to as a luminaire.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS: For the purposes of determining floor area ratio, the floor area of a building or buildings shall be the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of such building or buildings measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from the centerline of party walls separating two (2) buildings. In particular, "gross floor area" shall include:
A. Basement space, if at least one-half (1/2) of the basement or lowest level height is above the average grade, measured at the two (2) points where the front building setback line intersects the side lot lines.
B. Elevator shafts and stairwells at each floor.
C. Floor space used for mechanical equipment where the structural headroom exceeds seven and one-half feet (71/2') except equipment, open or enclosed, located on the roof, i.e., bulkheads, water tanks and cooling towers.
D. Reserved.
E. Interior balconies and mezzanines.
F. Enclosed porches, but not terraces and breezeways.
G. Accessory buildings.
FLOOR AREA, NET: For the purpose of determining off street parking and loading requirements, the net floor area of a building or buildings shall mean the sum of the net horizontal floor area of the several floors of a building measured from the interior faces of the exterior walls or from the centerline of party walls separating two (2) buildings. The net floor area (NFA) of a building shall include:
A. Basements, when used for other than storage;
B. Penthouse, excluding mechanical penthouses;
C. Attic space having headroom of seven feet six inches (7'6") or more;
D. Interior balconies and mezzanines, excluding those designed and used as provided in subsection H of this definition of the exclusions from the net floor area listed below;
E. Enclosed porches; and
F. Floor area devoted to storage areas located within selling or working space such as counters, racks or closets; backroom or main floor storage rooms.
The net floor area (NFA) of a building shall not include:
A. Floor area occupied by mechanical, telephone and electrical equipment, including penthouses;
B. Stairwells, escalators and elevator shafts;
C. Attic space having headroom of less than seven feet six inches (7'6");
D. Public restrooms;
E. Interior off street parking and loading;
F. Basements, or portions thereof used for storage;
G. Entrance lobbies; and
H. Interior covered common areas designed primarily for pedestrian circulation.
FLOOR AREA RATIO: The floor area ratio is determined as follows:
Total gross floor area, all floors on lot (sq. ft.)
(Divided by)
Total lot area exclusive of all streets (sq. ft.)
Total lot area includes all impermeable surface areas, including driveways, access drives, parking areas, and sidewalks. Permeable surface areas include all landscaped areas, landscape berms, detention/retention areas, wetlands, etc.
FOOT-CANDLE: A unit of illumination. Technically, the illumination at all points one foot (1') distant from a uniform point source of one candlepower.
FREE BURNING: A rate of combustion described by material which burns actively and easily supports combustion. Examples: coal, charcoal.
GARAGE, PRIVATE: An accessory building or an accessory portion of the principal building, including a carport, which is intended for and used to store the private vehicles of the family resident upon the premises and in which no business, service or industry connected directly or indirectly with automotive vehicles is carried on.
GLARE: Lighting entering the eye directly from luminaires or indirectly from reflective surfaces that causes visual discomfort or reduced visibility.
GROUND FLOOR AREA: The lot area covered by a building(s) whether principal or accessory, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls, exclusive of terraces, breezeways, open porches, carports and garages.
GROUP HOME: A dwelling unit shared by not more than twelve (12) persons not related by blood, marriage, adoption or guardianship, plus their related staff, who live together as a single housekeeping unit and in a long term family environment in which staff persons assist in providing care, education, and participation in community activities for the residents with the primary goal of enabling the residents to live as independently as possible in order to reach their maximum potential. A group home may be shared by groups such as the disabled or the elderly.
HARD SURFACED OFF STREET PARKING AREA: A surface consisting of portland cement, bituminous asphalt, or paver bricks.
HELIPORT: A designated area on the ground or on a building meeting the specifications of the federal aviation administration for the exclusive use of landing and takeoff of helicopters, excluding service and/or refueling buildings or facilities.
HOME OCCUPATION: Any gainful occupation engaged in by the resident(s) of a dwelling unit at or from the dwelling unit.
HOTEL: A building which provides a common entrance, lobby, halls and stairways and in which lodging is offered with or without meals to thirteen (13) or more transient guests.
IMPACT NOISE: A short duration sound which is incapable of being accurately measured on a sound level meter.
IMPULSE: Discrete vibration pulsations occurring no more often than one per second.
INCOMBUSTIBLE: A material which will not ignite nor actively support combustion during an exposure for five (5) minutes to a temperature of one thousand two hundred degrees Fahrenheit (1,200°F).
INTENSE BURNING: A rate of combustion described by a material that burns with a high degree of activity and is consumed rapidly. Examples: sawdust, magnesium (powder, flaked or strips), rocket fuels.
INTERMEDIATE ISLAND: Intermediate islands are landscaped features located perpendicular to and within a parking row (see table 1 of this section).
ISLANDS: An area of ground within the boundary of any parking lot which has curbing adjacent to paved areas. Planting islands are used for traffic control and provide space for landscaping which help screen and shade parking lots.
KELVIN: A unit increment of temperature and is used as a color temperature scale of a light bulb (symbol "K").
KENNEL: Any premises or portion thereof where four (4) or more domestic animals over four (4) months of age are kept or boarded for compensation and which does not include the provision of medical care.
LANDBANKED PARKING: A portion of the required parking spaces for a building or structure that are permitted to remain as lawn or a landscaped area but which must be converted into off street parking facilities upon notice to do so by the Village (see table 1 of this section).
LANDSCAPE LIGHTING: Outdoor lighting directed at trees, shrubs, plants, flowerbeds, fountains, gardens and other natural or landscaped features.
LATTICE TOWER: A tower characterized by an open framework of lateral cross members, which stabilize the tower.
LIGHT: Radiant energy that can be sensed or seen by the human eye.
LIGHT FIXTURE, FULLY SHIELDED: A light fixture constructed and installed in such a manner that all light emitted by the fixture, either directly from the bulb or a diffusing element, or indirectly by reflection or refraction from any part of the fixture, is projected below the horizontal plane through the fixture's lowest light emitting part.
LIGHT OUTPUT: The power emitted from a source of electromagnetic radiation, such as a light bulb, in the form of visible light. Light output is measured in lumens and is typically specified by the manufacturer for a given lamp or luminaire. Typical light output values for incandescent bulbs are:
100W: 1550 lumens
75W: 1080 lumens
60W: 780 lumens
40W: 450 lumens
LOADING, OFF STREET: A space, accessible from a street, alley or way, in a building or on a lot, for the use of trucks while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.
LOT: A parcel of land (whether legally so described or subdivided as 1 or more lots or parts of lots) located within a single block, occupied by or intended for occupancy by one (1) principal building or principal use, and having its principal frontage upon a street.
LOT AREA: The area of horizontal plane bounded by the vertical planes through front, side and rear lot lines.
LOT COVERAGE: That area of a lot or parcel which is covered by buildings and/or other structures. In business and industrial zoning districts parking lots shall not be considered structures for lot coverage calculations.
LOT DEPTH: The depth of a lot or parcel as measured along a straight line connecting the midpoint of the front lot line to the midpoint of the rear lot line.
LOT LINE: A property boundary line of a lot; except, that where any portion of a lot extends into the abutting street, the lot line shall be deemed to be the street line.
LOT LINE, EXTERIOR SIDE: A lot line which abuts a street and which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line. If the exterior side lot line abuts a front lot line on a curve, the exterior side lot line shall extend to the midpoint of the curve.
LOT LINE, FRONT: A lot line which abuts a street. For landlocked or partially landlocked lots, a lot line which faces the access to the lot. On a lot abutting two (2) or more streets, the front lot line shall be the shortest lot line abutting a street. If the front lot line abuts an exterior side lot line on a curve, the front lot line shall extend to the midpoint of the curve.
LOT LINE, INTERIOR SIDE: A lot line which abuts another lot and which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
LOT LINE, REAR: A lot line or lot lines most distant from and most nearly parallel to the front lot line.
LOT, REVERSED CORNER: A corner lot, the rear of which abuts upon the side of another lot.
LOT, THROUGH CORNER: A lot having frontage on two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets, and on the third street which is perpendicular or approximately perpendicular to the other two (2) streets.
LOT WIDTH: The width of a lot or parcel measured along a straight line perpendicular to a straight line connecting the midpoint of the front lot line with the midpoint of the rear lot line, such measurement being made to the point that the front to rear line intersects the required front yard setback line. In no case shall the front lot line be less than seventy five percent (75%) of the required lot width in the applicable district.
LOT, ZONING: A tract of land consisting of individual parcels located within a block, under single ownership, and with one (1) principal building.
LUMENS: The unit of measurement used to quantify the amount of light produced by a bulb or emitted from a fixture.
LUMINAIRE: A complete lighting unit consisting of a lamp (or lamps) and ballast (or ballasts) as required, together with the parts designed to distribute the light, position and protect the lamps and connect them to the power supply. A luminaire is often referred to as a fixture.
MANUFACTURING: The production of articles for use from raw or prepared materials by giving such materials new forms, qualities, properties or combinations, whether by hand labor or machine.
MASSAGE: Any method of pressure on or friction against, or stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating or stimulating of the external soft parts of the body with the hands or with the aid of any mechanical electrical apparatus or appliances with or without rubbing alcohol, liniments, antiseptics, oils, powder, creams, lotions, ointments or other similar preparations used in this practice, under such circumstances that it is reasonably expected that the person to whom treatment is provided, or some third party on such person's behalf, will pay money or give other consideration or any gratuity therefor.
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT: As defined in title 3, chapter 13 of this Code.
MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARY: A facility operated by an organization or business that is registered by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to acquire medical cannabis from a registered cultivation center for the purpose of dispensing cannabis, paraphernalia, or related supplies and educational materials to registered qualifying patients.
MINIWAREHOUSE: Multiple buildings or structures designed and used exclusively for the storage of personal property of persons who own and/or lease portions of said building or structure, including a caretaker's residence and office.
MONOPOLE TOWER: A tower that is a single upright pole engineered to be self-supporting that does not require lateral cross support or guys.
MOTEL: A building in which lodging is afforded with or without meals to transient guests.
NONCONFORMING SIGN: A sign, lawful prior to the effective date hereof, which does not comply with all of the regulations of this title or any amendment hereto governing the use of signs.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE: A structure lawfully established which:
A. Does not comply with all the regulations of this title governing the bulk of structures located within any given district; or
B. Is designed or intended for nonconforming use.
NONCONFORMING USE: A structure and the use thereof or the use of land that does not comply with the regulations of this title governing use in the district in which it is located, but which conformed with all of the codes, ordinances and other legal requirements applicable at the time such structure was erected, enlarged or altered, and the use thereof or the use of land was established.
NONRETAIL COMMERCIAL: Commercial sales and services to customers who intend resale of the products or merchandise sold or handled. For example, nonretail commercial includes wholesaling, warehousing, trucking terminal and similar commercial enterprises.
NOXIOUS MATTER: Material which is capable of causing injury to living organisms by chemical reaction or is capable of causing detrimental effects upon the psychological, social or economic well being of human beings.
OCTAVE BAND: A prescribed interval of sound frequencies which classifies sound according to its pitch.
ODOR THRESHOLD: The lowest concentration of odorous matter in air that will produce an olfactory response in a human being. Odor thresholds shall be determined in accordance with ASTM method D1391-57, "Standard Method For Measurement Of Odor In Atmospheres (Dilution Method)".
ODOROUS MATTER: Any material that produces an olfactory response among human beings.
OFFICE BUILDING: Any building, containing one or more businesses, used primarily for conducting the administrative affairs of a business, profession, service industry, or government, or like activity.
OPEN SPACE: Land unoccupied by structures, buildings, streets, rights of way and automobile parking lots and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of a planned unit development. Open space may contain structures for recreational use.
OUTDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES: Recreational uses conducted primarily outdoors, which shall be limited to par 3 and miniature golf courses, golf driving ranges, swimming pools, and tennis clubs.
PARCEL (OR TRACT): A continuous area or acreage of land which can be described as provided for in the plat act 2 .
PARKED TRUCK: A vehicle which does not remain on a parcel for more than ninety six (96) consecutive hours.
PARKING MODULE: The area of a parking lot consisting of the drive aisle and the parking rows that adjoin the aisle (see table 1 of this section).
PARKING ROW: A series of parking spaces placed next to each other in a line (see table 1 of this section).
PARKING SPACE: A surfaced and permanently maintained area on privately or publicly owned property, either within or outside of a building, of sufficient size to store one standard automobile, but in no instance less than the minimum dimensions established by this title, exclusive of passageways, driveways or other means of circulation or access.
PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AREAS: Any public or private land that is predominately open space and that is designated to serve the recreational needs of the community. The facilities and structures allowed shall be limited to those related to and necessary for active and passive recreation as defined in this section. In addition, the following accessory structures shall be permitted: picnic shelters, benches, restrooms, concessions, drinking fountains, and sculptures.
PARTICULATE MATTER: Material which is suspended in or discharged into the atmosphere in finely divided form as a liquid or a solid at atmospheric pressure and temperature.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD: A criterion to control noise, odor, smoke, toxic or noxious matter, vibration, fire and explosive hazards, or glare or heat generated by or inherent in uses of land or buildings.
PERSON: Any person, firm or corporation, public or private, the state of Illinois and its agencies or political subdivision, the United States Of America, its agencies and instrumentalities and any agent, servant, officer or employee of any of the foregoing.
PERSONAL WATERCRAFT: Any vessel used for travel upon or through water that uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motor power and that is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel, and includes vessels that are similar in appearance and operation but are powered by an outboard or propeller drive motor.
PET GROOMING: Any building or portion thereof designed or used for the nonmedical care, cleaning, or styling of domestic animals.
PET SHOP: A retail sales establishment primarily involved in the sale of domestic animals, such as dogs, cats, fish, birds and reptiles, excluding farm animals such as horses, goats, sheep and poultry.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT: A tract of land which, at its time of development, is developed under single ownership or unified control, which includes two (2) or more principal buildings or uses, and is processed under the planned unit development procedure of this title.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PLAT: A drawing or map made to a measurable scale upon which is presented a description and definition of the way in which the design requirements of the planned unit development are to be met and intended for recording with the county recorder of deeds.
PLANTINGS, PRAIRIE OR WETLAND: Those plants identified by the U.S. geological survey (USGS) or the environmental protection agency (EPA) as natural prairie or wetland species.
PLAT: A map or chart of a subdivision of land.
PLAT ACT: 765 Illinois Compiled Statutes, as amended.
PLAT, FINAL: A map of all or part of a subdivision providing substantial conformance with the requirements of the plat act and this title and for recording by the county recorder.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY: A map showing all requisite details of a proposed subdivision submitted to an approving authority for purposes of preliminary consideration, prepared in conformance with the plat act and this title.
PORTABLE SELF-STORAGE CONTAINERS: A portable storage unit designed and used exclusively for the storage of personal property which is designed to be delivered to a customer's house for on location packing and subsequent pick up and delivery to a storage facility.
PRE-1960 OCTAVE BANDS: The frequency intervals prescribed by the American Standards Association in ASA standard 224 10-1953, "Octave Band Filter Set".
PREFERRED FREQUENCIES: A set of octave bands described by the band center frequency and standardized by the American Standards Association in ASA standard 6-1969, "Preferred Frequencies For Acoustical Measurements".
PRIMARY UNIT: That portion of a converted dwelling which is not part of the accessory unit, as provided in section 9-5-4 of this title.
PROCESSING: The means or methods employed to produce a certain result or effect, or a mode of treatment of given materials to produce a desired result, either by chemical reaction, by the operation or application of some element or power of nature, or of one substance to another, including the manufacturing, fabricating, assembly, disassembly, repairing, cleaning, servicing, of products or goods, irrespective of any machine or mechanical device.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS: Grading, street surfacing, curbs and gutter, sidewalks, walkways, crosswalks, water mains, fire hydrants and other water system improvements, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, stormwater management structures and lands, culverts, bridges, streetlights, trees and other additions or deletions from the natural state of land which increases its value, utility or habitability.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE: Any publicly owned open area, including, but not limited to, the following: parks, playgrounds, forest preserves, beaches, waterways, parkways and streets.
PUBLIC SERVICE: A building, structure or parcel of land owned by a governmental entity for the benefit of the public at large and aboveground service facilities owned by nongovernmental entities located on private property.
PUBLIC STREETLIGHT: A luminaire or light installation designed to illuminate a public right of way.
PUBLIC UTILITY: Any person, firm, corporation, municipal department, board or commission, duly authorized to furnish, and furnishing under governmental regulations to the public: gas, steam, electricity, sewage disposal, communication, telegraph, transportation or water. Aboveground service facility owners, operators, managers, and controllers shall be deemed to be public utilities.
RACKING: A method of storing a chassis on end in an upright position where the bed is perpendicular to the ground.
RECREATION, ACTIVE: Leisure activities, usually performed with others, often requiring equipment and taking place at prescribed places, sites, or sports fields. The term active recreation shall be limited to swimming; hockey; basketball, volleyball, tennis and other court games; baseball, softball, soccer, and other field sports; and playground activities.
RECREATION ESTABLISHMENT: A building or facility designed and equipped for the conduct of sports, leisure time activities and other recreation activities, including, but not limited to, gymnasiums, bowling alleys, skating rinks, swimming pools, and dance halls.
RECREATION, PASSIVE: Leisure activities that generally do not require a developed site. The term passive recreation shall be limited to hiking, picnicking, biking, boating, and birdwatching.
REFLEXOLOGY ESTABLISHMENT: An establishment whose primary service is the manipulation of soft tissue to the feet, hands, and ears, and who does not have the client disrobe. Reflexology establishments shall conduct their operations in an open floor format and not in private client rooms.
REMOVAL, TREE: The physical detachment or elimination of a tree, or the effective detachment or elimination of a tree, through damage or otherwise. Without limitation to the foregoing, removal does not include the pruning of trees in accordance with the American National Standards Institute publication A300, part 1 "Tree, Shrub And Other Woody Plant Maintenance Standard Practices (Pruning)".
RESTAURANT: A retail establishment serving food to individuals and/or groups; provided, that the definition of restaurant shall not include fast food restaurants.
RETAIL SALES: Sale of any product or merchandise to customers for their own personal consumption or use, not for resale.
RINGELMANN CHART: A chart which is described in the U.S. bureau of mines information circular 6888, and on which are illustrated gradual shades of gray for use in estimating the light obscuring capacity of smoke.
RINGELMANN NUMBER: The number of the area on the Ringelmann chart that coincides most nearly with the light obscuring capacity of smoke.
ROOFLINE: Either the edge of the roof or the top of the parapet, whichever forms the top line of the building silhouette, and where a building has several roof levels, this roof or parapet shall be the one belonging to that portion of the building on whose wall the sign is located.
SCREENING: Solid wall, fence or densely planted compact hedge not less than five feet (5') in height.
SELF-STORAGE FACILITY: A stand alone building designed and used exclusively for the storage of personal property of persons who own and/or lease portions of said building. At least seventy five percent (75%) of the units are required to have interior access.
SETBACK: The minimum horizontal distance between a lot line and uses on a lot as measured from the lot line.
SETBACK, BUILDING: The minimum horizontal distance between a lot line and a principal building on a lot as measured from the lot line.
SHOPPING CENTER: Any concentration of two (2) or more retail stores and/or service establishments in one or more buildings under single ownership or management, with common parking facilities.
SHRUB, LOW: Any shrub, with a minimum planting height of eighteen inches (18"), which attains a mature height of four feet (4') or less when left unpruned.
SHRUB, TALL: Any shrub, with a minimum planting height of twenty four inches (24"), which attains a mature height greater than four feet (4') when left unpruned.
SIGHT DISTANCE TRIANGLE: That portion of a lot within the triangular area formed by two (2) legs measuring twenty five feet (25') in length from the point of intersection of two (2) street right of way lines forming a corner lot.
SIGN: Any object, device, display or structure or part thereof which is used to advertise, identify, display, direct or attract the attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, project, service, event or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, fixtures, colors, motion, illumination or projected images. The term "sign" includes, but is not limited to, every projecting sign, wall sign, roof sign, billboard, poster board, freestanding sign, ground sign, window sign, vehicle sign, awning, canopy, marquee, changeable copy sign, illuminated sign, flashing sign, animated sign, temporary sign, portable sign, handheld or human sign, or any other "attention getting device" or other display (as hereinafter defined) whether affixed to a building or separate from any building.
Animated Sign: Any sign or part of a sign which changes physical position by any movement or rotation or any sign which presents the illusion of movement.
Attention Getting Device: Any pennant, flag, valance, banner, propeller, spinner, streamer, searchlight, balloon and similar device or ornamentation designed for the purpose of promotion or advertising or attracting attention.
Awning, Marquee, Canopy Sign: Any sign, on a marquee, canopy or awning (fixed or removable), that projects from the wall of a building. In the case of an internally illuminated awning, marquee or canopy sign, the entire structure shall be considered a sign.
Banner Sign: A sign that is decorative in nature installed on a light pole for the purpose of advertising seasonal messages, graphics and/or shopping center or community identity and events.
Business Sign: A sign that directs attention to or advertises a business or profession conducted upon or to a commodity, service or entertainment sold or offered upon the zoning lot upon which such sign is erected.
Changeable Copy Sign: A sign wherein provision is made for the manual or electronic change of letters or characters in the field in or upon the surface area of the sign.
Commercial Billboard Or Poster Board: A single or double faced, freestanding sign permanently erected on the premises, including changeable copy signs, used for the display of commercial information not associated with the conduct of a business or enterprise located on the same premises of such a sign.
Electronic Message Board Sign: A sign with a fixed or changing display/message composed of a series of lights that may be changed through electronic means.
Externally Illuminated Sign: A sign illuminated by a source of light which is cast upon or falls upon the surface of the sign to illuminate by reflection only.
Festoon Lighting: A group of two (2) or more incandescent light bulbs hung or strung overhead, not on a building or structure, which are exposed to persons on a public right of way or which are not shaded or hooded to prevent direct rays or light from being visible.
Flashing Sign: Any directly or indirectly illuminated sign, either stationary or animated, which exhibits changing natural or artificial light or color effects by any means whatsoever.
Freestanding Sign Or Ground Sign: A sign completely or principally self-supported by a post(s) or other support(s) independent of any building or other structures and anchored in or upon the ground.
Handheld Or Human Sign: Signs attached to or held by a person, or persons outfitted in costumes designed to promote a specific business, service or product.
Identification Sign: Any sign which states the company name of any business including national company and/or proprietor.
Internally Illuminated Sign: A sign, all or any part of the letter or design of which is made of incandescent, neon or other types of lamps; a sign with painted, flush or raised letters lighted by an electric lamp or lamps attached thereto; a sign having a border of incandescent or fluorescent lamps thereto attached and reflecting light thereon; or a translucent sign, whether lighted by electricity or other illuminant.
Monument Ground Sign: Any sign which is completely supported by the ground and erected in a manner so that no views are possible underneath the bottom edge of the sign surface area.
Nameplate: A sign which displays only the name and/or address of the occupant and is nonelectrical.
Noncommercial Sign: A sign not directed at promoting commercial activity and includes, but is not limited to, political campaign and advocacy signs.
Nonconforming Sign: A sign, lawful at the enactment of ordinance 83-33 (July 14, 1983), which does not comply with all of the regulations of such ordinance, or any amendment thereto, governing the use of signs.
Obsolete Sign: A sign which advertises a business which is not being presently conducted upon the premises on which the sign is located.
Off Premises Sign: A sign which directs attention to or advertises a use, business, commodity, service or activity not conducted, sold or offered upon the premises where the sign is located. (This term shall also include those signs commonly known as advertising signs, billboards, real estate signs and poster panels.)
Portable Sign: (This term also includes those signs commonly known as sandwich signs.) Any sign that is not permanently affixed to a building, structure or the ground; a sign designed to be moved from place to place. These signs primarily include, but are not limited to, signs attached to wood or metal frames designed to be self-supporting and movable; paper, cardboard or canvas signs wrapped around supporting poles. Also included are those signs, commonly trailer mounted, which are designed to be moved from place to place.
Projecting Sign: A sign which projects more than twelve inches (12") from the face of any building or wall which supports said sign. Any sign suspended under a marquee and in a place approximately perpendicular to the wall of the building supporting the marquee shall not be deemed to be a "projecting sign".
Pylon Ground Sign: Any sign which is completely supported by a post(s) or other support(s), and erected in a manner which permits views underneath at least fifty percent (50%) of the space directly below the bottom edge of the sign surface area.
Real Estate Sign: A sign located for the purposes of advertising a parcel of land or a building as available for sale, rent or lease.
Roof Sign: A sign erected, constructed or maintained in whole or in part upon or over the roof of a building or structure. Roof signs shall not include those signs maintained upon the lower slope of a mansard roof which do not extend above the uppermost point of the lower slope. Such signs shall be classified as "wall signs".
Sign Surface Area: The total exposed surface devoted to the sign's message, including all framing, bordering, backgrounds, backdrops, ornamentation, embellishment, letters, symbols, logos and all other such elements of a sign (including blank spaces within, between and adjacent to individual letters, symbols and logos) but excluding, in the case of a freestanding or ground sign, the supporting structure. The "supporting structure" shall be defined as any poles, posts, framework, masonry construction or other structural elements. In the case of a ground sign designed with more than one exterior surface, the sign surface area shall be computed as including the sum of the areas of the surfaces.
Temporary Sign: Any sign, banner, pennant, valance or advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas, light fabric, cardboards, wallboard or other materials, with or without frames, for use for a limited period of time.
Time And/Or Temperature Signs:
A. Time Signs: Devices which periodically display the time of day.
B. Temperature Signs: Devices which periodically display the current temperature.
Unusually Shaped Signs: Signs such as cubes, globes, cylinders or pyramids shall be considered multifaced signs and the sign surface area shall be computed as the total of the exposed surface.
Wall Sign: A sign mounted or attached to the wall of a building or structure in a plane parallel to that of the supporting wall, consisting of individual or grouped letters and/or symbols. A wall sign may not project more than twelve inches (12") from the plane of the surface to which it is attached.
Window Identification Sign: An identification sign painted on, affixed to or placed against any window or which is placed in a display case for view from the outdoors through a window when such sign is visible from any public right of way.
Window Promotional Sign: Any sign painted on, affixed to or placed against any window, or which is placed in a display case, for view from the outdoors through a window when such sign is visible from any public right of way and which is displayed for the specific purpose of attracting the attention of the passerby to a sale, or to promotional items, or to other products or services.
SKETCH PLAN: A map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision in sufficient detail to provide adequate basis for review and to meet the requirements and procedures set forth in this title.
SLOW BURNING: A rate of combustion which describes materials that do not in themselves constitute an active fuel for the spread of combustion. Examples: wool, materials with fire retardant treatments.
SMOKE: Small gasborne particles other than water that form a visible plume in the air.
SMOKE UNITS, NUMBER OF: The number contained by multiplying the smoke density in Ringelmann numbers by the time of emission in minutes. For the purposes of this calculation, a Ringelmann density reading is made at least once every minute during the period of observation; each reading is then multiplied by the time in minutes during which it is observed; the various products are then added together to give the total number of smoke units observed during the total period under observation.
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM: A system that uses the power of the sun to capture, distribute and/or store energy for on site consumption of utility power.
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM, GROUND MOUNTED: A solar energy system that is not attached to another structure and is affixed to the ground.
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM, ROOF MOUNTED: A solar energy system affixed to the roof of a principal or accessory structure.
SOLAR SHINGLES: Photovoltaic shingles that directly integrate with typical asphalt shingles which serve as a conventional shingle for weather protection, while generating clean solar electricity to a building.
SOUND LEVEL METER: An instrument standardized by the American Standards Association for measurement of intensity of sound that is calibrated in decibels.
SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL: The intensity of sound or noise in decibels.
SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS:
A. Less than completely or opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus or female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola; and/or
B. Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely or opaquely covered.
SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES:
A. Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal;
B. Acts or representations of acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation or erotic or sexual oriented torture, beating or infliction of pain;
C. Fondling, kissing or erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks or female breasts; and/or
D. Excretory functions as part of or in connection with any activity set forth in subsections A through C of this definition.
STACKING: A method of storing multiple cargo containers or chassis on top of each other in a vertical manner where the floor of the containers or chassis remain parallel to the ground.
STORY: That portion of a building included between the floor surface and the surface of the next floor or roof above and having a height of not less than seven feet (7'); except, that space used exclusively for the housing of mechanical services for the building and having access limited to maintenance purposes only, shall not be construed as a story. A story may have differing or "split" levels, in which case, the floor levels which have the least difference in floor level (5 feet or less) shall be construed as being the same story. A mezzanine shall be construed as a story if its area exceeds one-third (1/3) of the floor directly below it, or if the vertical distance from the floor below the mezzanine to the floor or roof above the mezzanine exceeds twenty three feet (23'). Basements, as determined from the average grade, measured at the two (2) points where the front building setback line intersects the side lot lines, and habitable attic areas shall not be considered stories for the purpose of determining building height for single-family detached dwellings.
STORY, HALF: A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall not more than three feet (3') above the top floor level, and in which space not more than sixty percent (60%) of the floor area is completed for the principal or accessory uses.
STREET: A permanent public or private right of way which affords a primary means of access to abutting property.
STRUCTURE: Anything erected, the use of which requires more or less permanent location on the ground or attached to something having a permanent location on the ground. An advertising or business sign or other advertising device, if detached or projecting, shall be construed to be a separate structure.
SUBDIVIDER: A natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or combination thereof or their agents, who shall seek to subdivide or partition a parcel or tract of land as hereinafter regulated 3 , or who shall seek to develop a heretofore subdivided parcel or tract which has not been improved in accordance with the standards and specifications incorporated herein. In addition, as used herein, a subdivider shall be deemed to include any person or entity who shall seek approval of a planned unit development to the extent provided in this title, or who shall seek to construct a heretofore approved planned unit development.
SUBDIVISION 4 : The partitioning or dividing of a parcel or tract of land by the subdivider thereof or by his heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors or assigns, where the act of division creates a subdivision not exempt under the provisions of 765 Illinois Compiled Statutes. In addition, as used herein, a subdivision shall be deemed to include a planned unit development to the extent provided in chapter 14 of this title or who shall seek to construct a heretofore approved planned unit development.
TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER: Any freestanding structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas. This term includes, but is not limited to, radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common carrier towers, cellular phone towers, alternative tower structures, and other wireless communication towers. For the purpose of this title, all telecommunication towers are considered wireless communication facilities.
THREE COMPONENT MEASURING SYSTEM: An instrument or complement of instruments which records earthborn vibration simultaneously in three (3) mutually perpendicular directions.
TOXIC MATERIALS: A substance (liquid, solid or gaseous) which, by reason of an inherent deleterious property, tends to destroy life or impair health.
TRAILERS:
A. House Trailer:
1. A trailer or semitrailer equipped and used for living quarters or for human habitation (temporarily or permanently) rather than for the transportation of freight, goods, wares and merchandise; or
2. A house trailer or a semitrailer which is used commercially (temporarily or permanently), that is, for the advertising, sales, display or promotion of merchandise or services, or for any other commercial purpose except the transportation of property for hire or the transportation of property for distribution by a private carrier.
B. Semitrailer: Every vehicle without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
C. Trailer: Every vehicle without motive power in operation, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.
TREE: Any self-supporting, woody plant with its root system, growing upon the earth usually with one trunk supporting a generally well defined crown and which, at maturity, is at least twelve feet (12') in height.
TREE, CLASS ONE: Any tree that is not a class two tree or that is otherwise deemed desirable by the director of community development due to local or historical significance, significant environmental value or other similar attribute.
TREE, CLASS TWO: Trees that are weak wooded, prone to rot, prone to disease or insect problems, invasive, or that are otherwise deemed undesirable by the director of community development, including, but not limited to: nonhybrid American elm, Siberian elm, European birch, black locust, Russian olive, box elder, buckthorn, cottonwood, Lombardy poplar, white poplar, mulberry, willow, osage orange, tree of heaven, and silver maple.
TREE, DECIDUOUS: A tree that sheds its foliage annually.
TREE, EVERGREEN: A tree that has live foliage on its branches year round.
TREE, QUALIFYING: An existing live tree growing in the earth that falls into any of the categories listed below:
A. Deciduous trees with a minimum size of six inches (6") in dbh.
B. Evergreen trees with a minimum size of twelve feet (12') in height.
C. Any other tree designated to be preserved on an approved tree preservation plan.
TREE, REPLACEMENT: A nursery grown, deciduous tree in excellent condition with a minimum caliper of three inches (3"), properly balled and burlapped and satisfying the standards established for nursery stock and installation thereof set forth by the American Association Of Nurserymen. It shall be of a species normally grown in northeastern Illinois and capable of withstanding site microclimates, and shall meet the definition of a class one tree.
USE: The purpose or activity for which the land or building thereon is designed, arranged or intended or for which it is occupied or maintained.
USE, ACCESSORY: An accessory use is a structure and/or use which:
A. Is subordinate to and serves a principal structure or use;
B. Is subordinate in area, extent, intensity and/or purpose to the principal structure or use served;
C. Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of the occupants of, or of the business or industry located in or on the principal structure and/or use served; and
D. Is located on the same zoning lot as the principal structure and/or use served.
USE, ANCILLARY: A use that does not exceed more than twenty five percent (25%) of the anticipated weekly operating hours of the existing permitted assembly use in which it is located.
VEHICLE, COMMERCIAL: Any vehicle operated for the transportation of persons or property in the furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise, for hire or not for hire, but not including a commuter van, a vehicle used in a ridesharing arrangement when being used for that purpose, or a recreation vehicle not being used commercially.
VEHICLE, OFF ROAD: Any vehicle intended principally for recreational off road use, including, but not limited to, a dune buggy, go-cart, all-terrain vehicle (ATV), off highway motorcycle or snowmobile.
VEHICLE, RECREATIONAL: Any camping trailer, motor home, mini- motor home, travel trailer, truck camper or van camper used primarily for recreational purposes and not used commercially. The terms found in this definition shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them as provided in the Illinois vehicle code.
VEHICLE, STORED: A vehicle which remains on a parcel for more than ninety six (96) consecutive hours.
VETERINARIAN OFFICE: Any building or portion thereof used to provide medical care, observation or treatment of domestic animals, where the indoor boarding of animals is accessory to the veterinary use and where the hours of daily operation are restricted to twelve (12) hours or less.
WAREHOUSE: A building or structure or part thereof used principally for the storage of goods and/or merchandise.
WHOLESALE CLUBS: A self-service, cash and carry, food and general merchandise facility designed to serve businesses, institutions and individuals who must purchase either a business or individual membership before they will be allowed access to the facility. The goods sold may be for both final consumption and resale.
The type of food and general merchandise sold may include, but shall not be limited to, the following: food and groceries, wine, beer and liquor, major and small appliances, electronics, photo equipment, hardware, clothing, health and beauty aids, office supplies, jewelry, tires (including accessory installation and balancing), automotive supplies including, but not limited to, batteries (including accessory installation), motor oil, antifreeze and jacks, and other items of the type which are usually found in general family type discount department stores.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY: An unstaffed facility for the transmission and/or reception of radio frequency (RF) signals. The facility may consist of: transmission and reception devices, a support structure, ancillary equipment (cable, conduit, connectors), and/or an equipment enclosure used to house and protect the necessary electronic equipment as support structures for antennas and/or towers only.
YARD: Areas required on any lot which are unoccupied and unobstructed from its lowest level upward, except for permitted obstructions as otherwise provided for in this title, and which extend along a lot line and at right angles thereto a depth or width as specified by the bulk regulations for the district in which the lot is located.
YARD, EXTERIOR SIDE (STREET): A required yard adjoining a street which extends the full depth of a lot, along an exterior side lot line, excluding the area within a front yard.
YARD, FRONT: A required yard which extends the full width of a lot along a front lot line.
YARD, INTERIOR: A required yard adjoining another lot which extends the full depth of a lot along an interior side lot line, excluding the areas within a front yard and/or rear yard.
YARD, LANDSCAPE: Areas required on any lot which are occupied by landscaping and which extend along a lot line and at right angles thereto a depth or width as specified elsewhere in this title.
YARD, REAR: A required yard which extends the full width of a lot along a rear lot line excluding the area within an exterior side yard.
ZONING OFFICER 5 : Wherever in this title the term "Zoning Officer" is used, it shall mean the duly appointed and acting Director of Community Development 6 or his designee. That officer is hereby authorized and it is his duty to administer and enforce the provisions of this title, making such determinations, interpretations and orders as are necessary therefor, and requiring such plats, plans and other descriptive material in connection with applications for permits as are necessary for him to judge compliance with this title.
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(1976 Code §22-1-4; amd. Ord. 86-63, §§1 - 7; Ord. 90-55, 8-23-1990; Ord. 90-83, 12-13-1990; Ord. 91-13, 4-11-1991; 1991 Code; Ord. 92-06, 3-12-1992; Ord. 94-20, 3-24-1994; Ord. 96-25, 6-13-1996; Ord. 99-63, 11-11-1999; Ord. 99-64, 12-9-1999; Ord. 99-65, 10-14-1999; Ord. 2001-02, 1-25-2001; Ord. 2002-50, 12-12-2002; Ord. 2003-17, 4-24-2003; Ord. 2004-10, 3-18-2004; Ord. 2004-49, 7-15-2004; Ord. 2005-47, 8-18-2005; Ord. 2005-49, 9-1-2005; Ord. 2007-16, 4-5-2007; Ord. 2007-49, 9-6-2007; Ord. 2009-31, 7-16-2009; Ord. 2010-29, 5-20-2010; Ord. 2011-21, 5-12-2011; Ord. 2011-40, 8-25-2011; Ord. 2011-43, 9-8-2011; Ord. 2013-53, 10-24-2013; Ord. 2014-36, 6-12-2014; Ord. 2015-11, 3-5-2015; Ord. 2015-72, 12-17-2015; Ord. 2016-2, 1-21-2016; Ord. 2017-51, 9-21-2017; Ord. 2021-32, 10-21-2021; Ord. 2022-41, 7-21-2022)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See section 9-12-3 of this title. |
| 2 | 1. 765 ILCS 205/1 et seq. |
| 3 | 1. See title 10 of this code. |
| 4 | 2. See title 10 of this code. |
| 5 | 1. See section 9-15-1-1 of this title. |
| 6 | 2. See title 1, chapter 6, article F of this Code. |