In the construction of this title, the rules and definitions contained in this section shall be observed and applied, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise:
RULES
A. Words used in the present tense shall include the future; and words used in the singular number shall include the plural number, and the plural the singular;
B. The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary;
C. The word "may" is permissive;
D. The word "lot" shall include the words "piece", "parcel", and "tract"; the word "building" includes all other structures of every kind regardless of similarity to buildings; and the phrase "used for" shall include the phrases "arranged for", "designed for", "intended for", "maintained for", and "occupied for";
E. All measured distances shall be to the nearest integral foot. (If a fraction is 1/2 foot or less the integral foot next below shall be taken.);
F. Any words not defined as follows shall be construed in their general accepted meanings as defined in the most recent publication of Webster's Dictionary; and
G. The following words and terms, wherever they occur in this title, shall be interpreted as herein defined.
DEFINITIONS
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE: One which:
A. Is subordinate to and serves a principal building or principal use;
B. Is subordinate in area, extent, or purpose to the principal building or principal use served;
C. Contributes to the comfort, convenience, or necessity of occupants of the principal building or principal use served; and
D. Is located on the same zoning lot as the principal building or principal use served; and with the single exception of such accessory off street parking facilities as are permitted to locate elsewhere than on the same lot with the building or use served.
AIRCRAFT: Any contrivance, now known or hereafter invented, for use or designed for navigation of or flight in the air.
AIRPORT (LANDING FIELD OR HELIPORT): Any area of land which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and taking off of aircraft; and any appurtenant areas which are used or intended for use for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights of way, including all necessary taxiways, pads, aircraft storage and tie down areas, hangars, and other necessary accessory buildings and open spaces.
ALLEY: A public right of way, with a width not exceeding twenty one feet (21'), which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property.
ALTERATION: A change in size, shape, character, occupancy, or use of a building or structure.
ANIMAL HOSPITAL: Any building or portion thereof designed or used for the care, observation, or treatment of domestic animals.
AUTOMOBILE LAUNDRY: A building, or portion thereof, containing facilities for washing more than two (2) automobiles, using production line methods with a chain conveyor, blower, steam cleaning device, or other mechanical devices.
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION: A building, or portion thereof or premises used for dispensing, or offering for sale at retail, gasoline when stored only in underground tanks, kerosene, lubricating oil or grease, for operation of motor vehicles, and where tires, batteries, and similar automobile accessories may be offered for sale on the premises at retail; including minor services and installations customarily incidental thereto; and facilities, other than an automobile laundry, for washing cars, only if enclosed in a building. Automobile service stations do not include open sales lots or a public garage as defined herein.
AUTOMOBILE WRECKING YARD: An establishment where there is being conducted within a completely enclosed building or portion thereof operations for the storage, disassembly, wrecking or storage prior to disassembly or wrecking of three (3) or more motor vehicles, or other types of vehicles, machinery, and equipment that are not in or being restored to operable condition or where the parts thereof are being salvaged for the purpose of sale or offering for sale.
AWNING: A rooflike mechanism, retractable in operation, and covered with flexible, textured material, which projects from the wall of a building.
BASEMENT: A portion of a building, all or in part below curb level.
BLOCK: A tract of land bounded by streets, or by a street or streets and any combination of boundary lines of public or institutionally owned lands, railroad rights of way, rivers, and other lines of demarcation. A block may be located in part within the adjoining unincorporated area.
BOARDING, ROOMING OR LODGING HOUSE: A residential building, or portion thereof, other than a motel, apartment hotel, or hotel, containing lodging rooms for accommodation of three (3) or more persons who are not members of the keeper's family and where lodging or meals or both are provided by prearrangement and for definite periods.
BORROW PIT: A place or premises where soil, peat, sand, gravel, or other material is removed by excavation or otherwise, for any purpose other than that necessary and incidental to grading or to building construction or operation on the premises.
BUILDABLE AREA (For The Purpose Of Measuring Lot Width): The narrowest width within the thirty feet (30') of lot depth immediately in back of the front yard setback line.
BUILDABLE WIDTH: The width of that part of a lot between side yard lines, measured at the buildable area.
BUILDING: Any structure which is permanently affixed to the land and such structure is used, designed or intended for the protection, shelter, enclosure or support of persons, animals or property. When a building is divided into separate parts by party walls, each part shall be deemed a separate building.
BUILDING AREA: The area bounded by the exterior dimensions of the outer walls at the ground line.
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 by exterior walls pierced only by windows and normal entrance or exit doors, or party walls.
BUILDING, DETACHED: A building surrounded by open space on the same lot.
BUILDING HEIGHT: The vertical distance from the curb level to the highest point of the under side of the ceiling beams in the case of a flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof; and to the mean level of the underside of the rafters between the top of ceiling joists and the ridge of a gable, hip, or gambrel roof. Chimneys, spires, towers, elevator or other accessory equipment, penthouses, tanks, and similar projections when attached to a building, other than signs, shall not be included in calculating the height. Freestanding chimneys, towers, poles, and tanks, when function is related to height, shall also not be included in calculating building height.
BUILDING OFFICIAL: The building official of the village of Worth and such deputies and assistants as have been or shall be duly appointed by the village board of the village of Worth.
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 by one or more families or lodgers and which includes, but is not limited to, the following types:
A. Single-family detached dwellings;
B. Two-family dwellings;
C. Single-family attached and semidetached dwellings developed initially under single ownership or unified control; and
D. Multiple-family dwellings.
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.
BULK: The term used to indicate the size and setbacks of buildings or structures and the location of same with respect to one another, and includes the following:
A. Size and height of buildings;
B. Location of exterior walls at all levels in relation to lot lines, streets, or to other buildings;
C. Gross floor area of buildings in relation to lot area (floor area ratio);
D. All open spaces allocated to buildings; and
E. Amount of lot area and lot width provided per dwelling unit.
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 for compensation.
CANNABIS: As defined in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
CANNABIS BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT: A "cannabis business establishment," "infuser organization," or "infuser," as defined in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, and such other cannabis business establishments authorized under that Act, but excluding Medical Cannabis Dispensing Organizations.
CANNABIS CRAFT GROWER: A "craft grower" as defined in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
CANNABIS CULTIVATION CENTER: A "cultivation center" as defined in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
CANNABIS DISPENSARY: A "dispensing organization" and "dispensary" as defined in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
CANNABIS INFUSER: An "infuser organization" or "infuser" as defined in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
CANNABIS PROCESSER: A "processing organization" or "processer" as defined in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
CANNABIS REGULATION AND TAX ACT: 410 ILCS 705/1, et seq., as amended.
CANNABIS TRANSPORTER: A "transporting organization" or "transporter" as defined in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
CARPORT: A roofed automobile shelter having at least two (2) open sides.
CLINIC, MEDICAL OR DENTAL: A building or portion thereof, the principal use of which is for offices of an organization of specializing physicians or dentists or both.
CLOSED CUP FLASH POINT: The lowest temperature at which a combustible liquid, under prescribed conditions, will give off a flammable vapor which will burn momentarily.
CLUB OR LODGE, PRIVATE: A nonprofit association of persons, who are bona fide members paying annual dues, which owns, hires, or leases a building, or portion thereof; the uses of such premises being restricted to members and their guests. The affairs and management of such private club or lodge are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee, or similar body chosen by the members at their annual meeting. It shall be permissible to serve food and meals on such premises providing adequate dining room space and kitchen facilities are available. The sale of alcoholic beverages to members and their guests shall be allowed provided it is secondary and incidental to the principal use, and further provided that such sale of alcoholic beverages is in compliance with the applicable federal, state, and county laws.
CONFORMING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE: Any building or structure which:
A. Complies with all the regulations of this title or of any amendment hereto governing bulk for the zoning district in which such building or structure is located;
B. Is designed or intended for a conforming use; example: 1) a store building in a business district; or 2) a factory building in a manufacturing district.
COURT: An open unoccupied space other than a yard on the same lot with a building or group of buildings and which is bounded on two (2) or more sides by such buildings.
CURB LEVEL: The level of the established curb in front of such building measured at the center of such front and where no curb level has been established, the pavement elevation at the street center line similarly measured. The building inspector may designate the curb level as the average elevation of the finished ground grades immediately adjacent to the building walls in locations of unusual topographic conditions.
CURB LINE: Established curb alignment or where not so established the edge of the vehicular-way pavement.
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.
DISTRICT: A section or part of the incorporated village of Worth within which certain uniform regulations and requirements or various combinations thereof apply under the provisions of this title.
DRIVE-IN ESTABLISHMENT: One which accommodates on the lot its patrons' automobiles, from which the occupants seated in the automobile may watch, purchase, and otherwise be served.
DWELLING: A residential building, or portion thereof; but not including hotels, motels, boarding, rooming, or lodging houses, tourist homes, mobile homes, nor trailers.
DWELLING, ATTACHED: A dwelling which is joined to another dwelling at both sides by party walls.
DWELLING, DETACHED: A residential building which is entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY: A building or portion thereof containing three (3) or more dwelling units.
DWELLING, SEMIDETACHED: A dwelling joined to one other dwelling by a party wall.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY: A residential building containing one dwelling unit, including detached, semidetached and attached dwellings.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY: A residential building containing only two (2) dwelling units.
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 shall always include a complete single kitchen permanently installed which serves the entire family.
EFFICIENCY UNIT: A dwelling unit consisting of one principal room, exclusive of bathroom, kitchen, hallway, closets, or dining alcove directly off the principal room, providing that such dining alcove does not exceed ninety (90) square feet in area.
ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION CENTER: A terminal at which electric energy is received from the transmission system and is delivered to the distribution system only.
ELECTRIC SUBSTATION: A terminal at which electric energy is received from the transmission system and is delivered to other elements of the transmission system and, generally, to the local distribution system.
ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTION: A building or group of buildings devoted to and supported by charity.
ERECT: The act of placing or affixing a component of a structure upon the ground or upon another such component.
ESTABLISHMENT, BUSINESS: A place of business carrying on operations, the ownership and management of which are separate and distinct from those of any other place of business located on the same or other lot.
FAMILY: One person or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage, and legal adoption, and foster children, or a group of not more than three (3) persons not so related, together with his or their domestic servants or gratuitous guests, maintaining a common household in a dwelling unit. A family may include two (2) roomers or two (2) boarders whether or not gratuitous.
FENCE, OPEN: A fence, including entrance and exit gates, where each one foot (1') wide segment for the full length and height of the fence contains at least seventy percent (70%) open spaces which afford a direct view through the fence.
FENCE, SOLID: A fence, including solid entrance and exit gates, which effectively conceals from view from adjoining properties and streets, materials that are stored and operations conducted behind it.
FLOOD-CREST ELEVATION: The elevation of the highest flood level as designated by the Village Engineer of the Village of Worth.
FLOODPLAIN AREA: That continuous area adjacent to a stream or stream bed, or any stormwater retention area and its tributaries, whose elevation is equal to or lower than the floodcrest elevation including also land less than ten (10) acres in area having an elevation higher than flood-crest elevation and which is surrounded by land in a floodplain area.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS (Floor Area Ratio): For the purpose 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 center line of party walls separating two (2) buildings and shall also include the floor area of the following:
A. Basement space if at least one-half (1/2) of the basement story height is above the established curb level.
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. Attic floor space where the structural headroom exceeds seven and one-half feet (71/2').
E. Interior balconies and mezzanines.
F. Enclosed porches, but not terraces and breezeways.
G. Accessory buildings.
H. Structures devoted to bulk storage of materials including, but not limited to, grain elevators and petroleum storage tanks. Floor area for such structures shall be determined on the basis of the height of such structure in feet; ten feet (10') in height shall be deemed to be equal to one floor. If a structure measures more than five feet (5') over such floor equivalent, it shall be construed to have an additional floor. Floor area not included shall be: floor area devoted to off-street parking or loading.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS (Off-Street Parking): For the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking and off-street loading, the floor area shall mean the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of the building, or portion thereof, but not including floor area used for off-street parking facilities and such basement floor areas that are used exclusively for the maintenance and operation of the building. In addition, when determining off-street parking requirements for retail tobacco stores and establishments handling the sale and consumption of food and refreshment on the premises, square footage associated with the following uses shall be excluded from the gross floor area: a) kitchens; b) hallways; c) elevator shafts and stairwells; d) bathrooms; e) storage space; f) office space; and g) space used exclusively for the maintenance and operation of the building. All horizontal dimensions shall be taken from the exterior faces of the walls.
FLOOR AREA RATIO: The numerical value obtained through dividing the gross floor area of a building or buildings by the total area of the lot or parcel of land on which such building or buildings are located.
FOSTER CHILD: A child giving, receiving and sharing affection and care in a family as if related by blood or as if legally adopted.
FREE BURNING: Implies a rate of combustion described by a material which burns actively, and easily supports combustion.
FREIGHT AND CARGO TERMINAL: A building, structure or area of land in which materials brought by motor truck, railroad, barge, ship, or aircraft are stored, handled, assembled and/or sorted for distribution in intrastate or interstate shipment.
FREQUENCY: The number of oscillations per second in a sound wave, measuring the pitch of the resulting sound.
FRONTAGE, BLOCK: All of the property fronting on one side of a street within a block. If the street is dead-ended, the frontage is measured to the dead-end of the street.
FRONTAGE, LOT: All of the property of such lot fronting on a street, and as measured between side lot lines.
GARAGE, PRIVATE: An accessory building or an accessory portion of the principal building which is intended and used to store not more than four (4) private motor vehicles owned by members of the family or families residing upon the premises, and in which no business, service, or industry is carried on; provided that not more than one-half (1/2) of the space may be rented for the storage of private motor vehicles of persons not residing on the premises, except that all the space in a garage of one- or two- car capacity may be so rented. Such a garage may be used for the storage of not more than one commercial truck having a load capacity of three-fourths (3/4) of a ton or less.
GARAGE, PUBLIC: Any building or premises, other than a private or a storage garage, where motor vehicles are equipped, repaired, serviced, hired, sold or stored.
GARAGE, STORAGE: Any building or premises used for the storage only of motor vehicles, pursuant to previous arrangements and not to transients, and where no equipment, parts, fuel, grease or oil is sold and vehicles are not equipped, serviced, repaired, hired or sold. No commercial motor vehicle exceeding two (2) tons capacity shall be stored in any storage garage.
GOLF COURSE: Public, semipublic or private grounds over which the game of golf is played, including accessory buildings and land uses incidental thereto, and consisting of at least sixty (60) acres of land for each standard nine (9) hole course; and at least twenty five (25) acres of land for each nine (9) hole "par-3" course.
GRADE: The average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the building or structure.
GROUND FLOOR AREA: The area of the lot covered by a building, measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls of the building but excluding open porches, terraces, patios, garages, or carports.
GUEST, PERMANENT: A person or persons who occupies or has the right to occupy accommodations in a lodging house, motel, hotel, or apartment hotel as his domicile and place of permanent residence.
GUESTHOUSE: A detached accessory building located on the same lot as the principal building and containing living quarters for temporary nonpaying guests.
HOME OCCUPATION: Any business or profession carried on only by a member of the immediate family residing on the premises, in connection with which:
A. There are no signs, other than a permitted nameplate, and no activity that will indicate from the exterior that the building is being used in whole or in part for any purpose other than that of a dwelling;
B. There are no commodities sold, or services rendered that require receipt and delivery of merchandise, goods, or equipment by other than a passenger motor vehicle or by first class mail;
C. There is no person other than one additional member of the immediate family residing on the premises employed or otherwise engaged; and
D. There are no accessory buildings used in whole or in part. A professional person may use his residence for consultation, or performance or religious rites, but not for the general practice of the profession, and a teacher of musical instruments or dancing shall be limited to one pupil at a time.
HOTEL: An establishment containing lodging rooms for occupancy by transient guests for compensation, but not including a boarding, rooming or lodging house. Such an establishment provides customary hotel services such as maid and bellboy services, furnishing and laundry of linens used in the lodging rooms and central desk with telephone and secretarial services. A hotel contains more than five (5) lodging rooms.
HOTEL, APARTMENT: A hotel in which at least eighty percent (80%) of hotel accommodations are occupied by permanent guests.
INCOMPATIBLE USE: A use or service which is incapable of direct association with certain other uses because it is contradictory, incongruous, or discordant.
INDUSTRIAL PARK: A unified development designed to accommodate a community of compatible and non-nuisance types of industry. Industrial parks may be promoted or sponsored by private developers, community organizations, or government organizations.
INTENSE BURNING: Implies a rate of combustion described by a material that burns with a high degree of activity and is consumed rapidly.
JUNKYARD: An establishment where there is being conducted within a completely enclosed building or portion thereof operations where waste or scrap materials including, but not limited to, scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires and bottles are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled, or handled. A junkyard includes an automobile wrecking yard, but does not include an establishment engaged only in the processing of scrap iron or other metals to be sold specifically for the manufacture of steel or metal alloys.
KENNEL: Any premises or portions thereof on which four (4) or more dogs, cats, or other household domestic animals over four (4) months of age are kept, or on which more than two (2) such animals are maintained, boarded, bred, or cared for, in return for remuneration, or are kept for the purpose of sale.
LODGING ROOM: A room rented as sleeping and living quarters, but without cooking facilities and with or without an individual bathroom. In a suite of rooms, each room which provides sleeping accommodations shall be counted as one lodging room.
LOT AREA: The area of a horizontal plane bounded by the vertical planes through front, side, and rear lot lines.
LOT CORNER: A lot situated at the junction of and abutting on two (2) or more intersecting streets; or a lot at the point of deflection in alignment of a single street, the interior angle of which is one hundred thirty five degrees (135°) or less.
LOT DEPTH: The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of a lot measured within the lot boundaries.
LOT LINE: A property boundary line of any lot held in single or separate ownership; except that where any portion of the lot extends into the abutting street or alley, the lot line shall be deemed to be the abutting street or alley right-of-way line.
LOT LINE, FRONT: That boundary of a lot which is alone an existing or dedicated street or public way. The owner of a corner lot may select either street lot line as the front lot line.
LOT LINE, REAR: That boundary of a lot which is most distant from and is, or is approximately, parallel to the front lot line. If the rear lot line is less than ten feet (10') in length, or if the lot forms a point at the rear, the rear lot line shall be deemed to be a line ten feet (10') in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDE: Any boundary of a lot which is not a front or rear lot line.
LOT, REVERSED CORNER: A corner lot the side lot line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the first lot to its rear.
LOT, THROUGH: A lot which has a pair of opposite lot lines along two (2) more or less parallel public streets, and which is not a corner or reversed corner lot. On a through lot both street lines shall be deemed front lot lines.
LOT, TRAILER: The area of land assigned to a travel trailer or mobile home in a tourist park or a mobile home in a mobile home park.
LOT WIDTH: The minimum horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at the buildable area.
LOT, ZONING: A single tract of land located within a single block which (at the time of filing for a building permit) is designated by its owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed or built upon under single ownership, leasehold estate or control. Therefore, a zoning lot may or may not coincide with a lot of record.
MARQUEE OR CANOPY: A rooflike structure of a permanent nature which projects from the wall of a building and may overhang into a required yard.
MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSING ORGANIZATION: 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 in accordance with the compassionate use of medical cannabis pilot program act, as amended, and section 5-3-14 of this title, as amended.
MICRON: A unit of length, equal to one thousandth part of one millimeter (0.001 mm).
MOBILE HOME: A structure designed for permanent habitation and so constructed as to permit its transport on wheels, temporarily or permanently attached to its frame, from the place of its construction to the location or subsequent locations at which it is intended to be a permanent habitation and designed to serve as a dwelling place for one or more persons. A mobile home shall not include trailers, travel trailers, campers, or recreational vehicles.
MOBILE HOME PARK: A lot, parcel, or tract of land developed with facilities for accommodating not less than three (3) and not more than one hundred twenty (120) mobile homes, provided each mobile home contains a kitchen, flush toilet, and shower or bath; and such park shall be for use only by nontransient dwellers remaining continuously for more than one month, whether or not a charge is made. A mobile home park shall not include a sales lot in which motor vehicles or unoccupied trailers are parked for the purpose of inspection or sale. Trailers, travel trailers, campers, and recreational vehicles shall not be permitted in any mobile home park.
MODERATE BURNING: Implies a rate of combustion described by a material which supports combustion and is consumed slowly as it burns.
MOTEL: An establishment consisting of a group of lodging rooms each with individual bathrooms, and designed for use by transient guests for compensation but not including a hotel, or boarding, rooming or lodging house. A motel furnishes customary hotel services such as maid service and laundering of linen used in the lodging rooms, telephone and secretarial or desk service, and the use and upkeep of furniture. In a motel fifty percent (50%) or more of the lodging rooms are occupied or intended for occupancy by transient automobile tourists.
MOTOR VEHICLE: A passenger vehicle, truck, truck-trailer, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power.
MOVED STRUCTURE: A structure permanently established upon a lot after removing same from another part of the same or different lot.
NAMEPLATE: A sign indicating the name and address of a building or the name of an occupant thereof and the practice of a permitted occupation therein.
NONCONFORMING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE: A building or structure which does not comply with all of the regulations of this title or of any amendment hereto governing bulk for the district in which such building or structure is located, or a building or structure which is designed or intended for a nonconforming use, except as otherwise regulated herein.
NONCONFORMING USES: A lawfully established use of land, buildings, or structures, which does not comply with all of the regulations of this title or of any amendment hereto governing use for the district in which such use is located. For the purpose of this title, any use, lawfully established on the effective date of this title which is nonconforming solely by virtue of lacking off street parking or loading facilities as required hereinafter for new uses, shall not be deemed a nonconforming use.
NOXIOUS MATTER OR MATERIAL: Material which is capable of causing injury to living organisms by chemical reaction or is capable of causing detrimental effects upon the physical or economic well being of individuals.
OCTAVE BAND: A term denoting all the frequencies between any given frequency and double that frequency.
OCTAVE BAND FILTER: An electrical frequency analyzer, designed according to standards formulated by the American Standards Association and used in conjunction with a sound level meter to take measurements in specific octave intervals.
ODOROUS MATTER: Material, gas, liquid or solid that yields an odor which is offensive in any way.
OFF STREET LOADING: 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.
ON-PREMISES CANNABIS CONSUMPTION ESTABLISHMENT: A cannabis business establishment or other entity that is authorized or permitted to allow the on-premises consumption of cannabis.
OPEN SALES LOT: Land used or occupied for the purpose of buying or selling merchandise stored or displayed out of doors prior to sale. Such merchandise includes, but is not limited to, passenger cars, trucks, motor scooters, motorcycles, boats, monuments, and trailers.
PARKING SPACE: A suitably surfaced and permanently maintained area of land on privately owned property, either within or outside of a building, of sufficient size to store a standard passenger motor vehicle, but in no instance less than one hundred eighty (180) square feet in area exclusive of passageways, driveways, or other means of circulation or access, provided that driveways may be included in required parking for single-family residences.
PARTICULATE MATTER: Dust, smoke, or any other form of airborne pollution in the form of minute separate particles.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD: A criterion established to control noise, odor, smoke, particulate matter, toxic or noxious matter, vibration, fire and explosion hazards, or glare or heat generated by or inherent in uses of land or buildings.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT: A parcel or tract of land, initially under single ownership or control, which contains two (2) or more principal buildings and one or more principal uses, planned and constructed as a unified development, and where certain regulations of this title for the district where it is located are modified. A planned development requires a special use permit issued in accordance with procedures set forth in this title.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE: The office of a doctor, practitioner, dentist, minister, architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, lawyer, author, musician or other recognized profession. When established in a residential district, a professional office shall be incidental to the residential occupation; not more than twenty five percent (25%) of the floor area of only one story of a dwelling unit shall be occupied by such office and only one unlighted nameplate, not exceeding one square foot in area, containing the name and profession of the occupant of the premises shall be exhibited.
PROPERTY LINES: Those bounding a lot.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE: Any publicly owned open area; including, but not limited to, the following: parks, playgrounds, forest preserves, waterways, parkways, and streets.
RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY: A strip of land with tracks and auxiliary facilities for track operation, but not including freight depots or stations, loading platforms, train sheds, warehouses, car or locomotive shops, or car yards.
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD: The real estate development board of the village of Worth, Illinois.
REFUSE: All waste products resulting from human habitation, except sewage.
RESEARCH LABORATORY: A building or group of buildings in which are located facilities for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation, but no facilities for the manufacture of products for sale.
RESERVOIR PARKING: Those off street parking spaces allocated to automobiles awaiting entrance to a particular establishment.
RESIDENCE: The act or condition of residing or dwelling in a place.
REST HOME OR NURSING HOME: An establishment for the care of children or the aged or infirm, or a place of rest for those suffering bodily disorders. Such a home does not contain facilities other than for normal care and treatment of the occupants of the home, for surgical care, the treatment of disease or injury, obstetrics, nor does it include care of insane or alcoholic patients.
RETAIL: Refers to the sale of commodities and services directly to customers, when such commodities and services are used or consumed by the customer and not purchased primarily for the purpose of resale.
RINGELMANN CHART: One which is described in the U.S. bureau of mines information circular 6888, and on which are illustrated graduated shades of gray for use in estimating the light obscuring capacity of smoke.
RINGELMANN NUMBER: Designation of the area on the Ringelmann chart that coincides most nearly with the visual density of emission or the light obscuring capacity of the smoke.
ROW HOUSE: See definition of Townhouse.
SETBACK: The minimum horizontal distance between the setback line and the lot line abutting a street or the centerline of a thoroughfare.
SETBACK LINE: A line on a lot that extends for the full length of a lot line adjoining a street or thoroughfare and which is not nearer at any point: a) to a lot line abutting a street than the required depth or width of the applicable yard; or b) to the centerline of an abutting thoroughfare than the applicable required setback from the centerline of a thoroughfare. No building, structure, or other obstruction shall encroach into the area between a setback line and the lot line adjoining a street or thoroughfare except such permitted obstructions in yards as set forth herein.
SIGN: A name, identification, description, display or illustration which is affixed to or painted or represented directly or indirectly upon a building or other outdoor surface or piece of land; and which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business.
However, a sign shall not include: a) any display of official court or public office notices; b) the flag, emblem or insignia of a nation, political unit, school or religious group; and c) a sign located completely within an enclosed building, except such signs located behind window areas for the purpose of being viewed from outside the building. Each display surface of a sign shall be considered to be a sign.
SIGN, ADVERTISING (BILLBOARD): A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, or entertainment not necessarily conducted, sold or offered for sale, on the premises where such sign is located, or to which it is affixed.
SIGN, BUSINESS: A sign which directs attention to a business or profession conducted, or to a commodity, service, or entertainment sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is located, or to which it is affixed.
SIGN, FLASHING: An illuminated sign on which the artificial light is not maintained stationary and/or constant in intensity and color at all times when such sign is in use. A revolving sign or any moving part of an advertising device that is illuminated shall be considered a flashing sign.
SIGN, GROSS AREA OF: The entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of the actual surface of a single face sign. It does not include any structural elements lying outside the limits of such sign and not forming an integral part of the display. A double face or V type sign, erected on a single supporting structure where the interior angle does not exceed one hundred thirty five degrees (135°) shall, for the purpose of computing square foot area, be considered and measured as a single face sign.
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED RESIDENCE: See definitions of Row House and Townhouse.
SLOW BURNING OR INCOMBUSTIBLE: Implies materials which do not in themselves constitute an active fuel for the spread of combustion. 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) shall be designated incombustible.
SMOKE UNITS, NUMBER OF: The number obtained by multiplying the smoke density in Ringelmann number by the time of emission in minutes. For the purpose of this calculation: a) a Ringelmann density reading is made at least once every minute during the period of observation; b) each reading is then multiplied by the time in minutes during which it is observed; and c) the various products are then added together to give the total number of smoke units observed during the total period under observation.
SOUND LEVEL: The intensity of sound, measured in decibels, produced by an operation or use.
SOUND LEVEL METER: An instrument standardized by the American Standards Association for measurement of intensity of sound.
STABLE, PRIVATE: A building or structure which is located on a lot on which a dwelling is located, and which is designed, arranged, used or intended to be used for housing horses for the private use of occupants of the dwelling, but in no event for hire.
STABLE, PUBLIC: A building where horses are kept for remuneration, hire or sale.
STORY: That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above, or if there is no floor above, the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it and in the case of a split level story, the surface of the floors at different elevations and the ceilings next above such floors, provided that there is not more than four feet (4') difference in elevation between the levels of the floors of such a story. A basement shall be counted as a story for the purposes of this title when more than one-half (1/2) of the clear floor to ceiling height of such basement is above the established curb level.
STORY, HALF: A partial story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls are not more than three feet (3') above the floor of such story, except that any partial story used for residence purposes, other than for a janitor or caretaker or his family, or by a family occupying the floor immediately below it, shall be deemed a full story.
STREET: A right of way dedicated as a street or a recorded easement twenty one feet (21') or more in width which affords a primary means of access to abutting property.
STREET LINE: The dividing line between a lot, parcel or tract of land and a contiguous street.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS: Any change, other than incidental repairs, which would prolong the life of the supporting members of a building or structure, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders; or any substantial change in the roof or exterior walls.
STRUCTURE: Anything erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground; or attached to something having a permanent location on the ground.
STRUCTURE, TEMPORARY: A movable structure not designed for human occupancy nor for the protection of goods or chattels and not forming an enclosure. A sign, billboard, or other advertising device detached or projecting shall be construed to be a temporary structure.
TENT: A structure or enclosure, the roof of which and/or one-half (1/2) or more of the sides are constructed of silk, cotton, canvas fabric or a similar light material.
THOROUGHFARE: A street with a high degree of continuity which serves as an arterial trafficway between the various districts of the village of Worth and the areas beyond. It affords a primary means of access to abutting properties, except from thoroughfares classified as freeways or other limited access routes not containing frontage roads.
THREE COMPONENT MEASURING SYSTEM: Denotes instrumentation which can measure earthborne vibrations in three (3) directions (those occurring in a horizontal as well as vertical plane).
TOBACCO STORE, GENERAL: Any building or premises that sells, offers for sale, gives away, or delivers tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, or alternative nicotine products and/or possesses a cigarette and tobacco dealers license issued in accordance with Code Section 3-1-7, et seq., regardless of whether the building or premises sells, offers for sale, or otherwise provides other goods and or services. A tobacco store, general, shall not include a tobacco store, retail.
TOBACCO STORE, RETAIL: See definition of "retail tobacco store" contained in the Smoke Free Illinois Act, 410 ILCS 82/1, et seq.). A tobacco store, retail, shall not include a tobacco store, general.
TOURIST HOME: A building which contains a single dwelling unit and in which meals or lodging or both are provided or offered to transient guests for compensation. It does not include a hotel, apartment hotel, or motel.
TOWNHOUSE: A single-family attached building that has one or more owner occupants, attached only at one or more perimeter walls, with no common hallways, laundry or storage facilities. Each unit owned must go from basement to roof, and such building shall henceforth be designated as "single-family attached residences".
TOXIC MATTER OR MATERIALS: Those which are capable of causing injury to living organisms by chemical means when present in relatively small amounts.
TRAILER: Any vehicle, house car, camp car, or any portable or mobile vehicle on wheels, skids or rollers, or blocks, either self-propelled or propelled by any other means, which is used or designed to be used for temporary dwelling, lodging, commercial or agricultural purposes. A trailer shall not include a mobile home.
TRAVEL TRAILER: A trailer designed and constructed for travel and temporary lodging purposes, and which does not exceed a gross weight of four thousand five hundred (4,500) pounds when factory equipped for the road; and which is intended for use only for camping, recreational travel, or vacation use.
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: A subordinate use which is clearly and customarily incidental to the principal use of a building or premises and which is located on the same lot as the principal building or use, except for such accessory parking facilities as are specifically authorized to be located elsewhere.
USE, PERMITTED: A use which may be lawfully established in a particular district or districts, provided it conforms with all requirements, regulations, and performance standards, if any, of such district.
USE, PRINCIPAL: The main use of land or buildings as distinguished from a subordinate or accessory use. It may be either a permitted or special use.
USE, SPECIAL: A use, either public or private which, because of its unique characteristics, cannot be properly classified as a permitted use in any particular district or districts.
VIBRATION: The periodic displacement, measured in inches, of earth.
VILLAGE: The Village of Worth, Illinois.
VILLAGE BOARD: The President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Worth, Illinois.
VISION CLEARANCE: An unoccupied triangular space at the street corner of a corner lot which is bounded by the street lines and a setback line connecting points specified by measurement from the corner on each street line.
YARD: An open space on a lot which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein. A yard extends along a line and at right angles to such lot line to a depth or width specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.
YARD, CORNER SIDE: A side yard which adjoins a street or thoroughfare.
YARD, FRONT: A yard extending along the full width of the front lot line between the side lot lines.
YARD, INTERIOR SIDE: A side yard which is located immediately adjacent to another lot or to an alley separating such side yard from another lot.
YARD, REAR: The portion of the yard on the same lot with the principal building or use, located between the rear line of the building or use and the rear lot line and extending for the full width of the lot.
YARD, SIDE: A yard extending along a side lot line between the front and rear yards. (Ord., 12-15-1964 as amended; amd. Ord. 98-15, 11-17-1998; Ord. 04-30, 5-18-2004, eff. 7-1-2004; Ord. 2014-30, 9-5-2014; Ord. 2014-36, 10-7-2014; Ord. 2014-41, 11-18-2014; Ord. 2018-07, 6-19-2018; Ord. 2019-49, 9-17-2019; Ord. 22-47, 10-18-2022)