The district regulations hereinafter set forth in this article qualify or supplement, as the case may be, the district regulations appearing elsewhere in this chapter.

(Code 1999, § 40-13-1; Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 13, intro. ¶, 8-14-2002)

Public, semi-public or public service buildings, clinics, institutions, or schools, when permitted in a district, may be erected to a height not exceeding 60 feet, and churches and temples may be erected to a height not exceeding 75 feet if the building is set back from each yard line at least one foot for each two feet of additional building height above the height limit otherwise provided in the district in which the building is located.

(Code 1999, § 40-13-1; Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 13, § 1, 8-14-2002)

Chimneys, church steeples, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, monuments, stacks, stage towers or scenery lofts, tanks, water towers, ornamental towers and spires, radio and television towers, grain elevators or necessary mechanical appurtenances may be erected to a height not exceeding 100 feet in accordance with village regulations.

(Code 1999, § 40-13-2; Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 13, § 2, 8-14-2002)

(a)

Accessory buildings may be built in a rear yard but such accessory buildings shall not occupy more than 30 percent of a rear yard and shall not be nearer than five feet to any side or rear lot line, except that when a garage is entered from an alley, the garage shall not be located

closer than ten feet to the alley line. A garage closer than ten feet to the principal building shall provide the side and rear yards required by the principal building. No accessory building shall be higher than 15 feet in any residential district.

(b)

No accessory building shall be used for dwelling purposes.

(c)

In the event that an accessory structure is the only structure erected, constructed or existing on a lot, that structure shall be subject to all zoning set back, height, and square footage regulations and limitations applicable for the district in which said lot is located. In the event of conflicting set back, height, and square footage regulations and limitations between paragraph (a) hereinabove, and those existing in the district in which the lot is located, the most restrictive regulations and limitations shall be applicable.

(Code 1999, §§ 40-13-3, 40-13-4; Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 13, §§ 3, 4, 8-14-2002; Ord. No. 2021-141, §§ 2—4, 6-9-2021)

Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky unobstructed, except for accessory buildings in a rear yard, and except for the ordinary projections of sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features projecting not more than 12 inches.

(Code 1999, § 40-13-5; Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 13, § 5, 8-14-2002)

A basement or cellar may be occupied for residential purposes for a period of not more than two years from the date of issuance of the building permit.

(Code 1999, § 40-13-6; Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 13, § 6, 8-14-2002)

Open fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways, and balconies opening upon fire towers, and the ordinary projection of chimneys and flues into the required rear yard, may be permitted for a distance of not more than 3½ feet where the same are so placed as not to obstruct light and ventilation.

(Code 1999, § 40-13-7; Ord. No. 2002-13, art. 13, § 7, 8-14-2002)