In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this comprehensive amendment, the Village is hereby divided into the following districts:

   A.   Residential Districts:

 

   B.   Office, Commercial, And Industrial Districts:

 

 

   C.   Special Districts:

 

 

(Ord. 2013-45, 6-4-2013; amd. Ord. 2019-95, 11-19-2019)

   A.   Residential Districts, Purpose: The residential district regulations are intended to govern the location, intensity and method of development of the residential areas of the Village. The residential districts are intended to provide for and encourage the construction of a variety of housing types to meet the varying needs of different individuals and families within the Village. The regulations of each district are designed to provide protection to existing developments while allowing new growth in accordance with current design standards and density objectives.

For purposes of determining the restrictiveness of the residential zoning classifications, ER-1 shall be considered the most restrictive residential district and SR-6 shall be considered the least restrictive residential district.

Residential uses have been grouped into the following residential districts:

      1.   ER-1 Estate Residence District: The ER-1 Estate Residence District is intended for single- family residential development on estate type lots. These lots would also allow for individual private wells and septic disposal systems, if needed or required. This district is intended to create an environment that allows a mixture of agricultural uses and homes on lots larger than typical for urban type residential areas. The permitted uses, lot area, setbacks and other requirements are designed to encourage a quality residential area in a rural setting. The district is located where similar rural development presently exists and where similar residential development appears likely to occur in the future. Land annexed to the Village is automatically zoned ER-1 until otherwise rezoned by an ordinance approved by the Village Board. This district is not intended for commercial, office or industrial uses; however, certain facilities required to serve governmental, educational, religious, recreational and other needs of the area may be permitted within the district as special uses subject to restrictions intended to preserve and protect its residential character.

      2.   ER-2 Estate Residence District: The ER-2 estate residence district is intended for single- family residential development on estate type lots. These lots would also allow for individual private wells and septic disposal systems, if needed or required. This district is intended to create an environment that allows a mixture of agricultural uses and homes on lots larger than typical for urban type residential areas. The permitted uses, lot area, setbacks and other requirements are designed to encourage a quality residential area in a rural setting. The district is located where similar rural development presently exists and where similar residential development appears likely to occur in the future. This district is not intended for commercial, office or industrial uses; however, certain facilities required to serve governmental, educational, religious, recreational and other needs of the area may be permitted within the district as special uses subject to restrictions intended to preserve and protect its residential character.

      3.   ER-3 Estate Residence District: The ER-3 estate residence district is intended for larger lot single-family residential development on lots served by public sewer and water systems. This district is intended to create a low density environment that allows a home on lots larger than typical for residential subdivision areas. The permitted uses, lot area, setbacks and other requirements are designed to encourage a quality residential area. This district is located either where low density development presently exists or appears likely to occur. This district is not intended for commercial, office or industrial uses; however, certain facilities required to serve governmental, educational, religious, recreational and other needs of the area may be permitted within the district as special uses subject to restrictions intended to preserve and protect its residential character.

      4.   SR-2 Suburban Residence District: The SR-2 suburban residence district is intended to create a medium density, suburban environment of single-family homes served by public sewer and water systems. The district provides for the orderly expansion of existing single-family neighborhoods and provides for new growth in areas appropriate for suburbanized growth. This district is not intended for commercial, office or industrial uses; however, certain facilities required to serve governmental, educational, religious, recreational and other needs of the area may be permitted within the district as special uses subject to restrictions intended to preserve and protect its residential character.

      5.   SR-3 Suburban Residence District: The SR-3 suburban residence district is intended to create a medium to higher density, suburban environment of single-family homes served by public sewer and water systems and other urban services. The district provides for the orderly development of existing single-family neighborhoods and provides appropriate areas of suburbanized growth. This district is not intended for commercial, office or industrial uses; however, certain facilities required to serve governmental, educational, religious, recreational and other needs of the area may be permitted within the district as special uses subject to restrictions intended to preserve and protect its residential character.

      6.   SR-4 Suburban Residence District: The SR-4 suburban residence district is intended to preserve existing platted lots of higher density single-family residential uses. It is not intended to permit the creation of any additional SR-4 districts in the village, nor permit the expansion of existing districts so zoned. It is also not intended to permit commercial, industrial or like uses in this district; however, certain facilities required to serve governmental, educational, religious, recreational and other needs of the area may be permitted within the district as special uses subject to restrictions intended to preserve and protect its residential character.

      7.   SR-5 Low Density Multiple-Family Residence District: The SR-5 low density multiple-family residence district is intended to provide for attached single-family and multiple-family residential developments that can utilize a variety of building and development techniques. Various building types can be employed to achieve the permitted density; these include duplex, townhomes and/or low rise apartments/condominiums. It is intended that the resulting development will be compatible with neighboring homogenous single-family developments and that this district be located so as to provide a transition between single-family and more intensive multiple-family and/or commercial zoning districts. Thus, the intensity and low profile of the development, along with the design and composition of the structures allowed in this district are intended to complement adjacent residential developments. This district is not intended for commercial, office or industrial uses; however, certain facilities required to serve governmental, educational, religious, recreational and other needs of the area may be permitted within the district as special uses subject to restrictions intended to preserve and protect its residential character. Public water and sewer are required to provide services to this district.

      8.   SR-6 Medium Density Multiple-Family Residence District: The SR-6 medium density multiple- family residence district is intended to provide for attached single-family and multiple-family residential developments that can utilize a variety of modern building and design, planning and development techniques. Various building types can be employed in achieving the permitted density; these include townhomes, condominiums and/or apartments. It is intended that the resulting development will complement adjacent developments. This district is not intended for commercial, office or industrial uses; however, certain facilities required to serve governmental, educational, religious, recreational and other needs of the area may be permitted within the district as special uses subject to restrictions intended to preserve and protect its residential character. Public water and sewer are required to service uses in this district.

      9.   MH-1 Restricted Mobile Home District: The MH-1 Restricted Mobile Home District is intended to provide affordable housing opportunities in the form of mobile homes within planned mobile home parks, along with the supporting services necessary to create quality residential neighborhoods. This district provides regulations for mobile home parks in order to foster their development as an integral and stable part of the community and to promote and protect the health, safety and general welfare of the residents.

   B.   Office, Commercial, And Industrial Districts, Purpose: The Office, Commercial, and Industrial Districts are intended to govern the location, intensity and method of development of nonresidential uses needed to provide goods and services to the citizens of Bartlett and its environs. The regulations in each district provide for groupings of office, commercial, industrial and other uses that are compatible in the type of commodity sold, the scope of services provided, and/or the method of operation.

For purposes of determining the restrictiveness of the commercial zoning classifications, B-1 shall be considered the most restrictive commercial district and B-4 shall be considered the least restrictive.

For purposes of determining the restrictiveness of the industrial zoning classifications, I-1 shall be considered the most restrictive industrial district and the I-2 EDA Overlay District shall be considered less restrictive than I-1, but is intended to encourage a mix of industrial, office/research and commercial development.

      1.   OR Office/Research District: The OR Office/Research District is intended to provide areas for business offices and scientific research development and training. This district is designed to promote a parklike atmosphere for the conduct of research oriented activities in structures of good design on well landscaped sites protected by high performance standards.

      2.   B-1 Village Center District: The B-1 Village Center District is intended to provide the focal point of community life through the maintenance and development of an activity center of retail shopping, personal services, restaurants, offices, entertainment and public facilities. Current investment and the provision of a wide variety of employment opportunities is encouraged in the district for the maintenance of the community's tax base and the strengthening of the local economy. The district is intended to enhance the community's image and utility through high quality services and facilities, visual amenities, and a compatible relationship with surrounding neighborhoods. The district is also intended to create a mixed use commercial area and pedestrian friendly environment.

      3.   B-2 Local Convenience Shopping District: The B-2 Local Convenience Shopping District is intended to provide for the convenient shopping needs of persons residing in adjacent residential areas. Also allowed are compatible uses that, while not visited frequently, would be desirable if located in close proximity to potential users.

      4.   B-3 Neighborhood Shopping District: The B-3 Neighborhood Shopping District is intended to provide for the more diverse shopping needs of persons residing in adjacent neighborhood areas. Also allowed are compatible uses that, while not visited frequently, would be desirable if located in close proximity to potential users. Such a district would be typically located at the intersection of two (2) arterials or one arterial and one collector street.

      5.   B-4 Community Shopping District: The B-4 Community Shopping District is intended to provide for community shopping needs of persons residing in residential areas throughout the Village and surrounding municipalities. This type of shopping center should be located at the intersection of two (2) arterials or one arterial and one collector street.

      6.   I-1 Light Industrial District: The I-1 Light Industrial District is intended to control the development of lands to be used by industrial firms that have high standards of performance and that can locate in close proximity to residential and business uses without creating nuisances. The district regulations are designed to permit the operations of most manufacturing and warehousing activities with adequate protection to adjacent district uses and sufficient control of external effects to protect one industry from another. In this district, outdoor storage must be completely screened and all industrial operations must be in an enclosed building.

      7.   I-2 EDA District: The purpose of the I-2 Economic Development Area District is to foster the development of a mixed use business park on large contiguous tracts of property, and tracts of property adjacent thereto which are greater than forty (40) acres in size, to include a mix of industrial, office/research and commercial uses, including, without limitation, office campuses, research and development facilities, and most manufacturing, wholesaling and warehousing operations and related retail and service uses. Due to the scale of development and the size of the district, construction of the infrastructure, phased subdivisions and individual development sites is expected to occur over a multiyear period. The I-2 EDA district is intended to control the development of land to be used by industrial firms that will operate in a clean and quiet manner and have high standards and can locate in close proximity to office/research and business uses without creating nuisances.

   C.   Special Districts: The special districts are intended to either: 1) govern the location, intensity and method of development for uses other than residential, commercial, office, or industrial, 2) govern development in overlay zones, which impose development restrictions in specific locations in addition to standard zoning requirements, or 3) allow for flexibility of the zoning regulations for development of land in compliance with an approved site plan or planned unit development plan.

      1.   P-1 Public Land District: The public land district is intended to protect and maintain properties owned by the village, the park district, the school district, the forest preserve district and other public agencies. The development standards are intended to provide flexibility to the governmental and public entities in the use of their land.

      2.   W-B West Bartlett Road Corridor Overlay District: The West Bartlett Road corridor overlay district is intended to create a well designed and aesthetically pleasing corridor, to integrate existing and future developments in the corridor with the remainder of the village, and to foster a vibrant mix of high quality developments in the corridor in compliance with the adopted West Bartlett Road overlay corridor plan.

      3.   PD Planned Development District: The PD planned development district is intended and established to provide for greater freedom of design and flexibility in the development of land while assuring substantial compliance to the intent of this title. To this extent it allows diversification and variation in the relationship of uses, structures, and open spaces in developments planned as comprehensive, cohesive projects which are unified by a shared concept. It is further intended to encourage the beneficial integration of compatible land uses at a proper scale, and to encourage better design, provision of amenities, preservation of open space and the efficient use of public services through the use of planned unit development procedures. The intensity and profile of the development within this district is intended to be compatible with adjacent land uses and an approved planned unit development plan.

      4.   DT-O Downtown Overlay District: The DT-O downtown overlay district is intended to implement the vision of the Village of Bartlett Downtown TOD Plan, including but not limited to maintaining the scale and character of the village and specifically the downtown, with the goal of incorporating new walkable, connected, mixed-use development that establishes a sense of place in the downtown area. (Ord. 2013-45, 6-4-2013; amd. Ord. 2019-95, 11-19-2019)

   A.   Authorization: The location and boundaries of the districts established by this title are indicated on the map entitled "official zoning map, village of Bartlett, Illinois", dated 2025, which, together with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this title. The said zoning map, together with everything shown thereon and all amendments thereto, shall be as much a part of this title as if fully set forth and described herein.

   B.   Location And Availability Of Map: The official zoning map shall be located and available for viewing in the village's main office and on the village's webpage. Certified copies of the zoning map are also available for sale at the village's main office. The official zoning map shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of land and buildings, subject to such authorized amendments which may be in effect.

   C.   Interpretation Of Boundaries: Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts as shown on the official zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

      1.   Boundaries are the centerlines of highways, toll roads, expressways, streets or alleys unless otherwise indicated.

      2.   Boundaries are section lines, division of sections, tracts and platted lot lines, unless otherwise indicated.

      3.   In areas not subdivided into lots and blocks, wherever a district is indicated as a strip adjacent to and paralleling a street or highway, the depth of such strips shall be in accordance with dimensions shown on the maps measured at right angles from the centerline of the street or highway, and the length of frontage shall be in accordance with dimensions shown on the map from section, quarter section, division lines, centerlines of streets and highways, or railroad rights of way, unless otherwise indicated.

      4.   Boundaries indicated as approximately following village boundary limits shall be construed to follow village boundary limits.

      5.   Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway between the main tracks.

      6.   Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed to follow such shorelines, and in the event of change in the shoreline shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline; boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streams, rivers, canals, lakes or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerlines.

      7.   Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in subsections C1 through C6 of this section shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the official zoning map shall be determined by dimensions shown on the map, or in the absence of dimensions, by the scale of the map.

      8.   All streets, alleys, public ways and railroad rights of way, if not otherwise specifically designated, shall be deemed to be in the same district as the property immediately abutting upon such alleys, streets, public ways and railroad rights of way. If the land abutting each side of the street, alley, public way or railroad right of way is located in different districts, the center of such street, alley, public way or railroad right of way shall be deemed to be the district boundary, unless otherwise specifically designated.

      9.   Streets or alleys which are shown on the zoning map and which have heretofore been vacated, or which may be vacated hereafter, shall be in the same district as the land abutting both sides of the street or alley involved. If the land abutting each side of the street or alley was located in different districts before the said street or alley was vacated, the centerline of such vacated street or alley shall be the district boundary line of the respective zoning districts.

      10.   Where physical features existing on the ground are different than those shown on the official zoning map or in other circumstances not covered by subsections C1 through C9 of this section, the zoning administrator shall interpret the district boundaries.

   D.   Changes: If, by amendment to this title, any change is made in any district boundary or in any other matter shown on the official zoning map, such change shall be indicated on the map as part of the yearly update. The date of the latest updating of the official zoning map shall be shown on the face of the map.

   E.   Entire Area Zoned: It is the intent that the entire area of the village's zoning jurisdiction, including all land and water areas, rivers, streets, alleys and railroads and other rights of way, be included in the districts established by this title. If any area is not shown on the official zoning map as being included in any district or covered by subsections C1 through C9 of this section, it shall be deemed to be in the ER-1 estate residence district. (Ord. 2013-45, 6-4-2013; amd. Ord. 2019-95, 11-19-2019; Ord. 2025-10, 2-18-2025)