Residential Districts are established in order to protect public health, and promote public safety, convenience, comfort, morals, prosperity, and welfare. These general goals include, but are not limited to, the following specific purposes:

   (A)   To protect residential areas against fire, explosion, noxious fumes, offensive noise, smoke, vibrations, dust, odors, heat, glare, and other objectionable factors.

   (B)   To protect residential areas to the greatest extent possible and appropriate in each area against unduly heavy motor vehicle traffic, especially through-traffic, and to alleviate congestion by promoting off-street parking.

   (C)   To protect residential areas against undue congestion of public streets and other public facilities by controlling the density of population through regulations of the bulk of buildings.

   (D)   To protect and promote the public health and comfort by providing for ample light and air to buildings and the windows thereof.

   (E)   To promote public comfort and welfare by providing for usable open space on the same zoning lot with residential development.

   (F)   To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations to meet the probable need for future residential expansion and to meet the need for necessary and desirable services in the vicinity of residences, which increase safety and amenity for residents and which do not exert objectionable influences.

   (G)   To promote the best use and development of residential land in accordance with a comprehensive land use plan, to promote stability of residential development and protect the character of desirable development, and to protect the value of land and improvements and so strengthen the economic base of the City. (Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)

Essential services and Municipal administrative or public service buildings not less than eighty feet (80') from any lot line.

Existing railroad right-of-way, but not switching storage or freight yards of sidings.

Foster family homes.

Gardening.

Municipal fire and police station.

One-family detached dwellings.

Public parks and playgrounds.

Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent. (Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)

Day care home licensed by the State of Illinois and with occupancy permit.

Living quarters for persons employed on the premises.

Minor home occupations, as defined.

Private garages or parking areas.

Private office of lawyer, architect, physician, dentist, or engineer within their own dwelling, provided such is not operated as the principal office.

Other uses incidental to a permitted use. (Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)

Cemetery.

Community center.

Major home occupations as defined.

Off street parking facilities for permitted uses and/or uses permitted upon review of appropriate authority in this zoning district.

Outdoor recreational facilities such as golf courses, country clubs, and tennis courts.

Public and parochial schools and churches not less than twenty feet (20') from any lot in an R District.

Utility stations without service yards or storage.

Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent by the Board of Zoning Appeals. (Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)

No principal structure shall exceed three (3) stories or thirty five feet (35') in height. No accessory structure shall exceed one story or fifteen feet (15') in height, except as described in chapter 28, "Additional Requirements, Exceptions And Modifications", of this title. (Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)

The following minimum requirements shall be observed.

 

 

(Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)