Egress and/or ingress.

A building on the same lot with the main or principal structure, or the main or principal use, either detached from or attached to the main or principal structure, and which is subordinate to and used for purposes customarily incidental to the main or principal structure, or the main or principal use.

A structure on the same lot with the main or principal structure, or the main or principal use, either detached from or attached to the main or principal structure, and which is subordinate to and used for purposes customarily incidental to the main or principal structure or the main or principal use. An accessory structure includes dish antennas.

A use on the same lot, incidental and subordinate to the main or principal use or the main or principal structure.

The growing, harvesting and storing of crops, including legumes, hay, grain, fruit and truck or vegetable crops, floriculture, horticulture, mushroom growing, nurseries, orchards, forestry and greenhouses; the keeping, raising and feeding of livestock or poultry, including dairying, poultry, swine, sheep, beef cattle, pony and horse production, fur farms and fish and wildlife farms; farm buildings used for growing, harvesting and preparing crop products for market, or for use on the farm; roadside stands, farm buildings for storing and protecting farm machinery and equipment from the elements, for housing livestock or poultry and for preparing livestock or poultry products for market; and farm dwellings occupied by farm owners, operators, tenants or seasonal or year-round hired farm workers. It is intended by this definition to include within the definition of agriculture all types of agricultural operations, but to exclude therefrom industrial operations, such as a grain elevator, canning or slaughterhouse, wherein agricultural products produced primarily by others are stored or processed.

A permanent service right-of-way which affords only a secondary means of access to property abutting such right-of-way and is not intended for general traffic circulation.

See "alteration."

Any change in the bearing wall, columns, beams, girders or supporting members of a structure, any change or rearrangement in the floor area of a building, any enlargement of a structure, whether by extending horizontally or by increasing in height, and/or any movement of a structure from one location or position to another.

An establishment for the treatment and/or boarding of small animals, such as dogs, cats, rabbits and birds, by a veterinarian.

The total area taken on a horizontal plane at the largest floor level of the main or principal building and all accessory buildings on the same lot, exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces, steps or awnings, marquees and nonpermanent canopies and planters.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several stories of a building, excluding cellar and basement floor areas not devoted to residential use, but including the area of walled-in and roofed porches and terraces. All dimensions shall be measured between exterior faces of walls.

The sum of the horizontal areas of all rooms in a building used for habitation, such as living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom or closet, but not including hallways, stairways, service rooms or utility rooms, nor unheated rooms such as enclosed porches, nor rooms without at least one window or skylight opening onto a yard or court, measured between the interior faces of walls.

The total area within the lot lines.

A self-propelled, free-moving motor vehicle for the conveyance of persons on a street and having a seating capacity for not more than 10 persons.

A retractable roof-like structure which, when opened or extended, projects from the wall of a building or structure and overhangs the public way or adjacent yard or court.

A story having part but not more than 1/2 its height below grade.

A stall of dimensions specified in this chapter, adjacent to a loading dock, for the maneuvering and parking of a vehicle for loading and unloading purposes.

Property abutting on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets, or between the nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way, waterway, unsubdivided area or other definite boundary.

The Zoning Board of Appeals of the City.

A dwelling containing at least three dwelling units or lodging units, in whatever combination. Meals are provided within such boardinghouse to the residents of the lodging units.

An area, property, lot or tract of land or portion thereof, either vacant or landscaped, with screen planting, as specified in the definition of "screen planting" below, which shall serve as a separating space between dissimilar land uses or districts.

An enclosed structure having a roof supported by columns, walls, arches or other devices and used for the housing, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals and chattel.

The building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which it is located.

A nonretractable roof-like structure, of either a permanent or nonpermanent nature, which projects from the wall of a structure, is supported above the surface of the ground by poles, posts, columns, beams, girders or other similar framework attached to the ground, and overhangs or covers the public way or adjacent yard or court.

A story having less than 1/2 of its height above grade.

An establishment without facilities for inpatient nursing care, where one or more physicians and other medical professionals diagnose and treat human physical and/or mental ailments.

The excavation of earth to provide for a foundation, basement, or cellar; and/or the addition to or removal from a lot or tract of land of earth or water so as to prepare said lot or tract of land for the construction of a structure; and/or the act of placing or affixing a component of a structure upon the ground or upon another such component; and/or the placing of construction materials in a permanent position and fastened in a permanent manner; and/or the demolition, elimination and/or removal of an existing structure in connection with such construction.

An open space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building, which is bounded on two or more sides by, but is not enclosed by, the walls of such building.

The percentage of the lot area covered by the building area.

The average elevation of the established curb of a street taken along the curbline between the points of intersection of the curbline and the lot lines. Where no curb has been established, the curb level shall be the average elevation of the land surface taken along the street right-of-way line and the lot lines.

A section of the City in which zoning regulations and standards are uniform.

A platform-like structure adjacent to a loading berth from which goods are loaded and on which goods are unloaded from a vehicle parked in such loading berth.

A building designed for residential living purposes and containing one or more dwelling units and/or lodging units.

One or more rooms constituting all or part of a dwelling which are used exclusively as living quarters for one family and not more than two roomers or boarders, and which contain a stove, sink and other kitchen facilities. For the purposes of this chapter, a mobile home shall not be considered a dwelling unit.

A single-family detached dwelling located on a tract of land used principally for agricultural purposes.

A group of two or more single-family, two-family or multifamily dwellings, whether attached, semidetached or detached, in whatever combination, occupying a lot or lots in one ownership.

A prefabricated dwelling, no less than 21 feet in total width with all sections permanently affixed to each other, and resting in whole on a permanent foundation with its means of transportation permanently detached. All modular home dwellings must be constructed by a manufacturer certified by the State of Illinois Department of Public Health as certified by the "Illinois Modular Seal" affixed to the electrical panel box.

A dwelling containing three or more dwelling units.

A dwelling containing one dwelling unit.

A dwelling containing two dwelling units.

The way over which traffic moves to a street or alley from the property abutting such street or alley and the way over which traffic moves to a major street from a minor street or alley.

The Engineer of the City.

A business retail, office or commercial use. When used in the singular, this term shall be construed to mean a single use, building, structure or premises of one of the types noted in this definition.

One or more persons living together in a single dwelling unit as a traditional family or the functional equivalent of a traditional family. It shall be a rebuttable presumption that four or more persons living together in a single dwelling unit, who are not related by blood, adoption, or marriage, do not constitute the functional equivalent of a traditional family. In determining the functional equivalent of a traditional family, the following criteria shall be present:

The ratio of the floor area of a building to its lot area. For example, when a floor area ratio of 4/10 is specified, the floor area of a building constructed on a lot of 10,000 square feet in area is limited to a maximum of 4,000 square feet. The number of stories being optional, the building area may be 4,000 square feet for one story, 2,000 square feet for each of two stories, and so forth. The purpose of this ratio is to control the bulk of buildings.

A building in which, for compensation, one or more vehicles are parked.

The average of the elevations of the surface of the ground measured at all corners of a building.

A gainful occupation or profession conducted entirely within a dwelling, and carried on by the residents therein, provided such occupation or profession is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential living purposes.

A building having facilities for inpatient nursing care, where physicians and other medical professionals diagnose and treat human physical ailments.

A building containing separate accommodations for use by primarily transient persons. A hotel may contain restaurants, barbershops and other accessory services for serving primarily its residents and only incidentally the public.

The way over which traffic moves from a street or alley to the property abutting such street or alley and the way over which traffic moves from a major street to a minor street or alley.

A lot, land, building or structure, or part thereof, used primarily for the collecting, storage and/or sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal or discarded material, or for the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition, and for the sale of parts therefrom.

A space accessory to a use of a structure on the same lot, for the parking of one truck for the delivery or pickup of goods from the establishment on the premises. A loading space shall be at least 10 feet wide by 40 feet long and shall have a vertical clearance of at least 14 feet.

One or more rooms constituting all or part of a dwelling which are used exclusively as living quarters for one family and do not contain cooking facilities.

A dwelling containing at least three dwelling units or lodging units in whatever combination. Meals are not provided within such lodging house to the residents of the lodging units.

When used alone, a zoning lot unless the context of this chapter clearly indicates otherwise. "Lot" includes "plot" and "parcel."

A lot located:

A lot other than a corner lot.

The lines bounding a lot.

A nonretractable, roof-like structure of a permanent nature which projects from the wall of a structure and overhangs the public way or adjacent yard or court.

Also called "Comprehensive Plan" or "Development Plan," the complete plan or any of its parts for the development of the City as prepared by the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission or other planning agency and adopted by the City Council as the official plan.

Any portable or mobile vehicle used for residential living purposes by a family. For the purposes of this code, any such vehicle shall be classified as a mobile home if it has been constructed in accordance with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Mobile Home Code Requirements (ANSI 119), whether or not its wheels, rollers, skids, or other rolling equipment has been removed, or whether or not any addition has been built on the ground. All mobile homes more than 20 years old must have a federal mobile home seal affixed to the rear exterior of the vehicle.

A tract of land meeting the standards established by Chapter 203, Manufactured Home Parks, of the City Code, the county health authorities and the Illinois State Department of Health:

A building or a group of buildings, whether detached, semidetached or attached, containing accommodations for primarily transient automobile travelers. "Motel" includes such buildings designated as tourist courts, tourist cabins, motor lodges and other similar terms.

A self-propelled, free-moving vehicle for the conveyance of goods or persons on a street.

A lot, sign, structure or use which does not conform to the regulations and standards of the district in which it is located, and which was a legal use when the regulations were adopted.

A nonconforming lot with a nonconforming structure located on it.

A building containing sleeping rooms where persons are housed or lodged and are furnished with meals and nursing care for hire.

The unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with a structure.

An individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, corporation, company, organization, trust or any other legal entity having a proprietary interest in a use, structure, premises, lot or tract of land.

A lot, court, yard or portion thereof used for the parking of vehicles.

A space accessory to a use or structure for the parking of one vehicle, the size of which shall be determined as specified in this chapter.

Criteria established to control the use of land, structures and premises by the amount of noise, odor, smoke, toxic or noxious matter, radioactive hazards, and the glare of heat or light generated by or inherent to the use of land, structures and premises.

Includes a partnership, association, firm, trust, club, company or corporation as well as the individual.

The Plan Commission of the City.

A tract of land which is developed as a unit under single ownership or control, which includes two or more main or principal structures and is identified to its main or principal use by its functional definition prefix, as dwelling group.

A map plan or layout showing the subdivision of land and indicating the location and boundaries of individual lots.

A lot or tract of land and any structure located thereon.

A general term denoting, either singularly or in combination, an area, lot, parcel, tract, plot, unit or otherwise designated portion of land.

The entire dedicated tract or strip of land that is to be used by the public for circulation and service.

A smoke chart giving shades of gray to which the density of columns of smoke rising from stacks may be compared. Each such shade of gray is categorized according to a Ringelmann number.

A private hospital.

A constructed conduit for the collection and carrying of liquid and solid sewage wastes, other than stormwaters, to a sewage treatment plant.

A building or group of buildings, and all associated structures, facilities and grounds, in and on which instruction is given.

A vegetative material of sufficient height and density to filter adequately from view, in adjoining districts, structures and uses on the premises upon which the screen planting is located.

The building restriction line nearest the front of and across a lot establishing the minimum distance to be provided between the line of a structure located on said lot and the nearest street right-of-way line or center line or the nearest shoreline or high-water line of a stormwater or floodwater runoff channel or basin.

Any structure or device for visual communication that is used for the purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the attention of the public, but not including any flag, badge or insignia or any government or governmental agency, or any civic, charitable, religious, patriotic, fraternal or similar organization, or any sign indicating address. Each display surface of a sign shall be considered a sign.

The emission of smoke of a density of Ringelmann number 1 for a period of one minute.

A condition for the establishment of a special use.

A use permitted in a district pursuant to, and in compliance with, procedures specified in this chapter.

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor above, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it.

A thoroughfare within the right-of-way which affords the principal means of access to abutting property. A street may be designated as an avenue, boulevard, drive, highway, lane, parkway, place, road, thoroughfare or by other appropriate name. Streets are identified according to type of use, as follows:

A service way providing access to a property for the use of a limited number of persons or purposes and which has not been dedicated and accepted for public maintenance.

Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the surface of the ground or affixed to something having a fixed location on the surface of the ground. Among other things, structures include buildings, walls, fences, billboards and signs.

A structure connected to another structure.

A structure not connected to another structure.

The structure in or on which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which it is located.

Any division, development or resubdivision of any part, lot, area or tract of land by the owner or agent, either by lots or by metes and bounds, into lots, two or more in number, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of conveyance, transfer, improvement or sale, with the appurtenant streets, alleys and easements, dedicated or intended to be dedicated to public use or for the use of the purchasers or owners within the tract subdivided. The division of land for agricultural purposes not involving any new street, alley or other means of access shall not be deemed a subdivision for the purpose of the regulations and standards of this chapter.

A building or part of a building devoted to the showing of moving pictures or theatrical productions on a commercial basis.

An open lot or part thereof with its appurtenant facilities devoted primarily to the showing of moving pictures or theatrical productions on a commercial basis to patrons seated in automobiles or on outdoor seats.

A dwelling containing the dwelling unit of the owner or operator and containing separate accommodations primarily for transient automobile travelers.

The specific purpose for which land, a structure or premises is designed, arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.

As applied to any land, building, use, structure or premises, includes the words "intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied or located."

A deviation from the regulations or standards adopted by this chapter which the Board is permitted to grant when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship owing to circumstances unique to the individual property, lot, structure or premises for which the variance is sought.

A conveyance, either self-propelled or non-self-propelled, in or on which persons and/or goods are transported on the surface of the ground, including automobiles, motor buses, motor trucks, tractors, sleighs, wagons, earth-moving equipment and other such conveyances.

An open space, other than a court, of uniform width or depth on the same lot with a structure, lying between the structure and the nearest lot line, which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the surface of the ground upward except as may be specifically provided by the regulations and standards in this chapter.

A yard extending the full width of a lot and situated between the front lot line and the nearest line of a structure located on said lot. Where a lot is located such that its rear and front lot lines each abut a street right-of-way line or the nearest shoreline or high-water line of a stormwater or floodwater runoff channel or basin, both such yards shall be classified as front yards. Each yard of a corner lot facing a street right-of-way line or the shoreline or high-water line of a stormwater of floodwater runoff channel or basin shall be classified as front yard.

A yard extending the full width of a lot and situated between the rear lot line and the nearest line of a principal structure located on said lot.

A yard situated between the side lot line and the nearest line of a structure located on said lot and extending from the rear line of the required front yard to the front line of the required rear yard.

See "district."

A single property, parcel, unit, tract, plot or otherwise designated portion of land having metes and bounds which is designated by its owner or developer as a property, parcel, unit, tract, plot or otherwise designated portion of land, which has been sold, or is offered, or will be offered for sale, and is to be used, developed or built upon as a unit under single ownership or control, and which is occupied or capable of being occupied by one or more structures, and the accessory structures or uses customarily incidental to it, including such open spaces as are arranged and designed to be used in connection with such structure. A zoning lot may or may not coincide with a lot of record.