Galesburg City Zoning Code
ZONING DISTRICTS
ESTABLISHED
§ 152.045 ENUMERATED.
The city is divided into the following districts:
(A) AG - Agriculture District;
(B) ER - Estate Residential District;
(C) R1A - Single-Family District;
(D) R1B - Single-Family District;
(E) R1C - Single-Family Attached District;
(F) R2 - Two-Family District;
(G) R3A - Multiple-Family District;
(H) R3B - Multiple-Family District;
(I) I - Institutional;
(J) O - Office;
(K) B1 - Neighborhood Business District;
(L) B2 - General Business District;
(M) B3 - Central Business District;
(N) M1 - Light Industrial District;
(O) M2 - Heavy Industrial District; and
(P) CPD - Comprehensive Planned Development District.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-4.1, passed 1-4-2010)
§ 152.046 MAP.
The boundaries of the districts listed above are as shown on the zoning map for the city. A copy of this map may be found on file in the Community Development Department. The zoning map, together with notation, shall be as much a part of this DO as if the notations were specifically set forth herein this text.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-4.2, passed 1-4-2010; Ord. 17-3538, passed 2-6-2017; Ord. 20-3609, passed 4-6-2020)
§ 152.047 INTERPRETATION OF BOUNDARIES.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts as shown on the district map, the following rules shall apply.
(A) The district boundaries are either centerlines of streets or alleys unless otherwise shown, and where the districts designated on the district map, being made a part of this chapter, are bounded approximately by street or alley lines, the street or alley shall be construed to be the boundary of the district.
(B) Where the district boundaries are not otherwise indicated and where the property has been or may hereafter be divided into blocks and lots, the district boundaries shall be construed to be the lot lines, and where the districts designated on the district map are bounded approximately by lot lines, the lot lines shall be construed to be the boundary of the districts unless the boundaries are otherwise indicated on the map.
(C) In unsubdivided property, the district boundary lines on the map shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on the map.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-4.3, passed 1-4-2010)
§ 152.048 AUTOMATIC EXTENSIONS.
Whenever Council vacates a street or alley, adjacent districts shall extend to the centerline of the vacation.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-4.4, passed 1-4-2010)
§ 152.049 LAND ANNEXED FROM COUNTY.
Land annexed to the city is automatically placed in the zoning district most closely corresponding to that of the county zoning resolution in which it is located before annexation; this shall be the zoning until changed by ordinance or unless otherwise established in a preannexation agreement.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-4.5, passed 1-4-2010)
§ 152.050 PREANNEXATION AGREEMENTS.
(A) Whenever a preannexation agreement which has been entered into between the owner or owners of land and the city is to be recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county, the owners of land or their representative shall first deposit with the city a sum of money equal to the fee charged by the Recorder of Deeds for recording the preannexation agreement.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to post a sign on any premises which are the subject of a preannexation agreement which affects the zoning of the premises, not less than ten days before the public hearing required by law, giving notice of the proposed zoning and the time and place of hearing thereon.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-4.6, passed 1-4-2010)
Statutory reference:
Annexation agreements, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, §§ 11-15.1-1 et seq.
§ 152.051 PERMISSIBLE USES AND SPECIFIC EXCLUSIONS.
(A) The presumption established by this subchapter is that all legitimate uses of land are permissible within at least one zoning district in the city’s planning jurisdiction. Therefore, because uses listed in this subchapter cannot be all-inclusive, those uses that are listed shall be interpreted liberally to include other uses that have similar impacts to the listed uses.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A) above, all uses that are not listed in this subchapter, even given the liberal interpretation mandated by division (A) above, are prohibited. Nor shall the listed uses in this subchapter be interpreted to allow a use in one zoning district when the use in question is more closely related to another specified use that is permissible in other zoning districts.
(C) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions, the following uses are specifically prohibited in all districts:
(1) Any use that involves the manufacture, handling, sale, distribution or storage of any highly combustible or explosive materials in violation of the city’s Fire Prevention Code; and
(2) Use of a motor vehicle parked on a lot as a structure in which, out of which, or from which any goods are sold or stored, any services are performed, or other business is conducted. (Situations that do not comply with this division on the effective date of this chapter are required to conform within 30 days.)
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-4.7, passed 1-4-2010)