This document shall be known, and may be referred to, as the GLENCOE ZONING CODE.

   This Code is adopted pursuant to the authority granted to the Village of Glencoe by the Illinois Municipal Code for the following purposes.

   A.   Overall Purpose. The overall purpose of this Code is to maintain Glencoe as a community comprised principally of well-maintained single family residential neighborhoods and separately located, thriving business areas that complement the residential neighborhoods.

   B.   Land Use Patterns. The purposes of this Code related to land use patterns are to:

      1.   Implement and foster the goals and policies of the Village's Official Comprehensive Plan; and

      2.   Establish a rational pattern of land uses and encourage the most appropriate use of individual parcels of land in the Village; and

      3.   Encourage compatibility between different land uses and protect the scale and character of existing development from the encroachment of incompatible uses and structures having excessive bulk or providing inadequate open space; and

      4.   Encourage and promote detached single family homes as the principal land use in the Village; and

      5.   Provide for the gradual elimination of non-conforming uses that adversely affect the character and value of permitted development; and

      6.   Encourage and enhance the preservation of natural resources, aesthetic amenities, and natural features; and

      7.   Secure adequate natural light, clean air, privacy, a safe environment, and convenience of access to property; and

      8.   Promote and protect the public health, safety, morals, and the general welfare of the Village.

   C.   Public Infrastructure. The purposes of this Code related to public infrastructure are to:

      1.   Facilitate the most efficient use of existing and planned public facilities and utilities; and

      2.   Protect existing public facilities and utilities from being overloaded due to excess development or development incompatible with the capabilities of the Village's utility systems; and

      3.   Protect and enhance a pattern of interconnected streets and highways that is unified, integrated, safe, effective, and efficient; and

      4.   Reduce congestion and promote safety on streets and highways by limiting traffic generation through the control of land use intensity; and

      5.   Avoid or lessen the hazards of flooding and storm water accumulation and run-off; and

      6.   Establish and regulate set back lines along streets and highways, property lines, and storm flood water runoff channels or basins.

   D.   Justifiable Expectations and Taxable Value. The purposes of this Code related to justifiable expectations and taxable value are to:

      1.   Protect and respect the justifiable reliance of existing residents, businesspeople, and taxpayers on the continuation of existing, established land use patterns; and

      2.   Protect and enhance the taxable value of land and buildings.

   E.   Administration. The purposes of this Code related to administration are to:

      1.   Define the powers and duties of administrative officers and bodies necessary to administer this Code; and

      2.   Establish procedures for the efficient and effective use of the provisions of this Code; and

      3.   Establish standards for the review of applications filed pursuant to this Code; and

      4.   Prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Code.