To carry out the purposes of this Code, the Village is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:

   A.   Residential Districts -- Single Family and Multiple Family (Article III)

      R-A - Single Family Residential District

      R-B - Single Family Residential District

      R-C - Single Family Residential District

      R-D - Single/Multiple Family Residential District

   B.   Business Districts (Article IV)

      B-1 - Central Business District

      B-2 - Neighborhood Business District

   A.   General Rule. This Code rejects as outdated and inappropriate the concept of hierarchical and cumulative zoning districts and, except as noted below, is based on the concept that each district should be designed to accomplish a specific purpose, to encourage a particular type of development, and to protect that development from being encroached upon by incompatible types of development.

   B.   Special Rule. Within the foregoing philosophy, however, it is recognized that when different districts are juxtaposed, their differing characters may require special treatment to ameliorate incompatibilities that might otherwise result. For this limited purpose, this Code recognizes the concept of "more restrictive" and "less restrictive" districts. For this purpose, the districts established by this Code shall be considered "more restrictive" or "less restrictive" in accordance with the following rules:

      1.   The residential districts shall be deemed to be more restrictive than any non-residential districts.

      2.   The single family residential districts shall be deemed to be more restrictive than the R-D single/multiple family residential district.

      3.   The B-1 District shall be deemed to be a more restrictive business district than the B-2 District.

   A.   Annexation of Land. All land annexed to the Village after the effective date of this Code shall be classified automatically upon such annexation in the R-A Single Family Residential District. The owner of any land proposed to be annexed to the Village shall file, with the petition for annexation, an application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance pursuant to Section 7-301 of this Code. In the case of an involuntary annexation, the Village Manager shall complete the required application.

   B.   Application for Different Classification. When any land is classified pursuant to this Section, it shall remain so classified unless and until an application to amend such classification is filed and granted pursuant to Section 7-501 of this Code. Such application may be filed prior to or contemporaneously with the annexation of the land in question.

   A.   Map Incorporated. The location and boundaries of the zoning districts established by this Code are as shown on a map entitled "Zoning Map of the Village of Glencoe, Illinois," hereafter referred to as the Zoning Map, which is by this reference incorporated as part of this Code. All notations, references, and other information shown on the Zoning Map, and all amendments thereto, shall be as much a part of this Code as if specifically set forth and literally described herein.

   B.   Omitted Land. It is the intent of this Code that the entire area of the Village, including all land and water areas, be included in the districts established by this Code. Any area lying within the Village but not shown on the Zoning Map as being included in such a district shall be deemed to be, and it is hereby, classified in the R-A Single Family Residential District.

   C.   District Boundaries. In the event that any uncertainty exists with respect to the intended boundaries of the various districts as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:

      1.   The district boundaries are the center lines of expressways, highways, streets, alleys, waterways, railroads, and other rights-of-way unless otherwise indicated. When the designation of a boundary line on the Zoning Map coincides with the location of any such right-of-way, the center line of such right-of-way shall be construed to be the boundary of such district.

      2.   When a district boundary does not coincide with the location of the centerline of any right-of-way but does coincide with a lot line, such lot line shall be construed to be the boundary of such district.

      3.   When a district boundary does not coincide with the location of the centerline of any right-of-way or lot line, the district boundary shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the Zoning Map.

   D.   Maintenance and Availability of Official Zoning Map. The official copy of the Zoning Map shall be maintained by the Village Manager and shall be available for public inspection during Village business hours at the Village Hall. Any amendment to zoning district boundaries or any change in any other information shown on the Zoning Map made by amendment to this Code shall be indicated on the official copy of the Zoning Map.

   E.   Mapping of Parcels Affected by Court Decrees. Parcels of land affected by court decrees shall be shown on the Zoning Map in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 8-106B of this Code.