The R-1 district is designed for those areas where the land is presently being used and appears to be desirable for single-family use only, and also for areas where single-family use is to be encouraged for present or future development.

In the R-1 district no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected or structurally altered (unless otherwise provided in the municipal code) except for one or more of the following uses:

A.

One-family dwellings;

B.

Churches, convents, rectories, or similar religious institutions;

C.

Mobile homes or trailer parks which meet the standards of Section 17.76.030;

D.

(Reserved);

E.

Public, parochial, elementary schools and high schools;

F.

Museums, libraries, parks, playgrounds or public recreation areas not operated or used for commercial purposes, and such public buildings as are necessary for health and safety, including hospitals, provided they meet the requirements stated in Section 17.76.020;

G.

Funeral homes and mortuaries;

H.

Golf courses, except miniature golf courses;

I.

Cemeteries;

J.

Farming, truck-gardening, orchard, nursery or greenhouse; provided no sales office is maintained in a building separate and apart from a residence or accessory building customarily incident to such use of a residence, and so long as the prohibitions on animals as imposed by Chapter 6.04 of this code is followed;

K.

Accessory buildings, including one private garage, in the rear yard or constructed as a part of the main building, but not including the conduct of a business;

L.

Customary home occupations or offices when confined to the main building provided no display of products made or sold shall be visible from the street and should not occupy more than twenty percent of the net floor area of the dwelling;

M.

Public utilities and governmental buildings, including substations, regulator stations, pumping stations, radio and television transmitter or tower, transmission lines, water filtration plant and storage reservoir, or other similar public service uses;

N.

Signs as permitted in Chapter 17.68;

O.

Conditional permitted use: subject to the approval of the Planning Commission, a mobile home located on a platted lot of record as of July 1, 1975, and located on the same platted lot of record with a permanent single-family structure or another mobile home, may be replaced by a mobile home, but in no case shall either mobile home remain on said lot for a period not to exceed fifteen years from July 1, 1975, or the replacement date, whichever comes later.

(Ord. 845 § 1, 1984).

(Ord. No. 1375, § 2, 8-6-14)

No building or structure shall be erected or altered to exceed eight stories or one hundred feet in height.

(Ord. 1245 § 1, 2005).

A.

Except as otherwise provided in this title, there shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five percent of the average depth of the lot or twenty-five feet, whichever is smaller.

B.

However, where lots comprising forty percent or more of the frontage between two intersecting streets are developed with buildings having a front yard of more than normally required and with a variation in depth of not more than ten feet, no building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall project beyond the average front yard line so established; provided further, that this regulation shall not be so interpreted as to require a front yard of more than sixty feet or less than fifteen feet.

A.

Except as otherwise provided in this title, on interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side having a width of not less than ten percent of the average width of the lot or five feet, whichever is smaller.

B.

On corner lots the side yard requirement adjacent to an interior lot shall be the same as for interior lots. The side yard requirement adjacent to the street varies depending on the following conditions:

1.

Where the lot backs up to an abutting alley, twenty-five feet or the same as the lot across the alley;

2.

Where the lot backs up to an abutting, side yard, twenty-five feet or same as adjacent lot;

3.

Where the lot backs up to an abutting, rear yard, ten feet or same as adjacent lot.

(Ord. 841 § 1, 1984).

There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than thirty percent of the average depth of the lot or thirty feet, whichever is smaller.

Every lot for single-family dwellings shall have an area of not less than seven thousand five hundred square feet, except that if a lot of record prior to the adoption of this title has less area and has been duly platted and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Mason County, Illinois, such lot may be used for a single-family dwelling.

Any use allowed other than a single-family dwelling shall have a minimum lot area of ten thousand square feet.

All lots platted in the R-1 district shall have an average width of not less than sixty feet measured along the building line.

The combined building area of the main building and accessory buildings shall not cover more than forty percent of the total area.