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Itasca City Zoning Code

§ 7.04

R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT.

   1.   Permitted Uses: The following uses are permitted:
      a.   Single-family detached dwellings.
      b.   Community Recreation Facilities, including Parks, Playgrounds, Pools and other Open Lands/Areas that are owned and managed by the Village of Itasca or Itasca Park District, excluding Golf Course Facilities.
      c.   Open Lands/Areas that are owned and operated by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, excluding Golf Course Facilities.
      d.   Public Libraries.
      e.   Public Schools and Accessory Parks, Playgrounds, and other Accessory Open Lands/Areas that are owned and managed by Itasca School District 10.
      f.   Accessory uses in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.02, 4.06, and 12.00.
      g.   Signs (Allowable). (See Section 13.00.)
      h.   Temporary buildings. (See Section 4.14.)
   2.   Special Uses: The following uses may be allowed by Special Use Permit in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Section 14.00.
      a.   Cemeteries.
      b.   Churches, chapels, temples, and synagogues, rectories, seminaries, convents, monasteries, and similar religious institutions, including dormitories and other necessary uses required for operation.
      c.   Growing of farm crops in the open, including truck gardens and nurseries, provided that no livestock or poultry are kept, and no offensive odors or dusts are created, and further provided that no retail sales are conducted from a store and stand erected or maintained on the premises.
      d.   Golf courses; but not including commercially-operated driving ranges or miniature golf courses.
      e.   Home occupations in accordance with Section 4.07.
      f.   Community Recreation Facilities, whether private or publicly-owned, including Parks, Playgrounds, Pools and other Open Lands/Areas that are not expressly permitted in Section 7.04.1.
      g.   Community Centers, Other.
      h.   Schools (non-boarding), whether public or private, and Accessory Parks, Playgrounds, and other Accessory Open Lands/Areas not expressly permitted in Section 7.04.1.
      i.   Non-commercial and television towers and antennas.
         (1)   All radio and television towers or antennas, including the structure(s) therefore, shall be permitted under the following conditions:
            (a)   All radio or television towers or antennas, as covered by this section, or any part thereof, shall comply with applicable Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.) height restrictions.
            (b)   Radio or television towers or antennas shall not be permitted within the required front or side yard (setback) requirements in accordance with Sections 3.02, 4.06.2, and 4.13.
      j.   Planned developments, under single ownership or control, may include incidental, business, or recreational facilities for the convenience of the occupants. For such developments, the Village Board may vary the regulations herein, provided such variations of the Ordinance and will result in better site planning and thus, be of greater benefit to both the occupants of the development and to the communities.
      k.   Public utility and/or service uses.
         (1)   Essential services including fully automated gas regulating stations and telephone exchanges. Private or public utility substations or transmission corridors with a capacity of not greater than 34 kilovolts.
         (2)   Railroad passenger stations when not located on railroad property.
         (3)   Sewage treatment plants.
         (4)   Waterworks, reservoirs, pumping stations, filtration plants and wells.
         (5)   Telephone exchanges, microwave relay towers, and telephone transmission equipment buildings.
         (6)   Water filtration plants, pumping stations, reservoirs, and sewage treatment plants - public.
         (7)   Other public or private utility service uses.
         (8)   Small wireless facilities and associated wireless support structures for small wireless facilities, when located outside of the right-of-way. Small wireless facilities and associated wireless support structures for small wireless facilities, as defined in § 57.03 (Definitions), arc permitted uses in the right-of-way in all zoning districts within the Village, as required by the Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act (P.A. 100-585), so long as the requirements of Chapter 57 of the Village Code and other applicable codes, regulations and design standards are met.
      l.   Swimming pool, public.
      m.   Accessory uses to the above allowable Special uses, including, but not limited to, off-street parking and off-street loading.
   3.   Off-Street Parking and Loading: Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required or permitted in Section 12.00.
   4.   Minimum Lot Size:
      a.   Every single-family detached dwelling hereafter erected shall be located on a zoning lot having an area of not less than sixteen thousand (16,000) square feet, and a width of not less than ninety (90) feet. (See Section 3.02, Definition of Buildable Area, and Section 4.06.7., Minimum Distance between Principal Buildings).
      b.   The widths of lots fronting on a cul-de-sac shall not be less than ninety (90) feet at the setback line in the R-1 Zoning District. (See Section 3.02, Definition of Buildable Area, and Section 4.06.7., Minimum Distance).
      c.   All non-residential permitted and nonresidential special uses shall have a floor area ratio not to exceed zero point five (0.5).
   5.   Yard Requirements: No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure, or enlargement:
      a.   Front Yard: A front yard of not less than thirty (30) feet in depth.
      b.   Side Yards: There shall be provided two (2) side yards having a combined width of twenty (20) feet, and neither side yard shall be less than eight (8) feet in width, except on corner lots a side yard adjoining a street shall be not less than thirty (30) feet wide. However, if a corner lot, subdivided and duly recorded on the effective date of this Ordinance, has insufficient width to provide such yard of thirty (30) feet width and still maintain a buildable width of twenty-nine (29) feet, excluding the opposite side yard, then the side yard adjoining the street may be reduced in width by the distance necessary to maintain a buildable width of twenty-nine (29) feet, provided the side yard adjoining a street is not reduced in width to less than thirty (30) percent of the width of the lot.
      c.   Rear Yard: A rear yard of not less than forth (40) feet in depth.
   6.   Yards, General: For permitted uses and special uses, each front, side and rear yard as heretofore required shall be increased in depth or width by two (2) feet for each additional one (1) foot of building height over thirty-four (34) feet.
   7.   Ground Floor Area Per Dwelling. One (1) story dwellings shall have a ground floor area of not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet, and dwellings having more than one (1) story shall have not less than one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) square feet of ground floor area.
   8.   Building Height. No building shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet or two and one-half (2-1/2) stories, whichever is lower. (See Definitions - Section 3.02).
   9.   Maximum Lot Coverage. No more than forty (40) percent of the lot area may be occupied by buildings and structures, including accessory buildings, or covered by walks, driveways or patios. The balance of the remaining portion of the zoning lot shall be suitably landscaped.
(Ord. 963-97, passed 4-8-97; Am. Ord. 1142-02, passed 12-17-02; Am. Ord. 1186-03, passed 11-04-03; Am. Ord. 1912-19, passed 4-2-19; Am. Ord. 1932-20, passed 1-21-20)