Itasca City Zoning Code
§ 11.04
YARD REQUIREMENTS.
1. Front Yard: There shall be provided a front yard of not less than forty (40) feet in depth on streets which are at the perimeter of the M-Limited Manufacturing District and a front yard not less than thirty (30) feet in depth on streets in the interior of the Manufacturing District. The existing perimeter streets within the M-Limited Manufacturing Districts are:
a. Rohlwing Road.
b. Crest Avenue.
c. Medinah Road/Meacham Road.
d. Norwood Avenue between Meacham and Hilltop Drive.
e. Hilltop between Ardmore Avenue and Norwood Avenue.
f. Prospect Avenue.
The measurement shall be made from the property line; no parking shall be permitted in the required front yards; no storage or operation associated with the permitted uses of the site shall be permitted in the front yard and the front yard shall be planted, except for drives and walkways, with lawn, trees or other decorative plantings.
2. Side Yard: There shall be provided total side yards of not less than fifty (50) feet in width, which shall be measured at any point along the lot depth. The side yards need not be of equal width; provided that the minimum of any side yard shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet. No building or structure shall be erected within fifty (50) feet of another existing building or structure on an adjacent lot. A side yard abutting a street shall further comply with the requirements of Section 11.04.1. above. Front Yard for each corner side yard.
3. Rear Yard: There shall be provided a rear yard (which may include parking) of not less thank forty (40) feet in depth except that a rear yard abutting a railroad right-of-way may be reduced to twenty (20) feet in depth.
4. Exception to Side Yard and Rear Yard Limits: In the event that a lot is adjacent to and served by a railroad track switch track to the interior of a building or structure on said lot, then said building or structure may be erected either on one (1) of the side lot lines or on the rear lot line, but not both. In such case, no structure or building shall be erected closer than forty (40) feet to another existing building or structure on an adjacent lot, or within thirty (30) feet of an interior street right-of-way or within forty (40) feet of a perimeter street right-of-way.
5. Yards Abutting Major Street: Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, whenever any lots abuts any of the street or highways, as follows: Irving Park Road, Rohlwing Road, I-290, Devon Avenue, Thorndale Avenue (excluding “Old Thorndale Avenue”), Prospect Road, and the proposed Elgin O'Hare Freeway, there shall be provided a yard of not less than forty (40) feet in depth from the rights-of-way of said streets or highways.
(Ord. 963-97, passed 4-8-97)