A sign which no longer correctly directs or exhorts any person, advertises a bona fide business, lessor, owner, product or activity conducted or product available on the premises on which the sign is displayed.

To touch, to lie immediately next to, to share a common wall or lot line, or to be separated by only a street, alley, or right-of-way.

A detached subordinate building or a portion of a principal building, the use of which is incidental to that of the dominant use of the principal building.

Touching or contiguous, as distinguished from lying near or adjacent.

Adult use cannabis businesses, including, but not limited to: adult use cannabis cultivation centers, adult use cannabis dispensaries, cannabis craft growers, cannabis infusers, and cannabis processors.

A facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Department of Agriculture to cultivate, process, transport, and perform other necessary activities to provide cannabis and cannabis-infused products to adult use cannabis business establishments.

A facility operated by an organization or business that is registered by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to acquire cannabis from a cannabis cultivation center, cannabis craft grower, cannabis processor, or another cannabis dispensary for the purpose of selling or dispensing cannabis, cannabis-infused products, cannabis seeds, paraphernalia, or related supplies for recreational, nonmedicinal purposes to purchasers other than registered qualifying patients under the Illinois Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act (410 ILCS 130/1 et seq.).

Signs painted or attached directly to a vehicle for advertising purposes when the vehicle is used primarily for advertising purposes and not for transportation.

Any right-of-way, with a width of not less than 16 feet nor more than 24 feet, which affords a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting properties. A street shall not be considered an alley.

Any change in size, shape, occupancy or use of a building or structure.

Any place or establishment, public or private, where animals are bathed, clipped, or combed for the purpose of enhancing their aesthetic value or health and for which a fee is charged.

A building or portion thereof designed or used for the care, observation or treatment of domestic animals.

A facility used to house or contain stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals and that is owned, operated, or maintained by a public body, an established humane society, animal welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or other nonprofit organization devoted to the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of animals.

Any sign which includes action or motion, but not including flashing signs or changing signs.

Any device or array that transmits and/or receives electromagnetic signals for voice, data or video communications purposes including, but not limited to, television, AM/FM radio, microwave, cellular telephone and similar forms of communications.

Any person who requests relief pursuant to this Zoning Ordinance, including, without limitation, all record owners and beneficial owners of the property that is subject of the requested relief.

Either architectural concrete block or brick. Architectural concrete block and concrete brick have; (i) highly-textured finishes in a variety of styles, such as indented, hammered, fluted, ribbed or similar architectural finishes; and (ii) natural or synthetic pigmentation that is added during the manufacturing process to produce color variations.

An element of a building design intended to be ornamentation or decorative features attached to or protruding from an exterior wall.

An establishment engaged in the sale, loan, or display of art, books, paintings, sculpture, or other works of art. This definition does not include a place designed to be used as a dwelling unit.

Place designed to be used, or used as, both a dwelling place and a place of work by an artist, artisan, or craftsperson, including persons engaged in the application, teaching, or performance of fine arts such as but not limited to drawing, vocal or instrumental music, painting, sculpture or writing.

A special combination of housing, supportive services, personalized assistance, and health care designed to respond to the individual needs of those who need help with activities of daily living. A facility with a central or private kitchen, dining, recreational, and other facilities, with separate bedrooms or living quarters, where the emphasis of the facility remains residential.

Rope lighting, flexible lighting, series lighting, and other similar applications of window trimming, but excluding seasonal lights, visible from a public way.

An establishment, building, or land used for the repair and maintenance of automobiles, motorcycles, trucks or similar vehicles including but not limited to body, fender, muffler, or oil change and lubrication, motor replacement or rebuilding, but excluding dismantling and salvage and establishment and facilities where the servicing and repair of vehicles is incidental to marketing and selling activities.

See "junkyard."

Any building or land used primarily for the dispersal, sale, or offering for sale of automotive fuels, oils or accessories, including lubrication of automobiles and replacement of minor parts and accessories, but not including major repair work such as motor replacement or rebuilding.

A roof-like mechanism, retractable in operation, which projects from the wall of a building for the purpose of affording weather protection to doorways and windows. Often, awnings provide identity for a business and provide shade for display areas.

A retail bakery is one where not more than 50% of the floor area is devoted to processing or manufacturing of baked goods. A wholesale bakery is one where the floor area is devoted to processing or manufacturing baked goods, and not to include retail sales.

A platform that projects from the exterior wall of a building, located above the ground floor, is exposed to the open air, has direct access to the interior of the building, and is not supported by posts or columns extending to the ground.

A financial institution that is open to the public and engaged in deposit banking, and that performs closely related functions such as making loans, investments, and fiduciary activities.

A temporary sign applied to, or constructed of, paper, plastic or fabric of any kind, with or without frame, used to identify or attract attention to a location, object, institution, product, service or business. Flags of nations, states, political subdivisions, businesses or institutions shall not be considered banners for purposes of this Zoning Ordinance.

A banquet facility or banquet hall is a building or portion (excluding facilities located in restaurants or hotels) thereof where food, either prepared on the premises or otherwise and/or beverages are provided on a prearranged basis for consumption on premises; is primarily intended to accommodate one or more groups of diners or patrons for functions such as banquets, wedding receptions and similar functions, is not open to the public, and the use thereof is restricted to the invitees of the party contracting for use of the facility.

A portion of a structure located partly underground, but having less than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height over more than half of its floor area below grade.

A private, owner-occupied business in a single-family dwelling where overnight accommodations and a morning meal are provided to transients for compensation. The term "bed-and-breakfast" does not include short-term rental properties.

A sign placed on, or part of, a bench and used for advertising purposes.

A mound of soil, either natural or man-made, used to screen and visually separate, in part or entirely, one area, site or property from the view of another area.

A business establishment containing more than two pool or billiard tables for the use of patrons.

A tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets, public lands, railroad rights-of-way, bulkhead lines or waterways, or boundary lines of the Village.

The President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lincolnwood.

Any device (including jet skis and personal water craft devices) used or capable of being used for navigation on water.

Every vehicle designed or utilized for the transportation of any boat, without motive power, designed for being drawn by another vehicle.

A molded rectangular block primarily comprised of clay and/or shale, fired with natural gas or coal at approximately 2,000° to fuse the shale or clay into a durable building unit that is laid continuously with joints between the units filled with mortar and is manufactured to ASTM C216 or C652, Grade SW, and must have a minimum thickness of 2 1/4 inches when applied as a veneer.

Landscaping (other than mere grass on flat terrain), or the use of landscaping along with berms, walls or decorative fences, that at least partially and periodically obstruct the view from the street, in a continuous manner, of: vehicular use areas; parking lots and their parked cars; detention and retention ponds; cellular tower facilities; and other similar uses.

That portion of a lot bounded by the yards required pursuant to this Zoning Ordinance.

That portion of a lot determined to be buildable by code and not including the required, front, side and rear yards.

Any structure designed or built for the support, enclosure, shelter or protection of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind, and which is permanently affixed to the land.

See "accessory building."

Chapter 14 of the Village Code, as amended.

The horizontal area measured within the outside of the exterior walls of the ground floor of all principles and accessory buildings on a lot.

A building surrounded by open space.

The vertical distance from the grade at the top of the curb to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or to the peak of the ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs. Chimneys, towers, spires, elevator penthouses, cooling towers and similar projections other than signs shall not be included in calculating building height. (See also specific regulations for each zoning district; see also, definition of "finished first floor height" and definition of "eave height.")

Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in retail or wholesale, from the premises, of materials used in the construction of buildings or other structures, but specifically excluding automobile or equipment supplies otherwise classified herein. Typical uses include building material stores and home supply establishments.

A building or structure in which the primary use of the lot on which the building is located is conducted.

Signs attached to, or part of, a building or structure on the same property as the sign, but not including freestanding signs or transit shelter signs.

Any building not designed to be permanently located at the place where it is, or where it is intended to be temporarily placed or affixed.

The regulations set forth in this Zoning Ordinance pertaining to the permissible or required height, volume, area, floor area, floor area ratio, minimum lot area and dimensions, building coverage, lot coverage, yards and setbacks, and usable open space applicable to uses and structures.

An occupation, employment or enterprise which occupies time, attention, labor and materials; or wherein merchandise is exhibited or sold, or where services are offered.

A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, or other activity conducted upon the premises upon which such sign is located.

An exterior casing or console or other enclosure having horizontal dimensions of not more than four feet by six feet, and used to protect and provide security for equipment associated with one or more antennas.

The diameter of the trunk of a tree measured in inches at a point six inches above ground line.

A facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Department of Agriculture to cultivate, dry, cure, and package small quantities of cannabis and perform other necessary activities to make small quantities of cannabis available for sale at an adult use or medicinal cannabis dispensary or use at a cannabis processor or infuser.

A facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Department of Agriculture to directly incorporate cannabis or cannabis concentrate into a product formulation to produce a cannabis-infused product.

A facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Department of Agriculture to either extract constituent chemicals or compounds to produce cannabis concentrate or incorporate cannabis or cannabis concentrate into a product formulation to produce a cannabis product.

An organization or business that is licensed by the Department of Agriculture to transport cannabis on behalf of a cannabis business establishment or a community college licensed under the Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot Program.

A permanent hood, or roof-like construction, or marquee which projects from a building wall.

Any sign fastened, affixed, or attached to a canopy or marquee in such a manner that the canopy or marquee becomes the supporting structure or forms the background surface of the sign, which does not project more than 15 inches from the canopy or marquee.

Rental of automobiles and light trucks and vans, including incidental parking and servicing of vehicles for rent or lease. Typical uses include auto rental agencies and taxicab dispatch areas.

Mechanical facilities for the washing or waxing of private automobiles, light trucks and vans, but not commercial fleets.

A roofed automobile shelter, with one or more open sides.

A business or activity, the purpose of which is the processing, preparing, and serving of meals or food items for off-premise consumption. This definition shall not include any business location where on-premises over-the-counter retail sale of food items occurs and shall not include banquet halls or banquet facilities as defined in this Zoning Ordinance.

A story having more than 1/2 of its floor to clear ceiling height below grade.

Any sign designed or used so that characters, letters or symbols can be changed or rearranged without altering the surface of the sign.

Special physical characteristics of an existing or proposed building or structure or an area that set it apart from its surroundings and contributes to its individuality. Character-defining considerations include, but are not limited to, building height, shape, materials, orientation and architectural style and features, as well as the site's interior spaces and relationship to the surrounding area.

A building or part of a building, other than a child development home or elderly day-care home, used for the licensed care, education, counseling, or training of individuals 15 years of age or less and/or for the care of elderly individuals, totaling six or more persons, who are not related by blood or marriage to the caregiver and who are present for less than 24 hours per day. This definition encompasses facilities generally known as child care centers, preschools, nursery schools, before-school and after-school programs, senior care centers, elder care programs, and similar programs and facilities. A child/elderly development center includes the following accessory uses: counseling, education, training, and health and social services for the parents or principal guardians of children attending the center.

See "medical or dental clinic."

The lowest temperature at which a combustible liquid under the most favorable conditions, will give off a flammable vapor which will burn momentarily.

A nonprofit association of persons who are in fact members and whose facilities are restricted to members and their guests. Food and alcoholic beverages may be served on its premises, provided they are secondary and incidental to the principal use.

An educational institution either authorized by the State of Illinois to award associate, baccalaureate, or higher degrees, or operated by a local school district to provide post-high school training related to employment and life skills.

A privately owned for-profit commercial facility designed and equipped to provide customary leisure time or recreational activities, such as bowling, swimming, miniature golf, paintball, indoor go-carts, ice skating, tennis, racquetball and similar activities. For purposes of this chapter, a firearms shooting range is not a commercial recreational facility.

Either a Class 1 or Class 2 commercial vehicle and any trailer including, but not limited to tar hoppers, generators, cement trailer, or any portable construction or maintenance equipment that is not a camper trailer, or a recreational vehicle trailer.

A building to be used as a place of meeting, recreation or social activity and not operated for profit.

A group home or specialized residential care home, the residents of which do not constitute a family, that: (a) serves persons with disabilities, as defined in the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3602(h)(1), as may be amended; and (b) does not serve persons as an alternative to incarceration for a criminal offense or persons whose primary reason for placement is treatment of a communicable disease."

The official Comprehensive Plan of the Village of Lincolnwood.

Any building or structure which: (a) complies with all the regulations of this Zoning Ordinance or of any amendment thereto governing bulk of the district in which said building or structure is located; or (b) is designed or intended for a permitted or special use as applicable in the district in which it is located.

In actual contact.

Any retail establishment offering for sale a limited line of groceries and household items intended for the convenience of the neighborhood.

A stock model van with major customizing and which bears RV license plates.

The location and use of two or more antenna on a single monopole, tower, antenna support structure or mast.

A place providing day care for not more than six children, including family members, being operated as a home occupation, and retaining all necessary state licenses.

A unit of measurement of the intensity (loudness) of sound. Sound level meters, which are employed to measure the intensity of sound, are calibrated in decibels.

An establishment at which the primary business of the operation is the delivery of its goods to the customer, and not removal of goods by the customer.

Any establishment, except a hospital or other facility operated by a licensed medical practitioner, at which the act of puncturing the skin and inserting indelible colors to create permanent pigmentation or color is performed, as is often associated with tattoos.

The Zoning Officer, the Village Director of Community Development, the Village Director of Public Works, the Village Police Chief, and the Village Fire Chief, or their respective designees.

Any property on which will be performed any construction of a new building, or any addition to, or expansion of, an existing building. A property on which there will be a change in use within an existing building, without any such construction, addition, or expansion, shall not be considered a "development site."

Directional (or "panel") antennas, designed to receive and/or transmit signals in a directional pattern which is less than 360°, typically an arc of approximately 120°.

A sign which identifies only the names and locations of occupants or uses within a building or on a lot.

Any disc not exceeding 39 inches in diameter, whether flat, concave, or parabolic, that is designed to receive signals from satellites or other sources or to transmit such signals to a receiving station.

A portion of the corporate area of the Village of Lincolnwood, as designated on the Zoning District Map, within which certain uniform regulations and requirements, or various combinations thereof, apply under the provisions of this comprehensive amendment.

That portion of a structure that consists of a gable roof and a window at its outer end and that projects from a sloping roof; also known as a dormer window

A vertical line extending from the outermost portion of the tree canopy to the ground.

A place of business being operated for the sale and purchase at retail of food or beverages and other goods, services, or entertainment which is designed and equipped so as to allow its patrons to be served or accommodated primarily while remaining in their motor vehicles. Examples of drive-in, drive-up, drive-through or drive-thru establishments include, but are not limited to, the following:

Any impervious, permeable, or semipermeable surface approved by the Zoning Administrator, providing direct ingress to and egress from a parking space located on any zoning lot.

An establishment or business maintained for the pickup and delivery of dry cleaning and/or laundry without the maintenance or operation of any laundry or dry cleaning equipment or machinery on the premises.

A building, portion of a building, or premises used or intended to be used for cleaning fabrics, textiles, wearing apparel, or articles of any sort by immersion or agitation, or by immersions only, in volatile solvents including, but not by way of limitation, solvents of the petroleum distillate type, and/or the chlorinated hydrocarbon type, and the processes incidental thereto.

A dwelling containing two dwelling units only, one above the other.

A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively for nontransient residential purposes, including single-family, two-family and multiple-family dwellings, but not including lodging rooms in hotels, motels, rooming houses, or short-term rental properties.

A dwelling joined to two other dwellings by party walls, cavity walls, or other aboveground physically unifying horizontal structural elements.

A dwelling which is surrounded on all sides by open space on the same lot.

A building containing three or more dwelling units.

A dwelling joined to one other dwelling by a party wall, cavity wall or other aboveground physically unifying horizontal structural element

A building containing one dwelling unit only.

A building containing two dwelling units only, one above the other.

One or more rooms within a dwelling which are arranged, designed or used as living quarters for one family only. Individual bathrooms and complete single kitchen facilities, permanently installed to serve the entire family, shall always be included within each "dwelling unit."

The lower edge or edges of a roof, usually projecting beyond the sides of the building.

The vertical distance from the grade elevation at the top of the curb to the bottom of eave of the building.

A dwelling unit consisting of one principal room, exclusive of bathroom, kitchen, hallway, closets or dining alcove directly off the principal room, providing that such dining alcove does not exceed 90 square feet in area.

Exterior Insulated and Finish System is a building facade finishing system that utilizes a foam board insulation backing, which is covered with a reinforced base coat and then a final layer of a textured finish coat.

A dwelling unit used in part for the care, education, recreation, or training of no more than five elderly individuals who are not related by blood or marriage to the caregiver and who are present for less than 24 hours per day. This definition encompasses facilities generally known as "senior care centers," "elder care programs," and similar programs and facilities.

A terminal at which electric energy is received from the transmission system and is delivered to the distribution system only.

A terminal at which electric energy is received from the transmission system and is delivered to other elements of the transmission system and, generally, to the local distribution system.

A digital sign, located on the premises of the business(es) it advertises, capable of displaying words, symbols, figures, or images that electronically or mechanically change by remote or automatic means, and which advertises goods and services that are available at that location.

Any sign which may be modified by electronic processes to form a sign message or messages wherein the sequence of messages and the rate of change is electronically programmed. Public service signs are not classified as electronic message signs.

The external face of a building or structure.

The official of the Village of Lincolnwood, duly appointed and designated as the Village Engineer.

An outdoor or indoor area, building, or part of a building, devoted to showing motion pictures, or for dramatic, dance, musical, or other live performances.

A place of business, the ownership or management of which is separate and distinct from those of any other place of business located on the same or other lot.

The Federal Communications Aviation Administration.

The exterior wall of a building facing a public or private street, or a public access drive. An exterior wall that faces an alleyway is not a "facade" for the the purposes of this chapter.

See "drive-through establishment."

An accessory building and use which incorporates the fundamentals for fallout protection-shielding mass, ventilation and space to live-and which is constructed of such materials, in such a manner, as to afford to the occupants substantial protection from radioactive fallout.

An individual, or two or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together in a dwelling unit, or a group of not more than five persons who need not be related by blood or marriage or adoption, living as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit, and sharing common facilities as considered reasonably appropriate for a family related by blood, marriage, or adoption, in either case exclusive of servants.

The Federal Communications Commission.

An accessory structure, assembled using cut or formed natural materials or artificial materials, which is used as a barrier, boundary, decorative accessory, means of protection or confinement enclosing or dividing a piece of land, and which is over 12 inches in height above the ground level. Examples include, but are not limited to, open fences, solid fences, masonry and stone walls. For the purposes of this chapter, a "fence" shall not include naturally growing shrubs, bushes and other foliage.

All sections of fence (excluding the post) in any lot may have a total height that shall not exceed the prescribed maximum fence height; provided that the space between the bottom of a section of fence and the ground beneath it shall not exceed three inches. A fence post may extend no more than a maximum of three inches above the section of fence.

Any fence which was erected pursuant to a permit and is maintained in good condition and existing prior to the passage of the regulation, but which does not conform to the regulations set forth in this Zoning Ordinance.

The painting, staining, sand scraping, nailing, screwing, riveting, welding, tie-wiring, or clamping so as to restore the like new appearance, restore the safe condition, or maintain the condition of what would generally be considered a good functioning fence.

Materials such as concrete block, cinder block, plank lumber over six inches in width, scrap lumber, scrap materials, barbed wire (except at the top of a fence in an M District where not abutting a residential lot or in any zoning district where used to enclose utility or telecommunications facilities), pallet lumber, plastic pipe, plastic or synthetic materials, (except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 3.13 of this chapter), exterior insulation finish systems, combinations of materials, "chicken wire mesh" (except as allowed immediately around compactly planted vegetable gardens, as seasonally needed in rear and side yards only, square wire farm fence, in residential zones welded wire fence with members less than 1/2 inches in diameter, fabric, burlap, plastic sheets (except approved synthetic composite materials), wood and plastic snow fence, rubble and debris and open fences with obstructions.

A fence including gates, which has, over its entirety, no less than 50% of the surface area in open space as viewed from an angle of 90°, from the fence line. Examples include, but are not limited to: chain link; wrought iron; picket; Kentucky rail; split rail.

That portion of a fence that is between the fence posts.

The face side of a fence which shows the most amount of structural supports.

Any action in which a person fixes, mends, restores, or removes that portion of a fence which provides its opacity (e.g., vertical boards, individual post replacement, slats, pickets, chain link) and/or associated horizontal supports. Repair shall include any action to an existing fence within a calendar year not specifically included within the definition of "fence replacement" or "fence maintenance."

Any action in which a person removes and replaces more than 25% of the number of posts or horizontal or vertical members in a fence within a calendar year.

A fence which is not a solid fence nor an open fence, and including, without limitation, shadow box and louvered fences; provided, however, that "semiprivate fence" does not include any louvered fence for which (i) the gaps between the fence boards are less than 50% of the board width; (ii) the angle of the boards exceeds a fifty-degree angle, from horizontal or vertical; or (3) it is possible to see from one side of the fence through to the other side.

A fence which is not open over 50% of the surface area. Examples include, but are not limited to: stockade, board and batten, basket weave, chain link with woven slat inserts, and brick, except as otherwise provided.

The finished surface of the floor level above the basement or cellar of a structure or building, or the upper surface of the floor of the first story of a structure or building.

The vertical distance from the grade elevation at the top of the curb to the top of the finished first floor.

A specialized indoor facility used in hole or in part for the safe shooting practice of firearms (as that term is defined pursuant to the Illinois Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. 430 ILCS 65/0.01 et seq., as may be amended).

A construction of fabric, plastic, paper or other synthetic or natural material depicting through symbols, characters, design or letters, a nation, political subdivision, institution or business.

Any sign which contains an intermittent or flashing light source, or which includes the illusion of intermittent or flashing light by means of animation or an externally mounted intermittent light source.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of a building or of such area devoted to a specific use, measured from the exterior face of exterior walls or from the center line of walls separating two buildings or uses. Gross floor area shall include, without limitation, areas such as:

"Floor area," when prescribed as the basis of measurement for off-street parking spaces and off-street loading spaces for any use, shall be the sum of the net horizontal area of the several floors of the building, excluding:

The gross floor area of a building divided by the total lot area of the zoning lot on which it is located. For planned unit developments, the floor area ratio shall be determined by dividing the gross floor area of all principal buildings by the total lot area of the development site.

Any sign supported by structural members placed in the ground independently of any other structure on the lot. Freestanding signs include monument signs and pole/pylon signs.

A building or area in which freight brought by motor truck or railroad freight cars is assembled or stored for routing in intrastate or interstate shipment by motor trucks or railroad freight cars.

Signifies the number of oscillations per second in a sound wave and is an index of the pitch of the resulting sound.

The face side of a fence which shows the least amount of structural supports.

The facade of a residence which may face the front yard lot line, or the corner yard lot line, which contains what would normally be considered the front entrance door to the residence. (See Diagram E and F following.)

Any facade of the principal building which approximately parallels the front lot line and exceeds eight feet in length. (See Diagram E following.)

The generally triangular section of wall located at the end of a pitched roof, which section occupies the space between the two slopes of the roof.

An accessory building designed and used for the storage of motor vehicles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory and in which no occupation or business for profit is carried on.

A building or portion thereof other than a private or storage garage, designed or used for equipping, servicing or repairing motor vehicles. Hiring, selling or storing of motor vehicles may be included.

A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively for storage of motor vehicles, and in which motor fuels and oils are not sold, and motor vehicles are not equipped, repaired, hired or sold.

See "auto station."

For signs located on a berm, "grade" is he average elevation of the established curb along the front of a lot or, where no curb is established, the average elevation of the crown of the street adjacent to the front of a lot. For all other signs, structures and for all buildings, "grade" is the average elevation of the finished surface of the ground adjoining the exterior walls of a building or a base of the structure or sign.

Store where most of the floor area is devoted to the sale of food products for home preparation and consumption, which typically also offer other home care and personal care products, and which are substantially larger and carry a broader range of merchandise than convenience stores.

The lot area covered by a principal building, measured at grade, from the exterior faces of the exterior walls, but excluding open porches or terraces, garages or carports.

Recommended design elements.

A tower that is supported in whole or in part by guy wires and ground anchors.

A business establishment which: (i) promotes physical fitness; (ii) contains equipment and gymnasia for body exercising or other facilities intended to improve physical fitness, diet, weight control and/or health; and (iii) is generally utilized by members who pay a periodic fee for facility access and use. For purposes of this chapter, a firearms shooting range is not a health club.

When referring to a monopole or mast, means the distance measured from the finished grade to the highest point on the structure, including the base pad and any antenna.

Any home occupation or profession conducted entirely within a dwelling by a member of the family residing in the dwelling and when such home occupation is incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, and in connection with which: (a) there is no other display or activity that will indicate from the exterior of the dwelling that it is being utilized in whole or in part for any purpose other than a residential use; (b) there is not sold or conducted a commodity or service that requires regular receipt and delivery of merchandise, goods or equipment by other than first class mail; (c) an accessory building is not used in whole or in part for such home occupation; (d) vehicular traffic in the vicinity of the dwelling is not increased by more than one additional vehicle at a time; and (e) no separate entrance is provided in connection with the conduct of any home occupation. The operation of a short-term rental property is not a home occupation.

An institution which maintains and operates facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, medical care or surgical care of persons suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity or other abnormal physical condition and which permits overnight lodging for patients.

A hotel in which at least 80% of the hotel accommodations are occupied by permanent guests, securing such accommodations by prearrangement for a continuous period of 30 days or more.

An establishment which is open to transient guests, in contradistinction to a lodging house, boarding house, or a rooming house, and is commonly known as a hotel in the Village of Lincolnwood, and which provides the following customary hotel services; maid service; furnishing and laundry of linens; telephone and secretarial and desk service; the use and upkeep of furniture; and bellboy service. Regardless of the services provided, a short-term rental property is not a hotel or motel.

A level area of ice that is kept frozen for the purpose of ice skating.

Any sign lighted by or exposed to artificial lighting whether by lights on or within the sign or directed toward the sign.

Any hard-surfaced, man-made horizontal area that does not readily absorb or retain water, including, but not limited to, parking and driveway areas, paving bricks, composed stone, sidewalks, and all detached buildings and structures.

Any material that substantially reduces or prevents the infiltration of water.

A surface which does not allow water to be absorbed so it may percolate into deeper ground. Such surfaces are those constructed of Portland cement, bituminous asphalt, paving brick, composed stone or gravel, or any other surface that allows no water penetration. (Ord. Z2004-256, 6-17-2004; see also "impervious material" and "pervious.")

A housing development:

Structures which are used for advertising or promotional purposes which are supported by air. This shall include, but shall not be limited to, balloons, dirigibles or inflated depictions of objects or things.

Any motor vehicle or any vehicle from which, for a period of at least 45 days, the engine, wheels or other parts have been removed, or on which the engine, wheels or other parts have been altered, damaged, or otherwise so treated that the vehicle is incapable of being driven under its own motor power. Inoperable motor vehicle shall not include a motor vehicle which has been rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own power in order to perform ordinary service or repair operations nor to any motor vehicles that are kept within a building when not in use, or to a motor vehicle on the premises of a place of business engaged in wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.

A building occupied by a nonprofit corporation wholly for public or semipublic use.

An open area of land and any accessory building or structure thereon which are used primarily for buying, selling, exchanging, storing, baling, packaging, disassembling or handling waste or scrap materials, including vehicles, machinery and equipment not in operable condition or parts thereof, and other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires and bottles.

Any premises or portion thereof on which more than three dogs, cats or other household domestic animals over one year of age are kept, or on which one or more of such animals are maintained, boarded, bred or cared for, in return for remuneration, or are kept for the purpose of sale.

The modification of the landscape for an aesthetic or functional purpose using a combination of elements including trees, shrubs, ground cover, grass, and flowers.

A tower that has open-framed supports on three or four sides and is constructed without guy wires and ground anchors.

A business that provides coin-operated self-service type washing, drying, dry-cleaning and/or ironing facilities, providing that no pickup or delivery service is maintained.

The letters, illustrations, symbols, figures, insignia, and other devices employed to express and illustrate the message of the sign.

A public facility for the use and borrowing, but not sale, of literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials.

Banners made of cloth-like material and mounted with metal brackets to light poles.

Advertising signs attached to light poles.

Establishments engaged in the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption.

A space within the principal building or on the same lot, providing for the standing, loading or unloading of trucks and with access to a street or alley.

A group of people formally organized for a common interest, usually cultural, religious, or entertainment, with regular meetings and formal written membership requirements.

A sign which consists of symbols, words, pictures, letters or other graphic elements arranged in a generally recognizable fashion used to represent a particular trade, corporation, profession or business; including, but not limited to, corporate emblems, trademarks, logos and barber poles. Any words or letters included in a logograph shall be incidental to the graphic elements.

See "lot of record" and "lot, zoning." Unless specifically provided, or the context indicates otherwise, all references in this Zoning Ordinance to a "lot" shall be deemed to mean a "zoning lot."

A lot, the front lot line and at least one side lot line of which each abut the right-of-way of two or more streets, which streets have an interior angle of intersection of not more than 135°.

The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line.

A lot that is not a corner lot.

A property line bounding a lot.

The line separating the lot from the street for corner lots. The lot line having the shortest length abutting a street line shall be the front lot line.

A lot line that is not a rear lot line and that does not abut a street.

The line that most nearly qualifies as the line most distant and opposite from the front lot line. In the case of an irregularly shaped lot, the rear lot line shall be the line that is (a) perpendicular to the mean direction of the side lot lines, (b) at least 10 feet within the lot, and (c) most distant and opposite from the front lot line.

Any lot line other than a front lot line or a rear lot line.

A portion of platted land and territory that is measured, set apart, shown, numbered and delineated upon a duly approved plat of subdivision or resubdivision recorded with the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.

A corner lot, the street side lot line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the first lot to its rear.

A lot having lot lines on two nonintersecting streets or on substantially parallel sections of two intersecting streets.

The minimum horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot, measured at the narrowest width within the buildable area. For lots located on a cul-de-sac, lot width shall be the average of (i) the width of the street frontage of that lot, and (ii) the widest width of that lot within the buildable area.

A single tract of land located within a single block which is under unified ownership or control, and which is designated by the owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed or built upon as a unit. A "lot" as used herein may be a single parcel legally described as such or may consist of one or more lots of record or parts thereof.

A roof having a steep slope, attached to the face and main structure of the building, which may extend above the parapet line or roofline of the building.

A sign that is mounted on a mansard of a building.

Cast, pre-cast decorative, simulated stone product, and similar stone product, provided that such product yields a highly textured stone-like appearance, with coloration that is added during the manufacturing process to produce color variations, and is highly durable. Manufactured stone must have a minimum thickness of 2 5/8 inches when applied as a veneer.

The production, predominantly from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment and packaging of such products, and incidental storage, sales, and distribution of such products, but excluding basic industrial processing and custom manufacturing.

The processing and manufacturing of materials or products, typically in the initial processing stage or manufacturing of products that require additional processing, fabrication, or assembly for ultimate use by the consumer. These activities do not necessitate the storage of large volumes of highly flammable, toxic or explosive materials.

A roof-like structure of a permanent nature which projects from the wall of a building.

A wall constructed of a type of masonry product permitted by Village codes, such as stone or brick.

An establishment where massage therapy, as defined and licensed by the State of Illinois, or similar treatment or manipulation of the human body is administered, unless such treatment or manipulation is administered by a medical practitioner, chiropractor, acupuncturist, or physical therapist. This definition does not include an athletic club, health club, school, gymnasium, spa, or similar establishment where massage or similar manipulation of the human body is offered as an incidental or supplementary service.

A thin, self-supporting pole, not more than 50 feet high, which resembles a light standard or a telephone pole and is used as a support structure for antennas.

A facility operated by an organization or business that is registered by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to perform necessary activities to provide only registered medical cannabis dispensaries with usable medical cannabis.

A facility operated by an organization or business that is registered by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to acquire medical cannabis from a registered medical cannabis cultivation center for the purpose of dispensing cannabis, paraphernalia, or related supplies and educational materials to registered qualifying patients (as that term is defined in the Illinois Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act, 410 ILCS 130/1 et seq.).

A facility, other than a hospital as herein defined, which provides health care for ambulatory patients and maintains and operates facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, medical care or surgical care of persons. Medical treatment typically does not require a stay of more than 24 hours, except for those facilities used solely for the evaluation of patients in a sleep lab. The principal use of a medical or dental clinic is for offices of an organization or group practice specializing physicians or dentists or both.

A unit of length, equal to 1/1,000 part of one millimeter: 0.001 millimeter.

A trailer designed and constructed for dwelling purposes.

A self-supporting pole over 50 feet high, which consists of a single shaft which has either a solid or hollow core, and which is used as a support structure for antennas, but which has neither lattice framework nor external support devices such as guy wires.

A freestanding rectilinear sign with width and thickness generally uniform from finished grade to top of sign.

Vegetative material such as leaves, bark, straw or other materials left loose and applied to the soil surface for the beneficial purpose of reducing evaporation.

A detached building designed and used as a dwelling by three or more families occupying separate dwelling units.

A dwelling containing three or more dwelling units.

Any public facility, including, without limitation, police and fire stations and civic buildings providing municipal services.

A sign indicating the name and address of a building, or the name of an occupant thereof, and the practice of a permitted occupation therein.

The use of deciduous trees, deciduous bushes, evergreen trees, evergreen bushes or other live plantings which are planted or grown in a manner that creates a hedge which acts as a barrier or boundary.

The free growth of noxious weeds, any plant materials that have died, or plants that are on a list of the federal, state, or county government and agencies as being unacceptable or hazardous to persons or the environment.

Naturally occurring granite, marble, limestone, slate, river rock, sandstone, other native stone, and other similar hard and durable all-weather stone that is customarily used in exterior building construction.

Any building or structure lawfully established which: (a) does not comply with all the regulations of this Zoning Ordinance or of any amendment thereto governing bulk of the district in which such building or structure is located; or (b) is designed or intended for a nonconforming use.

Any lot/lot of record not in conformity with this Zoning Ordinance.

A sign that does not conform to the regulations of this Zoning Ordinance.

An exception from the regulations set forth in Article IX of this chapter to allow a nonconforming use or structure to be deemed in conformity with the requirements of Article IX, and to continue or expand as a lawfully existing use or structure, as set forth in Article IX, Part E of this chapter

Any building or structure and the use thereof or the use of land that does not conform with the regulations of this comprehensive amendment or any amendments thereto governing use of the district in which it is located but conformed with all of the codes, ordinances and other legal requirements applicable at the time such building or structure was erected, enlarged or altered, and the use thereof or the use of land was established.

A material which is capable of causing injury to living organisms by chemical reaction, or is capable of causing detrimental effects on the physical or economic well-being of individuals.

An establishment that provides full-time nursing and health-related personal care, but not hospital services, with in-patient beds for three or more individuals who are not related by blood or marriage to the operator and who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness, or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves. A hospital shall not be construed to be included within this definition.

A method of dividing the range of sound frequencies into octaves in order to classify sound according to pitch.

An electrical frequency analyzer designed according to standards formulated by the American Standards Association and used in conjunction with a sound level meter to take measurements in specific octave intervals.

A room or group of rooms used for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service industry, government, or governmental agency, but not including medical or dental offices.

A building or portion thereof, the principal use of which is for offices of an organization or group practices of specializing physicians or dentists or both, and contains facilities for examination and treatment of patients, but without facilities for overnight lodging, except for those facilities used solely for the evaluation of patients in a sleep lab.

Any sign which directs attention to any promotion, business, service, activity or commodity, which is not conducted, sold or offered on the lot upon which the sign is located.

Omnidirectional or whip antennas are antennas designed to receive and/or transmit signals in a three-hundred-sixty-degree pattern, up to 20 feet in height or length, and up to approximately five inches in diameter;

Land used or occupied for the purpose of buying, selling or renting merchandise stored or displayed out-of-doors prior to sale. Such merchandise includes automobiles, trucks, motor scooters, motorcycles, boats or similar commodities.

The keeping of personal or business property or motor vehicles in a required open parking space or any other area outside of a building for a period exceeding 72 consecutive hours.

Any sign which is painted on any building, fence, chimney, roof or other similar structure.

A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively for storage of motor vehicles, and in which motor fuels and oils are not sold, and motor vehicles are not equipped, repaired, hired or sold.

An area, enclosed in a building or unenclosed, reserved for the parking of one motor vehicle with ingress and egress to a street or alley.

An area reserved for, and designed principally to offer recreation, passive or active, to the public. This area may include, but shall not be limited to, open fields, accessory buildings, walkways, benches, multi-use courts, swimming and wading pools, amphitheaters, etc.

Finely divided solid or liquid matter, other than water, which is released into the atmosphere.

A common wall which extends from its footing below grade to the underside of the roof and divides buildings.

An impervious surface, or a substantially similar pervious surface (but excluding grass), located not more than one foot above grade, designed and intended for recreational use and not for vehicular uses.

Pavement maintenance items include, without limitation: seal coating; hot mix asphalt (HMA) overlays of existing impervious areas; removal and replacement of existing concrete sidewalks; pulverizing in place existing HMA impervious areas and overlaying with a new impervious pavement section over the same or smaller area with less than 50% subbase repairs; complete removal of existing impervious areas and replacement with a new impervious pavement section over the same or smaller area with less than 50% subbase repairs; and other similar activities.

Pavement reconstruction includes, without limitation: pulverizing in place existing HMA impervious areas and overlaying with a new impervious pavement section over the same or smaller area with 50% or more subbase repairs; complete removal of existing impervious areas and replacement with a new impervious pavement section over the same or smaller area with 50% or more subbase repairs; and other similar activities not included within the definition of "pavement maintenance" set forth in this article.

A development designed with an emphasis primarily on the street sidewalk and on pedestrian access to the site and building, rather than on vehicular access and parking areas.

A criterion established to control smoke and particulate matter, noise, odor, toxic or noxious matter, vibration, fire and explosion hazards, glare or heat, or radiation hazards generated by or inherent in uses of land or buildings.

Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, trustee, estate, association, or other similar legal entity, and any agent thereof.

A business that provides personal services directly to customers at the site of the business or that receives goods from or returns goods to the customer which have been treated or processed at another location, including, without limitation, travel agencies, dry cleaning and laundry drop-off and pickup stations, tailors, hair stylists, cosmeticians, toning or tanning salons, currency exchanges, postal substations, package delivery and pickup stations, shoe repair shops, interior design studios, dance and martial arts studios, and domestic pet services.

A commercial mobile telecommunications service, unlicensed, wireless telecommunications service, or common carrier wireless telecommunications exchange access service.

Facilities for the provision of personal wireless services.

The ability of a substance to allow the passage of water.

The Plan Commission/Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Lincolnwood.

A parcel or tract of land, initially under single ownership or control, which contains two or more principal buildings and one principal use, planned and constructed as a unified development where specific regulations of a given zoning district are modified through the issuance of a special use permit.

A sign that is supported by one or more columns, uprights, poles, or braces that extend from the ground or from an object on or in the ground.

See "billiard club."

An unenclosed structure that projects from the exterior wall of a building, has direct access to the street level of the building, and is covered by a roof.

Any sign designed to be moved from place to place or not permanently attached to the ground or to any structure.

A facility that contains service windows for mailing packages and letters, post office boxes, offices, vehicle storage areas, and sorting and distribution facilities for mail.

A construction product produced by casting concrete in a reusable mold or form which is then cured in a controlled environment, transported to the construction site, and lifted into place. In contrast, standard concrete is poured into site-specific forms and cured on site.

A construction product similar to precast concrete, but for which a fine aggregate is used in the mixture so that the final product approaches the appearance of naturally occurring rock or stone.

Any sign which is affixed to any building wall or structure and extends beyond the building wall or parts thereof, more than 15 inches. Projecting sign does not include awning or canopy signs.

The owner of a property or premises or lesser estate in the property or premises, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, an assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, or any other person, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or corporation directly or indirectly in control of a building, structure, or real property, or his or her duly authorized agent. Property owner shall include a tenant in control of the entire property or premises.

A sign depicting the time, temperature or date.

An establishment in which the primary business is the retail sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises and where sandwiches and snacks may be served or sold as an accessory use. Also sometimes referred to as a "bar" or "tavern."

The deleterious and harmful effects of all ionizing radiation, which shall include all radiation capable of producing ions in their passage through matter. Such radiations shall include, but are not limited to, electro-magnetic radiations such as X-rays and gamma rays, and particulate radiations such as electrons or beta particles, protons, neutrons and alpha particles.

A strip of land with tracks and auxiliary facilities for track operations, but not including freight depots or stations, loading platforms, train sheds, warehouses, car or locomotive shops, or car yards.

A vehicle or boat originally designed for living quarters, recreation, or human habitation and not used as a commercial vehicle, including but not limited to, the following:

Any Trailer as defined herein and shall also include any vehicle on wheels, skids, rollers or blocks, either self propelled or propelled by any other means, which is used or designed to be used primarily for residential, living, sleeping purposes or for the transportation of boats or any other recreational equipment, or for other similar purposes.

A place of worship or religious assembly with related facilities such as: rectory; private school; meeting hall; offices for administration of the institution; licensed child or adult care, playground, cemetery.

A building or group of buildings in which are located facilities for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation, but not facilities for the manufacture or sale of products, except as incidental to the main purpose of the laboratory.

Any establishment at which the primary purpose of the operation is the preparation and service of food and/or beverages for immediate consumption off the premises and that has not more than five seats available to patrons for on-premises consumption.

An establishment that provides food services to patrons who order and are served while seated and who pay after eating.

An establishment that provides food and/or beverage services (other than carry-out restaurants) at which patrons order or select items and pay before eating or drinking. "Limited-service restaurant" includes, without limitation, cafeterias that use cafeteria-style serving equipment, a refrigerated area, and self-service beverage dispensing equipment, and at which food and drink items are displayed in a continuous cafeteria line.

A commercial enterprise that provides goods and/or services directly to the consumer, where such goods are available.

A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street or related facilities, public path or trail, railroad, electric line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer, communication line, or for other special uses.

That portion of a street which is used or intended to be used for the travel of motor vehicles.

The top of the parapet of a building with a flat roof, the deck line of a building with a mansard roof, or the eaves line of a building with a gable, gambrel or hip roof.

A sign erected, constructed and maintained on or above the roof of any building.

Structures which are used for displaying flags which are affixed to the rooftop of any building or structure.

All buildings and structures operated and maintained for the purpose of providing general public education to students in grades pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade ("Pre-K — 8"). The term "Pre-K — 8 school" shall include school administrative offices and all accessory uses customarily incidental to a public school, including but not restricted to, athletic fields, field houses, gymnasiums, parking lots, greenhouses, playgrounds, and open space. Any building or structure used in whole or in part to house a technical or vocational school shall not be considered a "Pre-K — 8 school."

An education institution, either for-profit or not-for profit, where classes in the various arts (e.g. dance, painting, sculpture, music, performance) or for the teaching of industrial, clerical, managerial, or artistic skills (e.g. graphic design, beauty school, legal assistance) are taught to more than four persons at a time.

A structure providing enclosure, such as a fence, and a visual barrier between the area enclosed and the adjacent property. A screen may also consist of deciduous trees, deciduous bushes, evergreen trees, evergreen bushes or other live plantings which are planted or grown in a manner that creates a hedge which acts as a barrier or boundary.

A building or group of buildings with controlled access, housing independent, fully enclosed modules, bays, or compartments that are leased to individuals or businesses exclusively for the temporary storage needs of small businesses and residential households.

See "independent living facility."

The minimum horizontal distance between a specified lot line, measured along a straight line and at a right angle to such lot line, and the nearest point of a building or structure.

When 40% or more of the lots fronting on one side of a street within a block are improved, the existing setbacks of such improved lots shall be the "established setback" for determining the depth of required front yards for the remainder of the lots along such street frontage, as regulated in this Zoning Ordinance.

A building or portion thereof that is held out for rent, for overnight lodging for transient guests, for a period shorter than 30 consecutive days.

Small-scale plants, generally without a single stem, used as hedges, foundation planting, borders and accents, possessing qualities such as flowers, fruit, and attractive foliage or shape.

Any facade of the principal building which approximately parallels the side lot line which also faces a street and exceeds eight feet in length. (See Diagram D following.)

A triangular area, described by the edge of pavement lines of two intersecting streets and a line connecting the edge of pavement lines, each leg of which is 25 feet in length, extending in both directions from the intersecting point of the street curblines and the hypotenuse.

A name, identification, description, illustration, display or device which is affixed to, painted or represented upon a building, structure or land and which directs attention to a product, place, activity, message, person, institution or business. For the purpose of this definition, a sign structure may have a single face or multiple faces.

The area within a rectangle which encompasses a continuous portion of a building facade, unbroken by windows, doors, or major architectural interruptions of the building surface. For signs located completely within a gable, signable wall area may be triangular in shape.

The area of a sign, measured as the sum of sign areas within a rectangle, circle or triangle which encompasses the extreme limits of each and every sign face, including all advertising and background surfaces, but excluding structural members not forming an integral part of the display or pole covers which contain no advertising copy for double-faced signs.

Any sign surface upon, against, or through which the message of the sign is exhibited.

The supports, uprights, bracing, and framework of a sign.

A building containing one dwelling unit only.

Building or portion thereof which contains facilities for examination and monitoring of patient stay shall exceed one night and all patients will be monitored at all times.

The discharge from a chimney, stack, vent, exhaust or combustion process which is made up of particulate matter.

A retail establishment that dedicates more than 20% of the gross floor area of the use for the display of or inventory for tobacco products or tobacco accessories and in which the sale of other products is merely incidental.

A device, array of devices, or structural design feature, the purpose of which is to provide for the thermal collection of energy or the generation or storage of electricity from sunlight, or the collection, storage and distribution of solar energy for utility typically related to the operation of a building, such as space heating or cooling, daylight for interior lighting, or water heating.

The intensity of sound of an operation or use as measured in decibels.

An instrument standardized by the American Standards Association for measurement of the intensity of sound.

Signs that may not be erected or maintained except upon issuance of a special sign approval therefore, as provided in Section 11.10 of this Zoning Ordinance.

Design elements required by code.

That portion of a building, other than a cellar, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or, if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it. When a basement is used for a garage for use of occupants of the building, or other utilities common for the rest of the building, it shall not be counted as a story. A cellar is not included in computing the number of stories for the purpose of height measurement.

A partial story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than three feet above the floor of such story, except that any partial story used for residence purposes, other than for a janitor or caretaker or his family, or by a family occupying the floor immediately below it, shall be deemed a full story.

That portion of a public or private right-of-way having a weight-bearing surface that affords a primary means of vehicular access to abutting properties, whether designated as a street, avenue, highway, road, boulevard, lane, or throughway or however otherwise designated, but not including driveways to buildings. An alley shall not be considered a street.

All of the property fronting on one side of a street, measured along such street between an intersecting or intercepting street and another intersecting or intercepting street, a right-of-way in excess of 30 feet, an end of a dead-end street, or a municipal boundary.

Features associated with a street that are intended to enhance that street's physical character and use by pedestrians, such as benches, trash receptacles, lights etcetera.

The street right-of-way line abutting a property line of a lot.

Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders or any substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls, excepting such repair or replacement as may be required for the safety of the building.

Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires more or less permanent location on the ground or attached to something having a permanent location on the ground, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, advertising signs, backstops for tennis courts and pergolas.

Any accessory building or structure installed or erected on a property for a duration of less than 21 days.

A facility for scientific laboratory analysis of natural resources, medical resources, and manufactured materials. The scientific analysis is generally performed for an outside customer to support the work of that customer. This category includes environmental laboratories for the analysis of air, water, and soil; medical or veterinary laboratories for the analysis of blood, tissue, or other human or animal products; and dental laboratories for the production of dental restorations on the order of a dentist. Forensic laboratories for analysis of evidence in support of law enforcement agencies would also be included in this category.

A structure designed and constructed specifically to support an antenna array, and may include a monopole, self-supporting (lattice tower) and other similar structures.

The plant, equipment and property used to transmit, receive, distribute, provide or offer telecommunications services, including but not limited to, cables, wires, conduits, ducts, pedestals, antennas, towers, monopoles, telecommunications support facilities, alternative tower structures, electronics and other appurtenances.

Providing or offering for rent, sale or lease or in exchange for other value received, of the transmittal of voice, data, image, graphic and video programming information between or among points by wire, cable, fiber optics, laser, microwave, radio, satellite or similar facilities, with or without benefit of any closed transmission medium.

Support buildings, structures and equipment cabinets containing electrical and mechanical equipment and devices used for the reception of or transmission of voice, data image, graphic and video programming information between or among points by wire, cable, fiber optics, laser, microwave, radio, satellite or similar facilities.

A chain link fencing used to enclose a construction site, with appropriate gates, meant for security, health and welfare of the public.

Any sign that advertises a temporary event, product, or service occurring or offered on the property on which the sign is located, and is not intended or designed for permanent display.

An impervious surface, or a substantially similar pervious surface (but excluding grass), located more than one foot above grade, designed and intended for recreational use and not for vehicular uses.

Any instruments related to the processing, packaging, or consumption of tobacco products, including, without limitation, cigarette papers, pipes, holders of smoking materials of all types, cigarette rolling machines, electronic nicotine delivery systems, and other items, designed primarily for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco products or of substances made illegal.

Any substance containing nicotine or tobacco leaf, including, without limitation, packaged tobacco-based products, loose leaf tobacco, smokeless tobacco, non-tobacco nicotine products, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, and dipping tobacco, but excluding cigars.

The highest point of the curb along the frontage of a property.

Any structure designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas, including self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers, or monopole towers. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, personal wireless towers and other similar structures. This term also includes any antenna or antenna array attached to the tower structure. For purposes of this section the term "tower" excludes any tower under 12 feet in total height.

An attached single-family residential dwelling design which typically contains three or more dwelling units having one or more walls abutting with another dwelling and designed to have all exits open directly to the outside.

Those materials which are capable of causing injury to living organisms by chemical means.

Any vehicle or portable structure constructed so as to permit occupancy thereof for lodging or dwelling purposes or for the use as an accessory building or structure in the conduct of a business, trade or occupation, and which may be used as a conveyance on streets and highways, by its own or other motive power; a portable structure supported by wheels, jacks, horses, skids or blocks without a permanent foundation which is towed or hauled by another vehicle and, whether occupied or not, used for temporary human occupancy, carrying materials, goods or objects, livestock, or use as a temporary office.

A vehicle without its own motive power, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, camping, recreational, or vacation uses.

Signs mounted onto or incorporated into a structure used to provide shelter to persons waiting to board a mass transit bus operated by the Regional Transportation Authority or the Chicago Transportation Authority.

A business development containing two or more business establishments developed under either: (i) one ownership; or (ii) multiple owners, all of whom have entered into an improvement and maintenance agreement with an integrated building and site arrangement and overall architectural concept.

The purpose or activity for which the land, or building thereon, is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained, and shall include any manner of performance of such activity with respect to the performance standards of this Zoning Ordinance.

An accessory use is one which is incidental and customarily accessory to the principal use of the premises.

See "nonconforming use."

Any use which may be lawfully established in a particular district or districts, and which conforms to all requirements, regulations and performance standards, if any, of such district, as provided in Article IV of this Zoning Ordinance.

The dominant use of land or buildings as distinguished from a subordinate or accessory use.

A use which, because of its unique characteristics, cannot be properly classified as a permitted use in any particular district or districts but may be authorized, as provided in Article IV of this Zoning Ordinance.

All lines and facilities related to the provision, distribution, collection, transmission, or disposal of water, storm and sanitary sewage, oil, gas, power, information, telecommunication and telephone cable, and include facilities for the generation of electricity.

Any passenger vehicle, truck, truck-trailer, trailer or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power.

An establishment, building or land primarily engaged in the removal and temporary storage of vehicles but does not include the dismantling or demolition of vehicles.

A machine for dispensing merchandise or services designed to be operated by the customer.

See "animal hospital."

See "Board of Trustees."

The Municipal Code of Lincolnwood, as amended.

A sign affixed to an exterior building wall, other than a transit shelter sign, which sign shall project not more than 15 inches from the building wall.

A building or structure used principally for the storage of goods, merchandises material, and/or equipment. A warehouse is not to be deemed or considered retail sales and services, as defined elsewhere in this Section 2.02.

A commercial activity, building, or land primarily engaged in or used for the display, storage, and sale of goods to other firms for resale, or an off-price and/or a retail/warehouse establishment exceeding 30,000 square feet of floor area and offering a range of general merchandise to the public.

An opening in the wall of a building for admission of light, containing transparent or translucent material, such as glass.

Any sign that is applied or attached to a window or is located within a building such that the sign is positioned to be viewed from the exterior of the building.

The area of a building facade which is occupied by a window or windows.

Iron, steel, aluminum, or alloy, solid or hollow stock material, fabricated with two or three horizontal members, and multiple vertical members with at least 75% open space.

Material which is of substantially the same design type as wrought iron, but with more horizontal members, major decorative elements or ornamentation, or made of other metals, or less than 75% open, but substantially of the same design as wrought iron.

An open area on a lot as required in this comprehensive amendment, which is unobstructed from its lowest level to the sky, except as otherwise provided herein.

That area on a lot between the street side lot line, the line established by the front yard, and the line established by the rear lot line. (See Diagram C.)

That area of a lot between the front lot line, two side lot lines (interior or street), and the line established by the front yard requirement of each district or the front face of the primary building that is set back the furthest from the front lot line. (See Diagram C.)

A side yard which adjoins another lot or an alley separating such side yard from another lot. (See Diagram C.)

A line in a lot that is parallel to the lot line along which the applicable yard extends and which is not nearer to such lot line at any point that the required depth or width of the applicable yard. A building, structure or other obstruction shall not encroach into the area between the "yard line" and such adjacent lot line, except for such permitted obstructions in yards as are set forth in this comprehensive amendment.

That area on a lot between the rear lot line, two side lot lines (interior or street), and the line established by the rear yard requirement of each district, or the rear face of the primary building, that is set back the furthest from the rear lot line. (See Diagram C.)

That area on a lot between the interior side lot line, the line established by the front yard definition of this regulation, and the line established by the rear yard definition of this regulation but not being a corner lot side yard. (See Diagram C.)[2]

The districts into which the Village of Lincolnwood has been divided for zoning regulations and requirements as set forth on the Zoning District Map.

See Section 4.02 of this Zoning Ordinance.

The Community Development Director or his or her designee.