This Ordinance shall be in effect within the corporate limits of the city.

(Ord. No. 10-3, § 1, 3-26-10)

For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the community, the city is hereby divided into the following types of districts:

A-1 districts: Agricultural uses.

R-1 districts: One-family residential.

R-2 districts: Reserved.

R-3 districts: Two-family residential.

R-4 districts: Multiple-family residential.

B-1 districts: Neighborhood business.

B-2 districts: General business.

B-3 districts: Regional shopping center district.

B-4 districts: Downtown business district.

I-1 districts: Light industrial districts.

I-2 districts: Heavy industrial districts.

Said districts are bounded and defined as shown on the map entitled "Map of Zoning Districts, Marshall, Illinois," which accompanies, and which with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby made a part of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 5, 3-26-10)

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts as shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

      (1)   Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets or highways, street lines or highway right-of-way lines, such centerlines, street lines, or highway right-of-way lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.

      (2)   Where district boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow the lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be said boundaries.

      (3)   Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to the centerlines or street lines of streets, or the centerlines of right-of-way lines of highways, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the zoning map. If no distance is given, such dimension shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on said zoning map.

      (4)   Where the boundary of a district follows a railroad line, such boundary shall be deemed to be located midway between the main tracks of said railroad line.

      (5)   In areas not subdivided into lots and blocks, the district boundary lines shall be determined by scale to the nearest ten (10) feet.

(Ord. No. 10-3, § 1, 3-26-10)

      (1)   Where a lot in a business or industrial district abuts a lot in a residential district, there shall be provided along such abutting lines a yard equal in width or depth to that required in the residential district.

      (2)   Where the frontage on one (1) side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets is zoned partly as residential and partly as business or industrial, the front yard depth in the business or industrial district shall be equal to the required front depth of the residential district.

(Ord. No. 10-3, § 1, 3-26-10)

Except as hereinafter provided:

      (1)   No building or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved or altered unless in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.

      (2)   No building shall hereafter be erected or altered to:

   (a)   Exceed the height;

   (b)   Accommodate or house a greater number of families;

   (c)   Occupy a greater percentage of lot area;

   (d)   Create more than one (1) allowable principal use on a single lot, save where more than one (1) principal use is expressly allowed; or

   (e)   Have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, inner or outer courts;

than is specified herein for the district in which such building is located.

      (3)   No part of a yard or other open space required about any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this ordinance shall be included as a part of a yard or other open space similarly required for another building.

      (4)   All territory, unless a valid preannexation agreement is in effect at the time of the change in jurisdiction, which may hereafter come under the jurisdiction of this ordinance, shall be considered as being in the appropriate district as its use at the time of annexation provided its use and zoning district is included in the Petition for Annexation and Ordinance of Annexation. Otherwise the territory shall be considered as being in the R-1 district.

      (5)   Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official actions of the city council, the zoning district adjoining each side of such street, alley or public way shall be automatically extended to the center of such vacation, and also such area included in the vacation shall then henceforth be subject to all appropriate regulations of the extended districts.

      (6)   Construction signs. Any sign announcing the names of architects, engineers, contractors, or other individuals or firms involved in the construction, alteration or repair of a building or announcing the character of the building enterprise shall be allowed in all zoning districts. Such signs shall be temporary, comply with the Marshall Sign Code and shall be removed from the site 30 days after the completion of work. Such signs shall also be confined to the site of construction, alteration or repair.

(Ord. No. 10-3, §§ 1, 6, 3-26-10)

      (1)   Two (2) or more lots may be combined to create a single zoning lot. Such lots shall be under one (1) ownership at the time of zoning approval for any improvement on the zoning lot. Upon construction of such improvements, the zoning lot shall be considered one (1) lot.

      (2)   No improved zoning lot shall hereafter be divided into two (2) or more zoning lots and no portion of any improved zoning lot shall be sold, unless all resulting lots and improvements from each such division or sale shall conform with all applicable regulations of the zoning district in which the property is located.

      (3)   For two (2) or more lots of record, or combinations of lots of record and portions of lots of record, with continuous frontage in single ownership at the date of adoption of this ordinance (November 25, 2002), which do not meet the minimum requirements established for lot width and area under the regulation of this ordinance, the lands involved shall be considered an undivided parcel or zoning lot for the purpose of this ordinance. No portion of said zoning lot shall be used in a way that diminishes compliance with requirements of the underlying zoning district, nor shall any division of any zoning lot be made which creates a zoning lot or lots which do not comply with the regulation of the underlying zoning district without zoning board of appeals approval. Zoning board of appeals approval shall only be granted if it can be reasonably demonstrated that the zoning lots resulting from the division could accommodate all existing structures in such a way that they would conform with the regulations of the underlying zoning district or if no such structures exists that the resulting zoning lots could accommodate structures which would conform with the regulations of the underlying zoning district.

(Ord. No. 10-3, § 1, 3-26-10)