Oak Park City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- INTRODUCTION
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - TITLE, PURPOSE, AND AUTHORITY
- DIVISION 2. - DEFINITIONS
- Sec. 108. - Construction of language.
- Sec. 109. - Definitions A—B.
- Sec. 110. - Definitions C—D.
- Sec. 111. - Definitions E—F.
- Sec. 112. - Definitions G—H.
- Sec. 113. - Definitions I—J.
- Sec. 114. - Definitions K—L.
- Sec. 115. - Definitions M—N.
- Sec. 116. - Definitions O—P.
- Sec. 117. - Definitions Q—R.
- Sec. 118. - Definitions S—T.
- Sec. 119. - Definitions U—V.
- Sec. 120. - Definitions W—Z.
ARTICLE II
ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - ZONING DISTRICTS AND MAP
- DIVISION 2. - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 3. - COMMERCIAL/MIXED-USE/OFFICE DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 4. - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
ARTICLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Sec. 300. - Accessory buildings, structures, and uses (see figure 3.1 accessory buildings and structures location standards).
- Sec. 301. - Adult and child care facilities.
- Sec. 302. - Reserved.
- Sec. 303. - Application procedures in general.
- Sec. 304. - Building grades.
- Sec. 305. - Determination of similar use.
- Sec. 306. - Donation boxes.
- Sec. 307. - Electric distribution and service lines.
- Sec. 308. - Fences, walls, and other protective barriers.
- Sec. 309. - Flags and flagpoles.
- Sec. 310. - Front yard requirements.
- Sec. 311. - Grading, excavation, filling, soil removal, creation of ponds, and clearing of trees.
- Sec. 312. - Height exceptions and limitations.
- Sec. 313. - Home occupations.
- Sec. 314. - Intersection visibility.
- Sec. 315. - Keeping of animals.
- Sec. 316. - Lot area allocation.
- Sec. 317. - Lot width/depth ratio.
- Sec. 318. - Mechanical equipment and utilities.
- Sec. 319. - Outdoor dining.
- Sec. 320. - Performance standards.
- Sec. 321. - Principal buildings, structures, and uses.
- Sec. 322. - Projections into yards (see also figure 2.1 accessory buildings and structures location standards).
- Sec. 323. - Recreational equipment and vehicle parking and storing.
- Sec. 324. - Regulations applicable to manufactured single-family dwellings outside of manufactured housing developments.
- Sec. 325. - Residential recreational area.
- Sec. 326. - Sidewalks, bikepaths, and walkways.
- Sec. 327. - Solar panel energy systems.
- Sec. 328. - Storage and repair of commercial vehicles.
- Sec. 329. - Street access and design.
- Sec. 330. - Swimming pools.
- Sec. 331. - Temporary buildings, structures, and uses.
- Sec. 332. - Voting place.
- Sec. 333. - Waste receptacles and enclosures.
- DIVISION 2. - ARCHITECTURAL BUILDING STANDARDS
- Sec. 350. - Introduction.
- Sec. 351. - Applicability.
- Sec. 352. - Modifications.
- Sec. 353. - General architectural standards.
- Sec. 354. - Residential architectural standards.
- Sec. 355. - Residential design standards by building type.
- Sec. 356. - Commercial and mixed-use architectural standards.
- Sec. 357. - Commercial building types.
- Sec. 358. - Industrial architectural standards.
ARTICLE IV
SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS
- Sec. 400. - Purpose.
- Sec. 401. - General requirements.
- Sec. 402. - Parking units of measurement.
- Sec. 403. - Parking space numerical requirements.
- Sec. 404. - Barrier-free parking requirements.
- Sec. 405. - Off-street parking space design and setback requirements.
- Sec. 406. - Parking lot construction and maintenance.
- Sec. 407. - Off-street loading and unloading requirements.
- Sec. 408. - Bicycle parking.
- DIVISION 2. - ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND DRIVEWAY STANDARDS
- Sec. 415. - Statement of purpose.
- Sec. 416. - Application of standards.
- Sec. 417. - Number of driveways.
- Sec. 418. - Shared access-joint driveways, frontage roads, parking lot connections, and rear service drives.
- Sec. 419. - Adequate sight distance.
- Sec. 420. - Driveway spacing from intersections.
- Sec. 421. - Driveway spacing from other driveways.
- Sec. 422. - Driveway design, channelized driveways, deceleration lanes and tapers, and bypass lanes.
- Sec. 423. - Design of frontage roads, rear service drives and parking lot connections.
- DIVISION 3. - LANDSCAPE STANDARDS AND TREE REPLACEMENT
- Sec. 441. - Purpose.
- Sec. 442. - Replacement of removed trees.
- Sec. 443. - Incentives to preserve existing trees.
- Sec. 444. - Landscape plan specifications.
- Sec. 445. - Design standards.
- Sec. 446. - Specifications for screen walls, berms, and landscape improvements.
- Sec. 447. - Minimum standards for installation, irrigation and maintenance.
- Sec. 448. - Standards for compliance for existing sites.
- DIVISION 4. - SIGNS
- Sec. 465. - Findings and purpose.
- Sec. 466. - Sign definitions.
- Sec. 467. - Sign permit required.
- Sec. 468. - Permits and application procedure.
- Sec. 469. - Applicability of state construction code.
- Sec. 470. - Exemptions to permitting.
- Sec. 471. - General standards for permitted signs.
- Sec. 472. - Specific sign standards.
- Sec. 473. - Additional sign standards.
- Sec. 474. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 475. - Non-conforming signs.
- Sec. 476. - Dangerous, unsafe, abandoned, and illegally erected signs.
- Sec. 477. - License and insurance.
- Sec. 478. - Administration, enforcement, violations, and penalties.
- Sec. [479]. - Variances.
- Sec. [480]. - Substitution clause.
- DIVISION 5. - LIGHTING STANDARDS
ARTICLE V
- APPROVAL PROCEDURES
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - SITE PLAN REVIEW
- Sec. 500. - Purpose.
- Sec. 501. - Uses requiring site plan review.
- Sec. 502. - Planned unit developments, site condominiums, condominium subdivisions, and subdivisions.
- Sec. 503. - Projects exempt from site plan review.
- Sec. 504. - Projects eligible for sketch plan review and administrative approval.
- Sec. 505. - (Optional) conceptual site plan review.
- Sec. 506. - Site plan submittal requirements.
- Sec. 507. - Standards for site plan approval.
- Sec. 508. - Site plans with multiple phases.
- Sec. 509. - Conditions of site plan approval.
- Sec. 510. - Validity of approved site plan.
- Sec. 511. - Deviations from approved site plan.
- Sec. 512. - Property maintenance after approval.
- Sec. 513. - As-built drawings.
- DIVISION 2. - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) OVERLAY
- Sec. 520. - Intent.
- Sec. 521. - Principal permitted uses.
- Sec. 522. - Special land uses and conditional uses.
- Sec. 523. - Qualifying conditions.
- Sec. 524. - Application and review procedure for preliminary PUD site plan and final PUD site plan.
- Sec. 525. - Preliminary PUD site plan submittal requirements.
- Sec. 526. - Standards for approval of preliminary PUD site plan.
- Sec. 527. - Final PUD site plan submittal requirements.
- Sec. 528. - Standards for approval of final site plan.
- Sec. 529. - Conditions of approval.
- Sec. 530. - Validity of approved final PUD site plan.
- Sec. 531. - Deviations from approved final PUD site plan.
- Sec. 532. - Appeals and variances.
- Sec. 533. - PUDs approved prior to this ordinance.
- DIVISION 3. - CONDITIONAL LAND USES
- DIVISION 4. - SPECIAL LAND USES
- Sec. 550. - Purpose.
- Sec. 551. - Standards for approval.
- Sec. 552. - Application procedure.
- Sec. 553. - Designated review authority and approval procedure.
- Sec. 554. - Conditions of approval.
- Sec. 555. - Validity of special land use approval.
- Sec. 556. - Special land use amendments and expansions.
- Sec. 557. - Special land use specific requirement.
- DIVISION 5. - CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- Sec. 560. - Purpose.
- Sec. 561. - Definitions.
- Sec. 562. - Application and authority.
- Sec. 563. - Approval of plans.
- Sec. 564. - Streets and necessary easements.
- Sec. 565. - Setbacks and boundaries.
- Sec. 566. - Common elements.
- Sec. 567. - Encroachment.
- Sec. 568. - Subdivision of unit sites.
- Sec. 569. - Conformance with subdivision regulations.
- Sec. 570. - Residential recreational area.
- Sec. 571. - Water and wastewater.
- Sec. 572. - Expansion and conversion.
- Sec. 573. - Master deed.
- Sec. 574. - As-built plan and occupancy.
- Sec. 575. - Final bylaws, consolidated master deed, and site plan.
- Sec. 576. - Compliance with other statutes and ordinances.
- Sec. 577. - Violation and penalty.
ARTICLE VI
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - NON-CONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES, AND LOTS
- Sec. 600. - Non-conforming uses, structures, and lots, in general.
- Sec. 601. - Non-conforming lots.
- Sec. 602. - Non-conforming uses.
- Sec. 603. - Non-conforming uses of land (or land with minor structures only).
- Sec. 604. - Non-conforming structures.
- Sec. 605. - Expansion of a non-conforming residential building.
- Sec. 606. - Continuance of non-conforming uses of structures and land.
- Sec. 607. - Non-conforming sites.
- Sec. 608. - Repairs and maintenance.
- Sec. 609. - Change of tenancy or ownership.
- DIVISION 2. - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
- DIVISION 3. - ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
- Sec. 630. - Establishment.
- Sec. 631. - Membership, quorum, and alternate members.
- Sec. 632. - Qualifications of members.
- Sec. 633. - Procedural matters, public hearings, and vote required.
- Sec. 634. - Jurisdiction, duties and responsibilities.
- Sec. 635. - Granting of variances.
- Sec. 636. - Appeals.
- Sec. 637. - Decisions.
- Sec. 638. - Application and notice.
- Sec. 639. - Meetings and records.
- DIVISION 4. - REZONING
- Sec. 650. - Initiation of rezoning, zoning ordinance text, and master plan amendments.
- Sec. 651. - Application procedure.
- Sec. 652. - Rezoning, zoning ordinance, and master plan amendment procedure.
- Sec. 653. - Criteria for amendment of the official zoning map (rezoning).
- Sec. 654. - Amendments required to conform to court decree.
- Sec. 655. - Conditional rezoning.