This chapter may be known, cited and referred to as the "Olympia Fields Zoning Ordinance."

(Ord. No. 17, as revised 5-11-81, § 1, 10-11-71)

This chapter is adopted for the following purposes:

(1)

To promote and protect the public health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare of the people;

(2)

To divide the village into zones or districts restricting and regulating therein the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of buildings, structures and land for residence, business and manufacturing and other specified uses;

(3)

To protect the character and the stability of the residential, business and manufacturing areas within the village to promote the orderly and beneficial development of such areas;

(4)

To provide adequate light, air, privacy and convenience of access to property;

(5)

To regulate the intensity of use of lot areas, and to determine the area of open spaces surrounding buildings, necessary to provide adequate light and air, and to protect the public health;

(6)

To establish building lines and the location of buildings designed for residential, business, manufacturing or other uses within such areas;

(7)

To fix reasonable standards to which buildings or structures shall conform therein;

(8)

To prohibit uses, buildings or structures incompatible with the character of development or intended uses within specified zoning districts;

(9)

To prevent additions to, or alteration or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations imposed hereunder;

(10)

To limit congestion in the public streets and protect the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare by providing for the off-street parking of motor vehicles and the loading and unloading of commercial vehicles;

(11)

To protect against fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards in the interest of the public health, safety, comfort and general welfare;

(12)

To prevent the overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures, so far as is possible and appropriate in each district, by regulating the use and bulk of buildings in relation to the land surrounding them;

(13)

To conserve the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the village;

(14)

To provide for the elimination of nonconforming uses of land, buildings and structures which are adversely affecting the character and value of desirable development in each district; and

(15)

To define and limit the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies as provided herein.

(Ord. No. 17, as revised 5-11-81, § 2, 10-11-71)

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Abandonment means an action to give up one's rights or interests in property.

Accessory building or use means one which:

(1)

Is subordinate to and serves a principal building or principal use;

(2)

Is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to the principal building or principal use served;

(3)

Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of occupants of the principal building or principal use served; and

(4)

Is located on the same zoning lot as the principal building or principal use served with the single exception of such accessory off-street parking facilities as are permitted to locate elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the building or use served.

"Accessory use" includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(1)

A children's playhouse, garden house and private greenhouse;

(2)

A garage, shed or building for domestic storage;

(3)

Fallout shelters;

(4)

Fences;

(5)

Incinerators incidental to residential use;

(6)

Storage of merchandise normally carried in stock on the same lot with any retail service or business use, unless such storage is excluded by the district regulations;

(7)

Storage of goods used in or produced by manufacturing activities, on the same lot or parcel of ground with such activities, unless such storage is excluded by the district regulations;

(8)

Servants' quarters comprising part of an accessory garage and solely for occupancy by a servant or household employee (and his family) of the occupants of the principal dwelling;

(9)

Swimming pool, private, including fencing and lighting as required in subsection 4.3a for use by the occupant of the principal use and his guests;

(10)

Off-street motorcar parking areas, and loading and unloading facilities;

(11)

Signs (other than advertising signs) as permitted and regulated in each district incorporated herein;

(12)

Carports;

(13)

Public utility facilities—telephone, electric, gas, water, and sewer lines, their supports and incidental equipment.

Acreage means any tract or parcel of land having an area of one (1) acre or more which has not heretofore been subdivided or platted.

Alley means a public way, not more than thirty (30) feet wide, which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.

Alteration, structural means any change which would tend to prolong the life of the supporting members of a building or structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.

Animal hospital means any building or portion thereof designed or used for the care, observation or treatment of domestic animals.

Apartment means a room or suite of rooms in a multiple-family structure which is arranged, designed, used or intended to be used as a single housekeeping unit. Complete kitchen facilities, permanently installed, must always be included for each apartment.

Auditorium means a room, hall or building made a part of a church, theatre, school, recreation building or other building assigned to the gathering of people as an audience, to hear lectures, plays and to hear presentations.

Automobile laundry means a building or portion thereof where automobiles are washed with the use of a chain conveyor and blower or steam-cleaning device.

Automobile mini-mart means an automobile service station (as defined herein below) which also sells a variety of food and related items associated with what are commonly known as "convenience stores."

Automobile service station means a place where gasoline, stored only in underground tanks, kerosene, lubricating oil or grease, for operation of automobiles, are offered for sale directly to the public on the premises, and including minor accessories and the servicing of automobiles; but not including major automobile repairs; and including washing of automobiles where no chain conveyor, blower or steam-cleaning device is employed. When the dispensing, sale or offering for sale of motor fuels or oil is incidental to the conduct of a public garage, the premises shall be classified as a public garage. Automobile service stations shall not include sale or storage of automobiles or trailers (new or used).

Awning means a rooflike cover, temporary in nature, which projects from the wall of a building and overhangs the public way.

Basement means a story partly or wholly underground. Where more than one-half of its height is above the established curb level or above the average level of the adjoining ground where the curb level has not been established, a basement shall be counted as a story for purposes of height measurement.

Block means a tract of land bounded by streets or, in lieu of a street or streets, by public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, bulkhead lines or shoreline of waterways, or corporate boundary lines of municipalities.

Buildable area means the space remaining on a zoning lot after the minimum open space requirements have been complied with.

Building means any structure with substantial walls and roof securely affixed to the land and entirely separated on all sides from any other structure by space or by walls in which there are no communicating doors, windows or openings; and which is designed or intended for the shelter, enclosure or protection of persons, animals or chattels. Any structure with interior areas not normally accessible for human use, such as gas holders, oil tanks, water tanks, grain elevators, coal bunkers, oil cracking towers and other similar structures, is not considered a building.

Building, completely enclosed means a building separated on all sides from the adjacent open space, or from other buildings or other structures, by a permanent roof and by exterior walls or party walls, pierced only by windows and normal entrance or exit doors.

Building, detached means a building surrounded by open space on the same zoning lot.

Building height means the vertical distance measured from the sidewalk level or its equivalent established grade opposite the middle of the front of the building to the highest point of the roof in the case of a flat roof; to the deck lines of a mansard roof; and to the mean height level between eaves and ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof; provided that where buildings are set back from the street line, the height of the building may be measured from the average elevation of the finished lot grade at the front of the building.

Building line means the line nearest the front of and across a zoning lot, establishing the minimum open space to be provided between the front line of a building or structure and the street right-of-way line.

Building, nonconforming means any building which does not conform to the regulations herein prescribing the maximum floor area ratio, required yards, coverage, height and setbacks, minimum required spacing between buildings on a single lot, and minimum required usable open space for the district in which such building is located.

Building, principal means a nonaccessory building in which the principal use of the zoning lot on which it is located is conducted.

Building setback line means a line parallel to the street line at a distance from it, regulated by the front yard requirements set up herein.

Building, temporary means any building not designed to be permanently located in the place where it is or where it is intended to be placed or affixed.

Bulk means the term used to indicate the size and setbacks of buildings or structures and location of same with respect to one another and includes the following:

(1)

Size and height of buildings;

(2)

Location of exterior walls at all levels in relation to lot lines, streets or to other buildings;

(3)

Gross floor area of buildings in relation to lot area (floor area ratio);

(4)

All open spaces allocated to the building;

(5)

Amount of lot area per dwelling unit;

(6)

Required parking areas.

Bus lot means any lot or land area used for the storage or layover of passenger buses or motor-coaches.

Carport means a roofed-over area attached to the principal building for vehicle storage, which may be open on three (3) sides.

Cash for gold facility means an establishment that purchases, sells, trades or barters jewelry and valuable or precious metals.

Cellar means a story having more than one-half of its height below the highest level of the adjoining ground. A cellar shall not be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement.

Clinic or medical health center means a medical center or medical clinic as an establishment where three (3) or more licensed physicians, surgeons or dentists engage in the practice of medicine or dentistry, operating on a group or individual basis with pooled facilities such as coordinated laboratory, X-ray and allied departments, and the diagnosis and treatment of humans, which need not, but may, include a drug prescription counter (not a drug store) for the dispensing of drugs and pharmaceutical products to the patients of said physicians, surgeons and dentists.

Club or lodge, private means a nonprofit association of persons, who are bona fide members paying annual dues, which owns, hires or leases a building or portion thereof, the use of such premises being restricted to members and their guests. It shall be permissible to serve food and meals on such premises provided that adequate dining room space and kitchen facilities are available. The sale of alcoholic beverages to members and their guests shall be allowed in conjunction with the operation of a dining room for the purpose of serving food and meals, though such beverages may be served in a separate room or rooms, and provided that such sale of alcoholic beverages is in compliance with the applicable federal, state, county and local laws.

Court, outer means an open, unoccupied space opening onto a street, alley or yard.

Curb level means the level of the established curb in front of the building measured at the center of such front. Where a building faces on more than one (1) street, the curb level shall be the average of the levels of the curbs at the center of the front of each street. Where no curb elevation has been established, the mean level of the land immediately adjacent to the building shall be considered the curb level.

Day nursery means a building or portion thereof used for the daytime care of preschool age children.

Decibel means 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.

Dwelling means a building or portion thereof, but not including a house trailer or mobile home, designed or used exclusively for residential occupancy, including one-family dwelling units, two-family dwelling units and multiple-family dwelling units, but not including hotels, motels, boarding or lodging houses.

Dwelling unit means one (1) or more rooms in a residential structure which are arranged, designed, used, or intended for use by one (1) family plus not more than four (4) lodgers, for living or sleeping purposes, and which include complete kitchen facilities permanently installed.

Dwelling, attached means a dwelling which is jointed to another dwelling at one (1) or more sides by a party wall or walls.

Dwelling, detached means a dwelling which is entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot.

Dwelling, one-family means a dwelling unit designed exclusively for use and occupancy by one (1) family.

Dwelling, two-family means a building designed or altered to provide dwelling units for occupancy by two (2) families.

Dwelling, multiple-family means a building or portion thereof, designed or altered for occupancy by three (3) or more families living independently of each other.

Dwelling, row (party wall) means a row of two (2) to eight (8) attached one-family, party-wall dwellings, not more than two and one-half (2½) stories in height, nor more than two (2) rooms in depth, measured from the building line.

Dwelling, group means two (2) or more one-family, two-family or multiple-family dwellings, or boarding or lodging houses, located on one (1) zoning lot, but not including tourist courts or motels.

Educational institution means a public, parochial, charitable, or nonprofit junior college, college or university, other than trade or business schools, including instructional and recreational areas, with or without living quarters, dining rooms, restaurants, heating plants, and other incidental facilities for students, teachers and employees.

Family means one (1) or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, or a group of not more than five (5) persons (excluding servants) who need not be related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together and maintaining a common household, but not including sororities, fraternities or other similar organizations.

Financial institution means any bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, financial or security brokerage service, depository, or similar use, but does not include payday loan stores or establishments, title loan stores or establishments, cash for gold facilities, pawnshops and similar operations.

Floor area, gross. For the purpose of determining floor area ratio the floor area of a building or buildings shall be the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of such buildings measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from the centerline of party walls separating two (2) buildings. In particular, "gross floor area" shall include:

(1)

Basement space if at least one-half of the basement story height is above the established curb or ground level;

(2)

Elevator shafts and stairwells at each floor;

(3)

Floor space used for mechanical equipment where the structural headroom exceeds seven and one-half (7½) feet; except equipment, open or enclosed, located on the roof, i.e., bulkheads, water tanks and cooling towers;

(4)

Attic floor space where the structural headroom exceeds seven and one-half (7½) feet;

(5)

Interior balconies and mezzanines;

(6)

Enclosed porches, but not terraces and breezeways;

(7)

Accessory buildings.

Floor area, gross. For determining requirements for off-street parking and off-street loading the floor area shall mean the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of the building, or portion thereof, devoted to such uses, including accessory storage areas located within selling or working space, such as counters, racks or closets, and any basement floor devoted to retailing activities, to the production or processing of goods, or to business or professional offices. However, floor area for purposes of measurement for off-street parking spaces shall not include floor area devoted primarily to storage purposes (except as otherwise noted herein); floor area devoted to off-street parking or loading facilities, including aisles, ramps and maneuvering space, or basement floor area other than area devoted to retailing activities, to the production or processing of goods, or to business or professional offices.

Floor area ratio (F.A.R.) means the total floor area of the building or buildings on the zoning lot divided by the area of such zoning lot, or in the case of a planned development, by the net site area, except that any portion of a principal building devoted to off-street parking shall not be counted as part of the allowable floor area ratio.

Frequency means the number of oscillations per second in a sound wave, measuring the pitch of the resulting sound.

Frontage means all the property fronting on one (1) side of a street between the nearest intersecting streets, or between a street and a right-of-way, waterway, or other similar barrier.

Garage, bus means any building used or intended to be used for the storage of three (3) or more passenger motorbuses, or motor coaches, used in public transportation, including school buses.

Garage, bus or truck means a building which is used or intended to be used for the storage of motor trucks, truck trailers, tractors and commercial vehicles exceeding one and one-half (1½) tons capacity.

Garage, private means an accessory building or an accessory portion of the principal building which is intended for and used to store the private passenger vehicles of the family or families resident upon the premises, and in which no business, service or industry connected directly or indirectly with automotive vehicles is carried on; provided that not more than one-half of the space may be rented for the private vehicles of persons not resident on the premises, except that all the space in a garage of one-or two-car capacity may be so rented. Such a garage shall not be used for more than one (1) commercial vehicle and the load capacity of such vehicle shall not exceed one and one-half (1½) tons.

Garage, public means a building other than a private garage, used for the care, incidental servicing and sale of automobile supplies, or where motor vehicles are parked or stored for remuneration, hire or sale within the structure, but not including trucks, tractors, truck trailers and commercial vehicles exceeding one and one-half (1½) tons capacity.

Golf course means public, semi-public or private grounds over which the game of golf is played, including accessory buildings and land uses incidental thereto, and consisting of at least sixty (60) acres for each nine-hole course, and twenty-five (25) acres for each nine-hole, "par 3" course.

Grade, street means the elevation of the established street in front of the building, measured at the center of such front. Where no street grade has been established, the village engineer shall establish such street grade or its equivalent for the purposes of this section.

Home occupation means any gainful occupation or profession engaged in by an occupant of a dwelling unit as a use which is clearly incidental to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes. The "home occupation" shall be carried on wholly within the principal building or within a building accessory thereto, and only by members of the family occupying the premises. No article shall be sold or offered for sale on the premises except such as is produced by the occupation on the premises and no mechanical or electrical equipment shall be installed or maintained other than such as is customarily incidental to domestic use. There shall be no exterior display, no exterior sign except as allowed by the sign regulations for the district in which such "home occupation" is located, no exterior storage of materials, no other exterior indication of the "home occupation," or variation from the residential character of the principal building, and no offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat or glare shall be produced. Offices, clinics, doctors' offices, hospitals, barbershops, beauty parlors, dress shops, millinery shops, tearooms, restaurants, tourist homes, animal hospitals and kennels, among others, shall not be deemed to be home occupations.

Hospital means an institution devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment or care for not less than twenty-four (24) hours in any week, of three (3) or more nonrelated humans suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity, or other abnormal physical conditions. "Hospital" does not include institutions operating solely for the treatment of insane persons, drug addicts, liquor addicts, or other types of cases necessitating restraint of patients. "Hospital" does not include convalescent, nursing, shelter or boarding homes.

Hotel, apartment means a building containing dwelling units or individual guest rooms, the majority of which are for permanent guests. Maid and janitor service may be provided, but kitchen facilities are not necessarily included.

Hotel, motel, inn or auto court means an establishment containing lodging accommodations designed for use by transients, or travelers or temporary guests. Facilities provided may include maid service, laundering of linen used on the premises, telephone and secretarial or desk service, restaurants, cocktail lounges and meeting rooms.

Kennel, commercial means any lot or premises or portion thereof on which more than four (4) dogs, cats and other household domestic animals, over four (4) months of age, are kept or on which more than two (2) such animals are boarded for compensation or kept for sale.

Laboratory, commercial means a place devoted to experimental study such as testing and analyzing. "Commercial laboratory" does not include manufacturing, assembly or packaging of products.

Loading and unloading space or berth, off-street means an open, hard-surfaced area of land other than a street or a public way, the principal use of which is for the standing, loading and unloading of motor vehicles, tractors and trailers, to avoid undue interference with public streets and alleys. Such space shall not be less than ten (10) feet in width, thirty-five (35) feet in length, and fourteen (14) feet in height, exclusive of access aisles and maneuvering space.

Lot means a parcel of land legally described as a distinct portion or piece of land of record.

Lot of record means an area of land designated as a lot on a plat of subdivision recorded or registered, pursuant to statute.

Lot area means the area of a horizontal plane bounded by vertical planes containing the front, side and rear lot lines.

Lot, corner means a lot situated at the junction of and abutting on two (2) or more intersecting streets; or a lot at the point of deflection in alignment of a single street, the interior angle of which is one hundred and thirty-five (135) degrees or less.

Lot coverage means the area of a zoning lot occupied by the principal building or buildings and accessory buildings.

Lot depth means the mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines of a lot measured within the lot boundaries.

Lot frontage means the front of a lot which shall be that boundary of a lot along a public street; for a corner lot the owner may elect either street line as the front lot line.

Lot line means a property boundary line of any lot held in single or separate ownership, except that where any portion of the lot extends to the abutting street or alley, the lot line shall be deemed to be the street or alley line.

Lot, interior means a lot other than a corner lot or reversed corner lot.

Lot line, front means the front property line of a zoning lot.

Lot line, interior means a side lot line common with another lot.

Lot line, rear means the lot line or lot lines most nearly parallel to and most remote from the front lot line.

Lot line, side means lot lines other than front or rear lot lines.

Lot, reversed corner means a corner lot, the rear of which abuts upon the side of another lot, whether across an alley or not.

Lot, through means a lot having frontage on two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets, and which is not a corner lot.

Lot width means the mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured from the lot boundaries, or the minimum distance between the side lot lines within the buildable area.

Manufacture means the making of anything by any agency or process.

Marquee or canopy means a rooflike structure of a permanent nature which projects from the wall of a building and overhangs the public way, and is designed and intended to protect pedestrians from adverse weather conditions.

Motel means an establishment consisting of a group of attached living or sleeping rooms with individual bathrooms and designed for use by transients. Customary services such as maid service, telephone, linen and desk service, and the use and upkeep of furniture, are provided.

Nameplate means 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.

Nonconforming building means a building or structure, or portion thereof, designed, erected, or structurally altered for a use that does not conform to the use regulations of the district in which it is located.

Nonconforming use means any building, structure or land lawfully occupied by a use which does not conform with the use regulations in this chapter.

Noxious matter means matter which is capable of causing injury to living organisms by chemical reaction or is capable of causing detrimental effects upon the psychological, social or economic well-being of human beings.

Nursery school means an institution providing day care service for children from four (4) to six (6) years of age.

Nursing home or rest home means a home for the care of children or the aged or infirm, or a place of rest for those suffering bodily disorders, but not including facilities for the treatment of sickness or injuries or for surgical care.

Obstruction means an obstacle, impediment or hindrance.

Octave band means a means of dividing the range of sound frequencies into octaves in order to classify sound according to pitch.

Octave band filter means 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. (American Standards for Sound Level Meters, ASA No. 244.3-1044).

Open sales lot means any land used or occupied for the purpose of buying and selling new or secondhand passenger cars or trucks, motor scooters, motorcycles, boats, trailers, aircraft and monuments, and for the storing of same prior to sale.

Parking area, private means an open, hardsurfaced area, other than a street or public way, designed, arranged and made available for the storage of private passenger automobiles only, of occupants of the building or buildings for which the parking area is developed and is accessory.

Parking area, public means an open, hard-surfaced area, other than a street or public way, intended to be used for the storage of passenger automobiles and commercial vehicles under one and one-half (1½) tons capacity, and available to the public, whether for compensation, free or as an accommodation to clients or customers.

Parking space, automobile means space within a public or private parking area of not less than nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet, exclusive of access drives, aisles, ramps, columns or office or work areas, for the storage of one (1) passenger automobile or commercial vehicle under one and one-half (1½) tons capacity.

Particulate matter means material which is suspended in or discharged into the atmosphere in finely divided form as a liquid or solid atmospheric pressure and temperature.

Pawn shop means an establishment engaged in: (1) the purchase of personal property either from an individual, another pawn business or any other business with an expressed or implied agreement or understanding to sell it back at a subsequent time at a stipulated price or negotiated price; (2) the purchase of personal property either from an individual or another pawn business with an expressed intent of offering the property for resale, including "cash for gold" and similar operations; or (3) the lending of money upon person property, goods, wares or merchandise pledged, stored or deposited as collateral security.

Payday loan store or establishment means any business that: (1) accepts one (1) or more checks dated on the date written and agrees to hold them for a period of days before deposit or presentment, or accepts one (1) or more checks dated subsequent to the date written and agrees to hold them for deposit; (2) accepts one (1) or more authorizations to debit a consumer's bank account; (3) accepts interest in a consumer's wages, including, but not limited to, a wage assignment; or (4) provides "installment payday loans" that has a term agreed by the parties of not less than one hundred twelve (112) days and not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days, and as otherwise defined in 815 ILCS 122/2-5.

Performance standard means a criterion to control noise, odor, smoke, toxic or noxious matter, vibration, fire, explosive hazards, or glare or heat generated by or inherent in uses of land or buildings.

Planned development or planned unit development means a tract of land which is developed as a unit under single ownership or control, which includes two (2) or more principal buildings.

Porch means a roofed-over structure, projecting out from the walls of a main structure, and commonly open to the weather in part.

Principal use means the main use of land or buildings as distinguished from a subordinate or accessory use.

Public open space means any publicly-owned open area, including, but not limited to, the following: parks, playgrounds, forest preserves, beaches, waterways, parkways and streets.

Public utility means any person duly authorized to furnish under public regulation to the public, electricity, gas, steam, telephone, transportation or water.

Railroad right-of-way means a strip of land with tracks and auxiliary facilities for tract operation, but not including depot loading platforms, stations, train sheds, warehouses, car shops, car yards, locomotive shops, water towers, etc.

Restaurant means any land, building, or part thereof, other than a boardinghouse, where meals are provided for compensation, including a cafe, cafeteria, coffee shop, lunchroom, drive-in stand, tearoom and dining room; and including the serving of alcoholic beverages when served with and incidental to the serving of meals.

Ringelmann number means the number of the area on the Ringelmann Chart that coincides most nearly with the visual density of smoke emission.

Sign, gross surface area of means the entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of such sign and in no case passing through or between any adjacent elements of same. However, such perimeter shall not include any structural or framing elements laying outside the limits of such sign and not forming an integral part of the display.

Sign, identification means a structure, building wall or other outdoor surface used to display and identify the name of the individual, business, profession, organization or institution occupying the premises upon which it is located.

Smoke units means the number obtained by multiplying the smoke density in Ringelmann numbers by the time of emission in minutes. For the purpose of this chart, Ringelmann density reading is made at least once every minute during the period of observation; each reading is then multiplied by the time in minutes during which it is observed, and the various products are added together to give the total number of "smoke units" observed during the total period under observation.

Smoke/vape shop shall mean any retail business whose principal business enterprise is the sale of tobacco products and/or electronic cigarettes. This definition shall not include businesses which incidentally sell tobacco products or electronic cigarettes.

Sound level meter means an instrument standardized by the American Standards Association for measurement of intensity of sound.

Stable, livery means any building, other than a private stable, designed, arranged, used or intended to be used for the storage of horses and horse-drawn livery, or both.

Stable, private means any building which is located on a lot on which a dwelling is located and which is designed, arranged, used or intended to be used for housing horses for the private use of occupants of the dwelling.

Stacking requirements means the number of cars that must be accommodated in a reservoir space while awaiting ingress or egress to specified business or service establishments.

Story means that portion of a building included between the surface of the floor above it, or if there is no floor above, the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it. Any portion of a story exceeding fourteen (14) feet in height shall be considered as an additional story for each fourteen (14) feet or fraction thereof.

Story, half means that portion of a building under a gable, hip or mansard roof, the wall plates of which on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls are not more than four and one-half (4) feet above the finished floor of each story. In the case of one-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, and multiple-family dwellings less than three (3) stories in height, a half-story in a sloping roof shall not be counted as a story.

Street means a public way other than an alley, which affords a primary means of access to abutting property.

Street line means a line separating a lot, piece or parcel of land from a street.

Structure means anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having location on the ground, including a fence or freestanding wall. A sign, billboard, or other advertising medium, detached or projecting shall be construed to be a structure.

Title loan store or establishment means an establishment that is engaged in the business of making loans upon which the borrower provides, as security for the loan, the borrower's title to a motor vehicle and upon which the establishment may charge, contract for and receive interest thereon, at a rate agreed upon by the borrower and the establishment.

Tourist courts, motor lodges, motels means a group of attached or detached buildings containing individual sleeping or living units, designed for or used temporarily by automobile tourists or transients, with garage attached or parking space conveniently located to each unit, including auto courts, motels, motor lodges, or other similar type uses.

Tourist home means a dwelling in which accommodations are provided or offered for transient guests.

Toxic material means a substance (liquid, solid or gaseous) which by reason of an inherent deleterious property tends to destroy life or impair health.

Use means the purpose for which land or a building thereon is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained, let or leased.

Wireless communication facility means any unstaffed facility for the transmission and/or reception of wireless communications services, usually consisting of an antenna array, connection cables, an equipment facility, and a support structure to achieve the necessary elevation.

Wireless communications means any personal wireless service as defined in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and as amended from time to time, which includes but is not limited to Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") licensed commercial wireless telecommunications services including cellular, personal communications services ("PCS"), specialized mobile radio ("SMR"), enhanced specialized mobile radio ("ESMR), paging and similar services that currently exist.

Yard means an open space on the same zoning lot with a principal building or group of buildings, which is unoccupied and unobstructed from its lowest level upward, except as otherwise permitted, and which extends along a lot line and at right angles thereto to a depth or width specified in the yard regulations for the district in which the zoning lot is located.

Yard, front means a yard extending along the full length of the front lot line between the side lot lines.

Yard, rear means a yard extending along the full length of the rear lot line between the side lot lines.

Yard, side means a yard extending along a side lot line from the front yard to the rear yard.

Zoning administrator means the zoning administrator appointed by the president and board of trustees and such deputies or assistants as have been or shall be duly appointed.

Zoning lot means a single tract of land located within a single block which (at the time of filing for a building permit) is designated by its owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed or built upon as a unit, under single ownership or control. A zoning lot may or may not coincide with a lot of record.

Zoning maps means the maps incorporated herein as a part hereof designating zoning districts.

(Ord. No. 17, as revised 5-11-81, § 3, 10-11-71; Ord. No. 92-1, § 3, 3-24-92; Ord. No. 2000-17, § 1, 6-12-00; Ord. No. 2009-21, § 1, 1-25-10; Ord. No. 2013-12, § 3, 6-12-13; Ord. No. 2025-09, § 1, 10-15-25)

This chapter is the minimum requirements for the promotion of health, safety, morals, convenience and the general welfare.

(Ord. No. 17, as revised 5-11-81, § 11.2, 10-11-71)

(a)

Except as may otherwise be provided in article II, division 2 of this chapter, all buildings erected hereafter, all uses of land or buildings established hereafter, all structural alterations or relocation of existing buildings, and all enlargements of or additions to existing uses shall be subject to all regulations which are applicable to the zoning districts in which such buildings, uses or land shall be located.

(b)

Any lawfully established building, structure or use, existing as of October 11, 1971, may be continued, even though such building, structure or use does not conform to the provisions for the district in which it is located, and whenever a district is changed thereafter, the then existing lawful use may be continued, subject to the provisions of article II, division 2 of this chapter.

(c)

No building, structure or land shall be used or occupied and no building or part thereof, or other structure, shall be erected, raised, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged or altered except in conformity with the regulations specified for the district in which it is located.

(d)

All new buildings and structures shall conform to the building regulations established for the district in which each building is located, except that parapet walls, chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, stacks, and necessary mechanical appurtenances shall be permitted to exceed the maximum height provisions when erected in accordance with all other ordinances of the Village of Olympia Fields.

(Ord. No. 17, as revised 5-11-81, §§ 4.1, 4.2, 10-11-71)

Any person who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. No. 17, as revised 5-11-81, § 13, 10-11-71)