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Rantoul City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 3

- DISTRICTS AND BOUNDARIES

Sec. 46-35.- Number and designation of districts.

In order to carry out the purposes of the Chapter as specified in Section 46-2, the village is divided into the following zoning districts:

1.

Agricultural district:

AG Agriculture District

2.

Residential districts:

R-1 Single-Family Residential District

R-2 Single-Family Residential District

R-3 Single-Family/Duplex Residential District

R-4 General Multi-family Residential District

M-1 Mobile Home District

3.

Commercial districts:

CB Central Business District

C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District

C-2 General Commercial District

C-3 Interstate Commercial District

C-4 Commercial/Industrial District

4.

Industrial districts:

I-1 Industrial District

I-2 Industrial District

5.

Other districts:

AF Airfield District

IN Institutional District

RC Recreation District

CR Chanute Reuse Overlay District

(Ord. No. 2542, § 1, 9-12-2017)

Sec. 46-36. - Official zoning map.

1.

The boundaries of the districts established in Section 46-35 exist as shown on a map designated as the Official Zoning Map. The Official Zoning Map is incorporated into, and made an integral part of this Chapter.

2.

The Official Zoning Map, or reproductions of it, certified as showing the districts created and approved, shall be available for public reference in the office of the Village Clerk and on the Village website.

3.

At least once annually, no later than March 31 of each year or more frequently as may be necessary, the zoning administrator shall prepare an updated Official Zoning Map that includes any changes affecting district boundary lines or other matter portrayed on the Official Zoning Map, enacted by amendment to this Chapter or otherwise, during the preceding calendar year. Any change that affects the boundaries of districts or the classification of land will be in full force and effect 10 days after the publication of the amending ordinance, regardless of whether the change has yet been incorporated in the Official Zoning Map. If no changes to the Official Zoning Map were made in the preceding calendar year, no new map need be prepared. Copies of all amending ordinances and of the Official Zoning Map shall be available for public reference in the office of the Village Clerk.

(Ord. No. 2542, § 1, 9-12-2017)

Sec. 46-37. - Interpretation of district boundaries.

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any districts as shown on the Official Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:

1.

Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the centerlines of alleys, streets or highways, said alley, street lines, or highway right-of-way lines function as such boundaries.

2.

Where district boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow the lot lines, such lines function as said boundaries.

3.

Where a district boundary line does not coincide with any of the lines described in subsections 1 or 2 of this section, the district boundary line in question is located where shown on the Official Zoning Map.

4.

Whenever any street, alley or other public way is legally vacated, the districts adjacent to each side of the vacated public way shall automatically extend to the center of the vacated public way. All area included in the vacated public way shall be subject to all appropriate regulations of the extended districts.

(Ord. No. 2542, § 1, 9-12-2017)

Sec. 46-38. - Classification of land subsequently in village jurisdiction.

1.

Automatic classification. All land that may hereafter be incorporated into the jurisdictional area of the village, whether through annexation or otherwise, will automatically be classified from its current classification under the county zoning ordinance to a classification under this Chapter, as indicated in Table 3-1, unless a valid annexation agreement in effect provides otherwise:

Table 3-1. County Zoning District to Village Zoning District Conversion

Zoning District in
Champaign County
Village
Zoning District
C-R AG
AG-1 AG
AG-2 AG
R-1 R-1
R-2 R-2
R-3 R-3
R-4 R-4
R-5 R-3
B-1 C-1
B-2 C-1
B-3 C-2
B-4 C-2
B-5 C-2
I-1 I-1
I-2 I-2

 

2.

Annexation agreements. All land that is the subject of an annexation agreement concerning its zoning classification will, unless the annexation agreement expressly provides otherwise, be automatically reclassified from its current zoning classification under the Champaign County Zoning Ordinance to a zoning classification pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the annexation agreement upon the effective date of the annexation agreement.

(Ord. No. 2542, § 1, 9-12-2017)