The minimum yard regulations are:

(Res. 13 Exh. A (part), June 11, 2002; Res. 7 §8, April 14, 1987; Res. 1-1 §5 (L), November 16, 1982)

Where a side yard adjoins a street or road, the side yard adjacent to the street or road shall be at least one-half of the depth of the required front yard.

(Res. 1-1 §5(M), November 16, 1982)

The bulk regulations are:

* Only where public sewer is available. Where not available, each dwelling unit shall have one acre of lot area. For multiple family units, both water and sewer must be available.

** (Res. 4, 4-16-74; increased lot width from 100’ to 150’) For lots and parcels of land of record existing on April 22, 1969 see Section 17.06.050.

(Res. 12 §1(part), May 8, 2001; Res. 8, April 11, 2000; Res. 15 (part), December 3, 1990; Res. 16a §5, November 19, 1985; Res. 1-1 §5(N), November 16, 1982; Res. 9, February 13, 1973)

1. There shall be a one time exception to the bulk regulations in the A-1 district for owners of property of forty (40) acres or more as of the date of the passage of the amendment of this zoning ordinance increasing the minimum lot area bulk regulations in Section 17.38.030 for the A-1 district from one (1) to forty (40) acres.
2. The exception shall be a matter of right if the requirements of the Sangamon County land subdivision ordinance are met. The exception may be applied for at any time by the property owner or owners or their executors to whom the right accrues.
3. The exception shall only accrue to fee simple single or joint owners or their executors who own property in the A-1 district as of the date of the passage of the amendment referenced in subsection (A) above.
4. For each forty (40) acres of land owned in fee simple by a single owner or joint owners (as to the entire forty (40) acres) in the A-1 District, the owner or joint owners shall be entitled to convey a single lot not to exceed five (5) acres from the property to a grantee for the purpose of the grantee's establishing a dwelling upon said lot area as an exception to the minimum lot area of forty (40) acres in the A-1 District established in Section 17.38.030.
5. The forty (40) acre property references in subsection (D) above may be a contiguous parcel or a combination of parcels in the A-l district. However when the exemption is being used for non-contiguous parcels, all parcels shall be forty (40) acres or more.
6. At the time the exception is applied for, the property owner or owners must specifically establish the boundaries of the forty (40) acre property line for which the exception is sought.
7. Two dwellings existing on the forty (40) acre property for which the exemption is sought at the time of the passage of the amendment referenced in subsection (A) above shall not be a bar to the exception.
8. The excepted lot or lots shall remain zoned in the Agricultural District.
9. Once the exception is exercised, the property owners or their successors in interest may not establish any further lots upon the property without rezoning the property into a zoning district that permits additional dwellings.
10. The right described shall accrue to property owners as described in subsection (A) above in multiples of forty (40) acres for each forty (40) acres as follows:
    1. Forty to seventy-nine (40-79) acres - one single one (1) acre lot exception is permitted.
    2. Eighty to one hundred nineteen (80-119) acres - two single one (1) acre lot exceptions are permitted.
    3. One hundred twenty to one hundred fifty-nine (120-159) acres - three single one (1) acre lot exceptions are permitted.
    4. The right to exceptions shall accrue for greater acreage in accordance with the principles of calculation set out in subsections (J) (1-3) herein.
11. The location of the exempted one acre lots shall be encouraged to be located on non-prime farmland and if more than one to be located adjacent to each other to preserve farmland.
12. The applicant for the exemption or exemptions shall apply to the regional planning commission who shall review the application pursuant to the provisions of the Sangamon County land subdivision ordinance. The appropriate fee required by the Sangamon County land subdivision ordinance shall be paid by the applicant. The exempted one-acre lot or lots shall comply with the requirements of subdivisions but need not comply with the road access requirements, the fire protection district requirements and the contiguous owner requirements for subdivisions.
13. The exception or exceptions may be granted by the regional planning commission without further review or authorization by any other county body. In its review the regional planning commission shall include input from the zoning administrator, advise him of its approval or disapproval of the application, and maintain appropriate land use records to allow successors in office to be able to identify the property for which the exception or exceptions have been granted.

(Res. 15, July 19, 2001; Res. 12 §7 (part), May 8, 2001)

1. Within two hundred (200) feet of a residence district boundary line, all uses, except drive-in types of business establishments, off-street parking spaces for vehicles in operable condition, and off-street loading and unloading spaces installed in accordance with requirements set forth in Chapter 17.50 shall be within completely enclosed buildings, provided that all such facilities may be out-of-doors if completely screened by a solid wall or uniformly painted solid fence at least eight feet in height. Open storage is restricted to a height no greater than that of the enclosing fence.
2. No building, structure, or land within fifty (50) feet of a residence district boundary line shall be erected or used for the operations of any use requiring certification of compliance with performance standards, except that off-street parking and off-street loading spaces may be located within this setback area in accordance with regulations set forth in Chapter 17.50.

(Res. 16a §18, November 19, 1985; Res. 1-1 §5-(0), November 16, 1982)

In any business or industrial districts, where a side lot line coincides with a side lot line or rear lot line in an adjacent residential district, a side yard shall be provided with at least the width set forth in the following table. In any business or industrial district where a rear lot line coincides with a side lot line or rear lot line in an adjacent residential district, a rear yard shall be provided with at least the depth set forth in the following table:

No yard required by this section shall be used for storage or processing of any kind. No side yard required by this section shall be used for accessory off-street loading.

(Res. 16 §28, November 19, 1985)