Schiller Park City Zoning Code

ARTICLE X

R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT

§ 155.1001 PURPOSE.

The R-1 Single-Family Residence District is intended to preserve prime single-family areas of the community and to protect such areas from the encroachment of incompatible uses.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05)

§ 155.1002 PERMITTED USES.

The following uses are permitted in the R-1 Single-Family Residence District:

(A) Single-family dwellings;

(B) Except upon zoning lots within five hundred (500) feet of any R-3, R-4, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, I-1 or I-2 District, religious institutions, as follows:

(1) Churches, chapels, temples and synagogues;

(2) Rectories, parsonages, parish houses and convents.

(1) Garages;

(2) Home occupations;

(3) Storage of building materials and equipment, and temporary buildings for construction purposes, for a period not to exceed the duration of such construction;

(4) Swimming pools and tennis courts, private (non-commercial); and

(5) Toolhouses, sheds and other similar buildings for the storage of domestic supplies.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 08-2691, passed 9-23-08; Am. Ord. 11-2841, passed 7-26-11)

§ 155.1003 CONDITIONAL USES.

The following uses may be allowed as conditional uses in the R-1 Single-Family Residence District:

(A) Cemeteries;

(B) Recreational and social facilities, as follows:

(1) Grounds of recreational clubs, noncommercial;

(2) Parks and playgrounds.

(C) Religious Institutions, on zoning lots within five hundred feet of any R-3, R-4, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, I-1 or I-2 District, specifically limited to:

(1) Churches, chapels, temples and synagogues;

(2) Rectories, parsonages, parish houses and convents.

(D) Schools: Elementary and/or secondary schools meeting all requirements of the compulsory education laws of the State of Illinois, and not providing residential accommodations;

(E) Public libraries and public art galleries;

(F) Planned development, residential;

(G) Public utility and service uses, and civic buildings, as follows:

(1) Electric substations;

(2) Gas regulation station;

(3) Railroad right-of-way, but not including railroad yards and shops;

(4) Radio and/or television towers, telephone transmission buildings and equipment, and/or other transmitting and receiving equipment, including personal wireless telecommunications facilities; and

(5) Waterworks, reservoir and pumping station.

(H) Accessory uses and buildings incidental to and on the same zoning lot as a principal use, as follows:

(1) Athletic fields and playgrounds;

(2) Secondary religious facilities servicing a principal religious institution.

(I) Group Home, Type 1.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 11- 2841, passed 7-26-11; Am. Ord. 18-4094, passed 9-20-2018)

§ 155.1004 LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS.

With the exception of the planned unit developments, a separate ground area, herein called the zoning lot, shall be designated, provided and continuously maintained for each structure containing a permitted use or conditional use.

	Minimum Lot Area	Minimum Lot Width
(A) Permitted Uses
(1) Single-family detached dwellings except where there exists a lot of record between two improved lots or between an improved lot and a street or alley, with a frontage of not less than 60 feet and a minimum area of 7,000 square feet, the owner thereof may construct thereon a one-family residence subject to all other provisions of this Chapter.	10,000 sq. ft.	80 ft.
(2) Other permitted uses	10,000 sq. ft.	90 ft.
(B) Conditional Uses
(1) Planned unit developments	2.0 acres	150 ft.
(2) Other conditional uses	20,000 sq. ft.	150 ft.

(C) Authorized Exceptions. The Zoning Administrator may grant an exception from the minimum lot area and minimum lot width under the following conditions:

(1) The Zoning Lot consists of a single lot of record and the owner does not own any contiguous land which meets the contiguous ownership requirements of this Chapter;

(2) There exists a habitable single-family or legal, non-conforming multi-family residential structure;

(3) The owner intends to completely demolish the existing structures on the Zoning Lot, including the removal of existing footings and the installation of new underground utilities;

(4) The owner proposes to construct a new single-family residence to replace the demolished structures; and

(5) A new single-family residence can be constructed without any zoning relief other than the exception granted under this section.

If the above conditions are met and the proposed single-family residence meets all other applicable codes, the Zoning Administrator is authorized to allow an exception of up to twenty-five percent (25%) from the minimum lot area and minimum lot width. The exception shall be granted only to the extent necessary to allow the proposed improvements to be constructed.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 07-2625, passed 3-27-07 )

§ 155.1005 YARD REQUIREMENTS.

Except as otherwise hereinafter provided, the space resulting from the following setbacks (yard requirements) shall be oven and unobstructed:

	Front Yard	Interior Side Yard	Corner Side Yard	Rear Yard
(A) Permitted Uses
Single-family detached dwellings	35 ft.	5 ft.	12 ft.	50 ft.
Other permitted uses	35 ft.	20 ft.*	20 ft.	50 ft.
(B) Conditional Uses	35 ft.	20 ft.*	20 ft.*	50 ft.

* Plus one foot for each two feet by which the building or structure height exceeds 15 feet.

(C) Accessory Uses. The yard requirements of the principal uses shall apply to their accessory buildings except for garage, private swimming pools and tennis courts, toolhouses, sheds, and other similar buildings for storage of domestic supplies as applied to single-family dwellings shall be located not less than five feet from the nearest side or rear property line and 50 feet from the front property line.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 08-2691, passed 9-23-08)

§ 155.1006 BUILDING LIMITATIONS.

(A) Permitted Uses.

(1) The maximum building height of single-family residences, rectories, parsonages, parish houses and convents shall be two stories or 30 feet, whichever is less. The maximum height of the main structure of a church, synagogue or other house of worship [steeples and towers on such structures are exempt from any maximum height regulation] shall not exceed 65 feet.

(2) All structures used for permitted uses other than single-family residences, rectories, parsonages, parish houses and convents shall have a maximum floor area ratio of 0.25.

(B) Conditional Uses.

(1) Planned unit developments, residential: Floor area ratio shall be as specified by the Village Board.

(2) All other conditional uses shall be regulated on the basis of a maximum floor area ratio of 0.25.

(C) Lot Coverage. The maximum lot coverage shall be sixty percent (60%). For all impervious surfaces where brick pavers are used instead of concrete or asphalt, the Director of Community Development is authorized to allow an increase in maximum lot coverage of an amount less than or equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the allowable impervious square footage for those areas which could have been covered with concrete or asphalt.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 06- 2567, passed 4-25-06; Am. Ord. 12-2875, passed 1-24-12; Am. Ord. 19-4191, passed 12-5-19; Am. Ord. 24-4398, passed 3-7-24)

Schiller Park City Zoning Code

ARTICLE X

R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT

§ 155.1001 PURPOSE.

The R-1 Single-Family Residence District is intended to preserve prime single-family areas of the community and to protect such areas from the encroachment of incompatible uses.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05)

§ 155.1002 PERMITTED USES.

The following uses are permitted in the R-1 Single-Family Residence District:

(A) Single-family dwellings;

(B) Except upon zoning lots within five hundred (500) feet of any R-3, R-4, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, I-1 or I-2 District, religious institutions, as follows:

(1) Churches, chapels, temples and synagogues;

(2) Rectories, parsonages, parish houses and convents.

(1) Garages;

(2) Home occupations;

(3) Storage of building materials and equipment, and temporary buildings for construction purposes, for a period not to exceed the duration of such construction;

(4) Swimming pools and tennis courts, private (non-commercial); and

(5) Toolhouses, sheds and other similar buildings for the storage of domestic supplies.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 08-2691, passed 9-23-08; Am. Ord. 11-2841, passed 7-26-11)

§ 155.1003 CONDITIONAL USES.

The following uses may be allowed as conditional uses in the R-1 Single-Family Residence District:

(A) Cemeteries;

(B) Recreational and social facilities, as follows:

(1) Grounds of recreational clubs, noncommercial;

(2) Parks and playgrounds.

(C) Religious Institutions, on zoning lots within five hundred feet of any R-3, R-4, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, I-1 or I-2 District, specifically limited to:

(1) Churches, chapels, temples and synagogues;

(2) Rectories, parsonages, parish houses and convents.

(D) Schools: Elementary and/or secondary schools meeting all requirements of the compulsory education laws of the State of Illinois, and not providing residential accommodations;

(E) Public libraries and public art galleries;

(F) Planned development, residential;

(G) Public utility and service uses, and civic buildings, as follows:

(1) Electric substations;

(2) Gas regulation station;

(3) Railroad right-of-way, but not including railroad yards and shops;

(4) Radio and/or television towers, telephone transmission buildings and equipment, and/or other transmitting and receiving equipment, including personal wireless telecommunications facilities; and

(5) Waterworks, reservoir and pumping station.

(H) Accessory uses and buildings incidental to and on the same zoning lot as a principal use, as follows:

(1) Athletic fields and playgrounds;

(2) Secondary religious facilities servicing a principal religious institution.

(I) Group Home, Type 1.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 11- 2841, passed 7-26-11; Am. Ord. 18-4094, passed 9-20-2018)

§ 155.1004 LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS.

	Minimum Lot Area	Minimum Lot Width
(A) Permitted Uses
(1) Single-family detached dwellings except where there exists a lot of record between two improved lots or between an improved lot and a street or alley, with a frontage of not less than 60 feet and a minimum area of 7,000 square feet, the owner thereof may construct thereon a one-family residence subject to all other provisions of this Chapter.	10,000 sq. ft.	80 ft.
(2) Other permitted uses	10,000 sq. ft.	90 ft.
(B) Conditional Uses
(1) Planned unit developments	2.0 acres	150 ft.
(2) Other conditional uses	20,000 sq. ft.	150 ft.

(C) Authorized Exceptions. The Zoning Administrator may grant an exception from the minimum lot area and minimum lot width under the following conditions:

(1) The Zoning Lot consists of a single lot of record and the owner does not own any contiguous land which meets the contiguous ownership requirements of this Chapter;

(2) There exists a habitable single-family or legal, non-conforming multi-family residential structure;

(3) The owner intends to completely demolish the existing structures on the Zoning Lot, including the removal of existing footings and the installation of new underground utilities;

(4) The owner proposes to construct a new single-family residence to replace the demolished structures; and

(5) A new single-family residence can be constructed without any zoning relief other than the exception granted under this section.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 07-2625, passed 3-27-07 )

§ 155.1005 YARD REQUIREMENTS.

Except as otherwise hereinafter provided, the space resulting from the following setbacks (yard requirements) shall be oven and unobstructed:

	Front Yard	Interior Side Yard	Corner Side Yard	Rear Yard
(A) Permitted Uses
Single-family detached dwellings	35 ft.	5 ft.	12 ft.	50 ft.
Other permitted uses	35 ft.	20 ft.*	20 ft.	50 ft.
(B) Conditional Uses	35 ft.	20 ft.*	20 ft.*	50 ft.

* Plus one foot for each two feet by which the building or structure height exceeds 15 feet.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 08-2691, passed 9-23-08)

§ 155.1006 BUILDING LIMITATIONS.

(A) Permitted Uses.

(2) All structures used for permitted uses other than single-family residences, rectories, parsonages, parish houses and convents shall have a maximum floor area ratio of 0.25.

(B) Conditional Uses.

(1) Planned unit developments, residential: Floor area ratio shall be as specified by the Village Board.

(2) All other conditional uses shall be regulated on the basis of a maximum floor area ratio of 0.25.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 06- 2567, passed 4-25-06; Am. Ord. 12-2875, passed 1-24-12; Am. Ord. 19-4191, passed 12-5-19; Am. Ord. 24-4398, passed 3-7-24)

Schiller Park City Zoning Code

ARTICLE X

R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT

§ 155.1001 PURPOSE.

The R-1 Single-Family Residence District is intended to preserve prime single-family areas of the community and to protect such areas from the encroachment of incompatible uses.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05)

§ 155.1002 PERMITTED USES.

The following uses are permitted in the R-1 Single-Family Residence District:

(A) Single-family dwellings;

(B) Except upon zoning lots within five hundred (500) feet of any R-3, R-4, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, I-1 or I-2 District, religious institutions, as follows:

(1) Churches, chapels, temples and synagogues;

(2) Rectories, parsonages, parish houses and convents.

(1) Garages;

(2) Home occupations;

(3) Storage of building materials and equipment, and temporary buildings for construction purposes, for a period not to exceed the duration of such construction;

(4) Swimming pools and tennis courts, private (non-commercial); and

(5) Toolhouses, sheds and other similar buildings for the storage of domestic supplies.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 08-2691, passed 9-23-08; Am. Ord. 11-2841, passed 7-26-11)

§ 155.1003 CONDITIONAL USES.

The following uses may be allowed as conditional uses in the R-1 Single-Family Residence District:

(A) Cemeteries;

(B) Recreational and social facilities, as follows:

(1) Grounds of recreational clubs, noncommercial;

(2) Parks and playgrounds.

(C) Religious Institutions, on zoning lots within five hundred feet of any R-3, R-4, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, I-1 or I-2 District, specifically limited to:

(1) Churches, chapels, temples and synagogues;

(2) Rectories, parsonages, parish houses and convents.

(D) Schools: Elementary and/or secondary schools meeting all requirements of the compulsory education laws of the State of Illinois, and not providing residential accommodations;

(E) Public libraries and public art galleries;

(F) Planned development, residential;

(G) Public utility and service uses, and civic buildings, as follows:

(1) Electric substations;

(2) Gas regulation station;

(3) Railroad right-of-way, but not including railroad yards and shops;

(4) Radio and/or television towers, telephone transmission buildings and equipment, and/or other transmitting and receiving equipment, including personal wireless telecommunications facilities; and

(5) Waterworks, reservoir and pumping station.

(H) Accessory uses and buildings incidental to and on the same zoning lot as a principal use, as follows:

(1) Athletic fields and playgrounds;

(2) Secondary religious facilities servicing a principal religious institution.

(I) Group Home, Type 1.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 11- 2841, passed 7-26-11; Am. Ord. 18-4094, passed 9-20-2018)

§ 155.1004 LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS.

	Minimum Lot Area	Minimum Lot Width
(A) Permitted Uses
(1) Single-family detached dwellings except where there exists a lot of record between two improved lots or between an improved lot and a street or alley, with a frontage of not less than 60 feet and a minimum area of 7,000 square feet, the owner thereof may construct thereon a one-family residence subject to all other provisions of this Chapter.	10,000 sq. ft.	80 ft.
(2) Other permitted uses	10,000 sq. ft.	90 ft.
(B) Conditional Uses
(1) Planned unit developments	2.0 acres	150 ft.
(2) Other conditional uses	20,000 sq. ft.	150 ft.

(C) Authorized Exceptions. The Zoning Administrator may grant an exception from the minimum lot area and minimum lot width under the following conditions:

(1) The Zoning Lot consists of a single lot of record and the owner does not own any contiguous land which meets the contiguous ownership requirements of this Chapter;

(2) There exists a habitable single-family or legal, non-conforming multi-family residential structure;

(3) The owner intends to completely demolish the existing structures on the Zoning Lot, including the removal of existing footings and the installation of new underground utilities;

(4) The owner proposes to construct a new single-family residence to replace the demolished structures; and

(5) A new single-family residence can be constructed without any zoning relief other than the exception granted under this section.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 07-2625, passed 3-27-07 )

§ 155.1005 YARD REQUIREMENTS.

Except as otherwise hereinafter provided, the space resulting from the following setbacks (yard requirements) shall be oven and unobstructed:

	Front Yard	Interior Side Yard	Corner Side Yard	Rear Yard
(A) Permitted Uses
Single-family detached dwellings	35 ft.	5 ft.	12 ft.	50 ft.
Other permitted uses	35 ft.	20 ft.*	20 ft.	50 ft.
(B) Conditional Uses	35 ft.	20 ft.*	20 ft.*	50 ft.

* Plus one foot for each two feet by which the building or structure height exceeds 15 feet.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 08-2691, passed 9-23-08)

§ 155.1006 BUILDING LIMITATIONS.

(A) Permitted Uses.

(2) All structures used for permitted uses other than single-family residences, rectories, parsonages, parish houses and convents shall have a maximum floor area ratio of 0.25.

(B) Conditional Uses.

(1) Planned unit developments, residential: Floor area ratio shall be as specified by the Village Board.

(2) All other conditional uses shall be regulated on the basis of a maximum floor area ratio of 0.25.

(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 06- 2567, passed 4-25-06; Am. Ord. 12-2875, passed 1-24-12; Am. Ord. 19-4191, passed 12-5-19; Am. Ord. 24-4398, passed 3-7-24)