Any zoning lot which is located in a single-family district, or which is partially located in a single-family district, shall be subject to the regulations applying to single-family districts.

(a)

The following uses shall be permitted in a single-family district:

An accessory use as defined in this ordinance which is incidental to the conduct of a permitted use, conducted on the premises. No more than one accessory use shall be permitted on any zoning lot.

Churches, chapels, temples and synagogues

Municipal buildings

Parking areas, private, as accessory uses

Police stations

Railroad right-of-way

Schools

Single-family dwellings

(b)

Short term rental properties.

(1)

For purposes of this section, short term rental property shall mean any property which is rented or leased for a period of less than 30 consecutive calendar days.

(2)

No property located in the single-family district shall be used more than once per calendar year as a short-term rental property.

(Ord. No. 2018-06, Art. II, § 4, 3-6-2018)

Home occupations shall be permitted in the single-family district subject to the following restrictions:

(1)

Home occupations which involve teaching or other types of instruction shall be limited to four pupils at a time except for occasional group meetings.

(2)

Aside from the holder of the business license for the home occupation, no person other than the licensee's family members residing on the premises shall be engaged in such home occupation.

(3)

No home occupation shall be conducted in any building that is an accessory to or ancillary to the residence

(4)

No home occupation shall allow or provide for any ingress or egress of any business invitees to the residence

(5)

The use of the dwelling as a home occupation must be incidental and secondary to the principal residential use of the dwelling unit and must not change the residential character of the dwelling unit or adversely affect the character of the surrounding neighborhood.

(6)

No more than 25 percent of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.

(7)

No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot, if the occupation is conducted in a single-family residence, or outside the dwelling unit if conducted in other than a single-family residence. There shall be no storage of hazardous or toxic materials. In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises, including radio water meters or sensors, or causes fluctuations in line voltage off the premises.

(8)

The dwelling must comply with all other provisions of this Zoning Ordinance and the this Code.

(9)

Activities which are not permitted as a home occupation as defined in this section shall be considered a business use and are prohibited in any residential district.

(10)

The following home occupations are prohibited:

(a)

Wholesale jobbing or retail business which is not conducted entirely by mail and/or telephone, or a sale jobbing or retail business which involves the receipt, sale, shipment, delivery or storage of merchandise on or from premises located in a residential district;

(b)

Any activity permitted or allowed as a special use solely in an industrial district pursuant to this section;

(c)

Manufacturing businesses;

(d)

Repair shops;

(e)

Clinics or hospitals;

(f)

Barbershops or beauty parlors;

(g)

A stable, kennel or animal hospital;

(h)

Restaurants;

(i)

An activity which produces noxious matter, or employs or produces flammable matter;

(j)

An activity which employs one or more persons not residing on the premises;

(k)

An activity which involves the use of mechanical equipment other than what is usual or purely domestic, or for hobby purposes;

(l)

Churches or places of religious worship.

(11)

Signs for home occupations shall be governed by Section 7.06 of this Zoning Ordinance, with the following exceptions:

(a)

A nameplate on a residence wherein a home occupation is based may include the name or names of the business operating therein;

(b)

Nameplates with business names must be affixed flat against the wall or door of the residence.

(12)

In order to operate a home occupation within the village, a resident must complete and file an application for a home occupation license with the village clerk. Such application shall be granted if the applicant satisfies all requirements under this Code for running a home occupation, and if the applicant certifies that the home occupation will be conducted pursuant to all state and local laws and requirements. Application forms shall be available with the village clerk.

(13)

There shall be no additional fee to operate a home occupation within the village; however, all fees, obligations, and permit and licensure requirements contained in this Code that apply to the operation of a business within the village shall be applicable to all home occupations within the village.

(14)

No person may operate a home occupation that violates any provision of the this Code, including the Zoning Ordinance, or any state or federal law. Any violation of this chapter 7 by any home occupation may result in the revocation of any and all licenses granted by the village to the business operating as the home occupation.

(Ord. No. 2010-01, § 2, 1-5-2010)

The following may be permitted as special uses in the single-family district:

(1)

Eleemosynary institutions.

(2)

Schools.

(3)

Daycare homes. Family homes which receive not more than eight children for regular ongoing care during the day. The maximum of eight children includes the family's natural or adopted children under age 16 and those children who are in the home under full-time care as set forth in the Illinois Childcare Act of 1969, provided that applicant (i) shows proof of a valid license issued by the Department of Children and Family Services of the State of Illinois and (ii) executes and delivers a document holding the village harmless from any actions arising out of the operation of the daycare home in the form provided by the village.

A.

Inspection. The village health inspector, the village fire inspector and the village building, electrical and plumbing inspectors may inspect the premises and facilities proposed to be licensed.

B.

Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions herein shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense, and a separate and distinct offense shall be considered as having been committed for each and every day on which any person shall be guilty of any such violation.

C.

Summary action. Whenever an inspection of a daycare home discloses that such home is in violation of village codes and poses an immediate and serious menace to public health and safety, the village is hereby authorized to revoke use of said premises as a home daycare center and to close such forthwith.

D.

State regulations adopted. The requirements of the Childcare Act of 1969 as amended are adopted by reference as part of this chapter including Sections 17 and 18. The rules and regulations of the State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services entitled licensing standards-day and night care centers effective January 1, 1978, and those applicable to daycare homes are adopted by reference as part of this chapter. Three copies of both referenced rules and regulations are to be kept on file in the office of the village clerk. It is further provided, however, that for the purposes of this chapter, the term "day or nightcare center" shall include: childcare centers which exclusively serve, or that portion of the center which serves, handicapped children between the ages of three and 21 and which are registered and approved as meeting standards of the Illinois Office of Education and applicable fire marshal standards.

(Ord. No. 2002-13, 10-1-2002; Ord. No. 2005-05, § 1, 5-3-2005)

No land use which is listed herein as a special use in a heavy industrial district is permitted in the district.

No more than one regular use in the single-family district shall be permitted on a single zoning lot, except that more than a single permitted use on a single zoning lot may be permitted as a special use.

Signs in the single-family district shall be governed by the following regulations; all signs not specifically permitted are prohibited. Unilluminated nameplates are permitted subject to the following regulation. A nameplate shall not exceed 200 square inches in area and shall indicate only the name or names and addresses of occupants. Nameplates shall be affixed against the door, on a wall adjacent thereto, or may be located in a yard.

Hereafter, no building shall be erected or altered in the single-family district so as to exceed 35 feet or 2½ stories in height, whichever is less.

On each lot in the single-family district, there shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 16 feet.

On each lot with a building in the single-family district, there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 30 feet. A private garage may be constructed as an accessory use in the single-family district in a rear yard only but not within three feet of any rear feet [yard] of [or] any side lot line and not within five feet of any rear lot line and/or any alley.

(Ord. No. 92-5, § 3, 6-2-1992)

In the single-family district, there shall be a side yard on each side of the building, and neither side yard shall be less than three feet in width.

(Ord. No. 85-14, § 2, 12-3-1985)

In the single-family district, no principal building shall occupy in excess of 30 percent of the lot area. No building shall be erected in the single-family district on a lot having the width of less than 35 feet, provided that any lot of 30 feet or more as subdivided and singly owned on the date hereof shall be exempted from this requirement. No single-family dwelling shall be erected on any lot or tract having a smaller area than 3,500 square feet. (Intensity of use: No more than 30 percent of the lot area not occupied by the principal building on any zoning lot shall be occupied by any accessory building or buildings.)

(Ord. No. 2002-12, 10-1-2002)

Whenever any property is located within the heavy industrial district and is adjacent to property located within the single-family residence district, a 600-foot set-back or buffer strip shall be provided in the property located within the heavy industrial district from the boundary of such property located within the single-family residence district which shall be used and/or developed in the following manner only:

(1)

Landscaped open area.

(2)

Uses permitted in single-family residence district.

(Ord. No. 77-13, § 3, 6-21-1977)