The Public and Institutional Buildings District is intended to provide for attractive and well-designed sites for public and institutional buildings in an environment characterized by controlled ingress and egress to streets and providing the screening and landscaping necessary to create a proper relationship with adjacent uses.

(Ord. No. 590, § 1, 7-28-87)

16A.2.1. Governmental offices.

16A.2.2. Houses of worship, convents, rectories[,] parsonages, parish houses and monasteries, including nursery schools sponsored by and operated within the sponsor's buildings.

16A.2.3. Parks, playgrounds and forest preserves owned by public agencies.

16A.2.4. Accessory uses, subject to the provisions of Article Four.

(Ord. No. 590, § 1, 7-28-87; Ord. No. 2012-036, § 1(Exh. A), 6-19-12)

Upon recommendation by the planning and zoning commission, after public hearing on a petition pertaining thereto, in accordance with the requirements set forth for hearing in section 21.6 of this ordinance, the corporate authorities of the village may, by special use permit, allow the following uses in the Public and Institutional Building District.

16A.3.1. Any public building erected or leased by any department of a municipality, county, state or federal government.

16A.3.2. Any public utility structure erected or leased by any department of a municipality, county, state or federal government.

16A.3.3. Convalescent care facilities.

16A.3.4. Hospital, provided that such buildings may not cover more than 30 percent of the total lot area and that the buildings shall be set back an additional two feet from all lot lines for every foot of building height.

16A.3.5. Museums and art galleries.

16A.3.6. Day Care Center when incidental to and located within a use or building as listed in Section 16A.2.4.

16A.3.7. Public schools, elementary and high; and private schools having the same curriculum as ordinarily given in the public schools; provided that no rooms shall be regularly used for housing or sleeping purposes.

(Ord. No. 590, § 1, 7-28-87; Ord. No. 2004-58, § I, 6-15-04; Ord. No. 2012-036, § 1(Exh. A), 6-19-12)

Except as provided in Article Four, every lot or tract of land upon which a building is erected or maintained shall have:

16A.4.1. An area of not less than 80,000 square feet;

16A.4.2. A width of not less than 250 feet;

16A.4.3. A maximum floor area ratio of 0.35.

(Ord. No. 590, § 1, 7-28-87)

16A.5.1. No building hereinafter erected shall exceed four stories, nor shall it exceed 35 feet in height, except as provided in Article Four.

16A.5.2. Chimneys and other rooftop structures:

16A.5.2.1. No chimney, mechanical appurtenances, or other rooftop structure shall extend above the maximum permitted building height of the district;

16A.5.2.2. All mechanical equipment or appurtenances, or other rooftop structures[,] shall be screened from view on all sides of the building by a parapet wall, solid sight screen or other means which shall completely conceal the rooftop structures from view. A chimney constructed of the same masonry as the exterior of the building is excepted, but a chimney of any other material must be screened. The zoning administrator shall determine the need for sight screens and the screens shall comply with all building code requirements for fire rating, wind loads and structural integrity.

(Ord. No. 590, § 1, 7-28-87)

16A.6.1. Except as provided in Article Four, no building shall be erected or enlarged and no use shall be maintained unless the following yards are provided:

16A.6.2. For all uses:

16A.6.2.1. A front yard of not less than 60 feet;

16A.6.2.2. A side yard of not less than 25 feet on each side of the building; and

16A.6.2.3. A rear yard of not less than 40 feet.

16A.6.3. Where any building exceeds 35 feet in height, the yard requirements shall be increased one foot for each foot of building height over 35 feet.

16A.6.4. Where any yard abuts a public right-of-way, a landscaped buffer strip of not less than 50 feet in depth along the lot line abutting that public right-of-way shall be provided and maintained as part of the required yard, except that a 30-foot landscaped buffer strip shall be provided along a local street.

[16A.6.5. Berms.]

16A.6.5.1. Where any side or rear yard abuts a residential district, a 25-foot-wide buffer strip, improved with earth berms and full landscaping, shall be provided and maintained along the lot lines abutting such residential districts.

16A.6.5.2. The height of the berms shall be from four to eight feet in height depending on the finished grades of the abutting residential property in relationship to the proposed building height and finished grades of the new development. The berm height and the entire buffer strip landscaping plan is subject to approval by the president and board of trustees.

(Ord. No. 590, § 1, 7-28-87)

16A.7.1. Signs shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Vernon Hills Sign Control Ordinance[, Chapter 19 of the Village Code].

16A.7.2. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided, as required in Article Nineteen.

16A.7.3. As part of the ingress and egress systems, there shall be provided a clearly marked fire/emergency lane, not less than 15 feet in width, as close to any structure as might be possible, and then plainly marked so as to prohibit parking thereon or obstruction thereof in any way.

16A.7.4. Refuse or trash collection areas shall be provided at the rear of each structure or positioned in or near the common parking lot or a driveway, as recommended by the planning and zoning commission; and shall be completely screened from view on all sides, with solid fencing of either wood or masonry construction, to a height of seven feet; and shall include a concrete pad and an operable door of adequate width. Each [of] such refuse areas shall be provided with closed and covered trash container of a type and size as required by the village ordinances pertaining thereto. It shall be the responsibility, either separate or joint, of the owner and/or manager of the structure to ensure that the refuse areas are kept in a neat and well-ordered manner at all times. The owner and/or manager of the structure shall ensure that any spillover at the time of refuse removal is promptly and properly cleaned up, and that refuse is removed on a regular basis according to village ordinances pertaining thereto.

16A.7.5. There shall be no outdoor storage of any materials of any kind, except as provided in section 15.7.5.

16A.7.6. This article applies only to structures erected after the effective date of this ordinance; provided, however, that no structure existing on such effective date shall be expanded in violation of this standard.

(Ord. No. 590, § 1, 7-28-87)