Village of Volo Zoning Ordinance
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Village of Volo Zoning Ordinance Adopted March 14, 2000 Revised April 20, 2021 Village of Volo Zoning Ordinance Burnell Russell. President LaVerne Drake. Village Clerk Fran Havemeyer. Village Comptroller Judith Rutishauser. Deputy Village Clerk Village Trustees Plan Commission Yvonne Crow Elizabeth Wertke, William Grams Chairperson Art Hill John Groschopf Delmar Maassel Georgette Groschopf Eric Nielsen Edward Locke Naomi Wick Benjamin Sargent Betty Sargent Wayne Willis Yvonne Maassel Leonard Blatz Village Technical Consultants Village Attorney ‐ Arnstein & Lehr Chicago, Illinois Village Planner‐ Rolf C. Campbell & Associates, Inc. Lake Bluff, Illinois Village Engineer ‐Manhard Consulting, Ltd. Vernon Hills, Illinois March 14, 2000 VILLAGE OF VOLO ZONING ORDINANCE TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE 1: Title. Purpose and Applicability 1 1.1. Title 1 1.2. Purpose 1 1.3. Jurisdiction 2 1.4. Interpretation 2 1.5. Separability 3 ARTICLE 2: Definitions and Rules of Construction 3 2.1. General Rules of Construction 3 2.2. Interpretation of Zoning District Map 4 2.3. Definitions 5 ARTICLE 3: Administrative Bodies, Procedures, Rules and Enforcement 34 3.1. Purpose 34 3.2. President and Board of Trustees (Corporate Authorities) 34 3.3. Plan Commission 35 3.4 Board of Appeals 36 3.5. Zoning Administrator 36 3.6. Village Engineer 37 3.7. Village Attorney 37 3.8. Required Permits, Certificates, Approvals 38 3.9. Comprehensive Plan Amendments 40 3.10. Amendments, Special Use Permits, Variations, Appeals from 42 3.11. Procedure for Application for Amendments, Special Use Permits or 50 Variations 3.12. Similar and Compatible Uses 53 3.13. Planned Unit Developments (P.U.D.) 55 3.14. Zoning Approvals Required Prior to Submission of Subdivision Plat 76 3.15. Fees 76 3.16. Violation, Penalty, Enforcement 76 ARTICLE 4: General Provisions 77 4.1. Rules of Transition 77 4.2. General Zoning Provisions 79 4.3. Accessory Buildings, Bulk Regulations, and Permitted Obstructions in 80 Required Setbacks and Yard 4.4. Fences and Walls 85 4.5. Special Provisions for Mobile Homes 88 4.6. Special Provisions for Recreational Vehicle Parks 88 4.7. Special Provisions for Satellite Antennas 89 4.8. Special Provisions for Senior Housing 91 4.9. Special Provisions for Accessory Senior Citizen Dwellings 92 4.10. Special Provisions for Group Homes 94 4.11 Special Provisions for Medical Cannabis Facilities 94 4.12 Special Provisions for Backyard Hens 96 4.13 Special Provisions for Boat and Boat trailer storage 97 4.14 Alternative Energy Systems (AES) 98 4.15 Special Provisions for Cannabis Business Establishments 118 ARTICLE 5: Zoning Districts 120 5.1. Establishment of Districts 120 5.2. “RC” ‐ Rural Countryside Single‐Family Detached Residence District 120 5.3. “RE ‐ Rural Estate Single‐Family Detached Residence District 123 5.4. “Rl” ‐ Low Density Residential Single‐Family Detached Residential 125 District 5.5. “R2” ‐ Medium Density Single Family Detached Residential District 128 5.6. “MU‐I” ‐ Mixed‐Use Residential/Commercial District 130 5.7. “MU‐2” ‐ Mixed Use Residential/Commercial District 135 5.8. “B1/P.U.D.” ‐ Community Business District 139 5.9. “B2” ‐ Neighborhood Business District 143 5.10. “B3” ‐ Regional Business District 148 5.11. “LX” ‐ Light Industrial District 153 5.12. "OR” ‐ Office Research District 156 5.13. “OS’ ‐ Open Space District 159 5.14. “CO”‐ Corridor Overlay District 118 161 ARTICLE 6: Site Plan Review 161 6.1 Authority 161 6.2 Purpose 162 6.3 Approved Plan ‐ When Required 162 6.4 Initiation 163 6.5 Procedure for Initiation 163 6.6 Contents of a Site Plan Application 164 6.7 Agreement of Owner 167 6.8 Notice Requirements 167 6.9 Procedure for Decision ‐ Plan Commission and Board of Trustees Action 167 6.10 Standards for Plans 168 6.11 Conditions on Plans 170 6.12 Modifications of Plans 170 6.13 Lapse of Approval 170 6.14 Village’s Authority to Retain Outside Professional Services 170 ARTICLE 7: Landscaping. Buffering and Screening 171 7.1 Purpose 171 7.2 Landscape Plans ‐ When Required 171 7.3 Landscape Architect 171 7.4 Submission Requirements 171 727.5 Landscape Plan Content 172 7.6 Required Landscaping and Screening 173 7.7 Design Standards 181 7.8 Plant Materials 182 7.9 Performance Guarantee and Maintenance 183 7.10 Administrative Relief and Plan Revisions 184 ARTICLE 8: Exterior Lighting Regulations 185 8.1 Purpose 185 8.2 Definitions 186 8.3 Regulations 188 8.4 Measuring Light Levels 189 8.5 Standards and Requirements 189 8.6 Exceptions 190 8.7 Prohibited Lights 191 8.8 Non‐Conforming Lights 191 ARTICLE 9: Off‐Street Parking and Loading Regulations 191 9.1 Off‐Street Parking 191 9.2 Specific Requirements ‐ Parking Spaces and Design 198 Table 1: Off‐Street Parking (Parking Classes) 198 Table 2: Off‐Street Parking Module Dimensions 210 9.3 Off‐Street Loading 211 9.4 Traffic and Access Regulations 217 ARTICLE 10: Non‐Conforming Buildings, Structures, and Uses 221 10.1 Purpose 221 10.2 Authority to Continue Non‐conforming Buildings, Structures and Uses 221 10.3 Non‐Conforming Lots of Record 221 10.4 Continuance of Non‐conforming Buildings, Structures and Uses 222 ARTICLE 11: Sign Regulations 226 11.1 Purpose 226 11.2 Definitions 226 11.3 General Requirements 235 11.4 Prohibited Signs 236 11.5 Exempt Signs (No Permit Required) 238 11.6 Temporary Signs (Permit Required) 240 11.7 Signs Permitted in Non‐Residential Districts (Permit Required) 242 11.8 Signs Permitted in Residential Districts (Permit Required) 246 APPENDIX A: ILLUSTRATIONS 250 Lot Types – Illustrated 251 Building‐Principal and Accessory – Illustrated 252 Yard and Setbacks – Illustrated 253 Floor Area Ratio (F.A.R.) – Illustrated 254 Building Height – Illustrated 255 Building Coverage – Illustrated 256 Visibility Triangle – Illustrated 257 Perimeter Yard Landscaping – Illustrated 258 Transition Setback Landscaping – Illustrated 259 Foundation Landscaping – Illustrated 260 Interior Parking Lot Landscaping – Illustrated 261 Height Limitations for Fences, Walls and Hedges ‐ Illustrated 262 APPENDIX B: LIGHTING ILLUSTRATIONS 263 Luminaries Types 263 Height of Luminaries and Total Height 264 Luminaries With Cutoff (Cutoff Angle Shall be 75 Degrees or Less) 265 APPENDIX C: TABLE OF PERMITTED, SPECIAL & TEMPORARY USES 266 Table of Permitted, Special & Temporary Uses 266‐ 271 ARTICLE 1: TITLE, PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY 1.1 Title This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the “Village of Volo Zoning Ordinance and may‐ be referred to herein as the “Zoning Ordinance” or “this Ordinance”. 1.2 Purpose The Village of Volo Zoning Ordinance is adopted with the purpose of protecting and promoting the public health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare. The fulfillment of this purpose is accomplished by seeking: a. To protect residential, business, commercial, and industrial areas alike from harmful encroachment by incompatible uses and to ensure that land allocated to a class of uses shall not be usurped by other inappropriate uses. b. To establish adequate standards for the provision of light, air, and open space. c. To zone all properties with the intent to conserve the value of buildings and land and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the Village. d. To minimize congestion on the public streets. e. To facilitate the provision of adequate transportation and of other public requirements and services such as water, sewerage, schools, and parks. f. To avoid hazards to persons and damage to property from inappropriate development of lands and provide for adequate drainage, curbing of erosion, and reduction of flood damage. g. To avoid undue concentration of population, and to prevent the overcrowding of land, thereby ensuring proper living and working conditions. h. To foster compatible relationships between residential, business, commercial, and industrial uses for the mutual benefit of all. i. To isolate or control the location of unavoidable nuisance producing uses. 1 j. To establish reasonable standards to which buildings and structures shall conform, and to encourage reasonable flexibility of development design through appropriate innovation. k. To provide for the regulation of non‐conforming buildings, structures and uses. l. To ensure that additions to, and alterations or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures will comply with the restrictions and limitations imposed herein. m. To define the powers and duties of the administrative and enforcement Administrators and bodies. n. To prescribe penalties for any violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, or of any amendment thereto. o. To implement the objectives of the Village of Volo Comprehensive Plan, as well as protect all appropriate existing structures and uses. p. To improve and enhance the overall physical environment of the Village of Volo as generally set forth as part of the Comprehensive Plan. 1.3 Jurisdiction This Ordinance shall apply to all land, uses of land, and buildings and structures within the Village of Volo. 1.4 Interpretation a. In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Ordinance shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare b. Where the conditions imposed by any provision of this Ordinance, upon the use of land or buildings or upon the bulk of buildings, are either more restrictive or less restrictive than comparable conditions imposed by any other provision of this Ordinance or of any other law, ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation of any kind, the regulations which are more restrictive or which impose higher standards or requirements shall govern. c. This Ordinance is not intended to abrogate any easement, covenant, or any other private agreement provided that where the regulations of this Ordinance are more 2 restrictive or impose higher standards or requirements than such easements, covenants, or other private agreements, the requirements of this Ordinance shall govern.