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ORDINANCE NU. 7 '7.3
AN URDINANCE AllfJENDING AND SUPl"LEMENTING THE ZOl'JING ORDINANCE
OF MOUNT PRUSPECT AND CREATING AN R-4 DISTRICT (RESIDENTIAL
PLANNED DEVELOP='~1ENT)
V~IEREAS, the Board of Appeals of the Village of Mount
Prospect, sitting as a zoning commission at a public meeting duly
called and held according to law (Appeal No. 61-14), considered
the question of amending and supplementing the Zoning Ordinance
of the Village of I\10unt Prospect, including the establishment of
an R-4 District (Residential Planned Development), and
Vfr.IEREAS, a tentative ordinance was duly published in
the Mount Prospect Herald on June 15, 1961, preceding the meeting
and in full accord with the law, and
VhIEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Mount Prospect, having considered the recommendation
of said Board of Appeals acting as a zoning commission, do find
and believe that the adoption of said ordinance amending and sup-
plementing the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Mount Prospect
is desirable and to the best interests of the Village of Mount
Prospect,
NOW, THEREFORE, bE IT URDAINED by the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of LIount Prospect, Cook County,
Illinois:
Section 1. 'I\hat an ordinance entitled "An ordinance
classifying, regulating and restricting the location of trades
and industries and the location of buildings desi~1ed for speci-
fied uses; regulating and limiting the height and bulk of build-
ings hereafter erected or altered, regulating and limiting the
intensity of the use of lot areas and regulating and determining
the area of yards, courts and other open spaces within and sur-
rounding such buildings; establishing the boundaries of districts
for the said purposes; and prescribing penalties for the viola-
tion of its provisions" passed and approved December 4, 1923, and
amendments thereto, and known as Ordinance No. 52, as amended by
an ordinance known and cited as the Zoning Ordinance of ;1ount
Prospect passed and approved IV!ay 2, 1941~, and as subsequently
~lended to date hereof, be amended and supplemented as follows:
1. To amend Section 17 to add the following defini-
t ions:
B:tJLK is the term used to indicate the size of the set-
backs, the location of a lot with respect to adjoining lots and
street lines, and includes the following:
(a) Amount of land per dwelling unit
(b) Front yard regulations
(c) Side yard regulations
(d) Rear yard regulations
(e) Height of building
(f) Floor area ratio
FLOOH AHEA OF' A BUILDING (for determining Floor Area
Ratio) is the sum of the gross horizontal area of the several
floors of a building measured from the exterior face of the ex-
terior walls. Such floor area shall exclude garage and basement
areas.
FLOOR AliliA HATIO (F.A.R.) is the floor area of a build-
ing divided by the area of the zoning lot. For rapid calculation
in determining allowable floor area in square feet, multiply
F.A.R. by lot size in square feet.
OFF-STREET ?~~KING SYACE shall be twenty (2U) feet x
ten (10) feet. Such space shall be exclusive of access drives,
ramps and aisles, and shall be located on the same lot that it
serves, or an adjacent lot.
<;,_ ,PLAlfNED DEVELOYMEN1' is a tract of land not less than
twenty-fo~r thousand (2l,OOO) square feet which is developed as a
unit under single ownership or control. Said tract may be composed
of one or more lots, provided
(1) That each lot shall not have less than nine thousand
(9,000) square feet,
(2) That the F.A.H. is observed as to each lot.
BASET'iENT: A oasement for' the purpose of determining
the floor area of a building shall be any floor area of a build-
ing, the floor of which is twent~y-four (24,) inches or more below
curb grade.
GROUP HOUSE: A "group house" is anyone of three or
more one-family attached dwellings in a continuous row or rows.
L0T FuR PUliPOSE OF' PLANNED DEVELOPMENT: Land occupied
or to be occupied by one main use or one main building and its
accessory buildings together with such open spaces as are re-
quired by this ordinance, and having its principal frontage upon
a street or public place shown on a plat of survey which has been
submitted to and approved by the Village Board, and recorded by
the Recorder of Deeds or registered by the Registrar of Titles of
Cook county.
2. Add Section 3.01 to provide the following j3ulk Re-
gula t ions:
RX District - Bulk Regulations
(a) Minimum area per dwelling unit
(b) Minimum front yard
(c) Minimum side yard
17,500 sq. ft.
L1-0 feet
10 ft. or 10J; of
lot width
25 feet
24 feet
0.2
(d) Minimum rear yard
(e) Maximum height
(f) Maximum F.A.R.
R-l District - Bulk Regulations
(a) Minimum area per dwelling unit
(b) }'I in im un front yard
(c) Minimum side yard
(d) Minimum rear yard
(e) Maximum height
(f) I',;1aximum F.A.H.
R-2 District - Bulk Regulations
(a) Minimum area per dwelling unit
(b) Minimum front yard
(c) Minimum side yard
(d) l\!Tinimum rear yard
(e) Nlaximum height
(f) Maximum F.A.H.
R-3 District - Bulk Regulations
(a) Minimum area per dwelling unit
(b) I"Tin im um front yard
(c) T'linimum side yard
(d) l:1inimum rear yard
(e) Maximum height
(f) !\1aximum F.A.R.
R-4 District, Residential
Bulk Regulations
7,000 sq. ft.
30 feet
10 ft. or 10~:; of
lot width
25 feet
24 feet
0.25
2 ,400 sq. ft.
30 feet
10 ft. or 10;<j of
lot width
25 feet
2h feet
0~35
2,400 sq. ft.
30 feet
10 ft. or 10;~ of
lot width
25 feet
24 feet
0.45
Planned Development -
(a)
(b)
(c)
Minimum area per dwelling unit
Minimum front yard
Hinimum side yard
1,400 sq.
20 feet
10 ft. or
lot width
20 feet
24 feet
0.50
ft.
107b 0 f
( d)
(e)
(f)
3.4
B-' District - Residential Planned Development: In the
R-4 District the following use may hereafter be established: A
residential planned development for apartments, in nTh~ber not ex-
ceeding one family living unit for each 1,5uo square feet of lot
area. The following uses are specifically excluded: group houses,
dead end or private roadways, all other uses except accessory
uses.
4. Add Section 6.2:
Requirements to establish R-4 Residential Planned Devel-
opment: The Zoning Board of Appeals, to make a favorable decision
on an application zoning property to the R-4 District, shall make
the following required findings:
(I) That the proposed use is appropriate with respect
to the subject and surrounding property.
(2) That the developer provide sufficient offstreet
parking (minlinum of one parking space per unit).
(3) ~~hat the developer has submitted a tentative sub-
division plat in accord with the plan of development.
5. k~end paragraph 1 of Section 11 to read as follows:
1. Single family residence, Duplex residence, Residen-
tial Apartments, or Residential Planned Developments -- One auto-
mobile parking space for each family living unit.
6. r:~o amend Section 13 to read as follovvs:
~Hnimum Side Yard. In the R-l, R-2, R-3 and H-4 Dis-
tricts there shall be provided and maintained an open unoccupied
space along each line of the building plot which is a side line
of either the lot used or the lot adjoining, having a width of
not less than 10 percent of the width of the lot which need not
exceed 10 feet in widtll. Excepted from this regulation are: (a)
incidental or accessory buildings located more than 75 feet from
the front street line but such buildings shall not be located
within 20 feet of the side street line of a corner lot, (b) steps,
open terraces and underground structures, and (c) eaves, chimneys,
bay windows or other ordinary projections extending into such
yards not more than 18 inches.
In the Business, I-l and I-2 Districts side yards shall
not be required but if provided shall be not less than three (3)
feet wide. Orote: See Section 8 for side yard of I District uses.)
7. To amend Section 14 to read as follows:
Minimum Front yard. Any building or structure hereafter
erected or relocated in the Village of Mount Prospect shall be set
back from the front lot line at least 30 feet if it is for a use
allowable in the R-l, R-2 or R-3 District, and at least 20 feet
if it is for a use allowable in the R-4 District. Exceptions:
(a) a proposed residence building need not set back from a resi-
dence building existing in the sa1;le block on the adoption date of
this ordinance more than 1 foot for each 3 feet of distance be-
tween such buildings, (b) open steps and terraces, and (c) eaves,
chimneys, bay windows and other ordinary projections extending
into such yards not more than 10 inches.
8. To amend Section 15 to read as follows:
Minimum Hear yard. Any building or structure hereafter
erected or relocated shall be setback from the rear lot line at
least 25 feet in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts, and at least 20
feet in the R-L~, business and I-I Districts. Excepted from this
regulation are: (a) incidental or accessory buildings in the R-l,
R-2, R-3 and R-4 Districts or interior lots and on corner lots if
located at least 5 feet from a rear lot line which is also the
sideline of the adjoining lot; (b) steps, open terraces and under-
ground structures, and (c) eaves, chimneys, bay windows or other
ordinary projections extending into such yards not more than 18
inches.
Section 2. That any person, fo~n or corporation who
violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to co~p1y with or
who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this or-
dinance shall be fined not mope than One hundred ((:100) Dollars
for each offense, and each day that a violation is permitted to
exist shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall De in full force
and effect fronl and after its passage, approval and publication,
according to law.
PASSED this
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Attest:
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