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H. Exceptions and Explanatory Notes
1. Height Limitation for Accessory Structures. No accessory structure shall exceed 15 feet in height measured from grade; provided, however, that flagpoles may extend to a height of 10 feet above the highest point of the roof of the principal structure, and the height of any antenna with a surface area in excess of 10 square feet shall be governed by Subsection 9-101C of this Section.
2. Height Adjustments in R-Planned Developments. no adjustment pursuant to Section 14-508 of this Code of the maximum allowable height requirement shall increase the maximum allowable height to more than the greater of five stories or 70 feet in any R-8 District, except that the maximum allowable height may be increased to the greater of seven stories or 90 feet in any R-8 District located north of Hillgrove Avenue and east of La Grange Road. No Multiple Family Residential Districts 4-110 such adjustment shall be recommended or authorized except on the basis of the development’s excellence in achieving the purposes for which planned developments may be approved pursuant to Section 14-502 of this Code and in satisfying the standards applicable to such developments as set forth in Section 14-505 of this Code. In determining whether such excellence has been shown, special consideration shall be given to the following factors:
(a) the amount of usable open space; and
(b) the extent of land dedication for public building sites and open space; and
(c) the quality and extent of landscaping, including special elements such as water features and public art; and
(d) the quality and extent of recreational facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, playgrounds, and other residential recreational facilities; bicycle, hiking, and jogging trails; and community centers; and
(e) the quality of design of vehicular circulation elements and parking lots and areas; and
(f) the care taken to maximize energy conservation in site design, building design, and building systems;
(g) the quality of roof design and finishes in terms of consistency with an attractive residential setting and the avoidance of flat roofs.
3. Nonconforming Lots. See Section 12-105 of this Code for lot requirements with respect to nonconforming lots of record.
4. Lot Area Per Unit for Single Family Attached Dwellings. In the case of single family attached dwellings, the lot area per unit requirements shall be applied with respect to the entire dwelling and the zoning lot on which the dwelling is located and shall not apply to individual lots on which the individual dwelling units within such dwelling are located. Multiple Family Residential Districts 4-110
5. Calculation of Nursing or Personal Care Facility Density. Each patient bed in a nursing or personal care facility, whether in a private, semi-private, or dormitory room, shall be counted as one dwelling unit. In addition, each dwelling unit occupied or available for occupancy by staff of the nursing or
personal care facility shall be counted as one dwelling unit.
6. Clustering in Planned Developments. In planned developments, minimum lot size per unit requirements are intended only as a limit on overall development density and not as a requirement that each individual unit be placed on a lot of the specified size. In other words, units may be clustered together so long as sufficient common open space is provided within the development to meet the average minimum lot size requirement of the development taken as a whole.
7. (A) Lot Width for Single Family Attached Dwellings: In the case of a single family attached dwellings, the lot width requirement shall be applied with respect to the entire zoning lot on which the dwelling is located and shall not apply to the individual lots on which the individual dwelling units within such dwelling are located.
Density Adjustments in Planned Developments . No adjustment pursuant to Section 14-508 of this Code of density in planned developments shall reduce the lot area per dwelling unit requirement to less than the following values:
Minimum Square Feet
District Pr Unit
R-6 1,200
R-7 1,100
R-8 910
No such adjustment shall be recommended or authorized except on the basis of the development’s excellence in achieving the purposes for which planned developments may be approved pursuant to t Section 14-502 of this Code and in satisfying the standards applicable to such developments as set forth in Section 14-505 of this Code. In determining whether such excellence has been shown, Multiple Family Residential Districts 4-110 special consideration shall be given to the following factors:
(a) the amount of usable open space; and
(b) the extent of land dedication for public building sites and open space; and
(c) the quality and extent of landscaping including special elements such as water features and public art; and
(d) the quality and extent of recreational facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, playgrounds, and other residential recreational facilities; bicycle, hiking, and jogging trails; and community centers; and
(e) the quality of design of vehicular circulation elements and parking lots and areas; and
(f) the care taken to maximize energy conservation in site design, building design, and building systems; and
(g) the quality of roof design and finishes in terms of consistency with an attractive residential roof setting and the avoidance of flat roofs.
8. Special Yard and Setback Requirements in Planned Developments. Special landscaping, perimeter open space, setback, and spacing requirements for planned developments are set forth in Paragraphs 14-505B6 and 14-505B7 of this Code. Such requirements shall not be waived except as provided in, and in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 14-505 of this Code.
9. Visibility Across Corners. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the contrary, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, allowed to gro, or maintained on any corner lot in any R-6, R-7, or R-8 District in violation of the standards established in Chapter 154 of the La Grange Municipal Code.
10. Special Setbacks for Signs. Special setbacks established for some signs in Article XI of this Code shall control over the yards and setbacks established in the table. Multiple Family Residential Districts 4-110
11. Specified Structures and Uses in Required Yards.
The following structures and uses, except as limited below, may be located in any required yard:
(a) Statuary and ornamental light standards having a height of 10 feet or less; and
(b) Arbors and trellises having a height of 10 feet or less, but not in any front yard; and
(c) Awnings, canopies, eaves, and gutters projecting not more than three feet from an exterior wall of any principal structure and not more than one foot from an exterior wall of any accessory structure, but in no event closer than three feet from any lot line; and
(d) Bay windows and balconies projecting not more than two feet from an exterior wall in the R-6 District or three feet from an exterior wall in the R-7 and R-8 Districts, for a distance not more than 1/3 of the length of such wall in any front or rear yard; provided that such projections shall come entirely within planes drawn from the main corners of the building at an interior angle of 22 ½ degrees with the wall in question; and
(e) Chimneys, flues, belt courses, leaders, sills, pilasters, lintels, ornamental features, cornices, and the like projecting not more than one and one-half feet from any exterior wall but in no event closer than three feet from any lot line; and
(f) Outside stairways projecting from an exterior wall not more than three feet and having a height of four feet or less, but not in any side yard;
(g) Flagpoles having a height of 15 feet or less; and
(h) Nonmechanical laundry drying equipment, but only in rear yards; and
(i) Heating and air conditioning equipment, but only in rear yards; and
(j) Recreational devices, except in front yards; Multiple Family Residential Districts 4-110 provided however that freestanding basketball standards are not governed by this section; and
(k) Animal exercise areas, but only in rear yards and not closer than three feet from any lot line; and
(l) Fences, walls, and hedges, subject to the limitations of Sections 9-104 and 9-105 of this Code; and
(m) Parking areas and lots, except in front yards and subject to the limitations of Paragraph 9-101C4 and Section 10-101 of this Code.
12. Special Setbacks from La Grange Road. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the contrary, in the area lying between 47 th Street and the southerly limits of the Village, no building or other structure in any area now or hereafter zoned in the R-6, R-7, or R-8 Districts shall have any wall or other portion of such building or structure within 75 feet of the centerline of La Grange Road.
13. Platted Building Lines. See Subsection 15-101F of this Code.
A. Yards and Setbacks for Single Family Attached Dwellings: In the case of single family attached dwellings, the minimum yard and setback requirements shall be applied with respect to the entire dwelling and zoning lot on which it is located and not to individual dwelling units within such dwelling.
14. Front Yard Reduction Next to Existing Structures or Vacant Lots. The minimum required front yard for a lot in a multiple family residential district may be reduced under the following circumstances;
(a) If the subject lot abuts, on both sides, lots that already have been developed with residential uses, then the minimum front yard requirement for the subject lot may be reduced to the average of the setbacks of the buildings on the two abutting lots, but only if such average is less than the otherwise required minimum front yard and provided, Multiple Family Residential Districts 4-110 however, that no such front yard shall be less than 25 feet.
(b) If the subject lot abuts a vacant lot, a nonresidential use, or a street on one or both sides, then the minimum front yard applicable to the subject lot may be reduced to the average of (i) the setback of the building on
any abutting developed lot and (ii) the required minimum front yard in the zoning district in which the subject lot is zoned, but only if such average is less than the otherwise required minimum front yard and provided, however, that no such front yard shall be less than 25 feet.
15. Side and Rear Yard regulations for Accessory Uses and Structures. Except as otherwise provided herein, parking areas wherever located and other detached accessory uses and structures when entirely located within the rear 30 feet of a lot shall not be required to maintain an interior side or rear yard in excess of three feet. This regulation shall not apply to residential recreational facilities or antennas and antenna support structures. No accessory structure or use, or combination of such structures or uses, located within an otherwise required side or rear yard pursuant to this Paragraph shall occupy more than 50 percent of any such required yard.
16. Side Yards in R-8 District. The required minimum interior side yard in the R-8 District shall be increased by one foot for each two feet of building height over 35 feet.
17. Exception for Decks. Coverage by decks shall not be included in determining the amount of building coverage, but shall be included in determining the amount of lot coverage.
18. Exception for Specified Accessory Structures. This limitation shall not apply to attached accessory structures, nor to air conditioning units, antennas, or antenna support structures, nor to any accessory structure protected by a fire separation wall approved by the Village Manager.
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