Article VI — Establishment of Districts and Schedules -

6.01 ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS

In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this ordinance, the City of Hickory Hills is divided into the following zoning districts:

R-1	Single-Family Residential
R-2	Single-Family Residential
R-3	Single-Family Residential
R-4	Single-Family Residential
R-5	Multi-Family Residential
C-1	Neighborhood Commercial
C-2	General Commercial
C-3	Highway Commercial
I-1	Industrial
FP-1	Floodplain
FP-2	Channel

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6.02 ZONING MAP, INCORPORATION OF

The location and boundaries of the districts established by this ordinance are shown upon the district zoning maps, which are attached to and incorporated into this ordinance. The said zoning maps, together with all notations references and other information shown thereon, and all amendments thereto, shall have the same force and effect and be as much a part of this ordinance as if fully set forth and described herein.

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6.03 RULES FOR INTERPRETATION

(a) Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets, highways, or alleys or extensions thereof, shall be construed to follow such center lines or extensions thereof.

(b) Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.

(d) Distances not specifically indicated on the zoning map shall be determined by the scale appearing thereon.

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6.04 ZONING SCHEDULES

No person shall use land or a building or structure or erect, construct, reconstruct, move or structurally alter a building, structure, or part there of, except in conformance with the zoning schedules setting forth use regulation, lot, bulk and coverage regulations, and performance standards which follow in Sections 6.041, 6.042 and 6.043.

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6.041.1 R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT – USE REGULATIONS

(a) PURPOSE

1. To delineate those areas where predominantly residential development has occurred or is likely to occur in accordance with the General Plan of the City of Hickory Hills.

2. To upgrade the character of all residential areas in the City by requiring standards of land use and lot and building bulk and size which more accurately reflect existing development.

3. To protect the integrity of residential areas by prohibiting the incursion of incompatible non-residential uses.

(b) PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

1. Single-family dwellings

1. Private garage
2. Home Occupation
3. Greenhouse for private use
4. Sign
5. Other uses normally accessory to the principal permitted use

(d) SPECIAL USES

1. Public or parochial school
2. Public parks and playgrounds
3. Golf courses

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6.041.2 R-2 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT – USE REGULATIONS

(a) PURPOSE

1. To promote the public health, safety, and general welfare through the confinement of periodic floods to reasonable limits by regulating and restricting areas of development along or in natural watercourses, channels, drainage ditches and streams.

2. These districts and the regulations thereof shall apply in addition to regulations of any other zoning district, which now or in the future may lie within the boundaries of these districts.

3. To protect the integrity of residential areas by prohibiting the incursion of incompatible non-residential uses.

(b) PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

1. Single-family dwellings

1. Private garage
2. Home Occupation
3. Greenhouse for private use
4. Sign
5. Other uses normally accessory to the principal permitted use

(d) SPECIAL USES

1. Public or parochial schools
2. Public parks and playgrounds
3. Golf courses
4. Places of worship

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6.041.3 R-3 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT – USE REGULATIONS

(a) PURPOSE

1. To delineate those areas where predominantly residential development has occurred or is likely to occur in accordance with the General Plan of the City of Hickory Hills.

2. To upgrade the character of all residential areas in the City by requiring standards of land use and lot and building bulk and size which more accurately reflect existing development.

3. To protect the integrity of residential areas by prohibiting the incursion of incompatible non-residential uses.

(b) PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

1. Single-family dwellings

1. Private garage
2. Home Occupation
3. Greenhouse for private use
4. Sign
5. Other uses normally accessory to the principal permitted use

(d) SPECIAL USES

1. Public or parochial schools
2. Public parks and playgrounds
3. Golf courses
4. Places of worship
5. Municipal operated water utility
6. Convents or Monasteries

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6.041.4 R-4 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT – USE REGULATIONS

(a) PURPOSE

1. To delineate those areas where predominantly residential development has occurred or is likely to occur in accordance with the General Plan of the City of Hickory Hills.

2. To upgrade the character of all residential areas in the City by requiring standards of land use and lot and building bulk and size which more accurately reflect existing development.

3. To protect the integrity of residential areas by prohibiting the incursion of incompatible non-residential uses.

(b) PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

1. Single-family dwellings

1. Private garage
2. Home Occupation
3. Greenhouse for private use
4. Sign
5. Other uses normally accessory to the principal permitted use

(d) SPECIAL USES

1. Public or parochial schools
2. Public parks and playgrounds
3. Golf courses
4. Places of worship
5. Municipal operated water utility
6. Convents or Monasteries

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6.041.5 R-5 MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT – USE REGULATIONS

(a) PURPOSE

1. To delineate those areas where predominantly residential development has occurred or is likely to occur in accordance with the General Plan of the City of Hickory Hills.

2. To upgrade the character of all residential areas in the City by requiring standards of land use and lot and building bulk and size which more accurately reflect existing development.

3. To protect the integrity of residential areas by prohibiting the incursion of incompatible non-residential uses.

(b) PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

1. Single-family dwellings
2. Two-family dwellings
3. Multi-family dwellings
4. Condominiums (residential)

1. Private garage
2. Off-street parking area
3. Home occupation
4. Sign
5. Other uses normally accessory to the principal permitted use

(d) SPECIAL USES

1. Public or parochial schools
2. Public parks and playgrounds
3. Places of worship
4. Public libraries
5. Planned unit development
6. Hospitals
7. Nursery schools
8. Private club
9. Business or professional offices
10. Institutions of an educational or philanthropic nature
11. Police or fire stations
12. Municipal service or storage building or yards

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6.041.6 C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT – USE REGULATIONS

(a) PURPOSE

1. To delineate those areas where predominantly mixed commercial and residential uses have occurred.

2. To encourage the continuance of residential uses to those which serve primarily the neighborhood.

(b) PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

1. The following uses are permitted provided they are operating entirely within an enclosed building except off street parking and loading facilities:

A. Art and School Supplies store
B. Bakeries – all goods are sold on premises at retail only
C. Banks and other financial institutions
D. Barber shops and Beauty Parlors
E. Book and Stationary stores
F. Business and professional offices, including medical offices
G. Camera and Photographic supply stores
H. Candy and Confectionery store
I. China, Glassware store
J. Coin and Philatelic stores
K. Currency Exchange
L. Drapery store and Fabric
M. Drug store
N. Dry Cleaning pickup and delivery depot
O. Dry Goods store
P. Florist
Q. Food stores
R. Gift shops
S. Haberdasheries and Millinery
T. Hardware stores
U. Hobby and Crafts store
V. Ice Cream store
W. Jewelry store – repair and sales
X. Laundries
Y. Locksmith shop
Z. Luggage and Leather goods store
AA. Musical Instruments – sales and repairs – retail only
BB. Photographic studio
CC. Radio, T.V., and Tape Recorder shop – sales and repairs
DD. Restaurants, excepting night clubs, cabarets, and similar establishments
EE. Shoe Repair shop
FF. Shoe sales
GG. Small Electrical Appliance shop – sales and repairs
HH. Sporting and Athletic Goods store
II. Tailor and Dressmaker
JJ. Toy store
KK. Wearing Apparel store

2. Apartments and/or living quarters — subject to the density requirements of the R-5 District, provided they are located above the main floor and above a business use permitted in this district.
3. Municipal Operated Utilities
4. Police or Fire Stations
5. Municipal service or storage buildings or yards

1. Signs.
2. Off-street parking and loading.
3. Other uses normally accessory to the principal permitted use.

(d) SPECIAL USES

1. Dry cleaning plant.
2. Nursery Schools.
3. Social halls, lodges and fraternal organizations.
4. Taverns and cocktail lounges.
5. Package liquor stores.

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6.041.7 C-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT – USE REGULATIONS

(a) PURPOSE

1. To delineate those areas where predominantly commercial development has occurred or is likely to occur in accordance with the General Plan of the City of Hickory Hills.

2. To encourage the development of modern commercial development with adequate off-street parking and other amenities to serve customers and employees.

(b) PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

1. Any use permitted in the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District except residential
2. Department stores
3. Funeral parlors
4. Hotels and Motels
5. Landscape nurseries, garden supplies
6. Medical and dental office building and testing laboratories
7. Package liquor stores
8. Private clubs
9. Specialty stores
10. Taverns and cocktail lounges
11. General retail stores

1. Signs
2. Off-street parking and loading
3. Other uses normally accessory to the principal permitted use

(d) SPECIAL USES

1. Automobile repair shops
2. Automobile sales
3. Automobile service stations
4. Automobile washing establishment
5. Dry cleaning plants
6. Indoor amusement enterprises including theatres, bowling alleys, billiard parlors, and other similar uses or places of assembly
7. Night clubs and cabarets
8. Nursing or convalescent home
9. Personal service establishment
10. Planned commercial development group
11. Public garages

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6.041.8 C-3 HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT – USE REGULATIONS

(a) PURPOSE

1. To delineate areas appropriate for commercial uses which are either oriented to the highway or intended as service to vehicles.

(b) PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

1. Any use permitted in the C-2 General Commercial District
2. Animal hospitals, kennels, pounds
3. Automobile or service station training schools
4. Furniture stores
5. Interior decorating studios
6. Landscape nurseries, garden supplies
7. Music schools
8. Paint stores
9. Pet shops with no permanent boarding of animals
10. Variety stores
11. Wholesale establishments

1. Signs
2. Off-street parking and loading
3. Other uses normally accessory to the principal permitted use

(d) SPECIAL USES

1. Automobile repair shops
2. Automobile sales
3. Automobile service stations
4. Automobile washing establishments
5. Drive-in restaurants
6. Dry cleaning plants
7. Mobile home sales
8. Nursing or convalescent home
9. Night clubs and cabarets
10. Public garages
11. Planned commercial development group

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6.041.9 I-1 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT – USE REGULATIONS

(a) PURPOSE

1. To delineate areas best suited for industrial development because of location, topography, existing facilities and relationship to other land uses.

2. Uses incompatible with industry are not to be permitted.

(b) PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

1. Truck terminals
2. Manufacturing establishments
3. Processing establishments
4. Repairing establishments
5. Warehousing uses
6. Wholesale establishments
7. Laboratories
8. Assembly of previously prepared material

In general, those uses which may be noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas or noise are to be excluded.

1. Signs
2. Off-street parking and loading
3. Indoor and outdoor storage areas
4. Other uses normally accessory to the principal permitted use

(d) SPECIAL USES

1. Planned industrial development group
2. Restaurants

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6.042 LOT, BULK AND COVERAGE REGULATIONS

DISTRICT

MINIMUM LOT
DIMENSIONS

MINIMUM YARD
DIMENSIONS

MINIMUM HEIGHT
AND BULK

MINIMUM
FOUNDATION
AREA
(Sq. Ft.)

MINIMUM
FLOOR
AREA
PER UNIT

Lot Area

(Sq.Ft.)

Lot Area
per D.U.
(Sq.Ft.)

Width

(Ft.)

Depth

(Ft.)

Front

Side
One/Both
(Ft.)

Rear
(Ft.)

Height
(Ft./Stories)

Coverage
(%)

Floor
Area
Ratio

R-1

R-2

R-3

R-4

R-5

Single-Family

Two-Family

Multi-Family

C-1

C-2

C-3

I-1

20,000	20,000	75	125
15,000	15,000	75	125
10,000	10,000	75	125
6,600	6,600	60	100
.	.	.	.
6,600	6,600	60	100
8,000	4,000	60	100
8,000	2,500	60	100
.	.	.	.
5,000	.	50	100
10,000	.	80	100
10,000	.	80	100

30	10%	25
30	10%	25
30	10%	25
30	10%	20
.	.	.
30	10%	20
30	10%	25
30	10/25	30
10	10%	25
15	10/25	25
20	10/25	25
20	10/25	25

25/2	30	0.6
25/2	35	0.6
25/2	40	0.7
25/2	40	0.8
.	.	.
25/2	40	0.7
35/2-1/2	40	0.8
35/3	40	1.0
35/3	70	1.0
35/3	50	1.0
25/2	50	1.0
35/3	40	1.0

1,600
1,600
1,200
1,150
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.
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.
.

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1,100
.
.
.
.

*BUFFER ZONE: Whenever any portion of the district abutts upon a single family residential district, there shall be a wall or solid section of planting of appropriate shrubs to a height of not less than six (6) feet within five (5) feet of the property line abutting said residential property.

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6.043 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

(a) Permitted and special exception uses enumerated in the I-1 Industrial District, and uses accessory thereto, are subject to the following performance standards.

1. SOUND – Sound levels shall be measured with a sound level meter and associated octave band filter manufactured according to standards prescribed by the American Standards Association. Measurements shall be made using the flat network of the sound level meter. Impulsive type noises shall be subject to the performance standards hereinafter prescribed, provided that such noises shall be capable of being accurately measured with such equipment. Noises capable of being so measured, for the purpose of this comprehensive amendment, shall be those noises which cause rapid fluctuations of the needle of the sound level meter with a variation of no more than plus or minus two (2) decibels. Noises incapable of being so measured, such as those of an irregular and intermittent nature, shall be controlled so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses.

In the I-1 District, at no point in the boundary of a Residential or Commercial District shall be sound pressure level of any operation or plant (other than background noises produced by sources not under control of this Ordinance, such as the operation of motor vehicles or other transportation facilities) exceed the decibel limits in the octave bands designated below:

Maximum Permitted Sound Level
(In Decibels)
ALONG RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES

Octave

Band

Frequency

(Cycles per Second)

0

to

75

72

75

to

150

67

150

to

300

59

300

to

600

52

600

to

1,200

46

1,200

to

2,400

40

2,400

to

4,800

34

above

to

4,800

32

Maximum Permitted Sound Level
(In Decibels)
ALONG BUSINESS DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES

Octave

Band

Frequency

(Cycles per Second)

0

to

75

79

75

to

150

74

150

to

300

66

300

to

600

59

600

to

1,200

53

1,200

to

2,400

47

2,400

to

4,800

41

above

to

4,800

39

2. VIBRATION – In the I-1 District, any industrial operation or activity which shall cause at any time and at any point along the nearest adjacent lot line, earth-borne vibrations, (other than background vibrations produced by some source not under control of this ordinance, such as the operation of motor vehicles or other transportation facilities) in excess of the limits set forth in Column I is prohibited. In addition, any industrial operation or activity which shall cause at any time and at any point along a Residential District boundary line, earth borne vibrations in excess of the limits set forth in Column II is prohibited. Vibrations shall be expressed as displacement in inches and shall be measured with a three-component measuring system approved by the Zoning Board.

Frequency
(Cycles per Second)

I*
Displacement
(Inches)

II*
Displacement
(Inches)

0

to

10

.0008

.0004

10

to

20

.0005

.0002

20

to

30

.0002

.0001

30

to

40

.0002

.0001

40

and

over

.0001

.0001

Steady-State-Vibrations, for the purpose of this Ordinance are vibrations which are continuous, or if in discrete pulses are more frequent than 100 per minute. Impact vibrations, that is, discrete pulses which do not exceed 100 impulses per minute shall not cause in excess of twice the displacements stipulated.

*Interpolate for intermediate values not shown in table.

3. SMOKE AND PARTICULATE MATTER – In the I-1 District, the emission of more than twenty (20) smoke units per hour per stack is prohibited, including smoke of a density in excess of Ringelmann No. 2. However, once during any six-hour period each stack may emit up to thirty-five (35) smoke units – not to exceed Ringelmann No. 2 – when blowing soot or cleaning fires. Only during fire-cleaning periods, however, shall smoke of Ringelmann No. 3 be permitted, and then for not more than four (4) minutes per period.

The rate of emission of particulate matter from all sources within the boundaries of any lot shall not exceed a net figure of one pound per acre of lot area during any one hour, after deducting from the gross hourly emission per acre the correction factor set forth in the following table.

Allowance for Height of Emission*

Height of Emission Above Grade (feet)		Correction Pounds per hour per Acre
50		0.01
100		0.06
150		0.10
200		0.16
300		0.30
400		0.50

*Interpolate for intermediate values not shown in table.

Determination of the total net rate of emission of particulate matter within the boundaries of any lot shall be made as follows:

A. Determine the maximum emission in pounds per hour from each source of emission and divide this figure by the number of acres of lot area, thereby obtaining the gross hourly rate of emission in pounds per acre.

B. From each gross hourly rate of emission derived in A. above, deduct the correction factor (interpolating as required) for height of emission set forth in the table, thereby obtaining the net rate of emission in pounds per acre per hour from each source of emission.

C. Add together the individual net rates of emission derived in B. above, to obtain the total net rate of emission from all sources of emission within the boundaries of the lot. Such total shall not exceed one pound per acre of lot area during any one hour.

4. TOXIC MATTER – In the I-1 District, no activity or operation shall cause, at any time, the discharge of toxic matter across lot lines in such concentrations as to be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort, or welfare, or cause injury or damage to property or business.

5. NOXIOUS AND ODOROUS MATTER – In the I-1 Districts, no activity or operation shall cause at any time, the discharge of matter across lot lines in such concentrations as to be noxious. The emission of matter in such quantities as to be readily detectable as an odor at any point along lot lines is prohibited.

6. FIRE AND EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS – In the I-1 District, the storage, utilization or manufacture of solid materials or products ranging from incombustible to moderate burning is permitted.

The storage, utilization, or manufacture of solid materials or products ranging from free or active burning to intense burning is permitted provided the following condition is met:

Said material or products shall be stored, utilized, or manufactured within completely enclosed buildings having incombustible exterior walls and protected throughout by an automatic fire extinguishing system.

The storage, utilization, or manufacture of flammable liquids, or materials which produce flammable or explosive vapors or gases, shall be permitted in accordance with the following table – exclusive of storage of finished products in original sealed containers, which shall be unrestricted:

TOTAL CAPACITY OF FLAMMABLE MATERIALS PERMITTED*
(in Gallons)

Industries Engaged In Storage Only	Above Ground	Underground

Materials having a closed cup flashpoint over 187° F.	Prohibited	100,000
From and including 105° F. to and including 187° F.	Prohibited	100,000
Materials having a closed cup flash point of less than 105° F.	Prohibited	100,000

Industries Engaged in Utilization and Manufacture of Flammable Materials	Above Ground	Underground

Materials having a closed cup flash point over 187° F.	500,000	100,000
From and including 105° F. to and including 187° F.	20,000	100,000
Materials having a closed cup flash point of less than 195° F.	500,000	100,000

*When flammable gases are stored, utilized, or manufactured and measured in cubic feet, the quantity in cubic feet permitted, at standard temperature and pressure (32° F. anf 14.7 Psi), shall not exceed three hundred (300) times the quantities as listed above.

7. GLARE AND HEAT – In the I-1 District, any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed within a completely enclosed building in such manner as not to create a public nuisance or hazard along lot lines. Exposed sources of light shall be shielded so as not to create a nuisance across lot lines.

8. RADIOACTIVITY OR ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCE – No activities shall be permitted which emit dangerous radioactivity or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation of any equipment. All applicable Federal regulations shall be complied with.

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