File #: 25-0036    Version: 1 Name: Zoning Ordinance Amendment
Type: Ordinance Amendment Status: Held / Deferred in Committee
File created: 3/27/2024 In control: Business and Economic Development Committee
On agenda: 3/13/2025 Final action:
Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Appendix A - Zoning to Part II - Land Development Ordinances of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: ARTICLE 1. TITLE 1.1. Title. ARTICLE 2. PURPOSE 2.0. Purpose. ARTICLE 3. ZONING DISTRICTS 3.1. Establishment of districts. 3.2. Zoning maps. 3.3. Area included. ARTICLE 4. - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS 4.0. - Purpose. 4.1. - R-1 Single-Family Residence District. 4.2. - R-2 Single-Family Residence District. 4.3. - R-3 Single-Family Residence District. 4.4. - R-4 Single-Family Residence Districts. 4.5. - R-5 Single-Family Residence District. 4.5A. - R-5A Residential Transition District. 4.6. - R-6 General Residence District. 4.7. - R-7 General Residence District. 4.8. - R-8 General Residence District. ARTICLE 5. - COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS 5.0. - Purpose. 5.1. - C-1 Restricted Business District. 5.2. - C-2 Restricted Office District. 5.3. - C-3 General Serv...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President)
Attachments: 1. 25-0036 Full Text PDF

title

PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

 

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Appendix A - Zoning to Part II - Land Development Ordinances of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:

 

ARTICLE 1. TITLE

 

1.1. Title.

 

ARTICLE 2. PURPOSE

 

2.0. Purpose.

 

ARTICLE 3. ZONING DISTRICTS

 

3.1. Establishment of districts.

 

3.2. Zoning maps.

 

3.3. Area included.

 

ARTICLE 4. - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS

 

4.0. - Purpose.

 

4.1. - R-1 Single-Family Residence District.

 

4.2. - R-2 Single-Family Residence District.

 

4.3. - R-3 Single-Family Residence District.

 

4.4. - R-4 Single-Family Residence Districts.

 

4.5. - R-5 Single-Family Residence District.

 

4.5A. - R-5A Residential Transition District.

 

4.6. - R-6 General Residence District.

 

4.7. - R-7 General Residence District.

 

4.8. - R-8 General Residence District.

 

ARTICLE 5. - COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS

 

5.0. - Purpose.

 

5.1. - C-1 Restricted Business District.

 

5.2. - C-2 Restricted Office District.

 

5.3. - C-3 General Service District.

 

5.4. - C-4 General Commercial District.

 

5.5. - C-5 Commercial Transition District.

 

5.6. - C-6 Automotive Service District.

 

5.7. - C-7 Office/Research Park District.

 

5.8. - C-8 Intensive Commercial District.

 

ARTICLE 6. - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS

 

6.0. - Purpose.

 

6.1. - I-1 Restricted Industrial District.

 

6.2. - I-2 General Industrial District.

 

6.3. - I-3 Intensive Industrial District.

 

6.4. - I-4 Motor Freight Terminal District.

 

ARTICLE 7. - PUBLIC AND OPEN LAND DISTRICTS

 

7.0. - Purpose.

 

7.1. - P-1 Public Land District.

 

7.2. - P-2 Open Land District.

 

ARTICLE 8. - GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

8.1. - Interpretation.

 

8.2. - Severability.

 

8.3. - Scope of regulations.

 

8.4. - Bulk regulations.

 

8.5. - Accessory building and structure regulations.

 

8.6. - Structure height.

 

8.7. - Regulations for specific uses.

 

8.8. - Exemptions.

 

8.9. - Miscellaneous.

 

8.10. - Environmentally Sensitive Areas.

 

ARTICLE 9. - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT

 

9.0. - Purpose.

 

9.1. - Objectives.

 

9.2. - Location.

 

9.3. - General requirements.

 

9.4. - Procedures.

 

9.5. - Application for preliminary plan approval.

 

9.6. - Final Plan Approval.

 

9.7. - Changes in an approved PUD.

 

9.8. - Reversion and extension.

 

ARTICLE 10. - NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES, LOTS AND USES

 

10.0. - Purpose.

 

10.1. - Nonconforming structure occupied by a conforming use.

 

10.2. - Nonconforming structures occupied by a nonconforming use.

 

10.3. - Conforming structures occupied by a nonconforming use.

 

10.4. - Nonconforming use of land.

 

10.5. - Nonconforming lot.

 

ARTICLE 11. - OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING SPACE

 

11.1. - General requirements.

 

11.2. - Off-Street Parking Space.

 

11.3. - Off-street loading space.

 

ARTICLE 12. - SIGNS[2]

 

12.0. - Purpose.

 

12.1. - Sign permits for on-premises signs.

 

12.2. - Amortization of legal nonconforming on-premises signs.

 

12.3. - Permitted signs.

 

12.4. - Dynamic Image Display Signs.

 

ARTICLE 13. - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

 

13.1. - Organization.

 

13.2. - Department of Building and Zoning and the Zoning Administrator.

 

13.3. - Zoning Board of Appeals.

 

13.4. - Building permits/zoning certificates.

 

13.5. - Certificates of occupancy.

 

13.6. - Variances.

 

13.7. - Map amendments.

 

13.8. - Special uses.

 

13.9. - Fees.

 

13.10. - Penalties.

 

13.11. - Injunctive relief.

 

13.12. - Disclosure of beneficiaries of a trust.

 

13.13. - Protests by municipalities or property owners.

 

13.14. - Adult regulated uses.

 

ARTICLE 14. - RULES AND DEFINITIONS

 

14.0. - Purpose.

 

14.1. - Rules.

 

14.2. - Definitions.

 

Effective date:  This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.

 

Click Here for Link to Full Text: <https://bit.ly/25-0036>

end