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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE - PUBLIC LAND DISTRICT
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Appendix A, Zoning, Article 7, Public and Open Land Districts, Section 7.1 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
7.1. - P-1 Public Land District.
7.1.1. Description of district. The P-1 Public Land District is intended to provide for publicly owned land. Some public land, however, may not be zoned P-1 depending on the use. No privately owned property or structures are allowed in the P-1 Public Land District.
7.1.2. Use, lot and bulk regulations. The applicable use, lot and bulk regulations are set forth in Sections 7.1.3 through 7.1.9.
7.1.3. Permitted uses. A permitted use of land or buildings shall be allowed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. Unless otherwise specifically set forth, wherever a permitted use is named as a major category, it shall be deemed to include only those enumerated uses. Unless otherwise specifically allowed by this ordinance, no building or zoning lot shall be devoted to any use other than a permitted use, and no structure shall be erected, altered, enlarged or occupied, except as a permitted use. Uses lawfully established on the effective date of this ordinance, and rendered nonconforming by it, shall be subject to Article 10.
The following uses are permitted in the P-1 District:
A. Educational institutions.
1. Public colleges and universities, boarding and nonboarding.
2. Public elementary schools, boarding and nonboarding.
3. Public high schools, boarding and nonboarding.
B. Recreation and social facilities.
1. Public conservatories and greenhouses.
2. Public golf courses.
3. Public park, and playgrounds.
4. Public community center buildings, clubhouses, recreation buildings, swimming pools and buildings for indoor pools, tennis courts and buildings for indoor tennis courts, noncommercial and not-fo...
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