| Community Planning & Development |
|
|
|
|
  |
Zoning Zoning is a tool for achieving several important goals, including conserving property values, protecting the character and stability of the residential, business and industrial areas, and promoting orderly and beneficial development that supports the goals and objectives of the Village's Comprehensive Plan. Zoning also is intended to protect residents against fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other dangers, and to fix reasonable standards to which buildings and structures should conform. The Village can issue no building permit pertaining to the construction or structural alteration of buildings and structures unless the permit application has been examined and certified as complying with all the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. Enforcement of the zoning code ensures that adequate light, pure air, privacy and convenience of access to property is provided and maintained and that congestion in the public streets and highways in the Village is not increased whenever possible. The zoning code accomplishes these goals by classifying, regulating and restricting the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industrial, residential and other uses, and by regulating and restricting the intensity of uses. The zoning code divides the Village into districts of different classes according to the use of land and buildings, the height and bulk of buildings, the intensity of uses and the area of open space. Locations and uses of buildings or structures and uses of land that are incompatible with the type of development planned for specified districts in the Village are prohibited by zoning codes. The code also prevents additions to and alterations or remodeling of existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations contained in the code. The code is administered by the Zoning Office of the Community Planning & Development Department and enforced by the Building & Property Standards Department. Questions should be directed to the Zoning Officer.
|
Contact Number: E-mail: Zoning Guidelines • Assisted Living Facilities Zoning Code Amendment (adopted 02.18.03) Related Commissions: • View the current Zoning Map in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF)
|
|
Copyright © 1997 - 2006 Village of Oak Park, All Rights Reserved |
|
|
|
