Current Zoning Ordinance - Appendix B

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APPENDIX B - CLASS B REGIONAL PROJECTS

A.         Moderate Intensity Use Areas.

1.                     Subdivisions of land (and all land uses and development related thereto) involving fifteen or more but less than seventy-five lots, parcels or sites, other than subdivisions of land involving mobile homes.

2.                     Subdivisions of land (and all land uses and development related thereto) involving less than fifteen lots, parcels or sites, other than subdivisions of land involving mobile homes, which do not meet the following criteria:

(a)In the case of such subdivisions involving land having shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least twenty-five thousand square feet in size and complies with all of the provisions of the shoreline restrictions.

(b)In the case of such subdivisions not involving land having shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least forty thousand square feet in size.

                    Any subdivision or subsequent subdivision of such land, either by the original owner or subsequent owners, shall be subject to review as a class B regional project where the total number of lots, parcels or sites resulting from such subdivision and any prior subdivision or subdivisions exceeds fourteen.

3.                     Multiple family dwellings.

4.                     Mobile home courts.

5.                        Subdivisions of land involving mobile homes (and all land uses and development related thereto) and involving two or more lots, parcels or sites.

6.                        Public and semi-public buildings.

7.                        Municipal roads.

8.                     Commercial or agricultural service uses involving less than ten thousand square feet of floor space.

9.                     Tourist accommodations.

10.                     Marinas, boatyards and boat launching sites.

11.                     Golf courses.

12.                     Campgrounds.

13.                     Group camps.

14.                     Commercial seaplane bases.

15.                      Commercial sand and gravel extractions.

16.                     Land use or development or subdivisions of land involving the clustering of buildings on land having shoreline on the basis of a specified number of principal buildings per linear mile or proportionate fraction thereof, as provided for in the shoreline restrictions.

17.                     Any land use or development not now or hereafter included on either the list of primary uses or the list of secondary uses for moderate intensity use areas.

18.                     Any individual single-family dwelling within one-eighth mile of tracts of forest preserve land or water now or hereafter classified as wilderness primitive or canoe in the master plan for management of state lands.

19.                     All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land within one-quarter mile of rivers designated to be studied as wild, scenic or recreational in accordance with the environmental conservation law, other than those navigable by boat, during the period of such designation.

20.                     Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of the original square footage of such structure.

B.     Low Intensity Use Areas.

1.                     Subdivisions of land (and all land uses and development related thereto) involving ten or more but less than thirty-five lots, parcels or sites, other than subdivisions of land involving mobile homes.

2.                     Subdivisions of land (and all land uses and development related thereto) involving less than ten lots, parcels or sites which do not meet the following criteria:

(a)In the case of such subdivisions involving land having shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least fifty thousand square feet in size and complies with all of the provisions of the shoreline restrictions.

(b)In the case of such subdivisions not involving land having shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least one hundred twenty thousand square feet in size.

                    Any subdivision or subsequent subdivision of such land, either by the original owner or subsequent owners, shall be subject to review as a class B regional project where the total number of lots, parcels or sites resulting from such subdivision and any prior subdivision or subdivisions exceeds nine.

3.                     Multiple family dwellings.

4.                     Mobile home courts.

5.                     Mobile home subdivisions (and all lands uses and development related thereto) involving two or more lots, parcels or sites.

6.                     Public and semi-public buildings

7                         Municipal roads.

8.                     Commercial or agricultural service uses involving less than five thousand square feet of floor space.

9.                     Tourist accommodations.

10.                        Marinas, boatyards and boat launching sites.

11.                        Golf courses.

12.                        Campgrounds.

13.                        Group camps.

14.                        Commercial seaplane bases.

15.                        Commercial sand and gravel extractions.

16.                     Land use or development or subdivision of land involving the clustering of buildings on land having shoreline on the basis of a specified number of principal buildings per linear mile or proportionate fraction thereof, as provided for in the shoreline restrictions.

17.                     Any land use or development not now or hereafter included on either the list of primary uses or the list of secondary uses for low intensity use areas.

18.                     An individual single-family dwelling within one-eighth mile of tracts of forest preserve land or water now or hereafter classified as wilderness, primitive or canoe in the master plan for management of state lands.

19.                     All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land within one-quarter mile of rivers designated to be studied as wild, scenic or recreational in accordance with the environmental conservation law, other than those navigable by boat, during the period of such designation.

20.                     Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of the original square footage of such structure.

 

C.     Rural Use Areas.

1.                     Subdivisions of land (and all land uses and development related thereto) involving five or more but less than twenty lots, parcels or sites, other than subdivisions of land involving mobile homes.

2.                     Subdivisions of land (and all land uses and development related thereto) involving less than five lots, parcels or sites which do not meet the following criteria:

(a)In the case of such subdivisions involving land having shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least eighty thousand square feet in size and complies with all of the provisions of the shoreline restrictions of the plan.

(b)In the case of subdivisions not involving land having shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least three hundred twenty thousand square feet in size.

                   Any subdivision or subsequent subdivision of such land, either by the original owner or subsequent owners, shall be subject to review as a class B regional project where the total number of lots, parcels or sites resulting from such subdivision and any prior subdivision or subdivisions exceeds four.

3.                     Multiple family dwellings.

4.                     Mobile home courts.

5.                     Mobile home subdivisions (and all land uses and development related thereto) involving two or more lots, parcels or sites.

6.                     Public and semi-public buildings.

7.                     Municipal roads.

8.                     Marinas, boatyards and boat launching sites.

9.                     Golf courses.

10.                     Campgrounds.

11.                     Group camps.

12.                     Commercial sand and gravel extractions.

13.                     Land use or development or subdivision of land involving the clustering of buildings on land having shoreline on the basis of a specified number of principal buildings per linear mile or proportionate fraction thereof, as provided for in the shoreline restrictions.

14.                     All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land within one quarter mile of rivers designated to be studied as wild, scenic or recreational in accordance with the environmental conservation law, other than those navigable by boat, during the period of such designation.

15.                     Any land use or development not now or hereafter included on either the list of primary uses or the list of secondary uses for rural use areas.

16.                     Commercial and agricultural service uses involving less than twenty-five hundred square feet.

17.                     An individual single family dwelling within one-eight mile of tracts of forest preserve land or water described in item (d) of clause (1) of paragraph d of subdivision one or within one hundred fifty feet of a travel corridor described in such paragraph.

18.                     Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent C more of the original square footage of such structure.

D.         Resource Management Areas.

1.   Single-family dwellings.

2.   Individual mobile homes.

3.   Forestry use structures.

4.   Hunting and fishing cabins and hunting and fishing and other private club structures involving five hundred or more square feet of floor space.

        

5.   Land use or development or subdivision of land involving the clustering of buildings on land having shoreline on the basis of a specified umber of principal buildings per linear mile or proportionate fraction thereof, as provided in the shoreline restrictions.

        

6.   any land use or development not now or hereafter included on either the list of primary uses or the list of secondary uses for resource management areas.

7.   Municipal roads.

8    Golf courses.

9.   An individual single-family dwelling within one-eighth mile of tracts of forest preserve land or waters described in item (d) of clause (1) of paragraph d of subdivision one or within three hundred feet of a travel corridor described in such paragraph.

10.   Campgrounds involving fewer than fifty sites.

11.   All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land within one-quarter mile of rivers designated to be studied as wild, scenic and recreational in accordance with the environmental conservation law, other than those navigable by boat, during the period of such designation.  

12.   Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of the original square footage of such structure.

E.         Industrial Use Areas.

1.                     Sawmills, chipping mills, pallet mills and similar wood using facilities.

2.                     Industrial users.

3.                     Commercial users.

4.                     Agricultural service uses.

5.                     Public and semi-public buildings.

        

6.                     Municipal roads.

7.   Any land use or development not now or hereafter included on either the list of primary uses or the list of secondary uses for industrial use areas.

8.   Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of the original square footage of such structure.