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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1964-063-O-6463-0-64 AN ORDINANCE Amending Sections III, IV, VI, and XI of the Evanston Zoning Ordinance, Adopted November 21, 1960. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SECTION 1: That the following paragraphs, subsections, and sections of the Evanston Zoning Ordinance, adopted November 21, 1960, as amended, be amended so that the same shall hereafter be and read as follows: • 1. That Section III, be amended by adding or revising the following definitions: "DORMITORY: A building or portion thereof which contains living quarters for unmarried students, staff, or members of an accredited college, uni- versity, boarding school, theological school, hospital, religious order or comparable organiza- tion; provided that said building is owned and managed by said organization and contains not more than one cooking and eating area; and further pro- vided that said building complies with the provisions of the rooming house ordinance. "DWELLING UNIT. A room or group of contiguous rooms which include facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating, constituting all or part of a dwelling or a hotel, and arranged, designed or intended for use exclusively as living quarters for one family maintaining a single and separate housekeeping unit, except as provided in Section IV, Part M. of this ordinance. 0 0 "EFFICIENCY UNIT. A dwelling unit consisting of one principal room together with bathroom, kitchen, hallway, closets, and/or dining room alcove directly off the principal room, provided such dining alcove does not exceed 125 square feet in area. An effi- ciency unit created after the effective date of this ordinance shall contain at least three hundred (300) square feet of floor area. "FAMILY. (a) One person, his or her spouse, their offspring, legally adopted children or foster children, (b) plus not more than 6 other persons who are related to said person by blood, marriage or legal adoption such as mother or father, sister or brother, and mother-in-law or father-in-law; except that the total shall not exceed 8 unless it consists entirely of persons included under (a) as listed above. "FLOOR AREA -- of a dwelling unit or a lodging room. The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the rooms constituting the dwelling unit or lodging room, in- cluding closets, baths, utility rooms, enclosed porches and hallways when accessible only to the occupants of said dwelling unit or lodging room and • not accessible to other occupants of the building or to the general public, and only when such rooms, halls or other areas are an integral part of said dwelling unit or lodging room. Floor area shall be measured from the interior faces of the outermost walls defining the dwelling unit or lodging room but shall not include any unfinished space or finished space having a head room of less than five feet. "FLOOR AREA, GROUND. The sum of the gross horizontal area of the ground floor of a building, measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the center line of walls separating two buildings. The ground floor area of a building shall also include recessed, unenclosed or partially enclosed areas under a floor above, exterior stairways, porches and similar areas. "LODGING ROOM (ROOMING UNIT). A room which is not physically a part of a dwelling unit, or which though physically a part of a dwelling unit is used or intended for use by a person or persons other than members of the family occupying said dwelling unit, and which is used or intended to be used as sleeping and living quarters, but without facilities for either cooking or eating. 40 -2- • "LOT. A parcel of land of at least sufficient size to meet minimum zoning requirements for use, coverage and area, and to provide such yards and other open spaces as are herein required. Such lot may consist of any of the following, provided that in no case of division or combination shall any residual lot or parcel be created which does not meet the requirements of this ordinance. a. a single lot of record; b. a combination of complete lots of record, of complete lots of record and portions of lots of record, or of portions of lots of record. A lot shall be located within a single block and occupied by, or intended for occupancy by, one principal building or principal use and shall have frontage upon a street as defined by this ordinance. Not withstanding the above requirements, a lot shown on a plat properly recorded in the office of the County Recorder _prior to the effective date of this ordinance even though not meeting the requirements of this ordinance as to • width or area may be used as a zoning lot if it complies with conditions set forth in Section IV, Sub- section E of this ordinance. "LOT COVERAGE -- BUILDING. The ratio between the ground floor areas of all buildings or structures on a lot and the total area of the lot. "LOT COVERAGE -- GROSS. The ratio between the ground floor area of all buildings and structures plus all areas used for off-street parking facilities, loading areas, vehicular access ways or driveways, and the total area of the lot. "YARD, REAR. The portion of the yard on the same lot with the principal building, located between the rear line of the building and the rear lot line and ex- tending for the full width of the lot. "YARD, SIDE. A yard extending along a side lot line between the front and rear yards, except that a side yard abutting a street shall be defined as the yard extending along a side lot line between the front yard and the rear lot line." -3- • • 2. That Section IV, Subsection E, be amended to read as follows: "E. CONTROL OVER USE No lot, building, structure or premises shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building, structure or premises or part thereof shall be erected, razed, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, or structurally altered except in conformity with the regulations and requirements herein specified for the district in which it is located; except as hereinafter provided. In Residence and University Districts, a lot shown on a plat properly recorded in the office of the County Recorder prior to the effective date of this ordinance which does not meet the require- ments of this ordinance as to width or area, may be used for single family detached dwelling purposes if it conforms to other requirements of this ordinance. However, said recorded non- conforming lot may not be used if it was held in common ownership with one or more adjoining lots at any time subsequent to the effective . date of this ordinance and if such lots held in common ownership together meet the requirements of this ordinance, when used as a single parcel. Where two or more adjoining lots shown in a plat properly recorded with the office of County Recorder have been held in common ownership at any time subsequent to the effective date of this ,ordinance and the use of such adjoining lots as a single parcel would meet the requirements of this ordinance, the ownership of said lots shall not be separated nor shall any of the lots be used in any way to conflict with the regulations of this ordinance. No building permits shall be issued for the use of any lot or portion of lot sold, transferred or conveyed in violation of the provisions of this section." 3. That Section IV, be amended by adding thereto Subsection M, so that the same shall hereafter be and read as follows° "M. OCCUPANCY OF DWELLING UNITS 1. No dwelling unit shall be occupied by more than one family as defined by this ordinance, except as hereinafter provided. 0 -4- 0 2. No dwelling unit which contains less than one thousand (1000) square feet of floor area shall be used to provide living quar- ters for roomers, servants, or permanent guests. Where the floor area of a dwelling unit exceeds one thousand (1000) square feet, and the 'Family' occupying said dwelling unit does not consist of unrelated persons, said dwelling unit may also be used for living quarters for not more than two servants, roomers, or permanent guests, provided that said living quarters are located within, and are physically an integral part of the dwelling unit. 3. Where a dwelling unit is not occupied by a family as provided in 1 or 2 above, said dwelling unit may be occupied by not more than six unrelated persons; provided that said dwelling unit contains not less than three hundred (300) square feet of floor area for each such occupants." • 4. That Section IV, be amended by adding thereto Subsection N, so that the same shall hereafter be and read as follows "N. CONVERSION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES FOR RESIDENTIAL USES 1. No building may be converted to a use or in a manner, not allowed by the regulations of the zoning district within which said build- ing is located. 2. Every conversion must comply with the regula- tions of the Building Code, and all other applicable regulations of the City of Evanston. 3. Where a building is non -conforming in respect to height, bulk, lot area per dwelling unit, required yards or off-street parking no con- version shall be permitted, unless said building is brought into conformity with all applicable requirements of this ordinance. 4. Where allowed by this ordinance, the con- version of existing buildings to create additional dwelling units shall be limited by the following requirements: 0 -5- a. No dwelling unit shall be created which has a floor area of less than six hundred (600) square feet. b. The quotient obtained by dividing the total floor area of all dwelling units on a lot by the number of dwelling units on such lot shall be not less than nine hundred (900) square feet. c. An existing multiple -family dwelling shall. not be converted to conflict with or fur- ther conflict with the requirements in 'a' or 'b' above. 5. Where allowed by this ordinance, the conver- sion of all or part of an existing building to create a rooming house, boarding house or dormitory shall be limited by the following requirements: a. The total floor area contained within all rooming units shall not be less than one hundred (100) square feet for each roomer. • b. An existing rooming house, boarding house or dormitory shall not be further converted to conflict or further conflict with the requirements in 'a' above." 5. That Section VI,Subsection A. Part 3, is hereby repealed. 6. That Section VI,Subsection B, Part 2, Item h, be amended to read as follows: "h. Where a single family detached dwelling with not less than 4,000 square feet of floor area is located on a lot not less than 15,000 square feet in area, a second dwelling unit located either in the principal dwelling or in an ex- isting building accessory to the principal dwelling may be allowed; provided that such second dwelling unit shall not contain living quarters for roomers, lodgers or permanent guest." 7. That Section XI, Subsection E, Part 4, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "In R1 and R2 districts any lodging room for roomers, boarders, servants or permanent guests located in a • -6- �A V6 second dwelling unit on a lot shall be eliminated prior to December 2, 1968. "In any district, any lodging room for roomers, boarders, servants or permanent guests located in a building which does not conform to the floor area requirements of this ordinance or located on a lot which does not conform to the lot area requirements of this ordinance shall be eliminated prior to December 2, 1968. "In any district, any lodging room for roomers, boarders, servants or permanent guests located in an accessory building shall be eliminated prior to December 2, 1968." SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. 1 SECTION 3: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law. INTRODUCED June 15 1964 ADOPTED June 22 , 1964 ATTEST: /s/ LIaurloq F. Brown City Clerk Approved as to form: /s/ Jack M. Siegel Corporation Counsel -7- APPROVED June 22 , 1964 is John D. Fmrtr. Mayor Published JulY 2 , 1964 •