Lake County Zoning Code § 15.22 Minimum yards

• (a) Front yard: Twenty (20) feet from front lot line, or forty-five (45) feet from centerline of roadway, whichever is greater. Yards abutting streets are front yards.

• (b) Rear yard: Twenty (20) feet from rear lot line; except as provided below:

  1. Where the rear lot line of a lot abuts a residential zone, the minimum rear yard setback shall be fifty (50) feet. Not less than ten (10) feet abutting the

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rear lot line shall be landscaped and permanently maintained and a sixfoot high solid masonry wall shall be required ten (10) feet from the rear lot line.

2. Where abutting or combined with the Scenic Combining district, the minimum rear yard setback shall be fifty (50) feet.

• (c) Side yard: Ten (10) feet from side lot lines; except as provided below:

  1. Where the side lot line of a lot abuts a residential zone, the minimum side yard setback shall be fifty (50) feet. Not less than ten (10) feet abutting the side lot line shall be landscaped and permanently maintained. A six (6) foot masonry wall shall also be required ten (10) feet from the side lot line and shall not exceed three (3) feet in height when extending into any required front yard.

• 15.23 Open space: All developments proposed under the “PDC” district may include a proportionate amount of open space for active and passive use by the occupants of the development, whether they be merchants, employees, or the general public. The amount to be provided shall be determined as follows:

  • (a) Common open space: Each planned commercial development may contain one or more large areas of land permanently reserved primarily for the leisure and recreational use of all the development’s occupants or public and owned and maintained in common by the occupants.

    1. Common open space may include:

       • i. Land area of the site not covered by buildings, parking structures, or accessory structures.

       • ii. Land which is accessible and available to all occupants of structures for whose use the space is intended unless such land is in a category listed below.

       • iii. Commonly owned recreational structures and facilities including but not limited to gymnasiums, tennis courts, swimming pools, picnic areas, and parks.

  • (b) Public open space: As an alternative to, or in addition to, common open space in Subsection (b) above, each planned commercial development may propose one or more parcels of land which would be permanently dedicated in fee to the County or other public or private agency. Such areas will be for the use of the development’s occupants in addition to the use by all county residents or for the protection of environmentally sensitive areas.

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• (c) Required open space: The County may require public and/or common open space in a planned commercial development at the time of approval of the general plan of development.