Lake County Zoning Code § 21-3 Establishment of Districts

• 3.1 Declaration: This Zoning Ordinance establishes various districts within the unincorporated territory of said County within some, all or none of which it shall be lawful, and within some, all or none of which it shall be unlawful to erect, construct, alter, or maintain certain buildings or structures or to carry on certain trades or occupations, or to conduct certain uses of land or buildings; within which the height and bulk of buildings shall be limited; within which certain open spaces shall be required about buildings and consisting further, of additional appropriate regulations to be enforced in such district, as set forth herein.

• 3.2 Interpretation: In their interpretation and application, provisions of this part shall be held to be minimum requirements, except where they are expressly stated to be maximum requirements. It is not intended to impair, or interfere with any private restrictions placed upon property by covenant or deed; provided, however, that where this part imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings, structures, or premises, or upon the heights of buildings or requires larger yards, or coverage or other open spaces than are imposed or required by such private restrictions, the provisions of this part shall control.

• 3.3 Designation of districts: There are hereby established, and into which the County may be divided, the following base zoning districts and symbols used to represent the districts:

  • (a) Agricultural Districts

    1. “APZ” Agricultural Preserve District 2. “A” Agricultural District

  • (b) Resource Districts

    1. “TPZ” Timberland Preserve District 2. “RL” Rural Lands District 3. “O” Open Space District

  • (c) Residential Districts

    1. “RR” Rural Residential District

    2. “SR” Suburban Reserve District 3. “R1” Single-family Residential District 4. “R2” Two-family Residential District 5. “R3” Multi-family Residential District

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6. “PDR” Planned Development Residential District

   • (d) Commercial Districts

     1. “CH” Highway Commercial District 2. “CR” Resort Commercial District 3. “C1” Local Commercial District 4. “C2” Community Commercial District 5. “C3” Service Commercial District 6. “PDC” Planned Development Commercial District

   • (e) Industrial Districts

     1. “M1” Commercial/Manufacturing District 2. “M2” Heavy Industrial District 3. “MP” Industrial Park District Othertherhererr Districts 1. “U” Unclassified District

   • (f) Othertherhererr Districts

• 3.4 Designation of combining districts: In addition to the districts established in Section 3.3, there are hereby established combining districts which may be combined with certain of the districts set forth in Section 3.3 as specified in the District Regulations, Section 3.9 of this Chapter. The said combining districts and symbols used to represent the districts are designated as follows:

  • (a) Combining Districts

1. “A1” Agricultural Industry Combining District 2. “W” Wetlands Combining District 3. “B3, “B4”, “B5”, “B-Frozen, “B7” Special Lot Size/Density Combining District 4. “F1”, “F2”, “F3” Special Floor Area Combining District 5. “MH” Mobilehome Combining District

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6. “RD” Residential Design Combining District 7. “SC” Scenic Combining District 8. “FW” Floodway Combining District 9. “FF” Floodway Fringe Combining District 10. “WW” Waterway Combining District

7. “HPD” or “HPS”

• Historic Preservation District or Historic Preservation Site

12. “AA” Airport Approach Combining District 13. “P” Parking Combining District 14. “SOS” Substandard Older Subdivision Combining District 15. “DR” Design Review Combining District

• (b) The regulations of the combining district shall apply to the land in the same manner as the base zoning district regulations. Combining district regulations shall apply whenever the symbol and the boundaries of the area are shown on the sectional district maps. When a symbol for a combining district is added to a base zoning district symbol, the regulations of the combining district shall be applicable in addition to the base zoning district regulations. If any of the provisions of the combining district conflict with provisions of the base zoning district regulations, the provisions which are most restrictive shall govern.