Earlier editions: 2026-09
Lake County Municipal Code Art. XVII Resort Commercial or "cr" District
Lake County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Lake County
Cite as: Lake County Municipal Code Article XVII · Text as of 2026-10-03
Sec. 21-17. - Regulations.¶
17.3 Uses permitted:¶
(a) Hotels, motels and/or resorts when not exceeding fifteen (15) units.
(b) Restaurants when open to the public between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m., with on-sale beer and wine accessory to food services without a separate bar area, and when not exceeding a gross floor area of 3,000 square feet, including any outdoor dining area.
(c) Commercial and residential accessory uses and accessory structures including piers, boat docks, boat storage, tennis courts, swimming pools, riding and hiking facilities, and laundry facilities, for private use of the hotel or motel guests, or restaurant patrons only.
(d) Novelty and gift shops, beauty and barber shops, sporting goods and apparel shops, game rooms, arcades, laundromats open to the public, and bait and tackle shops when incidental to a hotel, motel, campground, RV park, or time share condominium when not exceeding a use area of five hundred (500) square feet.
(e) Those uses permitted in the "CR" district with a zoning permit in Table A, Article 27.
17.4 Uses permitted subject to first obtaining a minor use permit in each case:¶
(a) Uses permitted in Section 17.3 when not in compliance with the performance standards set forth in Article 41.
(b) Hotels, motels and resorts when exceeding fifteen (15) units but not exceeding twenty-five (25) units.
(c) Restaurants when not exceeding 6,000 square feet of gross floor area including any outdoor dining area; or when operating other than between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m.
(d) Novelty and gift shops, beauty and barber shops, sporting goods and apparel shops, game rooms, arcades, laundromats open to the public, and bait and tackle shops when incidental to a hotel, motel, campground, RV park, or time share condominium when not exceeding a use area of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet.
(e) Bars and cocktail lounges without amplified voice or music when incidental to a hotel or motel of at least sixteen (16) units.
(f) Caretaker's quarters, employee housing or dorms incidental to a hotel or motel of at least sixteen (16) units.
(g) Uses which are minor additions or alterations to existing uses or structures permitted by Section 17.5, limited to an increase of twenty (20) percent of the use area or gross floor area.
(h) Those uses permitted in the "CR" district with a minor use permit in Table B, Article 27.
(i) Single family dwelling units, including Bed and Breakfast dwellings with one or two bedrooms. Permitted with a minor use permit on lots having less than one acre of buildable area.
17.5 Uses permitted subject to first securing a major use permit in each case:¶
(a) Uses permitted in Sections 17.3 or 17.4 when not in compliance with the performance standards set forth in Article 41.
(b) Hotels, motels, resorts when exceeding twenty-five (25) units; and recreational vehicle parks, or public and private campgrounds.
(c) Restaurants when exceeding 6,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(d) Novelty and gift shops, beauty and barber shops, sporting goods and apparel shops, game rooms, arcades, laundromats open to the public, and bait and tackle shops when incidental to a hotel, motel, campground, RV park, or time share condominium when exceeding a use area of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet.
(e) Time share condominiums, including conversion of residential uses into time share or resort units.
(f) Commercial recreation facilities and uses available to the general public such as miniature golf, tennis, spas, hot-tubs, health clubs, water-slides; boat, houseboat and jet-ski rentals; para-sailing; skateboard, BMX, or off-road vehicle parks; go-cart tracks; exercise trails, riding stables and equestrian trails.
(g) Bars and cocktail lounges, including amplified voice or music.
(h) Those uses permitted in the "CR" district with a major use permit in Table B, Article 27.
(i) Bed and breakfast inns containing 3 or more bedrooms.
(j) Recovery and treatment homes not providing medical assistance.
(Ord. No. 1749, 7-7-1988; Ord. No. 1897, 12/7/1989)
Sec. 21-17.10. - Development Standards.¶
17.11 Minimum lot area:¶
(a) Public water and sewer: 8,000 square feet.
(b) Well and public sewer; or public water and septic system: 15,000 square feet.
(c) Well and septic system: 40,000 square feet.
17.12 Minimum average lot width:¶
(a) Interior lots: Eighty (80) feet.
(b) Corner lots: One hundred (100) feet.
17.13 Maximum length to width ratio: Three (3) to one.¶
17.14 Maximum lot coverage: Fifty (50) percent.¶
17.15 Minimum yards:¶
(a) Front yard: Twenty (20) feet from lot line, or forty-five (45) feet from centerline of roadway, whichever is greater. Yards abutting streets are front yards.
(b) Rear yard: None; or ten (10) feet from the lot line when contiguous to any residential district.
(c) Side yard: None; or ten (10) feet from the lot line when contiguous to any residential district.
(d) Accessory structures: The above setbacks shall apply.
17.16 Maximum height: Thirty-five (35) feet.¶
17.17 Parking: The following minimum parking requirements shall apply except as provided in Article 46.¶
(a) Commercial use: One space per two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area.
(b) Other uses: As provided for in Article 46.
(c) Single Family Dwellings or Bed and Breakfast dwellings with 1 or 2 bedrooms: Two (2) parking spaces with on-site turn around area no less than 25 feet deep.
(d) Bed and Breakfast Inns with 3 or more bedrooms: Three (3) parking spaces with on-site turn around area no less than 25 feet deep.
17.18 Signs: As provided in Article 45.¶
17.19 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS EXCEPTIONS: FOR EXCEPTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF…¶
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