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 Westfield
 Code of Ordinances
 Part III. Land Use Legislation
 Chapter 525. Zoning

  § 525-4. Residential districts.  

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  • A. 
    R-1 Single-Family Residential District.
    (1) 
    Permitted uses and structures: single-family dwellings and their accessory structures or uses, day-care facilities, and assisted living facilities.
    (2) 
    Conditional uses and structures: parks, greenways and open spaces, playgrounds, public and private schools, hospitals, cemeteries, governmental and community service buildings and functions, utility lines, pumping stations, golf courses, churches, libraries, single-family planned residential development, home occupations, agricultural uses, and mobile home parks.
    (3) 
    Lot size:
    (a) 
    Width: 90 feet minimum.
    (b) 
    Area: 12,000 square feet minimum.
    (4) 
    Building height: 35 feet maximum.
    (5) 
    Yards:
    (a) 
    Street right-of-way: 40 feet minimum.
    (b) 
    Rear: 25 feet minimum.
    (c) 
    Side: five feet minimum.
    B. 
    R-2 Single-Family Residential District.
    (1) 
    Permitted uses: single-family dwellings and their accessory structures or uses, day-care facilities, and assisted living facilities.
    (2) 
    Conditional uses and structures: parks, greenways and open spaces, playgrounds, public and private schools, hospitals, cemeteries, governmental and community service buildings and functions, utility lines, pumping stations, golf courses, churches, libraries, single-family planned residential development, home occupations, agricultural uses, and mobile home parks.
    (3) 
    Lot size:
    (a) 
    Width: 66 feet minimum.
    (b) 
    Area: 8,000 square feet minimum.
    (4) 
    Building height: 35 feet maximum.
    (5) 
    Yards:
    (a) 
    Street right-of-way: 30 feet minimum.
    (b) 
    Rear: 20 feet minimum.
    (c) 
    Side: five feet minimum.
    C. 
    R-3 Multifamily Residential District.
    (1) 
    Permitted uses: single-family residential uses and structures conforming at least to the minimum and maximum requirements of the R-2 District and multifamily uses provided that they conform to the regulations below, day-care facilities, and assisted living facilities.
    (2) 
    Conditional uses and structures: parks, greenways and open spaces, playgrounds, public and private schools, hospitals, cemeteries, governmental and community service buildings and functions, mini warehouse, utility lines, pumping stations, golf courses, churches, libraries, single-family planned residential development, home occupations, agricultural uses, multifamily planned unit residential development, and mobile home parks.
    [Amended 5-28-1992]
    (3) 
    Lot size:
    (a) 
    Width: 66 feet minimum.
    (b) 
    Area: 10,000 square feet minimum.
    (4) 
    Building height: maximum 72 feet or six stories whichever is the least.
    (5) 
    Yards:
    (a) 
    Street right-of-way: 25 feet minimum.
    (b) 
    Rear: 20 feet minimum.
    (c) 
    Side: five feet minimum.
    (6) 
    Other requirements:
    (a) 
    The recreation space ratio, defined as the minimum square footage of recreation space required for each square foot of floor area, is not less than 0.16.
    (b) 
    The floor area ratio, defined as the maximum square footage of total floor area permitted for each foot of land area, is not more than 0.32.
    (c) 
    The open space ratio, defined as the minimum square footage of open space required for each square foot of floor area, is not less than 2.0.
    (d) 
    The living space ratio, defined as the minimum square footage of nonvehicular outdoor space required for each square foot of floor area, is not less than 1.2.
    (e) 
    The occupant car ratio, defined as the minimum number of off-street parking spaces without parking time limits required for each living unit, is not less than 1.2.
    D. 
    R-4 One- and Two-Family Residential District.
    [Added 6-19-1986]
    (1) 
    Permitted uses: one- and two-family uses and structures, day-care facilities, assisted living facilities, and business uses provided that they conform to the following.
    (2) 
    Conditional uses and structures: beauty salons, barbershops, antique and gift shops, stationery and book shops (said shops defined as not exceeding 2,500 square feet), personal and business service establishments, professional offices, insurance and real estate offices, parking areas, home occupations and mobile home parks. All businesses shall be located within existing residential dwellings or in new buildings constructed in such a way as to have residential dwelling appearance.
    Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
    (3) 
    Lot size:
    (a) 
    Width: 66 feet minimum.
    (b) 
    Area: 10,000 square feet minimum.
    (4) 
    Yards:
    (a) 
    Street right-of-way: 25 feet minimum.
    (b) 
    Rear: 20 feet minimum.
    (c) 
    Side: five feet minimum.
    (5) 
    Other requirements:
    (a) 
    The recreation space ratio, defined as the minimum square footage of recreation space required for each square foot of floor area, is not less than 1.16.
    (b) 
    The floor area ratio, defined as the maximum square footage of total floor area permitted for each foot of land area, is not more than 0.32.
    (c) 
    The open space ratio, defined as the minimum square footage of open space required for each square foot of floor area, is not less than 2.0.
    (d) 
    The living space ratio, defined as the minimum square footage of nonvehicular outdoor space required for each square foot of floor area, is not less than 1.2.
    (e) 
    The occupant car ratio, defined as the minimum number of off-street parking spaces without parking time limits required for each living or business unit, is not to be less than 2.0.
    E. 
    RD Rural Development District.
    (1) 
    Permitted uses and structures: single-family residences, parks, trailer parks, campgrounds, open spaces, agriculture and general farming, except farms feeding offal or garbage and mink farms, dairying, livestock raising, truck farming, forestry, poultry raising, airport, golf courses, and veterinary clinics.
    (2) 
    Conditional uses and structures: dumps, disposal areas, incinerators, mink farms or farms feeding offal or garbage, cemeteries, municipal service functions and structures, pumping stations, quarries, churches, restaurants, resorts, taverns, grocery stores, service stations, fairgrounds, mobile home parks, animal boarding kennels, and certain commercial and industrial uses provided that they are all adequately screened and approved by the Village Board.
    (3) 
    Lot size:
    (a) 
    Width: 270 feet.
    (b) 
    Area: two acres.
    (4) 
    Building height: 35 feet maximum except for barns, silos and other buildings and structures which are customarily higher and accessory uses to farming.
    (5) 
    Yards:
    (a) 
    Street right-of-way: 80 feet minimum.
    (b) 
    Rear: 50 feet minimum.
    (c) 
    Side: 50 feet minimum.
    (d) 
    In no case shall any structure be closer than 40 feet to any lot line nor any dump, disposal area, incinerator, or principal structures or buildings for mink farms or farms feeding or using offal or garbage be less than 500 feet from any lot line.
Amended 4-14-1998