2030 VISION PLAN - The Lakota Group

SECTION 3: ZONING ANALYSIS
EXISTING ZONING
Eight zoning districts are found within the Village of
Justice (see Exhibit 3.1). These districts include:
• R-1 Residence
• R-2 Residence
• R-3 Residence
• B-1 Business
• I-1 Industrial
• Community Park
• District Park
• Retention/Detention Area District
RESIDENTIAL ZONING
R-1 Residence
The R-1 District primarily allows single-family
dwellings with a minimum lot size of 8,125 square
feet and lot width of 65 feet, except in the Roberts
Park subdivision east of Roberts Road, which allows
50’ x 125’ lot sizes (6,250 sq. feet). Other allowed
uses within this district include churches, educational
facilities, public libraries and community parks. The
height limits for buildings are 35 feet for single-family
homes and 45 feet for public buildings.
The majority of R-2 zoning is found on the west
side of the Village north of Archer Avenue, with a
pocket further to the northeast. These consist of a
mix of duplexes, single-family residences and small
apartments.
R-3 Residence
The R-3 classification allows all uses described in the
R-1 and R-2 Districts with the same minimum lot
standards. Multi-family buildings with 3 or more
units are also allowed in R-3 districts. Additionally,
senior multi-family housing units shall have a
minimum of 3,000 square feet of land area per unit
and for non-age specific multi-family units 3,500
square feet of land area per unit. Rest homes and
health and medical institutions of lots greater than
one acre are also permitted within R-3 Districts.
Most of the Village’s property zoned as residential
is classified as R-1, including large swaths north of
Archer Avenue and south of 79th Street and a relatively
small section west of 88th Avenue on the south. These
areas are generally buffered from the main roadways
by either multifamily housing or commercial uses.
R-2 Residence
The R-2 District allows the same uses as those allowed
in R-1 classifications, as well as duplex dwellings or
two-family apartments per lot. The minimum width
of a lot in this district is 65 feet with a minimum
depth of 125 feet. Building heights are limited to 35
feet.
Examples of single family (top) and attached multi-family
(bottom) within the Village.
VILLAGE OF JUSTICE, ILLINOIS
30 2030 VISION PLAN: STATE OF THE COMMUNITY
ZONING ANALYSIS
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