91-16 AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE - ACCESSORY BUILDINGS

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. � � .` , . . ORDINANCE N0. — � `f� ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE - ACCESSORY BUILDINGS - WHEREAS, on the 3rd day of January, 1991 , upon due notice, the Decatur City Plan Commission held a public hearing on the petition of David A. Clark, Director of Community Development, to modify and amend the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Decatur, the same being Ordinance No. 3512 , as amended, at Section II 1 . thereof regarding accessory buildings; and, WHEREAS, the Decatur City Plan Commission did report its findings and did recommend that said petition be granted and that the Zoning Ordinance be so modified and amended. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS : Section 1 . That the report and recommendation of the Decatur City Plan Commission be, and the same are hereby, received, placed on file and approved. Section 2 . That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Decatur be, and the same is hereby, modified and amended at Section II 1 . thereof so that as so modified and amended said Section II 1 . of said Zoning Ordinance provides as follows: "1 . ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE: An accessory building or use is one which: a. Is subordinate to and serves a principal building or principal use and is located on the same lot as said principal building or use; and, b. Is subordinate in area, height, extent, and purpose to the principal building or principal use served and further provided that the aggregate gross area of two or more accessory buildings shall not exceed the above limitations except that a minimum gross area of 750 square feet for such accessory building or aggregate areas of two or more buildings shall be permitted; and, c. Is naturally and normally incidental to that of the dominant use of the main building or land. "