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J•,, (r'+� V�� • ��Y�� ORDINANCE N0. -�� ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE WHEREAS , on the 6th day of October, 1977 , upon due notice, the Decatur City Plan Commission held a public hearing on the petition of the Director of the Department of Community Development to modify the regulations of the Zoning Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 3512 , as amended, at Section IV.thereof by amending paragraph 7 of said section and adding paragraph 8 thereto; and, WHEREAS, the Decatur City Plan Commission did recommend that the prayer of said petition be granted and said regulations be so modified and amended. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS : Section 1. That the recommendation of the Decatur City Plan Commission be, and the same is hereby, received, placed on file and approved. Section 2 . That the Zoning Ordinance , the same being Ordinance No. 3512 passed February 8 , 1960 , as amended be, and the same is hereby, futher amended at Section IV.A.7. , so that as so amended said subsection shall provide as follows : 7 . Every building hereafter erected shall be loacted on a lot as in this ordinance defined and in no case shall there be more than one main building on any lot - in any District, except industrial buildings being used for industrial purposes in �he M-1 Light Industrial District and M-2 Heavy Industrial District, and also except buildings the location of which is approved in a Residence Development Plan,� in a B-3 Planned Shopping Center District or in an M-3 Limited Industrial District as provided in this Ordinance. Section 3 . That said Ordinance be, and it is hereby, further amended at Section IV. A. by adding subsection 8 thereto to provide as follows : 8. Each lot shall have frontage on and direct access to a public street or way, unless the Council shall otherwise direct, by approval of a subdivision plat so showing submitted, heard and considered in the manner provided by tr.e Subdivision Ordinance, or absent such subdivision plat, unless the Council upon its own motion or upon petition submitted, heard and considered in the manner as provided in this Ordinance for amendments shall expressly prohibit such access or approve frontage on a private street, lane, place or way connecting with a public street or way.