302 W Union St, Rockton, IL 61072

Single-Family Residential District

In addition to the objectives prescribed in 152.001, the R1 District is included in the zoning code to achieve the following purposes: To reserve appropriately located areas for family living at a reasonable range of population densities consistent with sound standards of public health and safety; To ensure adequate light, air, privacy and open space for each dwelling; To protect one-family dwellings from the congestion and lack of privacy associated with multi-family dwellings; To provide space for semi-public facilities needed to complement urban residential areas and for institutions that require a residential environment; To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of excessive size in relation to the land around them; To provide necessary space for off-street parking of automobiles and, where appropriate, for off-street loading of trucks; To protect residential properties from noise, illumination, unsightliness, odors, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat, glare and other objectionable influences; To protect residential properties from fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards; To provide by special use permit for single-family structures in areas where no public sanitary sewer and/or water facilities are provided or planned for provision with the immediate future while attempting to protect ground water and other aspects of the environment.