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Design Des Plaines
 The City is rewriting its Zoning Code and needs your help to “Design Des Plaines.”  Click here for more info.

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Zoning Map

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Zoning Ordinances

Last updated March 9, 2009

TOC Cover and Table of Contents
ARTICLE 1 Title, Purpose, and Effect
ARTICLE 2 Legislative and Administrative Authority
ARTICLE 3 Development Review Procedures
ARTICLE 4 Enforcement and Penalties
ARTICLE 5 Nonconforming Uses and Structures
ARTICLE 6 Districts and Boundaries
ARTICLE 7 Districts
ARTICLE 8 Accessory, Temporary, and Specific Use Regulations
ARTICLE 9 Off-Street Parking and Loading Facilities
ARTICLE 10 Landscaping and Screening
ARTICLE 11 Signs
ARTICLE 12 Environmental Performance Standards
ARTICLE 13 Definitions
Appendix A Minimum Submission Requirements
Appendix B Fee Schedule
Appendix C Standards for Parking Spaces, Aisles and Parking Bays
Index

 

 

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7/3/09 City Offices Closed - Independence Day (holiday)
7/4/09 July 4th Celebration (Parade & Fireworks) (holiday)
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7/2/09 Draft Action Plan Public Hearing Scheduled for August 3
6/29/09 Wolf Road Traffic Alert
6/29/09 7th Ward Meeting  Scheduled for July 18
6/25/09 Maine West High School Clinical Government Program Underway
6/24/09 Arts Council Scholarship Recipients June 2009
6/20/09 City's Senior Staff Voluntarily Forego Pay Increase
6/19/09 New Materials Pave the Way For "Green" Alleys in Des Plaines
6/13/09 Fifth Third Bank Now Open For Business
6/11/09 July 4 Refuse Collection Schedule

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