Will County LUO caps residential structures at 35 ft. Joliet, Bolingbrook, Plainfield, and other Will County cities generally allow 2.5 stories or 35 ft in single-family districts, with taller limits in commercial, downtown, and industrial zones serving the CenterPoint / BNSF intermodal corridor.
Will County LUO §8.4 limits principal residential structures in R-2A and R-3 districts to 35 ft or 2.5 stories, whichever is less, measured from average finished grade to the mean height between eaves and ridge of a pitched roof. Municipal codes are similar: Joliet Zoning Ord. §47-8 caps R-1/R-2 at 35 ft; Bolingbrook Title 10 caps residential at 35 ft; Plainfield R-1 at 35 ft / 2.5 stories; Romeoville R-2 at 35 ft; Lockport at 35 ft; Mokena at 30 ft; Frankfort at 35 ft; New Lenox at 35 ft. Commercial and industrial zones serving Will County's inland-port logistics corridor (CenterPoint Intermodal, BNSF Logistics Park Chicago, UP Global IV) permit 45 to 75 ft, with taller warehouse and rack-storage allowances under conditional use. Chimneys, church spires, water tanks, silos, and antennas may exceed limits per LUO §8.4(C). Height variances require ZBA hearing under 65 ILCS 5/11-13-5.
Exceeding height: stop-work order, $250 to $2,000 fine under Joliet Code §21-5; may require roof lowering, removal of upper story, or variance approval.
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