Showing ordinances that apply to Lakewood Shores, IL
Lakewood Shores is an unincorporated community (population 665) in Will County, Illinois. Because Lakewood Shores is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Will County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The structure height limits rules below are the ones that govern your area.
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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