Skokie, IL Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

Section 118-124(3) ties the maximum height of a detached residence in the R1 Single-Family district directly to the width of its lot rather than applying one flat citywide number. A detached residence on a lot narrower than 60 feet is limited to 28 feet in overall height; on a lot between 60 and 85 feet wide the limit rises to 30 feet; and on a lot wider than 85 feet the structure can reach 32 feet. In every one of these three tiers, the code adds a second, tighter ceiling on the eave line: the distance from grade to the top of the eave, or to the top of the beam on a flat-roofed structure, cannot exceed 23 feet, which keeps the visible wall height consistent across lot sizes even as the overall roof peak allowance grows with lot width.

Any other building in the district, meaning a nonresidential permitted or special use rather than a detached residence, is capped at 32 feet regardless of lot width. A separate, more generous standard applies only inside a planned development: there, no building may exceed 60 feet or 6 stories on sites of at least 10 acres, or 32 feet or 3 stories on smaller sites. The repair or reconstruction of a nonconforming residence that already exceeds these limits is controlled separately by Sec. 118-253, and the lot-width height tiers themselves were added by the 2013 zoning amendment, Ord. No. 13-10-C-4010, and carried forward by the April 2019 recodification, Ord. No. 19-4-C-4451, in the Village of Skokie, Cook County, Illinois.