Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Village of Kempton, Illinois

Rules another office applies inside Village of Kempton

Village of Kempton does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Zoning districts in the Ford County ordinance that apply to land inside Kempton village limits

  • Districts listed in section 4 are AG-1, CO-1, R-1, R-2, R-3, B-1, B-2 and I-1; the ordinance says uses are permitted in a district only as stated for that district.
  • Whether a district map covers Kempton village was not verified; the ordinance text does not show a map in the text read.

  “a. district regulations. in the following established districts, a building or premise shall be used only for the following purposes.”

• Minimum lot sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

  AG-1 agricultural district land inside Kempton village limits under the Ford County zoning ordinance

  • Table in section 7(a) is garbled in extraction; figures read by column position against the header 'dist. ag-1 co-1 r-1 r-2 r-3 b-1 b-2 i-1'.
  • Section 7(b)(5): in the AG-1 or CO-1 district, minimum lot area may be reduced to 20,000 sq ft and lot width to 100 ft where public water is available but there is no public sewer, or to 15,000 sq ft and 80 ft where both public water and public sewer are available.
  • Lot area and width for AG-1 use requirements were not separately verified in the text read.

  minimum lot area (AG-1): >= 43560 sq ft (reduced to 20,000 sq ft where public water but no public sewer is available (section 7(b)(5))) · minimum lot width (AG-1): >= 150 ft (reduced to 100 ft under the section 7(b)(5) water/sewer conditions)

  “dist. ag-1 co-1 r-1 r-2 r-3 b-1 b-2 i-1 lot width in ft. 150 150 100 65 60 none none none lot area in sq.ft. 43,560 43,560 20,000 7,800 6,000 none none none”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • District specific (with conditions) — R-1 residential district (single-family) land inside Kempton village limits under the Ford County zoning ordinance

    “dist. ag-1 co-1 r-1 r-2 r-3 b-1 b-2 i-1 lot width in ft. 150 150 100 65 60 none none none lot area in sq.ft. 43,560 43,560 20,000 7,800 6,000 none none none”

• Living in an RVLimited

  Inhabited trailers (RVs and mobile homes used as dwellings) on land inside Kempton village limits, under the Ford County zoning ordinance; the village's own rules were not found

  • Applies only where trailers are inhabited and the ordinance does not otherwise permit them; 'except where otherwise permitted' is quoted from the ordinance.
  • Trailer court requires a conditional use permit and must meet the section 4(b)(5) standards.
  • Whether any other district or village rule permits inhabited RVs elsewhere was not verified.

  “an ordinance establishing comprehensive zoning regulations for the unincorporated communities and the villages of cabery, elliott, kempton, melvin, roberts, sibley”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Mobile home units occupied as dwellings on land inside Kempton village limits, under the Ford County zoning ordinance

  • Occupied mobile home units must sit in a trailer court holding a conditional use permit.
  • Trailer court minimum standards: 5,000 sq ft per lot, 50 ft width, average density no more than 8 lots per acre, and at least 5 acres per court.
  • Single-family manufactured homes on individual lots were not separately addressed in the text read.

  minimum lot area per mobile home unit in trailer court: >= 5000 sq ft · minimum lot width per mobile home unit in trailer court: >= 50 ft · minimum trailer court area: >= 5 acres

  “each lot provided for the occupancy of a single mobile home unit shall have an area of not less than 5,000 square feet and a width of not less than 50 feet, and no park shall be permitted an average density of trailer lots of more than 8 per acre, and each trailer court shall provide an area of not less than 5 acres.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Village of Kempton or Ford County directly.

• Building permit — New construction inside Kempton village limits
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builders inside Kempton village limits
• Building code adopted — New construction inside Kempton village limits
• Inspections — New construction inside Kempton village limits
• Certificate of occupancy — New dwellings inside Kempton village limits

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.