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

Rules another office applies inside Village of Melvin

Village of Melvin 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)

  Ford County zoning districts (AG-1, CO-1, R-1, R-2, R-3, B-1, B-2, I-1) as they apply inside Melvin village, which the county ordinance names; applies only if Melvin has no zoning of its own (unverified)

  • Melvin village's own zoning status is not verified.
  • Districts are listed in the county ordinance Section 4 use regulations.

  “(1) ag-1 agricultural district (2) co-1 conservation district (3) r - 1 residential district (4) r - 2 residential district (5) r - 3 residential district (6) b - 1 highway business district (7) b - 2 general business district (8) i - 1 industrial district”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Single-family dwelling lots in the R-1 residential district of the Ford County zoning ordinance, as applied inside Melvin village (Melvin's own status unverified)

  • Lot-of-record exception in section 7b(1) allows a one-family dwelling on a lot of record with less area or width, if the owner owns no adjacent parcel.
  • Table text extracted from the PDF is column-ordered; R-1 is the third district column (AG-1, CO-1, R-1, R-2, R-3).
  • Two-family and multiple dwelling figures in the same table are separate and not used here.

  minimum lot area, single-family dwelling (R-1): 20000 sq ft · minimum lot width (R-1): 100 ft

  “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

  • Specified — Lots in the AG-1 agricultural district of the Ford County zoning ordinance, as applied inside Melvin village (Melvin's own status unverified)

    “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”

• SetbacksDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Principal buildings in the R-1 residential district of the Ford County zoning ordinance, as applied inside Melvin village (Melvin's own status unverified)

  • Setbacks from the centerline of a state or federal highway are 100 ft and from a county highway 75 ft (section 3, setback regulations).
  • Corner lots and lots of record have additional yard and buildable-width rules (section 6b and section 7b(13)-(14)).
  • Accessory buildings may sit in a rear yard but not occupy more than 30 percent of it (section 6c(9)).

  front yard (R-1): >= 30 ft · side yard (R-1): >= 10 ft · rear yard (R-1): >= 30 ft

  “front yard 50 50 30 25 25 25 none side yard 20 20 10 5 5 none none rear yard 50 50 30 25 25 25 none”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • District specific (with conditions) — Principal buildings in the AG-1 agricultural district of the Ford County zoning ordinance, as applied inside Melvin village (Melvin's own status unverified)

    “front yard 50 50 30 25 25 25 none side yard 20 20 10 5 5 none none rear yard 50 50 30 25 25 25 none”

• Building heightSpecified

  Buildings in the R-1 residential district of the Ford County zoning ordinance, as applied inside Melvin village (Melvin's own status unverified)

  • Public, semi-public, hospital, institutional and school buildings where permitted may go to 110 ft; churches and temples to 75 ft, with setback increases (section 5b).
  • Grain elevators and airport-zone rules in section 5 apply separately.

  maximum building height (R-1): <= 35 ft (listed public, institutional and church buildings may exceed under section 5b)

  “(1) thirty-five feet in the co-1, r-1 and r-2 districts.”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Inhabited mobile homes (trailers) inside Melvin village, where the Ford County zoning ordinance governs (Melvin's own status unverified)

  • Inhabited trailers are allowed only in a trailer court that has received a conditional use permit, except where otherwise permitted.
  • Each lot for a single mobile home unit must be at least 5,000 square feet and 50 feet wide.
  • A trailer court must be at least 5 acres, with average density no more than 8 trailer lots per acre.

  minimum trailer lot area: >= 5000 sq ft · minimum trailer lot width: >= 50 ft

  “(a) except where otherwise permitted, all inhabited trailers shall be located in a trailer court which has received a conditional use permit and which conforms with the requirements of the following paragraph.”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — Building permit requirement for construction inside Melvin village
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for construction inside Melvin village
• Building code adopted — Building code adopted for construction inside Melvin village
• Inspections — Building inspection requirement for construction inside Melvin village
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new buildings inside Melvin village

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.