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

Rules another office applies inside Village of Roberts

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

• Building permitRequired

  New construction and projects that increase square footage of existing buildings inside Roberts village, under the Ford County zoning ordinance (county zoning applies to Roberts village only if the village has no zoning of its own, which is not verified). Zoning permits are construction permits issued by the county zoning office.

  • Permit must be obtained before construction begins.
  • Agricultural use buildings require a permit but no fee is charged.
  • If application is filed after foundation work or erection of a structure, the fee is double.
  • Roberts village own zoning status not verified; see local_zoning unknown claim.

  “construction permits are required for all new construction and for all projects which increase the square footage of existing buildings on the property.”

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Use districts in the Ford County zoning ordinance that apply inside Roberts village (AG-1, CO-1, R-1, R-2, R-3, B-1, B-2, I-1), if county zoning governs Roberts village

  • Applies only if Roberts village has no zoning of its own (not verified).
  • District boundary maps were not opened.

  “section 4. use regulations a. district regulations (1) ag-1 agricultural district (2) co-1 conservation district”

• Minimum lot sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

  R-1 residential district (main single-family district) inside Roberts village under the county ordinance (applies only if county zoning governs Roberts village)

  • Lot area and width minimums from the Section 7 density table; the table was read from text extraction and should be checked against the printed table.
  • Section 7b(1): a lot of record with less area or width may still be used for a one-family dwelling if the owner does not own any adjacent parcel.
  • R-2 and R-3 minimums not recorded as separate claims.

  minimum lot area, single-family, R-1: >= 20000 sq ft (Ford County zoning ordinance Section 7a) · minimum lot width, R-1: >= 100 ft (Ford County zoning ordinance Section 7a)

  “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) — AG-1 agricultural district inside Roberts village under the county ordinance, if such land is zoned AG-1 (applies only if county zoning governs Roberts village)

    “lot area in sq.ft. 43,560 43,560 20,000 7,800 6,000 none none none”

• SetbacksSpecified

  Buildings along county, township and road district highways inside Roberts village under the county ordinance (applies only if county zoning governs Roberts village)

  • Highway building-line setbacks: 100 ft from state or federal highway centerline, 75 ft from county highway, 50 ft from township/road district highway. The 100 ft state/federal figure is from the same paragraph and was not quoted verbatim in the evidence excerpt.
  • Variances may modify the setback where hardship exists.
  • Yard setbacks for R-1 (front, side, rear) were not extracted; budget exhausted.

  building setback from county highway centerline: >= 75 ft (county highway) · building setback from township or road district highway centerline: >= 50 ft (township or road district highway)

  “nearer than 75 feet from the center line of any county highway, or nearer than 50 feet from the center line of any township or road district highway.”

• Building heightDistrict specific (with conditions)

  R-1 residential district inside Roberts village under the county ordinance (applies only if county zoning governs Roberts village)

  • Public and institutional buildings, churches and temples may exceed these limits under Section 5b.

  maximum building height, R-1: <= 35 ft (Section 5b exceptions for public, institutional, church buildings)

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

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • District specific (with conditions) — R-3 residential district inside Roberts village under the county ordinance (applies only if county zoning governs Roberts village)

    “forty-five feet in the r-3, b-1, b-2 and i-1 districts.”

• Living in an RVLimited

  Inhabited trailers and RVs used as living quarters inside Roberts village under the county ordinance (applies only if county zoning governs Roberts village)

  • Inhabited trailers must be in a trailer court that has received a conditional use permit and meets the county's trailer court standards.
  • Trailer court lots: each single mobile home lot at least 5,000 sq ft and 50 ft wide; each court at least 5 acres; average density not more than 8 lots per acre (Section 4b(5)(b)).

  “(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.”

• Camping on your landLimited

  Seasonal recreation tracts with travel trailers, tents and campers inside Roberts village under the county ordinance (conditional-use list item; applies only if county zoning governs Roberts village)

  • Occupancy of the listed seasonal structures may not be for an entire calendar year.
  • Applies only to recreational tracts approved under the ordinance's conditional-use list; other camping not addressed in the sections opened.

  “provided that the occupancy of any of the foregoing shall not be for an entire calendar year”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Mobile homes inside Roberts village: they are excluded from the ordinance's dwelling definition and are allowed only in a conditional-use trailer court (applies only if county zoning governs Roberts village)

  • Mobile homes are excluded from the ordinance's dwelling definition.
  • Mobile home courts require a conditional use permit and minimum lot standards.

  “dwelling. a residential building, or portion thereof; but not including hotels, motels, boarding or rooming houses, tourist homes, trailers or mobile homes.”

• Permit feesPublished (with conditions)

  Zoning construction permit fees for non-agricultural projects inside Roberts village under the Ford County zoning ordinance (applies only if county zoning governs Roberts village)

  • Fee applies to all non-agricultural projects; agricultural use buildings require a permit but statute provides no fee.
  • Double fee applies if application is filed after foundation construction or erection of a structure.
  • Fee schedule as stated on the county zoning page; no later fee schedule was found.

  construction permit fee, first 200 sq ft: 20 USD (non-agricultural projects) · construction permit fee per sq ft over 200 sq ft: per 0.15 USD per sq ft (structures over 200 sq ft; non-agricultural projects)

  “a fee of $20.00 for the first 200 square feet and fifteen cents ($.15) per square foot for structures over 200 sq ft is charged for all non-agricultural projects.”

• Permit processPublished (with conditions)

  Zoning construction permit process for projects inside Roberts village under the Ford County zoning ordinance (applies only if county zoning governs Roberts village)

  • Permit is obtained from the county zoning office before construction; no plan-review timelines were published on the page.
  • Zoning office also processes variances, conditional uses, special use permits and rezonings.

  “a permit must be obtained before construction begins.”

Still unanswered

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

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for construction inside Roberts village
• Building code adopted — Building code adoption for Roberts village
• Inspections — Building inspections for construction inside Roberts village
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for buildings inside Roberts village
• Local zoning — Whether Roberts village itself adopts and administers a zoning ordinance for land inside its limits (Ford County, IL)

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.