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

Village of Steward’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Steward village limits: the village's own Zoning chapter (Steward Municipal Code ch. 70) administered by the village

  • Code text is codified through Ord. No. 09112012, adopted September 11, 2012; later amendments were not located, so current status is unverified.
  • Sec. 70-2 says the chapter applies within the corporate limits and within contiguous territory beyond them not included in another municipality; this claim covers only land inside village limits.
  • Administration sits with a zoning administrator (Sec. 70-41), a planning commission (Sec. 70-71 et seq.) and a board of appeals (Sec. 70-161 et seq.), per the code's cross-references.

  “administration and enforcement of zoning regulations, § 70-41 et seq.; planning commission, § 70-71 et seq.; zoning board of appeals, § 70-161 etseq.”

• Minimum dwelling sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Single-family R-1 district inside Steward village

  • Dwelling standards are by district: R-2 1,200 sq ft, R-3 900 sq ft per dwelling unit, R-4 500-600 sq ft by unit size (not restated here in full).
  • Source is the 2012 codification; currency not verified.

  minimum floor area, R-1 district: >= 1600 square feet

  “a. r-1 districts sha ll have a minimum floor area of 1,600 square feet.”

• Minimum lot sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

  R-1 district (single-family) inside Steward village

  • Table is OCR-garbled in the captured PDF; the R-1 value 9,000 is read from column alignment (R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 C-1 I-1 I-2 headers) and should be checked against the scanned page.
  • Lot width/depth and yard setbacks come from the same table and are not claimed here.

  minimum lot area, R-1 district: >= 9000 square feet

  “lot s i zes (mi nimum) district area r-1 r-2 r-3 r-4 c 1-1 1-2 9,000 6,600 9,000 ** none 1 0,000 20,000”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • District specific (with conditions) — R-4 district inside Steward village (multi-family)

    “**in the r-4 district, the minimum lot area is 9,000 square feet or 2,250 square feet per dwelling unit, whichever is greater.”

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Land divisions inside Steward village limits under the village's subdivision regulations (Steward Municipal Code ch. 54)

  • Code cross-references subdivision regulations in Chapter 54 (not opened).
  • Plat acceptance is an ordinance matter under Sec. 1-16 (cross-referenced in the code).

  “administration of subdivision regulations,§ 54-41 et seq.”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — Building permits for new dwellings inside Steward village
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder construction inside Steward village
• Building code adopted — Building codes for construction inside Steward village
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Steward village
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy inside Steward 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.