Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Griggsville, Illinois

Griggsville’s own rules

• Building code adoptedPartial

  Detached one- and two-family dwellings and one-family townhouses of up to three stories inside Griggsville city limits. The 2015 IRC is adopted; no commercial building code was found in this chapter.

  • The IRC adoption excludes any IRC provision on penalties and appeals where the chapter says so, and plumbing is governed by the Illinois Plumbing Code where the IRC is inconsistent.
  • Adoption is by ordinance under section 1-3-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code.

  “the 2015 edition of the international residential code as published by the international code council, (the "irc") is hereby adopted by reference.”

• InspectionsLimited

  Work under the IRC inside Griggsville city limits.

  • Routine inspections are limited to a site or stakeout inspection; the building code administrator may conduct other inspections at discretion.
  • The permit holder must schedule the site or stakeout inspection.

  “normally, the building code administrator shall not inspect work, other than conducting a site or stakeout inspection.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Griggsville city limits. The city's own Zoning Code (Chapter 40) divides the city into districts.

  • Zoning code text was read only in the sections containing the district list and district schedules; the administration, supplementary-regulation and special-use sections were not opened.
  • Chapter 40 cites an administrative official (section 40-5-3 and 40-5-4 building permit applications) that was not opened.

  “the city is hereby organized into the following districts: (a) r-1 - single-family residential district”

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  All land inside Griggsville city limits.

  • The district list has five districts: R-1 and R-2 single-family residential, B-1 general business, B-2 highway business, and I-1 light industrial. No agricultural or rural-residential district appears in section 40-3-1, so the dimensional answers use R-1 as the main single-family district and R-2 as the second residential district.
  • The official zoning map was not located or opened.

  “(a) r-1 - single-family residential district (b) r-2 - single-family residential district (c) b-1 - general business district (d) b-2 - highway business district (e) i-1 - light industrial district”

• Minimum dwelling sizeSpecified

  R-1 single-family residential district inside Griggsville city limits.

  • Schedule lists a 700 sq. ft. figure with one-family, 600 sq. ft. for manufactured homes, and 700 and 2-bedroom apartment minimums; the column alignment in the extracted text is ambiguous, so confirm against the PDF.
  • Manufactured home minimum 600 sq. ft. appears in the same schedule.

  minimum total floor area, one-family: >= 700 sq ft (manufactured home 600 sq ft per the same schedule)

  “building: minimum total floor area 700 sq. ft., one-family 600 sq. ft., manufactured home 600 sq. ft., 1 bedroom apartment 700 sq. ft., 2 bedroom apartment”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — R-2 single-family residential district inside Griggsville city limits.

    “building: minimum total floor area maximum height 720 sq. ft. 35 feet”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  R-1 single-family residential district inside Griggsville city limits (one-family dwelling lot).

  • The PDF extraction runs the one-family, two-family and multi-family figures together; the 7,200 sq. ft. figure is read as the one-family minimum from the schedule order. Confirm against the PDF table before relying on it.
  • Minimum width at building line is stated in the same schedule as 60 feet.

  minimum lot area, one-family: >= 7200 sq ft (two-family lots 14,400 sq ft per the same schedule)

  “(d) lot: bulk requirements. minimum area 7,200 sq. ft., one-family 14,400 sq. ft., two-family 16 dwelling units per acre, multi-family 60 feet minimum width at building line”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — R-2 single-family residential district inside Griggsville city limits (one-family dwelling lot).

    “(d) lot: bulk requirements. minimum area minimum width at building line 6,000 sq. ft., one-family 60 feet”

• SetbacksSpecified

  R-2 single-family residential district inside Griggsville city limits.

  • Read as front 25 feet, rear 30 feet, and side 10% of lot width from the schedule order; confirm against the PDF table.

  front yard: 25 ft · rear yard: 30 ft · side yard: 10 % of lot width

  “minimum yards: front rear side 25 feet 30 feet 10% of lot width”

• Building heightSpecified

  R-2 single-family residential district inside Griggsville city limits.

  • Height limit in the R-2 schedule; the R-1 maximum height was not confirmed (see separate unknown claim).

  maximum building height: <= 35 feet (height exceptions for spires, towers and similar structures in section 40-4-3)

  “building: minimum total floor area maximum height 720 sq. ft. 35 feet”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  A single mobile home as a permitted use in the R-2 single-family residential district inside Griggsville city limits.

  • Allowed subject to section 40-3-3(d), the R-2 lot and bulk requirements; the text of 40-3-3(d) and the separate Manufactured Housing Code (Chapter 23) were not opened.
  • The R-1 schedule also lists a manufactured-home floor area, but the R-1 permitted-use list was not confirmed as allowing manufactured homes.

  “any permitted use as allowed in an r-1 district. a single mobile home (subject to section 40-3-3(d))”

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Land divisions inside Griggsville city limits, under the city's Subdivision Code (Chapter 34).

  • Only the index of the municipal code was read; the requirements in Chapter 34 were not opened.

  “50 - subdivision code - chapter 34 51 - table 5-a 52 - table of contents - chapter 36”

• Permit processPartial

  Building permits for work under Chapter 6 inside Griggsville city limits.

  • The chapter names the administrator (the same official who administers the zoning chapter) but the application steps, forms and fees are not in this text.

  “the provisions of this chapter shall be administered by the building code administrator, who shall be the same person who administers the zoning chapter of this code”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Griggsville or Pike County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder permits inside Griggsville city limits.
• Certificate of occupancy — New homes inside Griggsville city limits.
• Lot coverage — Land inside Griggsville city limits.
• Living in an RV — Long-term RV occupancy inside Griggsville city limits.
• Camping on your land — Temporary camping inside Griggsville city 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.