Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Country Club Hills, Illinois

Country Club Hills’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent

  All land inside Country Club Hills city limits

  • Chapter 15 of the city code; PDF copy dated 5/17/2021, city says the online text may contain conversion errors.

  “dividing the entire city of country club hills, into districts, and restricting the regulating therein the location, construction, reconstruction, alteration, and use of buildings, structures, and land”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts inside Country Club Hills city

  • Also commercial districts C-1 to C-4 and a C-O Cicero Avenue accessory residential overlay district.
  • Annexed territory is automatically classified R-1 until amended.

  “the city of country club hills is, hereby, divided into the following districts: a. residence districts: r-0 single-family residence r-1 single-family residence r-2 single-family residence r-3 single-family residence r-4 single-family residence r-5 multi-family residence”

• Minimum dwelling sizeSpecified

  Single-family districts R-0 to R-4 and special uses in residential districts inside Country Club Hills city

  • Applies to all single-family residence districts; multi-family R-5 has per-unit minimums by bedroom count.

  minimum livable area: >= 1500 sq ft · minimum foundation area: >= 900 sq ft

  “minimum foundation area 83.6 sq. m. 900 sq. ft. minimum livable area 139.35 sq. m. 1500 sq. ft.”

• SetbacksSpecified

  Single-family districts R-0 to R-4 inside Country Club Hills city

  • Attached garage: side yard minimum is 10% of lot width on both sides.
  • Corner lot: side yard facing the street is 25 ft.
  • Rear yard is 40 ft or 30 ft depending on district column; the PDF table headers are garbled, so the column mapping needs confirmation.

  front yard: >= 25 ft · side yard (one side): >= 12 ft (other side 10% of lot width)

  “in the event a single family dwelling is constructed on a corner lot, the minimum side yard setback facing the street shall be 7.6 meters (25 feet).”

• Building heightSpecified

  Single-family districts R-0 to R-4 inside Country Club Hills city

  • Height limits for commercial and R-5 districts not extracted.

  maximum building height: <= 25 ft

  “maximum building height 7.6 m. 25 ft. minimum foundation area 83.6 sq. m. 900 sq. ft. minimum livable area 139.35 sq. m. 1500 sq. ft.”

• Mandatory utility hookupWater and sewer (with conditions)

  Property used for human occupancy abutting a street with a city water main and/or public sanitary sewer inside Country Club Hills city

  • Connect within 90 days after official notice.
  • Applies only if the public sewer and water main is within 100 feet of the property line.
  • Single-family homes with preexisting private wells need not connect until the well becomes inadequate or title transfers; no new well may be drilled.
  • A city connection permit is required.

  distance to main: <= 100 ft (preexisting private wells at single-family residences) · connection deadline after notice: 90 days

  “is hereby required at his expense to install suitable facilities, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sanitary sewer and water facilities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within ninety (90) days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer and water main is within one hundred (100) feet of the property line.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Country Club Hills or Cook County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits inside Country Club Hills city
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside Country Club Hills city
• Building code adopted — Building code inside Country Club Hills city
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Country Club Hills city
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy inside Country Club Hills city

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.

Off-grid gear

Going off-grid in Country Club Hills means bringing your own water and power. The kit we’d start with:

• Water Crystal Quest Filter any source — well, rain, or creek — to drinking-clean.
• Power Bluetti Solar generators and home battery backup for living off the grid.
• Septic Soil percolation test kit Run your own perc test before paying an engineer — the first thing a septic office asks about.
• Water Well water test kit Bacteria, nitrates, hardness — know what the well on a parcel is really pumping.

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