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Land-use
planning and zoning for the Village of Deer Park serves to fix
population density in the area. In general the density
of Deer Park is one family per acre, although every home site
is not necessarily one acre in size. A very few families
maintain farms and estates of larger tracts. Some homes
have been built on lots of less than an acre in size,
which were subdivided and sold before the village was
incorporated and the present zoning ordinances adopted.
The
Village of Deer Park Zoning Ordinance is an ordinance
classifying, regulating, and restricting the location of
trades and industries and the location of buildings for
specified uses; regulating and limiting the height and bulk of
buildings, hereinafter erected or altered, regulating and
limiting the intensity of use of lot areas; and regulating and
determining the area of yards and other open spaces within and
surrounding such buildings; establishing the boundaries of
districts for said purpose; providing for the elimination of
non-conforming uses; prescribing penalties for the violation
of its provisions.
The
aims of the Village Comprehensive Master Plan are:
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To
insure orderly development of the area in keeping with
the rural characteristics |
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To
control the burden of local school facilities |
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To
retain open space |
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To
upgrade residential values |
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To
preserve the green belt |
Deer
Park housing dates to the 1950s with the construction of ranch
style residences, but most of its residential building has
taken place during the 1970s and 1980s, when two-story
country-style houses and manor-houses became popular. The village is composed exclusively of
townhomes and single-family
homes. There are no condominium parks or rental
complexes in the Village of Deer park.
All
sub dividers must submit plans for approval to the Plan
Commission and the Village Board before any building permits
are issued. Deer Park building codes, zoning ordinances,
and subdivision control ordinance specify all particulars of
sound construction and all details relative to new
construction.
Zoning
in the village is primarily one-acre residential, but some
land along the perimeter is zoned for planned development
along Rand Road (business and offices) and on the northwest
side for two-acre residential property.
The
Village of Deer Park is a member of BACOG (Barrington Area
Councils of Governments) and supports cooperative planning. It
has a number of parcels of land which conform to the open
space policy, and which may be used for both passive and
active recreation by the local citizens. |
