The Zoning Ordinance is adopted for the purpose of improving and protecting the public health, safety, and welfare of residents of the City via the following tenants:

• Implement objectives of the City’s Comprehensive Plan
• Zone all land in the City with a view to conserving property values and encouraging the most appropriate use of land
• Protect all areas of the City from harmful encroachment by incompatible uses
• Establish adequate standards for the provision of light, air, and open spaces
• Prevent overcrowding of land and undue concentration of population, thereby preventing blight and deterioration
• Lessen congestion in public streets
• Facilitate public services and facilities such as transportation, water, sewerage, and parks
• Provide for drainage, control of erosion, reduction of flood damage, and destruction of environmental resources
• Encourage a range of housing opportunities that enables all people working in Warrenville to live within the City
• Foster a desirable pattern of relationships among residential, commercial, industrial, and other uses
• Isolate and control the location of unavoidable nuisance-producing uses

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001. Cover Page
001.a Title Page
002. Staff Index
003. Mayor's Letter
004. Table of Contents
01.   General Provisions
02.   Filing Procedures
03.   Uses
04.   District Regulations
05.   Off-Street Parking & Loading
06.   Nonconformities
07.   Special Development Approvals
08.   Planned Unit Development
09.   Performance Standards
10.   Accessory Uses
11.   Landscaping Screening
12.   Administration
13.   Definitions
13a. Index
13b. Appendix