Minimum lot size
5,000 sfSmallest conforming lot.
“A Minimum Lot Area (sf) 40,000 7,200 5,000 5,000 5,000”Table 8.10-1 Residential Zoning District Requirements › A Minimum Lot Area (sf) › R5 column · Waukegan code · read 2026-10-03
Waukegan, IL · zoning record
R5 zoning in Waukegan.
The dimensional standards that govern what you can build in the R5 district, straight from Waukegan's ordinance, with every figure quoting its source. Check a specific address to see how these rules apply to a real lot.
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R5 dimensional standards.
These are the letter-of-the-law limits for the base R5 district. Overlays (historic, neighborhood plan, and similar) can tighten them; a specific address check resolves the overlays that actually apply.
Sources
Every figure above is quoted verbatim from the current ordinance. We never substitute a typical-for-zone default: a field absent from the record shows nothing, not a guess.
- Table 8.10-1 Residential Zoning District Requirements · Waukegan, IL code of ordinances (read 2026-10-03)
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