(A) General purpose of Business Districts. Business zoning districts are established, designed, and intended to provide a comfortable, healthy, safe, and pleasant environment in which to shop, dine, obtain various services, and to:
(1) Accommodate retail, commercial, service, and mixed uses needed by Carol Stream residents, businesses, visitors, and workers;
(2) Maintain and enhance the village's economic base and provide shopping, entertainment, restaurant, service and other nonresidential uses close to where people live and work;
(3) Create suitable environments for various types of business uses and protect them from the adverse effects of incompatible uses;
(4) Allow flexibility to encourage redevelopment and improvements to existing businesses; and
(5) Help ensure that the appearance and operational impacts of business uses do not adversely affect the character of the areas in which they are located.
(B) Town Center District - B-1. (See Figure 16-3-5(B))
(1) Purpose. The B-1 District is established to foster the growth and development of the village's "Town Center". The intent of this district is to provide for a variety of retail, office, service, residential, and cultural amenities in a central setting. While visitors are likely to access the B- 1 district by vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian facilities and circulation within the district are prioritized.
(2) Dimensional standards. Setbacks in the B-1 District shall be as established through the Planned Development and Gary Avenue Corridor Review Processes.
(C) Neighborhood Business District - B-2. (See Figure 16-3-5(C))
(1) Purpose. The B-2 District is established to provide and preserve areas that offer access to goods and services that residents and the general public need on a day-to-day basis. The intent of this district is to provide neighborhood-scale business uses without negatively impacting quality of life due to noise, traffic, or other issues related to high intensity business uses.
(2) Dimensional standards.
(D) General Business District - B-3. (See Figure 16-3-5(D))
(1) Purpose. The B-3 District is established to provide and preserve areas along highly visible and accessible road corridors that provide for a broad range of retail, wholesale, and service uses. Because of the scale and access requirements of uses in this district, they often cannot be compatibly integrated within the Town Center or Neighborhood Business Districts. Development at district boundaries must provide a compatible transition to uses outside the district.
(2) Dimensional standards.
(Ord. 2021-05-15, passed 5-3-2021; Ord. 2022-01-04, passed 1-3-2022)