17-6-0400 PMD, Planned Manufacturing Districts.

3. strengthen existing manufacturing areas that are suitable in size, location and character and which the City Council deems may benefit from designation as a PMD;

4. encourage industrial investment, modernization, and expansion by providing for stable and predictable industrial environments; and

5. help plan and direct programs and initiatives to promote growth and development of the city's industrial employment base.

17-6-0401-B Minimum Land Area. Only areas of 5 or more contiguous acres are eligible for designation as a planned manufacturing district.

17-6-0401-C Establishment. PMD zoning may be established only in accordance with the PMD rezoning procedures of Sec. 17-13-0700.

17-6-0401-D District Boundaries. The boundaries of PMD districts must be shown on the Official Zoning Atlas. Detailed legal descriptions must be included in the ordinance establishing the specific PMD.

17-6-0401-E Conflicting Provisions. When any provision of this section conflicts with a comparable provision concerning the same subject matter in another section under this Zoning Ordinance, the provisions of this section will govern.

17-6-0401-F Districts Established. The following planned manufacturing districts are established:

1. Reserved

2. P.M.D. 2, Elston Corridor

3. P.M.D. 3, Goose Island

4. P.M.D. 4, Kinzie Corridor

5. P.M.D. 5, Chicago/Halsted Corridor

6. P.M.D. 6, Lake Calumet

7. P.M.D. 7, Western/Ogden

8. P.M.D. 8, Stockyards

9. P.M.D. 9, Northwest

10. P.M.D. 10, West Pullman

11. P.M.D. 11, Pilsen

12. P.M.D. 12, Harlem

13. P.M.D. 13, Greater Southwest

14. P.M.D. 14, Kennedy

15. P.M.D. 15, Armitage

17-6-0402 Reserved. (Deleted Coun. J. 3-9-05, p. 44391)

17-6-0403 Allowed Uses. Permanent uses and facilities are allowed in PMD districts in accordance with the use table of this section.

17-6-0403-A Permitted Uses. Uses identified with a “P” are permitted by-right in the subject zoning district, subject to compliance with all other applicable standards of this Zoning Ordinance.

17-6-0403-B Special Uses. Uses identified with an “S” may be allowed if reviewed and approved in accordance with the special use procedures of Sec. 17-13-0900, subject to compliance with all other applicable standards of this Zoning Ordinance.

17-6-0403-C Prohibited Uses. Uses identified with a “-” are expressly prohibited. Uses that are not listed in the table are also prohibited.

17-6-0403-D Use Standards. The “Use Standard” column of the following Use Table identifies use-specific standards that apply to some uses. Compliance with such standards is required regardless of whether the use is a permitted use (P) or special use (S).

17-6-0403-E Planned Developments. Uses identified with a “PD” may be allowed if reviewed and approved in accordance with the planned development procedures of Sec. 17-13-0600. Other uses and development activities may also require review and approval as a planned development based on their size, height or other threshold criteria. (See the mandatory planned development thresholds of Sec. 17-8-0500)

17-6-0403-F Use Table and Standards.

For a printer-friendly PDF version of Table 17-6-0403-F, please click here.

USE GROUP

Use Standard

Use Category

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

No. 6

No. 7

No. 8

No. 9

No. 10

No. 11

No. 12

No. 13

No. 14

No. 15

Specific Use Type

P = permitted by right S = special use approval req'd PD = planned development approval req'd - = not allowed

PUBLIC AND CIVIC

A. Day Care

§ 17-9-0105.5

B. Detention and Correctional Facilities

C. Parks and Recreation
(except as more specifically regulated)

Community Centers, Recreation Buildings and Similar Assembly Use

Community Garden

D. Postal Service

E. Public Safety Services

F. Religious Assembly

G. Utilities and Services, Minor

H. Utilities and Services, Major

COMMERCIAL

I. Animal Services

Shelters / Boarding Kennels

Sales and Grooming

Veterinary

Stables

J. Artist Work Space

§ 17-6-0403-G.1

K. Building Maintenance Services

L. Business Support Services

Copying and Reproduction

§ 17-6-0403-G.2

Business/Trade school

Day Labor Employment Agency

Employment Agencies

M. Urban Farm

Indoor Operation

§ 17-9-0103.3
§ 17-6-0403-G.3

Outdoor Operation

§ 17-9-0103.3
§ 17-6-0403-G.3

Rooftop Operation

§ 17-9-0103.3
§ 17-6-0403-G.3

N. Communication Service Establishments

O. Construction Sales and Service

Building Material Sales

§ 17-6-0403-G.4

Contractor/ Construction Storage Yard

P. Drive-Through Facility

§ 17-9-0106

Q. Eating and Drinking Establishments

Restaurant, Limited

§ 17-6-0403-G.5

Restaurant, General

§ 17-6-0403-G.5

Tavern

§ 17-6-0403-G.5

R. Entertainment and Spectator Sports

Small Venue

Medium Venue

Wagering Facility

P/S

§ 17-9-0110

Industrial Private Event Venue including incidental liquor sales

§ 17-9-0130

* Editor's note – Coun. J. 2-10-16, p. 18766, § 13, did not distinguish between No. 8 “A” and No. 8 “B”; “P” inserted in both columns at the discretion of the Code editor.

S. Financial Services (except as more specifically regulated)

§ 17-6-0403-G.6

Consumer Loan Establishment

Payday/Title Secured Loan Store

§ 17-9-0125

Pawn Shop

§ 17-9-0127

T. Food and Beverage Retail Sales

§ 17-6-0403-G.7

U. Gas Stations

§ 17-9-0109

V. Medical Service

§ 17-6-0403-G.8

W. Office (except as more specifically regulated)

§ 17-6-0403-G.9
§ 17-6-0403-G.16

Electronic Data Storage Center

X. Parking, Non- Accessory

Y. Personal Service

§ 17-6-0403-G.10

Z. Repair or Laundry Service, Consumer

§ 17-6-0403-G.11

AA. Residential Storage Warehouse

BB. Retail Sales, General

P/S

§ 17-6-0403-G.12

CC. Sports and Recreation, Participant

Shooting Range Facility

DD. [Reserved]

EE. Vehicle Sales and Service

Auto Supply/Accessory Sales

§ 17-6-0403-G.13

Car Wash or Cleaning Service

Heavy Equipment Sales/ Rental

§ 17-9-0107

Light Equipment Sales/Rental (e.g., auto, motorcycle and boat sales)

P D

§ 17-9-0107

Motor Vehicle Repair Shop, not including body work, painting or commercial vehicle repairs

Motor Vehicle Repair Shop, may include body work, painting or commercial vehicle repairs

Vehicle Storage and Towing

RVs or Boat Storage

§ 17-6-0403-G.14

INDUSTRIAL

FF. Manufacturing, Production and Industrial Service

Artisan (on-site production of goods by hand manufacturing, involving the use of hand tools and small-scale, light mechanical equipment)

Limited (manufacturing of finished parts or products, primarily from previously prepared materials)

General (all manufacturing – except intensive manufacturing – of finished or unfinished products, primarily from extracted or raw materials, or recycled or secondary materials, or bulk storage and handling of such products)

Intensive (manufacturing of acetylene, cement lime, gypsum or plaster-of-paris, chlorine, corrosive acid or fertilizer, insecticides, disinfectants, poisons, explosives, paint, lacquer, varnish, petroleum products, coal products, plastic and synthetic resins and radioactive materials)

§ 17-6-0403-G.15
& § 17-9-0117

GG. [Reserved]

HH. Recycling Facilities

Class I

Class II

Class III

§ 17-9-0117

Class IVA

§ 17-9-0117

Class IVB

§ 17-9-0117

Class V

§ 17-9-0117

II. Warehouse and Freight Movement (except as more specifically regulated)

§ 17-9-0117 &
§ 17-6-0403-G.17

Container Storage

§ 17-9-0105 &
§ 17-9-0117

Freight Terminal

§ 17-9-0117

Outdoor Storage or Raw Materials as a Principal Use

§ 17-9-0117

JJ. Waste-Related Use

Hazardous Materials Disposal or Storage

§ 17-9-0117

Liquid Waste Handling Facilities

§ 17-9-0117

Reprocessable Construction / Demolition Material Facility

§ 17-9-0117

Resource Recovery Facilities

§ 17-9-0117

Transfer Stations

§ 17-9-0117

Modified Transfer Stations

§ 17-9-0117

OTHER

KK. Signs, Advertising (Billboards)

LL. Wireless Communication Facilities

Co-located

§ 17-9-0118

Free-standing (Towers)

§ 17-9-0118

MM. Coke & Coal Bulk Material

§ 17-9-0117-B

NN. Cannabis Business Establishments

Cannabis Cultivation Center

§ 17-9-0129

Cannabis Craft Grower

§ 17-9-0129

Cannabis Infuser

§ 17-9-0129

Cannabis Processor

§ 17-9-0129

OO. Manganese-bearing Material Operation

§ 17-9-0117-D

17-6-0403-G Supplemental Use Standards. In addition to the use standards listed in Sec. 17-9-0100, the following Supplemental Use standards also shall apply where specifically indicated.

1. Artist Work Space. Accessory galleries, showrooms and sales spaces shall not be larger than 4,000 square feet. In PMD 8, one accessory dwelling unit for an artist's household may be established within the principal building provided the floor area of the dwelling unit is less than or equal to the floor area of the artist's work space within the building and the dwelling unit is separated from the artist's work space and all other areas of the building in accordance with Section .

2. Business Support Service. Copying and reproduction services as a principal use shall not be larger than 3,000 square feet, provided:

a. this floor area limit does not apply to projects which reuse an existing building;

b. this floor area limit does not apply in PMD 7B, PMD 8B and PMD 11B.

3. Urban Farm. Retail sales are limited to sales of goods produced on site, and sales space shall not occupy more than 3,000 square feet.

4. Construction Sales and Service. Building material sales uses shall have a maximum customer accessible retail sales area of not more than 20% of gross floor area, provided this floor area limit does not apply in PMD 7B, PMD 8B and PMD 11B.

5. Eating and Drinking Establishments. Eating and drinking establishments shall not be larger than 4,000 square feet and shall not provide entertainment, provided:

a. in PMD 3, PMD 4, PMD 9 and PMD 14 the maximum floor area limit is 8,000 square feet, there is no entertainment restriction, and the Zoning Board of Appeals is authorized to (i) increase the maximum floor area to 12,000 square feet and (ii) allow an accessory outdoor patio if reviewed and approved in accordance with the special use procedures of Sec. 17-13-0900;

b. these floor area and entertainment limits do not apply in PMD 7B, PMD 8B and PMD 11B.

6. Financial Service. Financial service uses shall not be larger than 3,000 square feet, provided:

a. this maximum floor area limit is 6,000 square feet in PMD 9 on lots abutting West North Avenue;

b. this floor area limit does not apply in PMD 7B, PMD 8B and PMD 11B.

7. Food and Beverage Retail Sales. Food and beverage retail sales uses shall not be larger than 3,000 square feet, provided:

a. this maximum floor area limit is 8,000 square feet in PMD 3;

b. this maximum floor area limit is 6,000 square feet in PMD 8 on lots abutting South Halsted Street north of Pershing Road;

c. this floor area limit does not apply in PMD 4B, PMD 7B, PMD 8B and PMD 11B.

8. Medical Service. Medical service uses shall not be larger than 9,000 square feet, provided:

a. this floor area limit does not apply to projects which reuse an existing building;

b. this floor area limit does not apply in PMD 7B, PMD 8B and PMD 11B.

9. Office. Office uses shall not be larger than 9,000 square feet, provided:

a. this floor area limit does not apply to projects which reuse an existing building or are accessory to an allowed industrial use;

b. this floor area limit does not apply in PMD 2, PMD 3 and PMD 5;

c. this floor area limit does not apply in PMD 4A, on lots abutting North Ashland Avenue if reviewed and approved in accordance with the special use procedures of Sec. 17-13-0900;

d. this floor area limit does not apply in PMD 4B, PMD 7B, PMD 8B and PMD 11B.

10. Personal Service. Personal service uses shall not be larger than 3,000 square feet, provided:

a. the floor area limit is 8,000 square feet in PMD 3 and PMD 4B;

b. the floor area limit does not apply in PMD 7B, PMD 8B and PMD 11B.

11. Repair or Laundry Service, Consumer. Consumer repair or laundry service uses shall not be larger than 3,000 square feet, provided this floor area limit does not apply in PMD 4B, PMD 7B, PMD 8B and PMD 11B.

12. Retail Sales, General. General retail sales are limited to incidental sales of goods produced on site, and retail space shall not occupy more than 3,000 square feet or 20% of the total gross floor area, whichever is less, provided:

a. this on-site production limit shall not apply in PMD 4B, and the Zoning Board of Appeals is authorized to increase the maximum floor area limit if reviewed and approved in accordance with the special use procedures of Sec. 17-13-0900;

b. this on-site production and floor area limit does not apply in PMD 7B, PMD 8B, and PMD 11B;

c. this on-site production and floor area limit does not apply in PMD 14 if reviewed and approved in accordance with the special use procedures of Sec. 17-13-0900.

13. Auto Supply/Accessory Sales. Auto supply/accessory sales uses shall not be larger than 3,000 square feet, provided this floor area limit does not apply in PMD 7B, PMD 8B and PMD.

14. RVs or Boat Storage. In PMD 6, boat storage is permitted only on sites of 10 acres or more located on the Calumet River north of East 100th Street.

15. Manufacturing, Production and Industrial Service. In PMD 2, intensive manufacturing, production and industrial service uses are limited to asphalt plants and concrete plants only.

16. Incidental Commercial Use. Office buildings located on lots abutting North Ashland Avenue in PMD 4A may have incidental commercial use tenants if reviewed and approved in accordance with the special use procedures of Sec. 17-13-0900, provided the incidental commercial uses:

a. are located on the ground floor of the building;

b. are clearly incidental and subordinate to the office use;

c. occupy no more than 25%, in the aggregate, of the gross floor area of the ground floor of the building;

d. are limited to the following use categories:

i. Building Maintenance Services

ii. Business Support Services

iii. Day Care

iv. Financial Services (bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, currency exchange, and credit union use types only)

v. Food and Beverage Retail Sales (no liquor or live poultry sales)

vi. Medical Service

vii. Personal Service

viii. Repair or Laundry Service, Consumer

ix. Retail Sales, General

17. Fulfillment Centers. Warehouses may include the distribution of retail products, both general and food and beverage, directly to the consumer through third-party delivery, provided there is no customer-accessible sales area on site. Such products do not have to be produced on site.

17-6-0404 Nonconforming Uses. Nonconforming uses may be replaced only with allowed uses.

17-6-0405 Development Standards.

17-6-0405-A Regulations Along R District Boundaries. Setbacks must be provided in accordance with the standards of Sec. 17-5-0405 and Sec. 17-5-0600.

17-6-0405-B Sign Standards. Development in all PMD districts must comply with the sign standards applicable to M districts (see Chapter 17-12).

17-6-0405-C Off-street Parking. Development in all PMD districts must comply with the off-street standards applicable to M1, M2 and M3 districts (See Sec. 17-5-0206 and Chapter 17-10). When no off-street parking standard for a PMD use is established in Sec. 17-5-0206, a parking standard must be established in accordance with Sec. 17-10-0406)

17-6-0405-D Off-street Loading. Development in all PMD districts must comply with the off-street loading standards of Sec. 17-10-1100.

17-6-0405-E Floor Area Ratio. All development in PMDs is subject to the following maximum floor area ratio standards:

District	Maximum Floor Area Ratio
P.M.D. No. 2	3.0
P.M.D. No. 3	3.0
P.M.D. No. 4	3.0
P.M.D. No. 5	5.0
P.M.D. No. 6	3.0
P.M.D. No. 7	3.0
P.M.D. No. 8	3.0
P.M.D. No. 9	3.0
P.M.D. No. 10	3.0
P.M.D. No. 11	3.0
P.M.D. No. 12	2.2
P.M.D. No. 13	2.2
P.M.D. No. 14	2.2
P.M.D. No. 15	3.0

(See Sec. 17-17-0305 for rules governing the measurement of floor area ratio.)

17-6-0406 Indoor/Outdoor Operations. Within 300 feet of any R district, all business, servicing, processing and product assembly must take place within a completely enclosed building.

17-6-0407 Indoor/Outdoor Storage. Within 300 feet of any R district, all storage of goods and materials, except motor vehicles, must take place within a completely enclosed building or be effectively screened from view by a solid fence or wall (including solid entrance and exit gates) at least 8 feet in height.

(Added Coun. J. 5-26-04, p. 25275; Amend Coun. J. 5-26-04, p. 25277, 25287, 25299; Amend Coun. J. 1-11-05, p. 41231; Amend Coun. J. 3-9-05, p. 44391; Amend Coun. J. 7-27-05, p. 54238; Amend Coun. J. 9-14-05, p. 55912; Amend Coun. J. 9-14-05, p. 55914; Amend Coun. J. 11-1-05, p. 60274; Amend Coun. J. 11-30-05, p. 62719; Amend Coun. J. 11-30-05, p. 62732; Amend Coun. J. 1-11-06, p. 67927; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-06, p. 84870, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 9-27-07, p. 10279, §§ 2 – 4; Amend Coun. J. 4-9-08, p. 24657, § 7; Amend Coun. J. 1-13-09, p. 54380, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 2-11-09, p. 55336, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 5-12-10, p. 92107, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-12-10, p. 92109, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-9-11, p. 112149, § 23; Amend Coun. J. 6-8-11, p. 1725, § 4*; Amend Coun. J. 9-8-11, p. 7541, § 7; Amend Coun. J. 1-17-13, p. 45622, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-13-13, 47141, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 6-5-13, p. 55448, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-24-13, p. 58321, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-24-13, p. 58324, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-13, p. 71898, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 1-15-14, p. 73271, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-5-14, p. 74738, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 4-30-14, p. 80394, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 7-30-14, p. 86194, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 9-10-14, p. 88538, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-8-14, p. 93150, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-5-14, p. 96205, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 1-21-15, p. 102086, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-10-16, p. 18766, § 13; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 25018, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-14-16, p. 31756, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-29-17, p. 45475, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-24-17, p. 50364, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 7-26-17, p. 53898, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 62501, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 3-28-18, p. 74512, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 6-27-18, p. 80808, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-20-18, p. 84908, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-13-19, p. 97359, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100029, Art. II, § 108; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100807, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-18-19, p. 6224, §§ 2, 3; Amend Coun. J. 10-16-19, p. 7854, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 10-7-20, p. 21791, Art. VII, § 26; Amend Coun. J. 2-26-21, p. 28054, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-24-21, p. 29065, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-21, p. 41637, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-21, p. 42922, § 10; Amend Coun. J. 5-25-22, p. 48249, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 6-22-22, p. 49379, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-21-24, p. 9667, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-20-24, p. 10438, § 1)

* Editor's note– Coun. J. 6-8-11, p. 1725, § 4, mistakenly stated that it amended § 17-6-207. In reality, the ordinance amended this section; however, that amendment has been subsequently repealed.

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