(A) Purpose. This district is intended to provide locations for large scale commercial developments and uses that cater to a regional market and population base. This district is not appropriate or warranted in any location other than along US Route 12/Illinois Route 59 and Illinois Route 120, east of Darrell Road and west of Lilly Lake Road.
(1) C-3 district bulk standards: See Table 6.
(2) Permitted and conditional uses: See Table 7.
(3) Off-street parking and loading: As provided herein.
(4) Landscaping and screening: As provided herein.
(5) Stormwater detention and floodplain development requirements: See § 22.044.
(8) Dwelling unit standards:
(a) Shall only be allowed above a first-floor business or commercial use.
(b) Minimum lot size: See R-4 minimum lot size per dwelling unit as outlined in Table 4.
(9) Design standards: As provided in § 22.052.
(10) Other requirements:
(a) As provided in general district regulations.
(b) All deliveries and loading related activities, as well as parking lot sweeping in the service area, directly abutting a residential area, shall not be permitted between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(c) Refrigerated trailers shall not be left separated from the cab on the site and all trailers shall only be parked within the designated loading areas.
(d) Outdoor cafes/dining on private property that are located within the C-3 district and constructed on or within planned developments of not less than 50 acres, shall be permitted and do not require temporary use approval as outlined in § 22.049. Instead these exempt outdoor cafes/dining shall be subject to the following standards listed below:
1. Outdoor cafe/dining facilities may only be incidental to an existing restaurant that has obtained all applicable village approvals.
2. A fully dimensioned and to scale plan shall be provided showing the location of the outdoor cafe/dining, the layout of the table and chairs, trash receptacles, server station, protective fencing, building entrance(s), and ancillary parking lot.
3. All tables and chairs and other appurtenances shall be constructed in such a manner that they can easily be removed during winter months and/or if required by the village.
4. The sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the outdoor cafe/dining area shall be subject to and restricted by the liquor license governing the restaurant.
5. The operation of the outdoor dining facility shall be permitted between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
6. All outdoor furnishings shall be of durable quality and shall be designed to withstand a wind pressure of not less than 30 pounds per square foot.
7. Live entertainment shall also be subject to the temporary use permit process.
(Ord. 480B, passed 8-21-1953; Ord. 90-O-036, passed 11-8-1990; Ord. 14-O-36, passed 11-14-2014; Ord. 19-O-20, passed 9-17-2019)
C-1 | C-2 | C-3 | |
Minimum area for zoning district | 1 acre | 1 acre | 2 acres |
Minimum lot area | 10,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 |
Minimum lot width | 50 | 50 | 100 |
Minimum front yard and corner side yard setback (a) | 30 | 15 | 30 |
Minimum interior side yards setback (a) | 10 | 10 | |
Adjacent to Residential District (a) | 20 | 15 | 20 |
Minimum rear yard setback (a) | 15 | - | 15 |
Adjacent to Residential District (a) | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Maximum floor area ratio | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
Maximum building height | No zoning requirements: refer to building code for any additional requirements | ||
Maximum lot coverage | No zoning requirements: refer to building code and stormwater for any additional requirements | ||
Table 6 Notes: (a) Minimum setback plus two feet for each one foot of building height over 35 feet. | |||
(Ord. 480B, passed 8-21-1953; Ord. 90-O-036, passed 11-8-1990; Ord. 14-O-36, passed 11-14-2014; Ord. 19-O-20, passed 9-17-2019)
Table 7: Permitted and Conditional Use in Commercial Districts P = Permitted, C = Conditional Use Permit | |||
Land Use Category | C-1 | C-2 | C-3 |
Accessory uses, buildings, and structures to all permitted uses in the district, including off-street parking and loading and signs as provided in §§ 22.110 through 22.112 and 22.145 through 22.148 | P | P | P |
Amusement establishments, indoor | C | C | |
Amusement establishments, outdoor | C | ||
Animal hospital/care facility | C | C | C |
Animal day care and kennels | C | C | C |
Antenna, non-residential | C | ||
Antique shop | P | P | P |
Apparel and accessory stores | P | P | P |
Appliance sales and service | P | P | P |
Art and craft gallery, studios, and supply stores | P | P | P |
Auction rooms | C | C | |
Auditorium, stadium, or other similar places for public events | C | ||
Automobile accessory, parts, and supply stores | P | P | |
Automobile gas station, including convenience mart | C | P | |
Automated teller machines (not including drive-through kiosk) | P | P | P |
Bakery | P | P | P |
Banks and other financial institutions (not including drive-through) | P | P | P |
Banquet facility | C | C | |
Beauty shops, barber shops, and spas | P | P | P |
Bicycle sales, rental and repair shops | P | P | P |
Boat sales and service, not including open sales lot | P | ||
Body modification establishments | P | C | P |
Bookstores or book and stationary stores | P | P | P |
Bowling alley | P | ||
Brewery/winery | C | P | |
Brew pub | C | P | P |
Building material and supply stores | P | ||
Business machine sales, rental and service | P | ||
Camera and photographic supply and processing stores | P | P | P |
Camping and outdoor recreational equipment sales | P | P | |
Candy, confectionary, ice cream, popcorn, nut, and yogurt stores | P | P | P |
Cannabis Dispensary Facility (Recreational or Medical) | C | ||
Car wash | C | C | |
Card and gift stores | P | P | P |
Carpet and rug stores (retail sales with ancillary cleaning services) | P | P | P |
Catering establishments | C | P | |
Clothing and shoe repair | P | P | P |
Club or lodge, private | C | C | C |
Coin and philatelic stores | P | P | P |
Commercial school | P | C | P |
Computer, personal electronic/phone device sales (retail and ancillary service) | P | P | P |
Concrete redi-mix plat and related uses, provided that no such conditional use may be approved for placement within 700 feet of any parcels under residential use at the time of application therefore; any such conditional use parcel must be located within McHenry County, and any such conditional use parcel must be located adjacent to Illinois Route 120 | C | ||
Conditional public uses | C | C | C |
Contractor’s office | P | P | |
Convenience store | P | P | P |
Crematories | C | C | |
Day care center, adult | C | C | C |
Day care center, child | C | C | C |
Drive-through establishments | C | C | C |
Drive-through establishments constructed on or within planned developments of not less than 50 acres | P | ||
Dry cleaners and laundries (processing to be done off-site) and laundromats | P | C | P |
Dwelling unit, above the first floor only | P | P | P |
Educational institutions, as defined in § 22.011 | C | C | C |
Electrical sales, including ancillary service | P | ||
Employment agencies | P | P | |
Equipment rental | P | ||
Exterminating and taxidermist services | P | P | |
Eyewear sales and service | P | P | P |
Florist shops | P | P | P |
Food and grocery stores under 5,000 square feet, convenience marts, meat markets, produce, fish markets, dairy stores, health food stores, with bakery and food preparation on premises | P | P | P |
Food and grocery stores greater than 5,000 square feet, convenience marts, meat markets, produce, fish markets, dairy stores, and health food stores, with bakery and food preparation on premises | P | ||
Funeral home | C | C | |
Furniture and home decorating stores (retail and ancillary upholstery) | P | P | P |
Game rooms, including pool halls but excluding restaurants with ancillary gaming devices | C | C | |
General merchandise with e-commerce and order fulfilment | P | C | P |
Gun/firearms shop (FFL, retail, service and training), not including a shooting range | P | P | P |
Hardware, garden supply, and nurseries, including lawnmowers, snow blowers and small motor equipment sales and service | C | P | |
Health clinic less than 5,000 square feet | P | P | C |
Health club | P | P | P |
Hobby and craft shop, including ancillary craft classes | P | P | P |
Home decorating stores | P | P | P |
Hotels | C | C | C |
Jewelry and watch sales and repair shops | P | P | P |
Landscape waste transfer station, provided that no such conditional use may be approved for placement within 700 feet of any parcels under residential use at the time of application therefor; any such conditional use parcel must be located within McHenry County and any such conditional use must be located adjacent to Illinois Route 120 | C | ||
Limousine and taxis dispatch | C | C | |
Liquor stores, package goods only with ancillary tasting events subject to liquor licensing approval | P | P | P |
Locksmith | P | P | P |
Massage and accu-puncture/accu-pressure | C | C | C |
Medical and dental laboratory | C | ||
Monument sales, not including open sales lot | P | ||
Motor vehicles sales and rental, including but not limited to cars, trucks, trailers, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, but not including open sales lot | P | ||
Motor vehicle repair, major | C | ||
Motor vehicle repair, minor | C | C | |
Musical instrument sales and repair | P | P | P |
Newspaper, magazine, and tobacco shops | P | P | P |
Office-business, dental and medical, professional and governmental | P | P | P |
Orthopedic and medical appliance (retail and ancillary service) | P | P | P |
Outdoor storage and open sales lot associated with a permitted or conditional use | C | C | |
Paint, tile and wallpaper stores | P | P | P |
Parking, private and public garages and lots | C | ||
Parks, playgrounds, and other publicly owned open spaces | P | P | P |
Pawnshop and cash converter facility | P | P | |
Permitted public uses, as defined herein | P | P | P |
Personal wireless telecommunication facilities | C | ||
Pet shop and grooming | P | P | P |
Pharmacy | P | P | P |
Philanthropic and charitable institutions | P | P | |
Photocopying and duplication distribution establishment with six or fewer employees | P | P | P |
Photography and studio | P | P | P |
Planned unit developments | C | C | C |
Post office | C | C | C |
Radio and recording studio | C | ||
Recreational and sports training facility | C | C | P |
Religious institutions, subject to minimum lot area requirement in Table 4 | C | C | |
Restaurants, eat-in or carry-out; delicatessens; retail bakeries; donut shops, and convenience marts with limited food preparation on premises; not to include live entertainment or drive-throughs | P | P | P |
Retail stores/sales (not otherwise listed) | P | P | P |
Salon and spas (beauty and medical) | P | P | P |
Shooting range | C | ||
Sewing machine sales and service | P | P | P |
Small wireless facilities, see § 22.320 | P | P | P |
Sporting goods | P | P | P |
Swimming pool accessory and sales, not including open sales lots | P | P | |
Tailor and dressmaking | P | P | P |
Tanning salon | P | P | P |
Temporary buildings or trailers for construction purposes for a period not to exceed the duration of construction | P | P | P |
Theater, indoor | P | ||
Towing operations | C | ||
Travel agency | P | P | P |
Truck stop, including but not limited to gas sales, convenience mart, and cleaning facilities | C | ||
Video sales and rental, including ancillary walk-up kiosk | P | P | P |
Wholesaling | C | C | |
(Ord. 480B, passed 8-21-1953; Ord. 90-O-036, passed 11-8-1990; Ord. 13-O-27, passed 10-24-2013; Ord. 14-O-36, passed 11-14-2014; Ord. 17-O-10, passed 3-9-2017; Ord. 17-O-21, passed 7-27-2017; Ord. 17-O- 32, passed 10-3-2017; Ord. 19-O-20, passed 9-17-2019; Ord. 20-O-03, passed 3-3-2020)