(A) General. This business district is intended to provide areas suitable for a broad range of business activities and makes provision for areas within the district for the establishment of compatible retail office and pedestrian highway retail office and pedestrian highway retail services. The intent of the district is inclusive of a desire to facilitate the location decisions of a variety of business activities while protecting the economic condition of existing areas contributing to the stability of the county. To achieve the intent of the district, great care should be exercised in zoning any parcel to the B-1 District to insure its compatibility with adjacent or existing business activities in the county.
(B) Conditions of use.
(1) Dwelling units, lodging rooms; not permitted below second floor. Dwelling units and lodging rooms are not permitted below the second floors except for the business owner or operator of a motel, hotel or similar use.
(2) Sale of foodstuffs, etc; conducted within enclosed building. The sale of foodstuffs or articles intended for human consumption shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building.
(3) Incidental and essential to retail business. There shall be no manufacture, processing or treatment of products other than those, which are clearly incidental end essential to the retail business conducted on the same premises.
(4) Limited to five persons. Not more than five persons (exclusive of manager, clerks, and drivers) shall be engaged in the manufacture, processing or treatment of products.
(5) Nuisances not permitted. Such uses, operations or products shall not cause objectionable odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration or other similar nuisances.
(6) Yard areas. No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with the building.
(7) Front yard. There shall be provided on every lot a front yard not less than 50 feet in depth, except that when existing buildings located in this district have already established a building line at a depth less than required above, then all new buildings may conform to the same building line
(8) Side yard. A side yard of a minimum of ten feet shall be provided
(9) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 20 feet, however, an accessory building may be located thereon, except for the five feet adjacent and parallel to the rear lot line or alley line, for the storage of motor vehicles and the unloading and loading of vehicles under roof.
(10) Maximum floor area ratio and coverage. The floor area ratio shall not exceed 1.2 and not more than 60% of a zoning lot shall be covered by a building or buildings.
(11) Additional requirements. The applicant should refer to the following sections for additional requirements:
(12) Buffer area. When abutting a residential district or lot, a six foot tall sight-proof fence or ten foot tall landscaped screen shall be provided. Such landscaped screen shall consist of shrubbery and trees at least five feet in height when planted and shall be maintained at not less than ten feet in height when fully grown. Other forms of screening shall be as approved by the Zoning Administrator.
(C) Permitted uses. The following retail business and service uses are permitted, provided they are operated entirely within a building, except for off-street parking and loading facilities.
(1) Air conditioning and heating sales and service.
(2) Antique shops.
(3) Art and school supply stores.
(4) Art galleries and studios.
(5) Auto parts store.
(6) Bakery shops, including the baking and processing of food products, when prepared for retail use on the premises only.
(7) Banks and financial institutions.
(8) Barber shops, beauty parlors, chiropody, massage therapist or similar personal service shops.
(9) Book and stationery stores.
(10) Bicycle sales and repair.
(11) Candy and ice cream shops.
(12) Camera and photographic supply shops for retail sale.
(13) Carpet, rug and linoleum stores.
(14) China and glassware stores.
(15) Coin and philatelic stores.
(16) Currency exchanges.
(17) Cutting of glass, mirror and glazing.
(18) Custom dressmaking, costume rental, millinery, tailoring, or shoe repair shops, when conducted for retail sale on the premises only.
(19) Department stores.
(20) Dry goods stores.
(21) Drug stores.
(22) Dry cleaning and pressing establishments, retail.
(23) Electrical appliance stores and repairs, but not including appliance assembly or manufacturing.
(24) Employment agency.
(25) Financial services.
(26) Florist shops and conservatories for retail trade on the premises.
(27) Food, meat and fruit stores.
(28) Frozen food stores and food lockers.
(29) Furniture store, and upholstery when conducted as a part of the retail operations and secondary to the main use.
(30) Furrier, when conducted for retail trade on the premises only.
(31) Gift shops.
(32) Hardware stores.
(33) Haberdasheries.
(34) Hobby stores.
(35) Household appliance stores and repairs.
(36) Interior decorating shops, including upholstery and making of draperies, slip covers and other similar articles, when conducted as a part of the retail operations and secondary to the main use.
(37) Jewelry and watch repair shops.
(38) Laundries, automatic self-service types, or hand.
(39) Leather goods and luggage stores.
(40) Locksmith.
(41) Millinery shops.
(42) Modular building units for office commercial use, provided they meet the requirements of the county building code for placement in the county. These are to be only modular building units that have received prior approval of the Building and Zoning Committee and are on file in the office of the Building Department.
(43) Musical instrument sales and repair, retail trade only.
(44) Newsstands.
(45) Offices, business and professional, including medical clinics.
(46) Optician, optometrist.
(47) Orthopedic and medical appliance store, but not including the assembly or manufacture of such articles.
(48) Package liquor stores.
(49) Paint and wallpaper stores.
(50) Pet shops, pet grooming, and pet training, but not including animal hospitals.
(51) Photography studios, including the development of film and pictures when done as a part of the retail business on the premises.
(52) Plumbing and heating showroom and shop.
(53) Picture framing, when conducted for retail trade on the premises only.
(54) Photo developing and processing.
(55) Postal substations.
(56) Public utility collection office.
(57) [Reserved].
(58) Savings and loan associations.
(59) Sewing machine sales and service.
(60) Shoe and hat stores, and repairing when done as a part of the retail business.
(61) Signs, as regulated by § 93.118.
(62) Sporting goods stores.
(63) Theater, indoor.
(64) Telephone booths, public.
(65) Tobacco shops.
(66) Toy stores.
(67) Travel bureau and transportation ticket office.
(68) T.V. disks.
(69) Wearing apparel shops.
(70) Prehistoric stone artifacts, their restoration and related activities.
(72) Telecommunication facility not to exceed 200 feet in height. (Subject to the requirements of § 93.099).
(73) All land used for agricultural purposes, which includes the growing of farm crops, truck garden crops, animal and poultry husbandry, apiculture, nurseries, tree farms, sod farms, pasturage, viticulture, and wholesale greenhouses when such agricultural purposes constitute the principal activity on the land. Any lawfully allowed animals, pursuant to this chapter, shall be enclosed within a pen at all times so that the animal will not become free roaming. Animals, consistent with the animal husbandry practices of the day, shall be provided shelter so as to be protected from adverse weather. Also consistent with then current animal husbandry practices, animals shall be provided with food and water. Premises upon which animals are kept, including areas of feed storage, shall be kept in a clean and healthy manner so as to not attract unwanted creatures and to not become a nuisance.
(74) Flea markets.
(75) Coffee, juice, tea, and smoothie shops.
(76) Prefabricated accessory structure sales on an open lot or within a building.
(1) Automobile service and repair stations but excluding auto body repair and painting.
(2) Eating and drinking establishments.
(3) Churches, rectories and parish houses (see § 93.077).
(4) Clubs or lodges (nonprofit), fraternal or religious institutions.
(5) Dwellings, frame construction only, including mobile homes in compliance with § 93.101.
(6) Fairgrounds, circuses, coliseums, race tracks and other similar exposition and recreational uses.
(8) Hotels and motels, including restaurants and meeting rooms.
(9) Meeting halls.
(11) Utilities: Electrical substations, gas regulator stations, other public utility distribution or exchange facilities.
(12) Railroad freight cars, to be used for storage only as an accessory use to the primary use and located not in the front yard area.
(13) Massage or similar personal service shops.
(14) Rock concerts, beer blasts, or any similar outdoor activities, when operated in conjunction with or separate from an existing business established on the site.
(15) Licensed veterans establishment.
(16) Licensed fraternal establishment.
(17) Licensed truck stop establishment.
(18) Convenience store.
(19) Gasoline service station, with or without a convenience store. (See § 93.082).
(20) Drive-up window, restaurant or convenience store.
(21) Indoor shooting ranges, conceal and carry lessons, or firearms safety courses. Any shooting ranges must be at least 1,000 feet from any residence.
(1) Off-street parking and loading.
(2) Storage of merchandise or inventory usually carried in stock, provided that the storage shall be located on the lot with the retail, service, or commercial use. There can be storage on the outside of the building, provided that it is kept in a neat and orderly condition, and not permitted to create a health hazard and an eyesore to the general area.
(3) Accessory structures. Accessory structures may include a kitchenette or bathroom, but shall not include a full kitchen, bedroom, or living space.
(4) Video games and amusements, electronic devices, and other similar devices. This accessory use can only be used in conjunction with licensed eating and drinking establishments, licensed veterans establishments, licensed truck stop establishments, or licensed fraternal establishments and must adhere to all governing statutes including but not limited to the Illinois Video Game Act (230 ILCS 40).
(F) Prohibited uses.
(1) The following uses shall not be permitted: Boarding and rooming houses; dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses; apartment hotels; mobile homes or mobile home parks; and any uses for living quarters not specifically provided for in this section.
(2) Provided that neither junk yards, the dismantling of vehicles, or the storage of dismantled vehicles, petroleum bulk plants, or outside storage of inflammable liquids or explosives, shall be permitted in this district.
(3) Establishments of the drive-in type offering goods or services directly to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles are not permitted.
(4) Vehicles, such as automobiles, buses, and trucks that do not bear a current set of license plates; or are not in running condition; or are in such condition that they are inoperable on public streets shall not be permitted unless such vehicles are incidental to and essential for the primary use taking place on the property.
(5) Restaurants or bars that feature nude dancing in any form.
(6) Junk and debris, and outdoor storage of goods and materials where such storage is not permitted.
(Ord. 2014-18, passed 4-16-2014; Ord. 2017-02, passed 6-1-2017; Ord. 2020-02, passed 1-16-2020; Ord. 2024-01, passed 3-5-2024)