(A) General. This business district is intended to provide a greater variety of business uses not permitted in the B-1 District, and for some business uses which are not directly compatible with retail service uses.
(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 and 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 buildings.
(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 the 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 are 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 and service uses are permitted, provided they are operated within a building, except for off-street parking or loading facilities.
(1) Any use permitted in the B-1 District.
(2) Ambulance service.
(3) Amusement establishments: Bowling alleys, pool halls, dance halls, skating rinks and other similar places of recreation.
(4) Automobile accessory store.
(5) Auction rooms.
(6) Automobile service and repair station but excluding auto body repair and painting.
(7) Automobile sales (new), which may include service and repair, and painting and auto body repair.
(8) Blueprinting and photo stating establishments.
(9) Bicycle sales and repair.
(10) Boat showrooms, sales and service.
(11) Carwash, either automatic or self-service.
(12) Catering establishments.
(13) Exterminating shops.
(14) Garages, public, for storage of private passenger automobiles and commercial vehicles under one and one-half-ton capacity.
(15) Hand laundries.
(16) Hotels and motels, including restaurants and meeting rooms.
(17) Laboratories (medical, dental, research, experimental and testing), provided no production or manufacturing of products takes place.
(18) Loan offices.
(19) Meeting halls.
(20) Commercial mobile structures, provided they meet the requirements of the county building code for placement in the county. These are to be only commercial mobile structures that have received prior approval of the Land Uses Committee and are on file in the office of the Building Department.
(21) Pawn shops.
(22) Physical culture and health services.
(23) Printing and publishing of newspapers, periodicals, books.
(24) Radio and television broadcasting stations.
(25) Schools. Music, dance, business, commercial or trade.
(26) Taxidermist shops.
(27) Secondhand stores and rummage shops.
(28) Undertaking establishments, funeral parlors, or mortuaries.
(29) [Reserved].
(1) Eating and drinking establishments.
(2) Churches, rectories and parish houses (see § 93.077).
(3) Clubs or lodges (nonprofit), fraternal or religious institutions.
(4) Dwellings, frame construction only, including mobile homes in compliance with § 93.101.
(5) Fairgrounds, circuses, coliseums, race tracks and other similar exposition and recreational uses.
(7) Meeting halls.
(9) Utilities. Electrical substations, gas regulator stations, other public utility distribution facilities.
(10) Taxi cab service (See § 93.060).
(11) Drive-up window, restaurant or convenience store. (See § 93.060).
(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) Licensed veterans establishment.
(14) Licensed fraternal establishment.
(15) Licensed truck stop establishment.
(16) Convenience store.
(17) Gasoline service station, with or without a convenience store. (See § 93.082).
(18) Indoor shooting ranges, conceal and carry lessons, or firearms safety courses. Any shooting ranges must be at least 1,000 feet from any residence.
(19) Animal hospitals.
(1) Off-street parking and loading.
(2) Storage of merchandise or inventory usually carried in stock, provided the storage shall be located on the lot with the retail, service, or commercial use. There can be storage of 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) Neither junkyards, the dismantling of vehicles, 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 a condition that they are inoperable on public streets shall not be permitted unless such vehicles are incidental to and essential for a permitted primary use taking place on the property.
(5) Restaurants or bars that feature nude dancing in any form.
(6) Junk and debris, outdoor storage of goods and materials where such storage is not permitted.
(Ord. 2014-18, passed 4-16-2014; Ord. 2016-02, passed 2-16-2016; Ord. 2017-02, passed 6-1-2017; Ord. 2020-02, passed 1-16-2020; Ord. 2024-01, passed 3-5-2024)