(A) General. This zone district is created to encourage the development, location, and growth of business, business related, and other uses that are not generally compatible with other direct retail sales. This district provides for wholesale and business uses, which often require large lots and storage areas that create land uses patterns not conducive to pedestrian shopping.
(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 floor, except in hotels and motels or for the owner or operator of the business.
(2) Uses, operations or products to not be objectionable. Permitted uses, operations, or products shall not be objectionable due to odor, dust, smoke, noise vibrations, or other similar causes.
(3) Screening or plantings. Storage outside a building must provide screening or plantings as reviewed by the Zoning Administrator and approved by the Building and Zoning Committee.
(4) Maximum floor area ratio and coverage. The floor area ratio shall not exceed 2.5.
(5) Yard areas. No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with the building.
(6) Additional requirements. The applicant shall refer to the following sections for additional requirements:
(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) 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.
(1) Any use permitted in the B-3 District.
(2) Automobile or agricultural implement sales, repair, and service stations.
(3) Building materials sales.
(4) Business machines, repair service, storage and wholesale.
(5) Cement products, wholesale (pipe, blocks, and the like).
(6) Display, designers', and builders' shops.
(7) Exterminating shops.
(8) Feed and seed stores.
(9) Food products, brokers, distributors.
(10) Greenhouses, wholesale growers.
(11) Heating and air conditioning (fabricating and assembly).
(12) Lumberyards.
(13) Machine and equipment rental and repair.
(14) Membership clubs.
(15) “Par 3" golf courses, miniature golf courses, and commercially operated driving ranges.
(16) Parking lots and garages.
(17) Physical culture and health services.
(18) Printing and publishing of newspapers, periodicals, books, and including letter process work.
(19) Radio and television broadcasting stations.
(20) Schools: Music, dance, business, commercial or trade.
(21) Travel trailer sales.
(22) Souvenir shops and stands provided that all goods and services are sold or provided within completely enclosed buildings.
(23) Storage of automobiles in running condition.
(24) Termite control contractor shops.
(25) Warehouses, including self storage facilities. Outdoor covered or uncovered storage of recreational vehicles, boats, trailers, and the like are permitted in self-storage facilities, but must be screened from adjacent properties via six foot tall sight-proof fencing or landscaped screening as approved by the Zoning Administrator.
(26) Weighers, commercial.
(27) Welding, equipment and supplies, storage.
(1) Any uses which may be allowed as a special uses in the B-1 Limited Business District.
(2) Bus terminal or other public transportation terminal facilities.
(3) Dwellings, frame construction only, including mobile homes in compliance with § 93.101.
(4) Planned Unit Developments limited to the permitted uses in this district.
(5) Outdoor theaters (drive-in).
(6) Outdoor amusement establishments, fairgrounds, carnivals, circuses, race tracks, and other similar amusement centers, including places of assembly devoted thereto, such as stadiums and arenas.
(7) Eating and drinking establishments.
(8) Utilities, electrical substations, other public utility distribution facilities.
(9) Licensed veterans establishment.
(10) Licensed fraternal establishment.
(11) Licensed truck stop establishment.
(12) Convenience store.
(13) Gasoline service station, with or without a convenience store. (See § 93.082).
(14) Drive-up window, restaurant or convenience store.
(15) Indoor shooting ranges, conceal and carry lessons, or firearms safety courses. Any shooting ranges must be at least 1,000 feet from any residence.
(E) Accessory uses. (See § 93.051(B)) Accessory uses that are clearly associated with and supplementary to the principal uses of the lot or tract of land.
(1) Off-street parking and loading.
(2) Storage of merchandise or inventory usually carried in stock, provided that such 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) Neither junkyards, 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) 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.
(4) Restaurants or bars that feature nude dancing in any form.
(5) 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 6-1-20017; Ord. 2020-02, passed 1-16-2020; Ord. 2024-01, passed 3-5-2024)