(A) General conditions.
(1) No dwelling units shall be permitted.
(2) Except as may otherwise be granted by special permit from the City Council, all business, service, repair or processing, storage or merchandise display shall be conducted within an enclosed building.
(3) No Adult-Use Cannabis Business Establishment shall be permitted.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted:
(1) Accessory retail sales operations and display of merchandise produced on the premises.
(3) Antennas that are not satellite dish antennas and are attached to a building or structure, subject to all requirements and standards set forth in § 156.047(B)(6).
(4) Any establishment, the principal use of which is manufacturing, fabricating, processing, light assembly, storing, cleaning or servicing of materials, goods or products, for which operations are conducted within a completely enclosed building and conform with the performance standards and other applicable requirements of this section.
(5) Auditoriums.
(6) Business and professional offices, including corporate offices.
(7) Computer and/or data processing centers.
(8) Cultural facilities.
(9) Engineering and testing facilities.
(10) Production facilities for prototype products.
(11) Research laboratories.
(12) Showroom space.
(13) Signs as regulated in § 156.043.
(14) Utility pedestals and vaults, telephone exchanges, sewage lift stations, electric substations and other similar public service or government uses.
(15) Warehousing and distribution facilities within enclosed buildings; provided that at least 5% of the gross floor area is comprised of office space.
(C) Special uses. The following uses may be allowed by special use permit in accordance with the provisions of § 156.024:
(1) Day care centers and preschools, with or without kindergartens.
(2) Hotels and motels.
(3) Planned unit developments on parcels of land not less than one acre in area; provided that all other requirements of § 156.025 shall be met.
(4) Storage garages, overnight or more permanent, but not including auto wrecking yards, truck terminals or motor-freight parking areas, and only on Roosevelt Road (IL-3 8) and IL-83.
(5) Unenclosed conduct of business, service, repair or processing, storage or merchandise display.
(D) Floor area ratio. The floor area ratio shall not exceed 0.5, except that the floor area ratio for hotels shall not exceed 0.8.
(E) Lot area, width and depth. The minimum lot area shall be not less than 20,000 square feet. The minimum lot width shall be not less than 100 feet, and the minimum lot depth shall be not less than 150 feet.
(G) Yard areas. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained:
(1) Front yards. A minimum required front yard of not less than 30 feet in depth, including along the exterior boundaries of a lot developed as a planned unit development. Paved areas shall not be located closer than ten feet from the front lot line.
(2) Side yards. A minimum required side yard on each side of the main building of not less than ten feet, including along the exterior boundaries of a lot developed as a planned unit development, except that when a lot is adjacent to a residential district, minimum side yards of 20 feet are required. Paved areas shall not be located closer than five feet from any side lot lines of the parcel; provided that paved areas adjacent to a residential district shall not be located closer than 20 feet from the side lot lines of the parcel.
(3) Rear yards. A minimum rear yard of not less than 40 feet, including along the exterior boundaries of a lot developed as a planned unit development, except a rear yard adjoining a business district boundary line shall be not less than 30 feet. Paved areas shall not be located closer than five feet from the rear lot line of the parcel.
(4) A common access drive may serve as one-half of a side or rear yard requirement.
(H) Building height. Building height shall not exceed 30 feet.
(I) Landscaping. In order to conserve existing property values, to preserve the attractiveness of buildings and building surroundings, to prevent erosion, to assist in stormwater and flood control, and to provide for clean air, the landscaping requirements of § 156.049 shall be adhered to, and plans for the installation of such landscaping shall be provided to and approved by the Director of Community and Economic Development prior to issuance of permits.
(J) Lighting adjacent to residential property. When a lot is adjacent to a residential district, any non-residential use of such property shall not cause any glare or excessive spillover of light onto the residential property from interior or exterior lighting or any operation performed therein. All exterior lighting fixtures shall be shaded to avoid casting direct light upon any residential district or into public streets or parks. Additionally, screening in the form of landscaping or of decorative fencing shall be required to conceal the direct light of vehicle headlights from adjacent residential properties. In no case shall such lighting exceed two foot candles measured at any lot line.
(K) Performance standards. The following standards shall be met for all permitted or special uses:
(1) No dispensing of gasoline from underground storage tanks shall be permitted on the premises, except as necessary to the conduct of a permitted or special use.
(2) No service and maintenance of vehicles shall be permitted on the premises, except as necessary to the conduct of a permitted or special use.
(L) Non-conforming uses. As provided in § 156.085(L).
(Ord. 07-40, passed 3-25-08; Am. Ord. 13-10, passed 2-12-13; Am. Ord. 19-53, passed 11-12-19; Am. Ord. 22-24, passed 8-23-22) Penalty, see § 156.999