A
Agricultural
Permitted Uses.
All uses commonly classified as agricultural, horticulture or forestry, including crop and tree farming, truck farming, gardening, nursery operation, dairy farming, livestock raising, animal and poultry breeding, raising and feeding, forestry operations together with the operation of machinery or vehicles.
Animal hospitals, provided that all animals are kept in a completely enclosed sound-proofed building, and further provided that adequate safeguards (structural, mechanical and locational) shall be provided to protect adjacent properties from the effects of noisome or injurious substances, conditions and operations.
Cemeteries and mausoleums in conjunction therewith.
Fishing lakes or clubs, provided that no building, parking lot, or other intense use activity is located nearer than 500 feet to any dwelling on another zoning lot.
Golf courses.
Living quarters for persons employed in agricultural or related activities that are conducted on the premises.
Noncommercial recreational activities.
One-family residence.
Private clubs, lodges or camps, except those whose chief activities are a service customarily carried on as a business.
Public service uses, including filtration plants, pump stations, water reservoirs, sewage treatment plants, police and fire stations or other governmental uses.
Railroad right-of-way and trackage, but not including classification yards, terminal facilities or maintenance facilities.
Temporary produce stands for the sale of agricultural produce raised on the premises, provided that adequate off-street parking is available and that major traffic congestion or hazards would not be created in conjunction with the location or access thereto.
Utilities:
Electrical substation, gas regulator stations.
Other public utility distribution facilities.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
Any accessory use permitted and as regulated in the R-1 District, unless otherwise specified as a principal use.
Accessory uses that are clearly supplementary and secondary to the primary use located on the lot.
Special Use Permits Required.
Agricultural-related uses.
Airports.
Animal sewage lagoon.
Bed and breakfast.
Carnivals, circuses, and similar temporary transient amusement enterprises.
Churches and other places of worship, but not including funeral chapels or mortuary chapels.
Communications tower.
Convalescent or nursing homes.
Explosive uses of any kind.
Golf courses of regulation size but not including Par 3 golf courses, or commercially-operated driving ranges or miniature golf courses; and provided that no clubhouse, parking lot or accessory building shall be located nearer than 500 feet to any dwelling unit or another zoning lot.
Governmental facilities and uses.
Gun clubs, if properly protected and located not nearer than 1,000 feet to any residence other than that of the owner or lessee on the site.
Home occupations.
Hospitals, clinics and sanitariums.
Junk yards.
Kennels.
Marina or boat docks.
Mineral extraction.
Modular buildings, but only as an extension of a special use permit for a state-accredited school or college for academic instruction, and only when placed in side or rear yard areas.
Parking lots.
Private clubs, lodges, or camps.
Private greenhouses.
Sale barn.
Sanitary landfill.
Schools and colleges for academic instruction.
Sewage treatment plant.
Stockyards, commercial livestock or poultry feeding or agricultural processing plants.
Travel trailer parks.
R-1
Single-Family Residence
Permitted Uses.
Growing of plants and trees on a private or commercial basis, provided no retail sales are conducted on the premises.
One-family residences.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
Accommodations for professional servants, caretakers, watchmen, or custodians, but not as a separate detached one-family dwelling on the same lot.
Fences, hedges and walls.
Incinerators for home use, provided such are located on the lot so as not to constitute an unreasonable hazard to dwellings and other buildings on the premises or on adjacent property, and located not less than 15 feet from any dwelling on the premises and not less than ten feet from any other building on the premises.
Keeping of not more than one unoccupied camping trailer.
Off-street loading facilities.
Parking spaces not for gain in addition to minimum off-street parking.
Private: Greenhouses; tool sheds; garages or carports; tennis courts; patios. Private swimming pools.
Storage of pleasure boats.
Temporary construction sheds and temporary buildings for sale or rental offices or show houses for use during construction operations, provided all other regulations of the district are complied with, but in no case shall such office be continued beyond the duration of construction of the project or one year, whichever is greater. However, such time limit may be extended for one year by the Board of Appeals.
Special Use Permits Required.
Any dwelling unit less than 800 square feet.
Cemeteries and mausoleums in conjunction therewith.
Churches and other places of worship, but not including funeral chapels or mortuary chapels.
Day care or nursery schools.
Fire and police stations.
Golf courses of regulation size but not including Par 3 golf courses; and provided that no clubhouse, parking lot or accessory building shall be located nearer than 500 feet to any dwelling unit or other zoning lot.
Governmental uses.
Home occupations. See § 40-4-5.
Hospitals and sanitariums.
Modular buildings, but only as an extension of a special use permit for a public, private or parochial school providing courses of instruction, at elementary and secondary levels in accordance with standards for compulsory education, and only when placed in side or rear yard areas.
Municipal and free private parking lots.
Nursery schools.
Planned unit developments.
Private greenhouses.
Public libraries, museums, or playgrounds.
Public, private or parochial schools providing courses of instruction, at elementary and secondary levels in accordance with standards for compulsory education.
Public service uses, including electrical substations, gas regulator stations, lift stations, telephone exchange facilities and other similar uses.
Railroad rights-of-way, not including switching, storage, freight yards, industrial sidings, or classification yards.
R-2
Single-Family Residence
Permitted Uses.
Any use permitted in the R-1 District and as regulated in Section 40-2-3(A), Line 3.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
Same as R-1.
Special Use Permits Required.
Same as R-1.
R-3
Single Family Residence
Permitted Uses.
Single-family residences.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
Same as R-1.
Special Use Permits Required.
Bed and breakfast
Same as R-1.
R-4
Two Family Residence
Permitted Uses.
Bed and breakfast.
Community residences, subject to the provisions of this code (see § 40-4-21).
Single-family residences.
Two-family dwellings.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
Parking lots and garages.
Same as R-1.
Special Use Permits Required.
Boarding and rooming houses.
Churches, places of worship.
Dormitories or singular uses.
Medical and dental offices/complex.
Orphanages.
Planned unit developments.
Rest homes.
Same as R-1.
Skilled nursing facility.
R-5
Multiple-Family Residence
Permitted Uses.
Condominium dwelling, as permitted by the Illinois Condominium Property Act
Multi-family residences.
Two-family residences.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
Same as R-4.
Special Use Permits Required.
Assisted living.
Bed and breakfast.
Charitable uses provided not more than 20% of gross floor area or 2,000 sq. ft. is used for offices.
Fraternities.
Hospitals.
Hotels.
Lodging houses.
Medical and dental offices.
Rest homes.
Restaurants.
Same as R-4.
Single-family residence.
Taverns.
R-6
Condominium Residence,
as permitted by the Illinois Condominium Property Act
as permitted by the Illinois Condominium Property Act
Permitted Uses.
Condominium dwellings.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
Private clubhouses, swimming pools, tennis courts, and buildings for storage of maintenance equipment owned by the condominium association.
Special Use Permits Required.
Private greenhouses.
B-1
Office Business
Permitted Uses.
Animal hospitals.
Banks, trust companies, loan offices.
Banquet centers.
Barber/beauty shops.
Clubs and lodges.
Community centers.
Construction company offices, but not temporary construction trailers.
Dental offices.
Government offices.
Insurance sales.
Medical offices.
Professional offices.
Real estate sales.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
Off-street parking and loading.
Storage of merchandise or inventory usually carried in stock, provided that such storage shall be located on the same lot with the business and shall be within a completely enclosed building.
Special Use Permits Required.
Churches and other places of worship.
Daycare centers and homes.
Government uses, facilities and buildings.
Planned Unit Development C.
B-2
General Business
Permitted Uses.
Any use permitted in the B-1 District.
Apparel cleaning services.
Auction house.
Automobile services and auto dealers (new and used).
Banks/financial institutions.
Barbers/beauty shops.
Bed and breakfast establishment
Bowling alleys.
Car washes.
Convenience store.
Dram shops, i.e., taverns, lounges, bars.
Food stores.
Fruit and vegetable stands.
Hotels/motels.
Movie theaters.
Nurseries/greenhouses.
Pet washing and grooming.
Photographers.
Public utility offices/telephone booths.
Recreational facilities - exterior in usage.
Restaurants.
Retail liquor sales.
Retail/merchandise.
Souvenir shops and stands, provided that all structures and goods/services are sold within district area and bulk regulations.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
Same as B-l.
Special Use Permits Required.
Adult entertainment.
Assisted living.
Bulk material.
Bus garages.
Gym/training/fitness centers.
Planned Unit Development “C”.
Recovery residence
Same as B-1.
Self storage.
Storage yards.
Tattoo and/or body piercing establishment, if located not nearer than 300 feet from a residential zoned district and/or the property line of a residence of any kind, school, church or daycare center.
Travel trailer parks.
B-3
Central Business District
Permitted Uses.
Amusement and recreation uses, interior.
Any use permitted in the B-I District.
Assisted living.
Bed and breakfast establishments.
Brew pubs
Bus terminals.
Cultural and philanthropic uses.
Dram shops, e.g., taverns, lounges, bars
Financial institutions.
Food stores.
Funeral homes.
Furniture and household goods.
General merchandise/apparel.
Gym/training/fitness centers.
Movie theaters.
Personal service uses.
Pet shops.
Pet washing and grooming.
Professional service uses.
Printing shops.
Restaurants.
Retail liquor sales.
Sale of specialized and general services, goods, merchandise, furnishings and equipment.
Satellite/extensions/technical schools.
Spirits pubs
Wine pubs
Permitted Accessory Uses.
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, and shall be within a completely enclosed building, except that storage of new merchandise and new inventory carried in stock for retail sale need not be within an enclosed building if:
The retail service or commercial use is located on a parcel of 5 acres or more;
The area used for outside storage is not more than 10% of the area, indoors and outdoors, that the user has a right to use in connection with business operations;
The area used for outside storage must be set back 100 feet from any public street adjacent to the property line and 50 feet from the side property line; and
The area used for outside storage must be screened from adjacent residential property by fencing or landscaping.
Special Use Permits Required.
Adult entertainment.
Automobile service stations.
Car wash.
Churches, places of worship.
Day care centers and homes.
Government uses, facilities and buildings.
Multi-family residences, when located above the first floor.
Nurseries/greenhouses.
Planned Unit Development C.
Residences.
I-1
Light Industrial
Permitted Uses.
Animal hospitals when conducted entirely within an enclosed building.
Any use permitted in B-2, excluding restaurants or fruit and vegetable stands.
Apparel and other products manufactured from textiles.
Automobile and/or agricultural implement sales, repair and service.
Boat sales and service.
Brushes and brooms.
Business machines, repair and service storage and wholesale.
Candy, wholesale distribution.
Carpenter's shops and power woodworking.
Cement products, wholesale (pipe, blocks and the like).
Ceramic products, such as pottery.
Cleaning and dry cleaning establishments.
Cold storage.
Contractors, equipment and material storage.
Dairies and creameries.
Decoration, workshop and equipment yards.
Display, designers and builder's shops.
Drugs.
Electrical appliances, such as lighting fixtures, irons, fans.
Electrical equipment assembly, such as radio, television and movie equipment.
Express companies, warehouses.
Feed and seed stores.
Food products, brokers, distributors and warehousing.
Food products processing and condensing by baking, boiling, canning, cooking, dehydrating, freezing, frying, grinding, mining, and pressing.
Furniture, repairing and refinishing.
Ice, dry and natural.
Laboratories: medical, dental, research, experimental and testing.
Lumber yards.
Machine and equipment rental service.
Machine shops for tool, die and pattern making.
Manufacture or fabrication of any commodity from semi-finished material, except explosives or flammable gases or liquids; processing of raw materials shall not be permitted.
Newspaper printing.
Pet shops.
Pharmaceutical products, compounding only.
Places of amusement and recreation, including amusement parks, drive-in theaters, subject to the provisions of § 40-4-2.
Products from finished materials of plastics, bone, corn, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, leather, paper, precious and semi-precious stones, rubber, shells, yam or other similar materials.
Provided that neither junk yards, the dismantling of vehicles or the storage of dismantled vehicles, petroleum
bulk plants, or outside storage of flammable liquids or explosives shall be permitted in this district; and provided further that adequate safeguards (structural, mechanical and locational) shall be provided to protect adjoining properties from the effects of noisome or injurious substances, conditioning and operations.
Research and development on any commodity except explosives or flammable gases or liquids, and further provided that adequate safeguards (structural, mechanical and locational) shall be provided to protect adjoining properties from the effects of noisome or injurious substances, conditions and operations.
Soldering and welding.
Storage of automobiles.
Storage yards, bulk material, self-storage.
Termite control contractor shops.
Tools and hardware.
Toys.
Trailer sales.
Warehouses.
Watches.
Weighers, commercial.
Welding, equipment and supplies, storage.
Wood products, such as furniture, boxes, crates, baskets, pencils, and cooperate works, provided that the manufacturing operation shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building, and provided further that adequate safeguards (structural, mechanical and locational) shall be provided to protect adjoining properties from the effects of noisome or injurious substances, conditions and operations.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
Dwelling units.
Same as B-I.
Storage outside a building shall provide screening or plantings ten feet in width by at least 18 feet in height.
Special Use Permits Required.
Adult entertainment.
Airport or landing fields.
Apartments.
Automobile service stations.
Bus terminals, lot, garage and similar transportation uses.
Churches and other places of worship.
Communication towers.
Government uses, facilities and buildings.
Motor freight terminals.
Parks and recreation areas.
Public utility substation, distribution centers and underground holder stations.
Sanitary landfill.
Sewage treatment facilities.
Stadiums, auditoriums and arenas.
Tattoo and/or body piercing establishment, if located not nearer than 300 feet from a residential zoned district and/or the property line of a residence of any kind, school, church or daycare center.
Theaters, outdoor.
I-2
General Industrial
Permitted Uses.
Any commercial, industrial, or manufacturing operation which is not detrimental to the public health, safety or general welfare, and provided that adequate safeguards (structural, mechanical and locational) shall be provided to protect adjoining properties from the effects of noisome or injurious substances, conditions and operations.
Any use listed in the I-1 District, excluding any use permitted in the B-2 Zoning District.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
Same as I-1.
Special Use Permits Required.
Adult entertainment.
Churches and other places of worship.
Government uses, facilities and buildings.
Sanitary landfills. See § 40-4-13.
Bulk storage of flammable gases, liquids, fats or oil in tanks.
F-1
Flood Plain Overlay
Permitted Uses.
Parks, nature preserves, forest preserves, farming, forestry, fishing lakes.
Storage yards not subject to major damage from flooding, and provided all materials and equipment are
anchored to prevent floating away.
Prohibited uses include structures for human habitation, landfills or dumping, and retail commercial uses.
Permitted Accessory Uses.
No structure shall be erected unless it meets the requirements of the Flood Plain Regulation adopted by the city.
Special Use Permits Required.
None permitted.