(A) The districts. The county's commercial zoning districts are listed below. When this zoning ordinance refers to "commercial" zoning districts or "C" districts, it is referring to these districts.
Zoning District | Map Symbol |
Local Commercial-1 | C-1 |
Local Commercial-2 | C-2 |
General Commercial | C-3 |
Highway Commercial | C-4 |
Business Park Commercial | C-5 |
Recreation Commercial | C-6 |
(B) Purposes. Will County's commercial zoning districts are primarily intended to accommodate and promote business and commercial uses. Some are also intended to accommodate mixed-use development consisting of business uses and residential uses in the same building or on the same site.
(1) C-1 district. The C-1 district is primarily intended to accommodate small retail and service establishments that provide daily convenience goods and services for nearby residents.
(2) C-2 district. The C-2 district is primarily intended to accommodate small- to moderate-scale retail and service uses in the form of neighborhood shopping centers or vertical mixed-use developments with nonresidential uses on the ground floor and residential units on upper floors.
(3) C-3 district. The C-3 district is primarily intended to accommodate large-format retail uses, community shopping centers, service commercial and moderate to high-intensity vertical mixed-use developments.
(4) C-4 district. The C-4 district is primarily intended to accommodate retail, service and auto-oriented commercial uses.
(5) C-5 district. The C-5 district is primarily intended to accommodate offices and low-intensity employment uses in the form of stand-alone office buildings and business/research parks.
(6) C-6 district. The C-6 district is primarily intended to accommodate commercial recreation, amusement, and entertainment uses.
(Ord. effective 10-1-2012)