Business district regulations are intended to govern the locations
and uses of a full range of business and commercial establishments
needed to serve the citizens of Stephenson County and its trade area.
The regulations of the various business districts are designed to
provide for groupings of business and commercial establishments that
are compatible in scope of services and method of operations.
A.
The B-1 Limited Retail Business District is intended to provide areas
and govern uses therein for a range of shopper and personal service
types of establishments, in order to serve the general shopping needs
of a consumer population that is located in one or more of the neighborhoods
adjoining or in the vicinity of the shopping district.
B.
The B-2 General Retail and Limited Service District is designed to
accommodate commercial uses, including highway-oriented service and
commercial types of establishments to serve the needs of the motorists.
In addition, shopper and personal service types of business establishments
are also permitted in this district.
C.
The B-3 Commercial, Wholesale and General Service Business District
is designed to accommodate a wide variety of related shopper-type
business establishments along with wholesale and other general service
uses.
The following regulations apply in the B-1 District:
A.
Permitted uses. The following retail business and service uses are
permitted:
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Art and school supply stores
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Art galleries and studios
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Bakery shops, beauty parlors, chiropody, massage or similar
personal service shops
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Banks and financial institutions, including drive-in teller
facilities
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Book and stationery stores
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Candy and ice cream shops
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Camera and photographic supply shops for retail sales
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Carpet, rug and linoleum stores
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China and glassware stores
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Clubs and lodges, but not including gun clubs
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Coin and philatelic stores
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Costume rental shops
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Currency exchanges
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Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring or shoe repair shops,
when conducted for retail sale on the premises only
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Department stores
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Drugstores
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Dry goods stores
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Dry cleaning and pressing establishments
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Dwelling units above the first floor of business buildings,
in accordance with the regulations of the R-4 District
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Electrical appliance stores and repairs, but not including appliance
assembly or manufacturing
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Employment agencies
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Florist shops and conservatories for retail trade on the premises
only
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Food, meat and fruit stores
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Frozen food stores and food lockers
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Furniture stores, and upholstery when conducted as a part of
the retail operation and secondary to the main use
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Furriers, when conducted for retail trade on the premises only
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Gift shops
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Government offices
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Hardware stores
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Haberdasheries
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Hobby stores
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Household appliance stores and repair
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Interior decorating shops, including upholstery and making of
draperies, slip covers and other similar articles, when conducted
as a part of the retail operations and secondary to the main use
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Jewelry and watch repair shops
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Launderettes, automatic self-service types of hand laundries
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Leather goods and luggage stores
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Loan offices
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Locksmiths
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Mail order establishments
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Millinery shops
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Musical instrument sales and repair, retail trade only
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News stands
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Offices, business and professional, including medical clinics
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Opticians and optometrists
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Orthopedic and medical appliance stores, but not including the
assembly or manufacture of such articles
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Package liquor stores
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Paint and wallpaper stores
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Parking lots, open and other than accessory, for the storage of private passenger automobiles, and subject to the provisions of Article XI
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Pet shops, but not including animal hospitals
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Photography studios, including the development of film and pictures
when done as a part of the retail business on the premises
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Picture framing, when conducted for retail trade on the premises
only
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Photo developing and processing
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Postal substations
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Public utility collection offices
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Publicly controlled parks, forest preserves, conservation areas
and recreational areas, including trails
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Radio and television repair
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Restaurants, tearooms, or cafes, when the establishment is not
of the drive-in type where food is served to occupants remaining in
motor vehicles
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Sewing machine sales and service
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Shoe and hat stores, and repairs when done as a part of the
retail business
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Signs, as permitted in Article XII
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Sporting goods stores
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Taverns
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Telegraph offices
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Telephone exchanges and coin telephones, outdoor
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Tobacco shops
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Toy stores
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Travel bureau and transportation ticket offices
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Typewriter and adding machine sales and service
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Variety stores
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Wearing apparel shops
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Accessory uses, including off-street parking and loading facilities as permitted or required in accordance with the provisions of Article XI
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C.
Conditions of use. All uses permitted in this district, except residence
district uses, shall be retail establishments dealing directly with
consumers and shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1)
Dwelling units and lodging rooms are not permitted below the second
floor.
(2)
All business, servicing or processing, except for off-street parking
and loading, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.
(3)
Establishments of the "drive-in" type offering goods or services
directly to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles are not permitted.
(4)
There shall be no manufacture, processing or treatment of products
other than that which is clearly incidental and essential to the retail
business conducted on the same premises.
(5)
Such uses, operations or products shall not be objectionable due
to odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration or other similar causes.
(6)
When business uses are located adjacent to residence districts, adequate
fencing or screen planting shall be provided along all adjacent lot
lines or alleys or driveways, and all lighting shall be installed
so as to be directed away from the residence district.
(7)
Any exterior sign displayed shall pertain only to a use conducted
within the building.
D.
Yard areas. No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following
yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building:
(1)
Front yard. On every zoning lot there shall be provided and maintained
a front yard in accordance with the following requirements:
(a)
Primary thoroughfares: 60 feet from the property line or 90
feet from the center line of the right-of-way, whichever distance
is greater.
(b)
Collector thoroughfares: 50 feet from the property line or 80
feet from the center line of the right-of-way, whichever distance
is greater.
(c)
All other streets: 40 feet from the property line or 70 feet
from the center line of the right-of-way, whichever distance is greater.
(2)
Side yards. No side yard is required, except for a corner lot or
a lot which abuts upon a residence district, or upon an alley separating
this district from a residence district. There shall then be provided
a side yard equal to 1/2 the front yard required in the abutting residence
district; except that where new business uses side upon a primary
or collector thoroughfare, a setback from the center line of the primary
street shall be not less than 65 feet, and 55 feet for secondary streets.[1]
(3)
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 20 feet; except
where adequate service access is provided, a rear yard shall not be
required.
E.
Maximum floor area ratio. The maximum floor area ratio for a building
or buildings on a zoning lot, including accessory buildings, shall
not exceed 1:2.
The following regulations shall apply in the B-2 District:
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted, provided they are
operated within a building, except for off-street parking or loading
facilities:
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Any use permitted in the B-1 Limited Retail Business District
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Automobile accessory stores, where there is no driveway entrance
across the sidewalk into the main building
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Automobile service stations for the retail sale and dispensing
of fuel, lubricants, tires, batteries, accessories and supplies, including
installation and minor services customarily incidental thereto; facilities
for chassis and gear lubrication and for washing of not more than
four vehicles are permitted only if enclosed in a building. Gasoline
pumps may be located in the required yard along a street, but not
closer to the right-of-way line than 20 feet.
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Automobile sales and service shops, including painting and repairing,
but not the painting or repairing of trucks, and accessory auto parts
sales as an activity accessory to the principal use
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Battery and tire service stations
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Boat showrooms, sales and service
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Catering establishments
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Exterminating shops
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Garages, public, for storage of private passenger automobiles
and commercial vehicles under 1 1/2 tons
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Greenhouses, retail
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Hotels and motels, including restaurants and meeting rooms
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Machinery sales
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Physical culture and health services
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Pool halls
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Schools: music, dance, business, commercial or trade
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Theaters, indoor
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Trailer sales and rental, for use with private passenger motor
vehicles
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Undertaking establishments, funeral parlors or mortuaries
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C.
Conditions of use. All uses permitted in this district (except residence
district uses) shall be retail establishments only and shall be subject
to the following conditions:
(1)
Dwelling units and lodging rooms are not permitted below the second
floor, except in motels.
(2)
All business, service or processing, except for off-street parking
and loading, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.
(3)
When business uses are located adjacent to residence districts, adequate
fencing or screen planting shall be provided along all adjacent lot
lines or alleys or driveways, and all lighting shall be installed
so as to be directed away from the residence district.
(4)
There shall be no manufacture, processing or treatment of products
other than that which is clearly incidental and essential to the retail
business conducted on the same premises.
(5)
Such uses, operations or products shall not be objectionable due
to odor, dust, smoke, noise or vibration or other similar causes.
D.
Yard areas. All yard regulations shall be the same as required in
the B-1 Business District.
E.
Maximum floor area ratio. The maximum floor area ratio shall be the
same as permitted in the B-1 Business District.
F.
Maximum lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage shall be the same
as permitted in the B-1 Business District.
The following regulations shall apply in the B-3 District:
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted, provided they are
conducted wholly within enclosed buildings, except (1) off-street
parking and loading facilities, (2) establishments of the "drive-in"
type offering goods and services directly to customers waiting in
parked motor vehicles, and (3) uses specified below as permitted on
an open lot:
[Amended 3-13-2002 by Ord. No. 02-14-262; 8-10-2011 by Res. No.
11-08-1821]
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Any use permitted in the B-2 District, except dwelling units
are not permitted in this B-3 District
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Animal crematory - to be used for domestic pets/wild animals
only
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Agricultural equipment sales and services
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Air conditioning and heating sales and service
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Animal hospitals, kennels or pounds
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Antique shops
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Auction rooms
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Automobile laundries
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Bakeries, including the sale of bakery products to restaurants,
hotels, clubs and other similar establishments when conducted as part
of the retail business on the premises
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Blueprinting and photostatting establishments
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Bicycle sales and repair
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Building materials sales yards and storage
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Bus passenger stations and terminals
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Cartage and express facilities
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Convention halls
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Costume rental shops
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Cutting of glass, mirror and glazing establishments
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Dry-cleaning establishments
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Exhibition halls
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Greenhouses, wholesale
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Laboratories (medical, dental, research, experimental and testing),
provided no production or manufacturing of products takes place and
provided the performance standards of the M-1 District are complied
with
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Linen, towel, diaper and other similar supply services
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Live bait stores
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Model homes or garage displays
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Mobile homes and trailer sales
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Monument sales
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Newspaper distribution agencies, for home delivery
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Parcel delivery stations
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Pawn shops
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Printing and publishing of newspapers, periodicals, books and
including letter process work
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Radio and television broadcasting stations
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Restaurants
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Secondhand stores and rummage shops
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Schools, commercial or trade, subject to the provisions of the
performance standards established in the M-1 District
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Stadiums, auditoriums and arenas, open or enclosed
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Storage, warehousing and wholesale establishments
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Taxidermist shops
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Theaters, outdoor
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Undertaking establishments, funeral parlors or mortuaries
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C.
Conditions of use. All conditions of use for permitted uses shall
be the same as required and which apply in the B-2 Business District.
D.
Yard areas. All yard regulations shall be the same as required and
which apply in the B-1 Business District.
E.
Maximum floor area ratio. The maximum floor area ratio shall be the
same as permitted in the B-1 Business District.
[Amended 11-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-11-185; 2-9-2000 by Ord. No.
00-03-248]
A.
Intent. The intent of this section is to establish a Tourist District
which would provide necessary locations within established zoning
districts in order that Stephenson County will benefit from present
and future tourism.
B.
Location: no more than 1 1/2 miles from any city, town or village.
Said Tourist District must abut on a federal, state or County hard-surface
roadway.
C.
Permitted uses. Permitted uses are as follows:
(1)
Publicly controlled parks, forest preserves, conservation areas and
recreation areas, including trails.
D.
Conditional uses. Conditional uses may be allowed as per Article XIV. Other uses which, in the opinion of the Zoning Board of Appeals, are similar and incidental in nature to the uses allowed, and which will not be detrimental to the integrity of the Tourist District, in districts in which the T-1 conditional use is sought, may also be allowed.
E.
Yard area: as permitted.
F.
Front yard: as permitted.
G.
Side yards: as permitted.
H.
Rear yard: as permitted.
I.
Maximum floor area ratio: as permitted.
