The purposes of these regulations concerning nonresidential
zoning districts include the following:
A.
To provide lands to be used for the full range of the business,
commercial and industrial establishments needed to serve the citizens
of the Village.
B.
To provide regulations intended to govern the locations, intensity,
and methods of development of the business and commercial uses needed
to serve the citizens of the Village.
C.
To establish nonresidential zoning districts and groupings of
business, commercial and industrial establishments that are compatible
in scope of services and methods of operation.
D.
To promote the establishment of off-street parking facilities
and limited access to roads so as to alleviate traffic problems and
engender public safety and convenience.
E.
To provide commercial areas of such size, shape, and accessibility
that development of land for these purposes will minimize traffic
congestion generated by "strip-commercial" development.
F.
To regulate the performance of such uses by establishing standards
for the external impacts created in such uses.
[Amended 9-27-2017 by Ord. No. 17-060]
Development of land that includes two or more principal buildings
or one or more principal uses shall be planned and constructed as
a planned unit development (PUD) where certain regulations of this
chapter for the district where it is located are modified.[1] All other permitted uses in commercial and industrial
districts require a public meeting held before the Plan Commission
and the Village Board for site plan review.
The C-1 Neighborhood Business District (previously known as
the "Local Shopping District") is established to provide areas to
be used by retail or service establishments to supply convenience
goods or personal services for the daily needs of the residents living
in the immediate area and to ensure the development of such areas
in a way so as to protect the rural character of the area zoned in
the C-1 Neighborhood Business District as well as the residential
areas in the immediate vicinity by encouraging complementary design
and construction of structures, including but not limited to the use
of pitched roofs, limited signage and enhanced buffering and landscaping.
The C-2 Local Business District (previously known as the "Community
Shopping District") is established to provide areas to be used as
the primary shopping area for communities which meet their needs for
goods and services that may arise on a weekly basis in an area or
areas which are centrally located to provide for groupings of business
and commercial establishments which tend to draw trade that is mutually
interchangeable and which areas are of sufficient size which will
promote the convenience of the public and enhance vehicular and pedestrian
traffic, thereby lessening or avoiding congestion in public streets
through the use of limited points of access, internal streets, and
cross-easements for ingress and egress.
[Amended 9-9-2008 by Ord. No. 08-048]
The C-3 General Business District is established to provide
areas to be used for large space uses for retailing service activities
that are normally associated with commercial uses where adequately
sized parcels of land allow for large setbacks, clear vision, and
safe ingress and egress.
A.
The C-4 Highway Commercial District is established to provide
areas which primarily serve the needs of motorists in a manner not
conducive to generating strip-commercial development or unsightly,
dangerous intersections and to provide regulations for highway-associated
uses through adequately sized parcels of land allowing for large setbacks,
clear vision, and safe ingress and egress; and to promote the grouping
of C-4 uses and oppose and discourage the hazards to safety and nuisance
of traffic congestion generated by "strip-commercial development"
and to require adequate off-street parking and limited access to roads
through the use of frontage roads.
B.
There shall be no application for any map amendment to the C-4
Highway Commercial District accepted after the adoption of this chapter.
After the date of the adoption of this chapter, any new development
which requires a division or subdivision of the existing zoning lot
or parcel and for which a preliminary plat has not then been approved
shall comply with the site and structure requirements and the special
provisions of the C-3 General Business District in lieu of the site
and structure requirements and special provisions of the C-4 Highway
Commercial District.
The C-5 Office and Research Park District is established to
provide land for large, attractively landscaped sites for office buildings,
research activities, or specialized compatible industrial activities.
The C-6 Commercial Recreation District is established to provide
lands and structures for establishments that provide amusement, recreation
or entertainment for the general public.
A.
The industrial districts are provided to support and complement
the Village's Comprehensive Plan. The Industrial District requirements
are further intended to govern the location, intensity and methods
of development of industrial areas in the Village. The regulations
are designed to provide protection for existing developments while
allowing development by industrial firms that have high standards
of performance that can locate in close proximity to residential and
business uses.
B.
The regulations further provide for groupings of industrial
buildings, which are compatible with each other in scope of services
and methods of operation. The districts are designed to create yards
and open space to create a transition between residence and industrial
districts and to provide reasonable compatibility between uses. Potential
impacts are controlled by performance standards.
[Amended 5-22-2012 by Ord. No. 12-026]
The P-1 Governmental Buildings and Public Schools District is
provided to serve the special needs for governmental buildings and
public schools. The term "governmental building" is defined as a structure
owned, leased and/or operated by a municipality, township, county,
state, the federal government or any duly constituted agency or department
thereof and utilized for a public service or purpose of the governmental
entity. A "public school" is a school created or operating under the
authority of the School Code of the State of Illinois and providing
education for children of a school district whose geographic boundaries
include all or portions of Homer Glen.
A.
All uses in the nonresidential districts shall conform to the
following:
(1)
Permitted uses. No land shall be used or occupied, and no building,
structure, or premises shall be erected, altered, enlarged, occupied
or used, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, for other than
one of the uses identified on the Table of Permitted and Special Uses,
Table 2A.[1] A "P" on the table indicates that a use is allowed by
right in the respective zoning district. Permitted uses are subject
to all other applicable regulations of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Table 2A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(2)
Special uses permitted. Those uses identified on the Table of
Permitted and Special Uses, Table 2A, as an "S" are uses permitted
only if specifically authorized by the Village Board in accordance
with § 220-1209.
(3)
Prohibited uses. All uses not expressly authorized in these
zoning districts are prohibited.
(4)
Site structure and bulk regulations. The table entitled "Site
Structure and Bulk Regulations," Table 2B, lists standards which apply
to all structures in the nonresidential districts.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Table 2B is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(6)
Parking requirements. In addition to the requirements set forth in § 220-1002, the parking of trucks, when accessory to the conduct of a permitted use, shall be limited to vehicles having not over 1 1/2 tons' capacity, except for pickup and delivery service. Property within the I-1 District shall not be subject to the regulations established in this Subsection A(6).
(7)
Scope of operations. All business establishments shall be retail trade or service establishments dealing directly with consumers, and all goods produced on the premises shall be sold on the premises where produced. Property within the I-1 District shall not be subject to the regulations established in this Subsection A(7).
(8)
In addition to the requirements set forth in § 220-1003,
loading or unloading of trucks shall only be conducted within designated
areas in the rear or side of a building.
(9)
Screening and landscaping. Where a commercial use abuts or is
across the street from a residential district, adequate screening
and landscaping shall be provided in accordance with Village ordinances.
(10)
Outdoor storage. No outdoor storage shall be permitted except
where permitted with a special use.
(11)
Hours of operation. Nonresidential uses may be open for business
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. Establishments seeking
twenty-four-hour operation must be approved as a special use in accordance
with § 220-1209.
[Amended 9-9-2008 by Ord. No. 08-048; 10-28-2020 by Ord. No. 20-053]
(12)
The following special provisions shall apply to the I-1 District:
(a)
Any parcel or lot previously zoned I-2 or I-3 under
the Village's Zoning Ordinance adopted June 12, 2001, shall be governed
and regulated by the provisions set forth in this section.
(b)
The following standards, specifications, and regulations
of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency are hereby incorporated
into this chapter and made a part thereof by this reference. Such
standards, specifications, and regulations shall include those as
required by the following:
[1]
Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations:
Air Pollution Regulations.
[2]
Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations:
Noise Pollution Control Regulations.
[3]
Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations:
Water Pollution.
[4]
State of Illinois: the Environmental Protection
Act.
(c)
Glare and heat. Any operation or activity producing
glare shall be performed within a completely enclosed building and
be conducted so that direct and indirect illumination from the source
of light on the lot shall not cause illumination in excess of 1/2
footcandle when measured at the lot line for those lots adjacent to
commercial or industrial property and 0.10 footcandle for those lots
adjacent to residential property.
B.
Temporary and accessory uses.
(1)
Temporary permit uses in all nonresidential zoning districts.
Upon application to and issuance by the Zoning Officer of a permit
therefor, the following uses may be operated as temporary uses within
all nonresidential zoning districts:
(a)
Temporary building, trailer, or yard for construction
materials and/or equipment, both incidental and necessary to construction
in the zoning district. Each permit shall specify the location of
the building, trailer or yard and the area of permitted operation.
Each such permit shall be valid for a period of not more than six
calendar months and shall not be renewed for more than four successive
periods.
(b)
Temporary office, both incidental and necessary
for the sale or rental of real property. Each permit shall specify
the location of the office and the area of permitted operation. Each
such permit shall be valid for a period of not more than one year.
The Zoning Officer shall have the right to renew such permit; however,
the permit shall not be renewed for more than three successive periods.
(2)
Temporary permit uses in C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 and C-6 Districts
only. Upon application to and issuance by the Zoning Officer of a
permit therefor, the following uses may be operated as temporary uses
within the C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 and C-6 Districts only:
(a)
Parking lot designated for a special event, including
carnivals, bazaars, swap meets and similar functions; provided, however,
that each permit shall be valid only for the duration of the designated
special event, in accordance with § 220-814.
(3)
Temporary permit uses in C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-4 Districts only.
Upon application to and issuance by the Zoning Officer of a permit
therefor, the following uses may be operated as temporary uses within
the C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-4 Districts only:
(a)
Seasonal sales conducted outdoors in accordance
with § 220-830C.
(4)
Temporary permit uses in C-6 District only. Upon application
to and issuance by the Zoning Officer of a permit therefor, the following
uses may be operated as temporary uses within the C-6 District only:
(a)
Outdoor concerts upon satisfaction of the standards
required in § 220-814 and as approved by the Village Board.
(5)
Accessory uses permitted. Accessory uses, buildings, or other
structures and devices customarily incidental to and commonly associated
with a permitted use or a special use may be permitted, provided they
are operated and maintained under the same ownership, on the same
lot, and do not include structures or features inconsistent with the
permitted or special use.
