Bartlett City Zoning Code

(Ord. 2013-45, 6-4-2013)

(Rep. by Ord. 2013-45, 6-4-2013)

(Ord. 2013-45, 6-4-2013)

Use, lot and bulk regulations applying specifically to the I-1 light industrial district are set forth in the sections which follow. Also applying to the I-1 district are regulations set forth in other chapters in this title as follows:

 

(Ord. 78-40, 5-16-1978; amd. Ord. 91-26, 4-16-1991)

Uses of land or buildings, as hereinafter listed, shall be permitted in accordance with the conditions specified. Unless otherwise specifically set forth, wherever a permitted use is named as a major category, it shall be deemed to include only those itemized uses listed under the said category. No building or zoning lot in the I-1 District shall be devoted to any use other than a use permitted in the I-1 District, and no building or structure shall be erected, altered, enlarged or occupied in the I-1 District except for a permitted use in the I-1 District unless otherwise specifically allowed by this Title.

Uses lawfully established on the effective date of this Title and rendered nonconforming by the provisions thereof shall be subject to the regulations of Chapter 10 of this Title.

The following uses are permitted in the I-1 District: (Ord. 78-40, 5-16-1978)

Adult bookstores 1 .

Adult cabarets 2 .

Adult entertainment establishments 3 .

Adult mini motion picture theaters 4 .

Adult motion picture theaters 1 . (Ord. 96-4, 2-6-1996)

Animal clinics and hospitals.

Assembly firms, without fabrication of parts.

Automobile sales and rental.

Automotive services, including painting and undercoating, repair shops, service stations, storage facilities, and tire retreading and repair shops.

Bakeries.

Beverage distributors.

Bottled gas dealers.

Bottling works.

Building material supplies, sales and service, including lumber yards.

Cartage and express facilities with trucks not over one and one-half (1 1/2) tons' capacity.

Contractors' offices, shops, yards and showrooms, including cement, building, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, electrical, masonry, painting, plumbing, roofing, glazing and ornamental and structural steel and iron.

Dairy products manufacturing.

Driving schools, automobile.

Equipment rental and leasing services.

Frozen food stores, including locker rental.

Furniture cleaning, refinishing, repair and upholstering.

Garage display and sales.

Highway maintenance shops and yards.

Landscape maintenance firms and contractors.

Laundries, industrial.

Laundry and dry-cleaning plants, servicing more than one retail outlet.

Lawnmower sales and service.

Linen, towel, diaper and other similar supply services.

Machine shops.

Medical and dental laboratories and research facilities.

Motor vehicle sales and service, including that of automobiles, campers and recreational vehicles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, trailers, trucks and mobile homes.

Newspaper distribution agencies.

Nurseries and greenhouses.

Off street parking and loading as a principal use, subject to all the regulations governing a principal use in the district, and subject to all the applicable requirements of chapter 11 of this title.

Packaging and crating plants.

Parcel delivery services.

Personnel training centers.

Pharmaceutical industries.

Post office substations.

Printing, photostating, blueprinting, publishing, photography or lithography establishments.

Sewer and septic tank cleaning and rodding services.

Sign contractors.

Studios and stations for radio or television.

Swimming pool sales and service.

Taxidermists.

Tennis, racquetball or handball courts and clubs.

Tombstone and monument sales and production.

Towing services.

Trade and vocational schools.

Tree removal services.

Warehouses and storage facilities.

Water softener services.

Welding shops.

Wholesale establishments.

Window cleaning firms. (Ord. 78-40, 5-16-1978)

Special uses, as hereinafter listed, may be allowed subject to the issuance of special use permits in accordance with the provisions of chapter 13 of this title.

The following uses are special uses in the I-1 district:

Adult-use cannabis cultivation center.

Adult-use cannabis dispensing center.

Airports and heliports, commercial or private, including aircraft landing fields, runways, flight strips and flying schools, together with hangars, terminal buildings and other auxiliary facilities.

Car washes and motor vehicle laundries.

Chemical processing and production.

Electroplating establishments.

Garages, public.

Medical cannabis cultivation centers as defined herein and in accordance with the laws of the state of Illinois.

Medical cannabis dispensing centers as defined herein and in accordance with the laws of the state of Illinois.

One permanent dwelling unit, not exceeding seven hundred fifty (750) square feet per zoning lot, justified by a need for on site security and occupied by an employee of the business located on the property whose responsibility includes security. Under no circumstances shall more than two (2) people, or any person under the age of eighteen (18) be permitted to reside in such a residence.

Paper products manufacturing.

Penal and correctional institutions.

Planned unit developments.

Plastics manufacturing.

Racetracks.

Radio, television and microwave towers.

Recreation centers, such as polo fields, fishing ponds, hunt and gun clubs in accordance with National Rifle Association regulations, conservation clubs, archery ranges, picnic and camping grounds, par 3 golf courses, golf driving ranges and miniature golf courses.

Sewage treatment plants.

Stadia, auditoriums, arenas and armories.

Structures with building heights in excess of forty five feet (45') used for a permitted or special use.

Theaters, automobile drive-in only.

Trailer and semi-trailer storage lots.

Truck/trailer rental facilities.

Utility installations, including electric and telephone substations.

Water filtration plant, water pumping stations and reservoirs.

Woodworking and wood products production. (Ord. 78-40, 5-16-1978; amd. Ord. 86-59, 11-4-1986; Ord. 88-67, 7-19-1988; Ord. 91-67, 9-17-1991; Ord. 2013-81, 11-5-2013; Ord. 2015-72, 9-15-2015; Ord. 2019-94, 11-19-2019; Ord. 2020-12, 2-4-2020)

Accessory uses, building or other structures customarily incidental to and commonly associated with a permitted or special use may be permitted, provided they are operated and maintained under the same ownership and on the same lot as the permitted use, do not include structures or structural features inconsistent with the permitted use, and do not involve the conduct of any separate business, profession, trade or industry.

Accessory uses may include the following:

Garages, carports or other off street parking spaces. Truck parking shall be limited to vehicles of not over one and one-half (1 1/2) tons' capacity when located within one hundred fifty feet (150') of a residence district boundary line.

Offices, incidental to a permitted or special use.

Outlet stores, retail, accessory to a manufacturing or wholesale establishment.

Railroad spur tracks.

Signs, as regulated in chapter 12 of this title.

Tool houses, sheds and other similar buildings for the storage of supplies and equipment.

Water retention and detention areas.

Water systems, individual. (Ord. 78-40, 5-16-1978)

All uses not expressly authorized under "permitted, special or accessory uses" are expressly prohibited.

The following, and uses similar to the following, illustrate prohibited uses:

Adult-use cannabis craft grower.

Adult-use cannabis infuser organization or infuser.

Adult-use cannabis processing organization or processor.

Adult-use cannabis transportation organization or transporter.

Air, motor and railroad freight terminals.

Asphalt plants.

Automotive salvage yards.

Concrete batching plants.

Creosote treatment or manufacturing.

Fertilizer manufacturing.

Incinerators.

Junkyards.

Landfills, dumps.

Manufacturing and industrial activities involving the storage, utilization or manufacture of materials or products which decompose by deterioration.

Mining and/or the extraction of minerals, sand, gravel, topsoil or other aggregates, including equipment, buildings or structures for screening, crushing, mixing, washing or storage.

Monoash landfills, transfer stations, balefills, hazardous waste landfills, incinerators, garbage dumps, sanitary and solid waste landfills, and uses accessory to or related to said uses.

Ore reduction.

Paint factories.

Petroleum processing or refining.

Railroad switching and holiday yards.

Residential uses.

Rubber manufacturing or treatment.

Salvage material yards.

Soap manufacturing.

Stockyards or slaughterhouses.

Storage of uncontained bulk materials outdoors.

Tanning operations, including storage of rawhides or skins.

Truck terminals. (Ord. 78-40, 5-16-1978; amd. Ord. 88-67, 7-19-1988; Ord. 2019-94, 11-19-2019)

Uses in the I-1 light industrial district shall conform to the following requirements:

   A.   Minimum Contiguous Area: The minimum contiguous area for any land zoned in accordance with the I-1 district shall be ten (10) acres.

   B.   Minimum Lot Area: A ground area of not less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet shall be designated, provided and continuously maintained for each permitted or special use.

   C.   Minimum Lot Width: A minimum lot width of one hundred feet (100') shall be provided for each lot used for a permitted or special use. (Ord. 78-40, 5-16-1978)

   D.   Required Yards: Required yards shall be provided and maintained in the I-1 light industrial district as described below. Special uses may require yards greater in depth than described when specified by the village board.

      1.   Required Front Yard: A required front yard shall be provided and maintained with a depth of thirty five feet (35').

      2.   Required Side Yards: Required side yards of thirty five feet (35') shall be provided and maintained.

On a corner side yard, a required side yard shall be provided and maintained with a depth of thirty five feet (35').

Where a side lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line in an adjacent office/research, commercial or residence district, a required side yard shall be provided along such side lot line not less than fifty feet (50') in depth.

      3.   Required Rear Yard: A required rear yard of thirty feet (30') shall be provided and maintained.

Where a rear lot line coincides with a side lot line in an adjacent office/research, commercial or residence district, a yard shall be required along such rear lot line of not less than fifty feet (50') in depth.

Where a rear lot line coincides with a rear lot line in an adjacent office/research, commercial or residence district, a yard shall be required along such rear lot line of not less than forty feet (40') in depth.

   E.   Maximum Building Height: No structure or portion thereof, excluding mechanical penthouse structure, shall exceed a height of forty five feet (45'). However, taller structures may be permitted as special uses by the village board. (Ord. 2015-72, 9-15-2015)

   F.   Floor Area Ratio: The maximum floor area ratio for structures in this district shall be 0.5.

   G.   Special Requirements: Uses in the I-1 light industrial district shall conform to the requirements set forth hereinafter:

      1.   Parking And Loading Requirements: All uses shall conform to the applicable requirements for off street parking and loading set forth in chapter 11 of this title.

Further, parking or loading spaces shall not be located nearer than twenty feet (20') from a front or corner side lot line, ten feet (10') from an interior side lot line or fifteen feet (15') from a rear lot line.

      2.   Signs: All uses shall conform to the applicable requirements for signs set forth in chapter 12 of this title.

      3.   Sewer And Water: All uses requiring a potable water supply or sanitary sewer facilities shall be served by either or both of the village water and sewer systems.

      4.   Refuse Areas: All refuse areas shall be screened in accordance with provisions in subsection 10-11A-4E1a of this title.

      5.   Required Screening And Landscaped Open Space: The minimum area on each lot to be devoted to green open space and landscaping shall be not less than twenty percent (20%) of the gross area of the lot. (Ord. 78-40, 5-16-1978)

All industrial developments shall provide screening and landscaping in accordance with provisions in chapter 11, article A of this title. (Ord. 91-26, 4-16-1991)

      6.   Industrial Use Requirements:

         a.   Enclosure Of Uses: All manufacturing and industrial activities including fabrication, processing, assembly, disassembly, repairing, cleaning, servicing, testing and packaging of products and goods shall be conducted wholly within enclosed buildings. (Ord. 78-40, 5-16-1978)

All outdoor storage facilities shall be screened in accordance with the provisions in subsection 10-11A-4D2 of this title. (Ord. 91-26, 4-16-1991)

         b.   Underground Utility Systems: All utility lines, including electric power and telephone lines, shall be located underground.

         c.   Lighting: All exterior lighting, building and parking lot lights and landscape lighting shall be directed away from adjacent highways, streets and properties. A lighting plan shall be prepared and be reviewed and approved by the village engineer prior to the issuance of building permits.

         d.   Ingress And Egress: All streets which provide access to and from the I-1 district shall intersect a major thoroughfare as defined and designated in the Bartlett land use plan or intersect a street within an industrial district.

         e.   Surfacing: All outdoor sales and storage space shall be provided with a permanent, durable and dustless surface, and shall be graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water.

   H.   Site Plan Review: A site plan approved according to the regulations in chapter 13 of this title shall be required prior to the approval of a building permit for any property in the I-1 district, or prior to the rezoning of property to an I-1 district. (Ord. 78-40, 5-16-1978)

All permitted and all special uses in the I-1 light industrial district shall comply with the performance standards set forth hereinafter:

   A.   Noise Emissions: No permitted use or special use or other use shall cause or allow the emission of sound beyond the boundaries of its property, as property is defined in section 25 of the Illinois environmental protection act, so as to cause noise pollution, or so as to violate any provision of the Bartlett municipal code (which adopts the standards in 35 Illinois administrative code, subtitle H, parts 900, 901 and 951). (Ord. 2001-128, 10-2-2001)

Sound levels from any permitted or special use or uses in the I-1 light industrial district shall not exceed the maximum sound levels allowed under adopted sections 901.101, 901.102, 901.103, 901.104, 901.105 and 901.106 in section 4-3-4 of the Bartlett municipal code. (Ord. 2001-129, 10-2-2001)

   B.   Visible And Particulate Matter Emissions: The emission of visible and particulate matter in such manner or concentration as to endanger or to be detrimental to the public health, safety, comfort or welfare is a public nuisance and shall not be permitted. Dust and other types of air pollution, borne by the wind from such sources as storage areas, yards, roads and the like within lot boundaries, shall be kept at a minimum by appropriate landscaping, paving, application of dust suppressant, fencing or other acceptable means.

Visible emissions from fuel combustion and other emission sources shall conform with 35 Illinois administrative code 212, subpart B, visible emissions, sections 212.122 and 212.123.

The measurements of visible emissions shall be performed according to EPA method 9, in 40 CFR part 60, appendix A "Visual Determination of Opacity of Emissions from Stationary Sources". Method 22 shall be used to determine the presence or absence of visible emissions from emission units.

Combustion sources greater than two hundred fifty millimeters (250 mm) BTU/hour are restricted to not greater than twenty percent (20%) opacity. All other emission units are restricted to not greater than thirty percent (30%) opacity. Visible emissions may exceed these limits for short periods of time under specific conditions, as allowed under 35 Illinois administrative code 212, subpart B.

Particulate matter emissions from various sources shall comply with 35 Illinois administrative code 212 for the following source categories:

 

   C.   Use, Storage And Management Of Hazardous Substances And Petroleum Products: The use, storage and management of hazardous substances and petroleum products shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal environmental statutes, codes and regulations and shall meet the performance standards specified herein.

      1.   No use shall, for any period time, discharge across the boundaries of the lot, or to environmental pathways (ground water, air, soil, surface water) wherein it is located in such concentrations as to be detrimental to or pose risk to the public health, safety, comfort or welfare, or cause injury, diminution, damage, or risk to the environment, natural resources, property, or business.

      2.   The use, storage and management of such substances shall be conducted at all times with engineering controls that provide primary and secondary containment systems designed to preclude accidental release of such substances to ground water, air, soil and surface water pathways, to the extent necessary to protect human health and the environment.

   D.   Odors: The emission of odorous matter in such quantity as to be readily detectable at any point along a lot line or as to produce a public nuisance or hazard beyond a lot line is prohibited.

   E.   Fire And Explosion Hazard:

      1.   The storage, utilization or manufacture of materials or products ranging from free or active burning to intense burning (as determined for liquids by a closed cup flash point of less than 187 degrees Fahrenheit, but not less than 105 degrees Fahrenheit), is permitted, providing the following conditions are met:

         a.   Said materials or products shall be stored, utilized or produced within completely enclosed buildings or structures having exterior walls of fire resistive construction, in accordance with the building code of the village.

         b.   Unless otherwise provided herein, all such buildings or structures shall be set back at least forty feet (40') from lot lines, or in lieu thereof, all such buildings or structures shall be protected throughout by an automatic sprinkler system complying with the installation standards prescribed by the national fire protection association, or if the materials, goods or products are liquids, the protection thereof shall be in conformity with standards prescribed by the national fire protection association.

      2.   The storage, utilization or manufacture of materials or products ranging from incombustible to moderate burning (as determined for liquids by a closed cup flash point of not less than 187 degrees Fahrenheit) is permitted.

      3.   The utilization in manufacturing processes of materials which produce flammable or explosive vapors or gases (as determined for liquids by a closed cup flash point of less than 105 degrees Fahrenheit) shall be permitted in this district, provided that:

         a.   The final manufactured product does not itself have a closed cup flash point of less than one hundred eighty seven degrees Fahrenheit (187°F).

         b.   The use and storage of such materials shall be in conformity with standards prescribed by the national fire protection association and with requirements of other ordinances of the village.

         c.   The storage of said materials shall be prohibited aboveground.

      4.   Detonable materials shall not be stored within two hundred feet (200') of a lot line.

   F.   Glare Or Heat: Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed within a completely enclosed building in such a manner as not to create a public nuisance or hazard along lot lines.

   G.   Vibration: No industrial operation or activity shall cause at any time ground transmitted vibrations in excess of the limits set forth below. Vibration (the periodic displacement, measured in inches, of earth) shall be measured at any point along a lot in with a three (3) component measuring instrument and shall be expressed in inches as follows:

 

 

(Ord. 2013-45, 6-4-2013)

Use, lot and bulk regulations applying specifically to the I-2 economic development area overlay district are set forth in the sections which follow. Also applying to the I-2 EDA overlay district are regulations set forth in other chapters in this title, title 11, and in the Bartlett municipal code as follows:

 

(Ord. 2001-27, 10-2-2001)

Uses of land or buildings, as hereinafter listed, shall be permitted in accordance with the conditions specified. Unless otherwise specifically set forth, wherever a permitted use is named as a major category, it shall be deemed to include only those itemized uses listed under the said category. No building or zoning lot in the I-2 EDA overlay district shall be devoted to any use other than a use permitted in the I-2 EDA overlay district, and no building or structure shall be erected, altered, enlarged or occupied in the I-2 EDA overlay district except for a permitted use in the I-2 EDA overlay district unless otherwise specifically allowed by this title.

Uses lawfully established on the effective date of this title and rendered nonconforming by the provisions thereof shall be subject to the regulations of chapter 10 of this title.

   A.   The following uses are permitted in the I-2 EDA overlay district:

      1.   Any use permitted in the I-1 light industrial district, provided such permitted uses comply with the performance standards set forth hereinafter in section 10-7C-8 of this article, and further provided such use is not listed as a prohibited use in section 10-7C-6 of this article, or a special use listed in section 10-7C-4 of this article.

      2.   Any manufacturing, fabricating, processing, parking and storage uses provided such uses conform with the performance standards set forth hereinafter in section 10-7C-8 of this article, and further provided such use is not listed as prohibited uses in section 10-7C-6 of this article, or a special use in section 10-7C-4 of this article.

      3.   Any use, or combination of uses, permitted in the office/research district, provided that such use, or combination of uses, is not listed as a prohibited use in section 10-7C-6 of this article, or a special use in section 10-7C-4 of this article, and further provided the number of off street parking spaces required for the particular office and/or research use or uses shall be calculated in accordance with the applicable provisions for office uses set forth in section 10-11-1-6 of this title.

      4.   Any use or combination of uses permitted in the B-4 community shopping district, provided that such use is not listed as a prohibited use in section 10-7C-6 of this article, or a special use in section 10-7C-4 of this article, and further provided that the number of off street parking spaces required for the particular commercial use, or combination of commercial uses shall be calculated in accordance with the applicable provisions for similar commercial uses set forth in section 10-11-1-6 of this title.

      5.   On tracts of land in excess of two hundred (200) contiguous acres lying in more than one county, and/or on tracts of land adjacent to said two hundred (200) contiguous acre tracts of land (including parcels separated by a road) which are not less than forty (40) acres in size which were previously or are presently being mined in whole or in part, which tract(s) are rezoned from I-2 general industry district and/or O-R office/research district to the I-2 EDA overlay district ("Contiguous I-2/O-R Land") for that portion of said property located in DuPage County, any of the following additional industrial and/or office/research use(s), or combination of additional industrial and/or office/research uses listed below, shall be additional permitted uses, provided such uses comply with the performance standards hereinafter set forth in section 10-7C-8 of this article, as amended:

Adult-use cannabis cultivation center.

Adult-use cannabis dispensing center.

Medical cannabis cultivation centers as defined herein and in accordance with the laws of the state of Illinois.

Restaurants, drive-in or serving liquor.

Trailer and semi-trailer storage lots.

The word “Medical” before “cannabis cultivation center.” (Ord. 2001-127, 10-2-2001; amd. Ord. 2008-9, 2-5-2008; Ord. 2013-81, 11-5-2013; Ord. 2015-72, 9-15-2015; Ord. 2019-94, 11-19-2019; Ord. 2020-12, 2-4-2020; Ord. 2022-01, 1-4-2022)

Garages, carports or other off street parking spaces. Truck parking shall be limited to vehicles of not over one and one-half (1 1/2) tons' capacity when located within one hundred fifty feet (150') of a residence district boundary line.

The outdoor service and consumption of food and alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a restaurant on the property.

Tool houses, sheds and other similar buildings for the storage of supplies and equipment.

Water retention and detention areas.

Water systems, individual. (Ord. 2001-127, 10-2-2001; amd. Ord. 2022-01, 1-4-2022)

Adult-use cannabis craft grower.

Adult-use cannabis infuser organization or infuser.

Adult-use cannabis processing organization or processor.

Adult-use cannabis transportation organization or transporter.

Tree removal services. (Ord. 2001-127, 10-2-2001; amd. Ord. 2019-94, 11-19-2019)