Bellwood City Zoning Code
BUSINESS DISTRICTS
§ 156.055 GENERAL REGULATIONS.
(A) Permitted uses.
(1) Permitted uses of land or buildings, as hereinafter listed, shall be permitted in the districts indicated under the condition specified. No buildings or zoning lots shall be devoted to any use other than a use permitted hereinafter in the zoning district in which such building or zoning lot shall be located, with the exception of the following:
(a) Uses lawfully established on the effective date of this chapter; and
(b) Conditional uses allowed in accordance with the provisions of division (B) of this section.
(B) Conditional uses. Conditional uses, as hereafter listed, may be allowed in the zoning districts indicated, subject to the issuance of conditional use permits in accordance with the provisions of § 156.160.
(C) Lot size requirements. Lot size requirements shall be as set forth under each zoning district.
(1) No use shall be established or hereafter maintained on a lot recorded after the effective date of this chapter which is of less area or less width than prescribed hereinafter for such use in the zoning district in which it is to be located.
(2) No existing building or dwelling nit shall be converted so as to conflict with, or further conflict with, the lot size requirements of the district in which such building is located.
(D) Yard requirements and open space.
(1) Yard requirements shall be as set forth under each zoning district in this subchapter for all buildings, structures and uses, except as may be established by the President and Board of Trustees and reflected on the zoning map.
(2)
Fuel and food dispensing devices with a height of not over six feet shall be exempt from the established front yard or corner side yard requirements, but all such dispensing devices shall be set back from the front lot line and the corner side lot line a distance of not less than 15 feet.
(3) All required yards shall be unobstructed from the ground level to the sky, except as allowed in § 156.010(E). All accessory buildings when attached to principal buildings shall comply with the yard requirements of the principal buildings.
(E) Building height. The requirements established under each zoning district in this subchapter shall determine the maximum building height allowable for the building or buildings.
(`95 Code, §156.055) (Ord. 83-11, passed 9- -83; Am. Ord. 94-5, passed 2-9-94)
§ 156.056 B1 COMMUNITY SHOPPING DISTRICT.
(A) Purpose.
(1) The Community Shopping District is primarily intended to provide convenience shopping for persons residing in adjacent residential areas, and to permit such uses as are necessary to satisfy those basic shopping needs which occur daily or infrequently and so require shopping facilities in relative proximity to places of residence.
(2) Uses allowed in the B1 District are subject to the following conditions:
(a) Dwelling units are not permitted below the second floor.
(b) All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with consumers. All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced.
(c) All business, servicing or processing, except for off-street parking or loading, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.
(d) Establishments of the "drive-in" type offering goods or services directly to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles are allowed by conditional use permit only.
(e)
The parking of trucks as an accessory use, when used in the conduct of a permitted business listed hereafter in this section shall be limited to vehicles of not over 1 1/2 tons capacity when located within 75 feet of a residence district boundary line. Any parking of trucks on land adjacent to residential property shall be screened therefrom by a wall, fence or densely planted compact hedge, not less than five nor more than eight feet in height.
(f) Restaurants where accessory uses for food and non-alcoholic beverages are consumed on the premises, but not within a completely enclosed building, to be allowed as a conditional use only.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Dwelling units, above the ground floor.
(2) Antique shops.
(3) Art and school supply stores.
(4) Art shops or galleries.
(5) Automobile accessory stores.
(6) Bakeries, retail.
(7) Banks and financial institutions.
(8) Barber shops.
(9) Beauty shops.
(10) Bicycle sales, rental and repair stores.
(11) Blueprinting and photostating establishments.
(12) Book and stationery stores.
(13) Business machine sales and service.
(14) Camera and photograph supply stores.
(15) Candy and ice cream stores.
(16) Carpet and rug stores, retail sales only.
(17) China and glassware stores.
(18) Clinics, medical and dental.
(19) Coin and philatelic stores.
(20) Dairy products sales.
(21) Department stores.
(22) Drug stores or pharmacies.
(23) Dry cleaning establishments.
(24) Dry goods stores.
(25) Electrical and household appliance stores, including radio and television sales and repair.
(26) Employment agencies.
(27) Florist shops.
(28) Food stores, grocery stores, meat markets and delicatessens.
(29) Furniture stores, including upholstering when conducted as part of the retail operations and secondary to the principal use.
(30) Furrier shops, including the incidental storage and conditioning of furs.
(31) Gift shops.
(32) Hardware stores.
(33) Hobby shops, for retail of items to be assembled or used away from the premises.
(34) Household appliance stores.
(35) Jewelry stores, including watch repair.
(36) Launderettes and hand laundries.
(37) Leather goods and luggage stores.
(38) Liquor stores, packaged goods.
(39) Locksmith shops.
(40) Millinery shops.
(41) Musical instrument sales and repair.
(42) Newspaper distribution agencies.
(43) Office machine sales and servicing.
(44) Offices, business and professional.
(45) Office supply stores.
(46) Optician sales, retail.
(47) Orthopedic and medical appliance stores.
(48) Paint, glass and wallpaper stores.
(49) Pet shops.
(50) Phonograph record and sheet music stores.
(51) Photography studios, including the developing of film and pictures when conducted as part of the retail business on the premises.
(52) Post office.
(53) Printing shops.
(54) Radio and television sales, service and repair shops.
(55) Restaurants.
(56) Schools; music, dance or business.
(57) Secondhand stores.
(58) Sewing machine sales and service-household appliances only.
(59) Shoe, clothing and hat repair stores.
(60) Shoe stores.
(61) Sporting goods stores.
(62) Tailor shops.
(63) Taverns and cocktail lounges.
(64) Theaters (indoor).
(65) Tobacco shops.
(66) Toy shops.
(67) Travel bureaus and transportation ticket offices.
(68) Wearing apparel shops.
(69) Variety stores.
(70) Accessory uses, incidental to and on the same zoning lot as a principal use.
(C) Conditional uses. The following conditional uses may be allowed in the B1 District, subject to the provisions of § 156.160:
(1) Automobile service stations.
(2) Clubs and lodges, nonprofit and fraternal.
(3) Day care centers.
(4) Drive-in uses.
(5) Funeral homes.
(6) Garden supply, tool and seed stores.
(7) Parking lots and structures, other than accessory, for the storage of private passenger automobiles.
(8) Parks, libraries and other public uses.
(9) Planned developments, business.
(10) Public utility and service uses.
(11) Repair, rental and servicing of any article the sale of which is a permitted use in the district.
(12) Building height in excess of 45 feet.
(13) All accessory uses, incidental to and on the same zoning lot as a principal use.
(D) Lot size requirements. In the B1 District there shall be provided not less than 1,500 square feet of lot area for each dwelling unit on a lot. Planned developments shall have a minimum lot area of two acres.
(E) Yard requirements.
(1) Front yard. No specific requirement.
(2) Transitional yards. Where a side lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line in an adjacent residence district, a yard shall be provided along such side lot line. Such yard shall be equal in dimension to the minimum side yard which would be required under this chapter for a residential use on the adjacent residential lot.
(F) Building height limitations. In the B1 District, no building or structure height shall exceed three stories or 45 feet, unless specifically authorized by conditional use permit.
(`95 Code, § 156.056) (Ord. 83-11, passed 9- -83; Am. Ord. 89-17, passed 7-26-89; Am. Ord. 91-33, passed 11-27-91; Am. Ord. 8-104, passed 12-17-08; Am. Ord. 24-19, passed 10-16-24)
§ 156.057 B2 COMMERCIAL SERVICE DISTRICT.
(A) Purpose.
(1) The B2 Commercial Service District is intended to accommodate those low-intensity service and light commercial uses that have located along urban arterials and are auto-oriented.
(2) Uses allowed in the B2 District are subject to the following conditions:
(a) Dwelling units and rooming units, other than those located in a hotel or motel or watchperson's quarters located on the premises where employed, are not permitted.
(b) All business, servicing or processing shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings, with the following exceptions: establishments of the "drive-in" type offering goods or services directly to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles, display of merchandise for sale to the public, and off-street parking and loading.
(c)
The unenclosed parking of trucks as an accessory use shall be limited to vehicles of not over 1 1/2 tons capacity when located within 75 feet of a residence district boundary line. Any parking of trucks on land adjacent to residential property shall be screened therefrom by a wall, fence or densely planted compact hedge, not less than five nor more than eight feet in height.
(d) Restaurants where accessory uses for food and nonalcoholic beverages are consumed on the premises, but not within a completely enclosed building, to be allowed as a conditional use only.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Auction room.
(2) Automobile service stations.
(3)
Clubs and lodges, nonprofit and fraternal.
(4) Drive-in establishments for uses permitted.
(5) Electrical showrooms and shops.
(6) Exterminating shops.
(7) Fuel and ice sales.
(8) Funeral homes.
(9) Garages for storage, repair, and servicing of motor vehicles, including body repair, painting and engine rebuilding.
(10) Feed and seed stores.
(11) Greenhouses and nurseries.
(12) Heating and air conditioning showrooms and shops.
(13) Hotels and motels.
(14) Laboratories; medical, dental, research and testing.
(15) Medical and dental clinics and laboratories.
(16) Pawn shops.
(17) Physical culture and health services, gymnasiums, reducing salons.
(18) Plumbing showrooms and shops.
(19) Printing shops.
(20) Recording or sound studios.
(21) Schools, business or commercial.
(22) Taxidermists.
(23) Accessory uses, incidental to and on the same zoning lot as a principal use.
(24) Restaurants.
(C) Conditional uses. The following uses shall be allowed as conditional uses in the B2 District, subject to the provisions of § 156.160:
(1) Amusement establishments' including: bowling alleys, pool halls, dance halls, swimming pools, skating rinks and other similar indoor amusement facilities.
(2) Animal hospitals and kennels.
(3) Building material and products sales and storage.
(4) Cartage and express facilities.
(5) Car wash establishments.
(6) Contractor or construction offices, shops and yards.
(7) Day care centers.
(8) Machinery sales.
(9) Model homes and garage displays.
(10) Parks, libraries and other public uses.
(11) Planned developments, business or commercial.
(12) Public utility and service uses.
(13) Wholesale establishments.
(14) All accessory uses, incidental to and on the same zoning lot as a principal use.
(15) Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization.
(16) Adult-use cannabis infuser organization.
(17) Adult-use cannabis processing organization.
(D) Lot size requirements. None, except for planned developments, which shall provide at least two acres of lot area.
(E) Yard requirements.
(1) Front and corner side yards. Uses allowed in the B2 District shall provide a front yard and a corner yard of not less than 20 feet in depth.
(2) Transitional yard. No building or structure in the B2 District shall be located within 20 feet of a residence district boundary line, unless such building or structure is effectively screened from such residence district property by a wall, fence or densely planted compact hedge, not less than five feet nor more than eight feet in height in the event of such screening, the transitional yard requirements specified in the B1 District shall apply in the B2 District. The Zoning Administrator may waive this requirement if the structure, use or building is already effectively screened by natural topography or existing screening comparable to the types mentioned.
(F) Building height limitations. In the B2 District, no building or structure height shall exceed three stories or 45 feet.
(`95 Code, § 156.057) (Ord. 83-11, passed 9- -83; Am. Ord. 89-17, passed 7-26-89; Am. Ord. 91-33, passed 11-27-91; Am. Ord. 8-104, passed 12-17-08; Am. Ord. 19-36, passed 11-13-19; Am. Ord. 22-24, passed 6-15-22)