The B-G district is intended to provide an area for the business and commercial needs of the community, especially those which can be most suitably located in a compact and centrally located business district.

(Prior code § 13-1-45(a))

The following uses of land are permitted in the B-G district:

1.

Paint, glass and wallpaper stores. [523]

2.

Hardware stores. [525]

3.

Department stores, variety stores, general merchandise stores. [53]

4.

General grocery stores, supermarkets, fruit and vegetable stores, meat and fish stores and miscellaneous food stores. [54]

5.

Candy, nut or confectionery stores. [544]

6.

Dairy products stores, including ice cream stores. [545]

7.

Retail bakeries, including those which produce some or all of the products sold on the premises, but not including establishments which manufacture bakery products primarily for sale through outlets located elsewhere or through home service delivery. [546]

8.

Clothing and shoe stores. [56]

9.

Furniture, home furnishings and floor covering stores. [57]

10.

Restaurants, lunch rooms and other eating places, except drive-in type establishments. [5812]

11.

Taverns, bars and other drinking places with permit by village board. [5813]

12.

Drug stores and pharmacies. [591]

13.

Liquor stores. [592]

14.

Antique stores and secondhand stores. [593]

15.

Sporting goods stores and bicycle shops. [5941]

16.

Bookstores, not including adult books. [5942]

17.

Stationery stores. [5943]

18.

Jewelry and clock stores. [5944]

19.

Camera and photographic supply stores. [5946]

20.

Gift, novelty and souvenir shops. [5947]

21.

Florist shops. [5992]

22.

Tobacco and smokers' supplies stores. [5993]

23.

News dealers and newsstands. [5994]

24.

Wholesale merchandise establishments, only for retail items listed above; e.g. subsection 19 of this section would allow wholesale camera sales.

25.

Banks and other financial institutions. [60-62]

26.

Offices of insurance companies, agents, brokers and service representatives. [63-64]

27.

Offices of real estate agents, brokers, managers and title companies. [65-67]

28.

Retail laundry and dry cleaning outlets, including coin-operated laundries and dry cleaning establishments, commonly called laundromats and launderettes. Tailor shops, dressmakers' shops, and garment repair shops, but not garment pressing establishments, hand laundries, or hat cleaning and blocking establishments. [721]

29.

Photographic studios and commercial photography establishments. [722]

30.

Barbershops, beauty shops and hairdressers. [723-4]

31.

Shoe repair shops and shoe shine parlors. [725]

32.

Advertising agencies, consumer credit reporting, news agencies, employment agencies. [731-2, 735-6]

33.

Duplicating, blueprinting, photocopying, addressing, mailing, mailing list and stenographic services. [733]

34.

Computer services. [737]

35.

Commercial parking lots, parking garages, parking structures. [752]

36.

Watch, clock and jewelry repair services. [763]

37.

Motion picture theaters, not including drive-in theaters. [7832]

38.

Miscellaneous retail stores. [5999]

39.

Offices of physicians and surgeons, dentists and dental surgeons, osteopathic physicians, optometrists and chiropractors, but not veterinarian's offices. [801-4]

40.

Law offices. [811]

41.

The offices, meeting places, and premises of professional membership associations; civic, social, and fraternal associations; business associations, labor unions and similar labor organizations; political organizations; religious organizations; charitable organizations; or other nonprofit membership organizations. [86]

42.

Engineering and architectural firms or consultants. [891-3]

43.

Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping firms or services. [8721]

44.

Professional, scientific, or educational firms, agencies, offices, or services, but not research laboratories or manufacturing operations. [899]

45.

The offices of governmental agencies and post offices. [91-92, 431]

46.

Public transportation passenger stations, taxicab company offices, taxicab stands, but not vehicle storage lots or garages. [411-14]

47.

Telephone and telegraph offices. [481-2]

(Prior code § 13-1-45(b))

The following are permitted as conditional uses in the B-G district; provided that no nuisance shall be afforded to the public through noise, the discharge of exhaust gases from motor-driven equipment, unpleasant odors, smoke, steam, harmful vapors, obnoxious materials, unsightly conditions, obstruction of passage on the public street or sidewalk, or other conditions generally regarded as nuisances; and provided that where operations necessary or incident to the proper performance of these services or occupations would tend to afford such nuisances, areas, facilities, barriers, or other devices shall be provided in such a manner that the public is effectively protected from any and all such nuisances. These uses shall be subject to the consideration of the plan commission with regard to such matters.

A.

The sale, service, repair, testing, demonstration or other use of piston-type engines or motors, or any type of device, appliance or equipment operated by such engines or motors. However, the number of unenclosed vehicles awaiting sale or repair shall be established by the plan commission. Enclosed vehicles shall be stored within a building or enclosed by a complete vision-barrier fence a minimum of six feet in height. Prior to construction, the materials proposed to be used for the fence and the fence design shall be approved by the plan commission. Such enclosure fences shall be maintained in such a manner so as not to constitute a nuisance. [753]

B.

The sale, service, repair, testing, demonstration or other use of radios, television sets, high-fidelity sound equipment, electronic amplifiers, stereophonic sound systems, musical instruments, or other such devices. [762]

C.

Establishments engaged in the sale, service, repair, testing, demonstration or other use of motor-driven bicycles, commonly called motorbikes; with the provision that such activity, when carried out in an establishment which also engages in the sale, repair or other operations with nonmotor-driven bicycles, shall constitute a separate and distinct use insofar as the intention of this chapter is concerned. [7699]

D.

Establishments engaged in the sale, servicing, repairing, testing, demonstration, or other use of electrical household appliances, including washing machines, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, irons, toasters, or similar household appliances. Establishments engaged in the sale, servicing, repairing, testing, demonstration, or other use of household electrical refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, other self-contained refrigeration units, or other similar appliances or equipment; provided further, specifically, that areas and facilities for operating, repairing, loading, unloading and storage of such appliances or equipment shall be provided in a manner which affords no nuisance of obstruction, or of the discharge of unpleasant or harmful vapors or liquids, or of unsightly conditions to the public. [762]

E.

Miscellaneous repair shops and related services. [769]

F.

Garment pressing establishments, hand laundries, hat cleaning and blocking shops and coin-operated dry cleaning establishments. [721]

G.

Reupholstery and furniture repair.

H.

Establishments engaged in the publishing and printing of newspapers, periodicals or books. [2711]

I.

Dwelling units, provided that no dwelling shall be permitted below the second floor and business uses are not permitted on any floor above the ground floor, except in those buildings or structures where dwelling units are not established.

J.

The parking or trucks as an accessory use, when used in the conduct of a permitted business listed above in this section, shall be limited to vehicles of not over fourteen thousand (14,000) pounds gross vehicle weight when located within one hundred fifty (150) feet of a residential district boundary line.

K.

Farm supplies, wholesale trade. [5191]

L.

Mini-warehousing facilities not including retail sales to customers on site.

M.

Stores for the retail sales of automotive parts and accessories.

N.

Lodging (hotels and motels).

(Ord. 132, 1999; prior code § 13-1-45(c))

(Ord. No. 2021-01, 2-9-2021)

A.

Lot Frontage. Minimum sixty (60) feet.

B.

Lot Area. Minimum six thousand (6,000) square feet.

C.

Principal Building.

1.

Front yard: minimum twenty-five (25) feet;

2.

Side yard: minimum ten (10) feet;

3.

Rear yard: minimum twenty (20) feet.

D.

Building Height. Maximum forty-five (45) feet.

E.

Percent of Lot Coverage. Maximum ninety (90) percent.

F.

Lot Area per Dwelling Unit. Minimum two thousand seven hundred (2,700) square feet.

G.

Alley. Minimum fifteen (15) feet.

(Prior code § 13-1-45(d))

The mixed use business district is intended to provide for the orderly and attractive group of buildings which encompass more than one type of non-industrial business use which are compatible from a traffic, density, and general use standpoint, and which do not include large scale, intensive retail uses (e.g., buildings over thirty thousand (30,000) square feet).

(Ord. 2004-03 § 4 (part): prior code § 13-1-52A)

A.

General office.

(Ord. 2004-03 § 4 (part): prior code § 13-1-52A)

(Ord. No. 2009-08, 8-18-2009)

A.

Retail sales and service—less than thirty thousand (30,000) square feet gross leasable area (GLA).

B.

Restaurants (with or without drive-through).

C.

Offices and clinics, which may include veterinary clinics provided that no structure or animal enclosure shall be located closer than three hundred (300) feet to a property boundary.

D.

Lodging (hotels and motels).

E.

Vehicle sales and services, including fuel sales (fueling islands, storage tanks and accessory equipment shall not be within thirty (30) feet of a street right-of-way as measured from the property line).

(Ord. 2005-05 (part); Ord. 2004-03 § 4 (part): prior code § 13-1-52A)

A.

Lot Frontage. Minimum eighty (80) feet.

B.

Lot Area. Minimum twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.

C.

Front Yard. Minimum thirty-five (35) feet.

D.

Side Yards. Minimum ten (10) feet.

E.

Rear Yard. Minimum thirty (30) feet.

F.

Building Height. Maximum thirty-five (35) feet.

G.

Percentage of Lot Coverage. Maximum forty (40) percent.

(Ord. 2004-03 § 4 (part): prior code § 13-1-52A)