The following retail business and service uses are permitted, provided they are operated entirely within a building, except for off street parking and loading facilities:

   Accessory uses, including off street parking and loading facilities as permitted or required in accordance with the provisions of chapter 10 of this title.

   Antique shops.

   Art and school supply stores.

   Art galleries and studios.

   Automobile rental establishments located on the premises of existing retail automobile sales establishments.

   Bakery shops, including the baking and processing of food products when prepared for retail sale on the premises only.

   Barbershops and beauty parlors.

   Book and stationery stores.

   Camera and photographic supply shops for retail sale.

   Candy and ice cream shops.

   Carpet, rug and linoleum stores.

   China and glassware stores.

   Christmas tree sales (only when associated as an accessory use to a primary business).

   Coin and philatelic stores.

   Cosmetic tattooing, including microblading and make up tattooing so long as it is limited to the face only and is a secondary use to a beauty salon as defined and performed in conjunction with a properly licensed beauty salon. Licensee shall be properly licensed with the State of Illinois and hold a valid State of Illinois body art license. Such non- permanent tattooing will be limited only to the face.

   Department stores.

   Drugstores.

   Dry goods stores.

   Electrical appliance stores and repairs, but not including appliance assembly or manufacture.

   Food, meat and fruit stores.

   Furniture stores and upholstery when conducted as a part of the retail operations and secondary to the main use.

   Furrier, when conducted for retail trade on the premises only.

   Gift shops.

   Haberdasheries.

   Hardware stores.

   Health clubs and martial arts studios.

   Hobby stores.

   Household appliance stores and repair.

   Jewelry and watch repair shops.

   Leather goods and luggage stores.

   Medical clinics.

   Millinery shops.

   Newsstand.

   Offices, business and professional.

   Optician, optometrist.

   Outdoor storage containers, limited to three (3) containers per lot, and so long as the containers are screened from public right-of-way.

   Paint and wallpaper stores.

   Photography studios, including the development of film and pictures when done as a part of the retail business on the premises.

   Physical Therapy or Physical Rehabilitation Facilities.

   Postal substations.

   Public utility collection offices.

   Resale shops.

   Restaurants.

   Retail sales, including display facilities of home construction, maintenance, and repair materials and supplies.

   Sewing machine sales and service.

   Shoe and hat stores and repairing when done as a part of the retail business.

   Signs subject to the provisions of title 8, chapter 5 (the sign ordinance) of this Code.

   Sporting goods stores.

   Taverns and package liquor stores.

   Tobacco store, a store in which at least eighty percent (80%) of its income is derived by the sale of tobacco or tobacco related products, so long as such business is not located within five hundred feet (500') of any lot line of a park or school as such is strictly prohibited.

   Toy stores.

   Video and audio stores.

   Wearing apparel shops. (Ord. 13-25-0, 5-22-2013; amd. Ord. 17-27-0, 8-23-2017; Ord. 25-01-O, 1-22-2025)

The following uses may be allowed by special use permit in accordance with the administrative provisions of chapter 12 of this title:

   Adult daycare facility.

   All automobile rental establishments except those allowed as permitted uses under section 10-6A-1 of this article.

   Animal daycare/kennels/boarding - Any establishment that provides animal daycare/kennel/boarding services, which includes the daily and/or overnight keeping of dogs and/or cats, are subject to the following supplemental use regulations:

      1.   For the purposes of this section, “animals” shall mean dogs or cats;

      2.   Animal daycare/kennels/boarding are not permitted directly adjacent to any residential use with the exception of facilities that are entirely enclosed;

      3.   The keeping of more than sixty (60) animals at one time is prohibited;

      4.   All animals must be kept within a completely enclosed building between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) P.M. and seven o’clock (7:00) A.M.;

      5.   The retail sale of dogs or cats is prohibited with the exception of rescue adoption and/or drives;

      6.   Outdoor runs and exercise areas must be enclosed by a solid fence or wall that is a minimum of six (6) feet in height;

      7.   Noise shall be managed so as not to create a public nuisance as enumerated in Section 6-3-1 of the City Code and all other local noise regulations; and

      8.   All facilities must maintain sanitary conditions in areas where animals are kept for any period.

   Auto parts and/or accessory stores, where there is no driveway entrance across the sidewalk into the main building.

   Auto parts and/or accessory stores, where there is no driveway entrance across the sidewalk into the main building.

   Automobile service stations, but not including major body repair or painting.

"Automobile service use" as defined in section 10-1-3 of this title.

   Churches, rectories and parish houses.

   Clothing/donation boxes.

   Clubs or lodges (nonprofit), fraternal or religious.

   Community residences.

   Convalescent homes, hospitals and sanatoriums.

   Day and night care centers.

"Disk antenna", as defined in section 10-1-3 of this title but not in compliance with section 10-2-14 of this title.

   Dog grooming (no overnight boarding of animals allowed).

   Drive-in or drive-through facilities, all.

   Dry cleaning and pressing establishment, including uses when employing a closed loop hydrocarbon system.

   Financial institutions - the construction, operation or conducting of any financial institution including, but not limited to, banks, savings and loans, credit unions, mortgage companies, investment companies.

   Hotels and motels, including restaurants and meeting rooms.

   Massage therapy, only as a secondary use to a primary business such as: hair salons, nail salons, health clubs, physical rehabilitation facilities and department stores and as long as the applicant is licensed with the State of Illinois and complies with the Illinois Massage Therapy Licensing Act, which is hereby adopted in its entirety as it is from time to time amended, 225 Illinois Compiled Statutes 57/1 et seq.

   New automobile retail sales dealerships with appurtenant service facilities, not including major body repair or painting, but including outdoor display and sales, to the extent customarily requisite to the proper operation of such businesses, as an exception to subsection 10-6A-3A of this article. At any time a dealership operated as a special use under this section ceases to meet such qualification requirements, said special use shall terminate, without notice, and the business carried on thereunder shall forthwith cease operation.

   Outdoor patio. Hours of operation: For outdoor patio use, food and liquor service hours will be hours of business operation. Those outdoor patios within five hundred feet (500') of a residentially zoned lot will cease hours of operation at eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. Monday through Thursday and twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight on Friday and Saturday for the months May through October.

   Parks, when publicly owned and operated.

"Planned developments", business as defined herein.

   Public utility and public service uses, including:

   Bus terminal or other public transportation terminal facilities.

   Electric substations.

   Fire stations.

   Police stations.

   Public art galleries and museums.

   Public libraries.

   Telephone exchange, repeater stations, microwave relay towers and stations, mobile transmitting towers and stations, antenna towers and other outdoor equipment essential to the operation of the exchange in the interest of public convenience and necessity.

   Water filtration plants.

   Water pumping stations.

   Water reservoir.

   Other similar uses.

   Rental stores.

   Residential apartments above commercial buildings.

   Schools, day or nursery, public or private.

   Self-storage facilities.

   Other retail business uses not specifically listed under section 10-6A-1 of this article, when found to have economic compatibility with established uses on adjoining property. (Ord. 13-25-0, 5-22-2013; amd. Ord. 14-06-0, 2-12-2014; Ord. 18-31-0, 7-25-2018; Ord. 19-34-0, 11-13-2019; Ord. 22-31-O, 7-13-2022)

All uses permitted in this district shall be establishments dealing directly with consumers and shall be subject to the following conditions: (Ord. 80-2-0, 12-1979)

   A.   All uses permitted in the B-1 Retail Business District shall be operated entirely within an enclosed building, except for off street parking and loading facilities, and except as otherwise specifically allowed or required by special use granted under section 10-6A-2 of this article. (Ord. 04-09-0, 2-11-2004)

   B.   The sale of foodstuffs or articles intended for human consumption shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building, except as otherwise specifically allowed by special use under section 10-6A-2 of this article. (Ord. 80-2-0, 12-1979)

   C.   Establishments of the primarily drive-in type, including, but not limited to, those offering carhop service, offering goods or services directly to customers for consumption in parked vehicles on the premises, are not permitted. However, drive-in facilities used in conjunction with establishments not primarily of the drive-in type, but specifically allowed as special uses under section 10-6A-2 of this article, may be permitted. (Ord. 84-18-0, 6-13-1984)

   D.   There shall be no manufacture, processing or treatment of products other than those which are clearly incidental and essential to the retail business conducted on the same premises.

   E.   Not more than five (5) persons (exclusive of manager, clerks and drivers) shall be engaged in said manufacture, processing or treatment of products. (Ord. 80-2-0, 12-1979)

Yards shall be provided in accordance with the following regulations:

   A.   No building shall be erected or enlarged unless a front yard of not less than twenty five feet (25') is provided and maintained.

   B.   Where lots in a B-1 District front on the street and at least eighty percent (80%) of the frontage directly across the street between two (2) consecutive intersecting streets is in a residence district, the front yard regulations for the residence district shall apply to the said lots in the business district.

   C.   In a B-1 District, where a side lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line of property in an adjacent residential district, a yard shall be provided along such side lot line. Such yard shall be a minimum of ten feet (10') in width plus an additional one foot (1') for each two feet (2') or fraction thereof by which the building height exceeds twenty five feet (25').

   D.   In a B-1 District, where a rear lot line coincides with a side lot line of property in an adjacent residential district, a yard shall be provided along such rear lot line. Such yard shall be a minimum of ten feet (10') in width plus an additional one foot (1') for each two feet (2') or fraction thereof by which the building height exceeds twenty five feet (25').

   E.   In a B-1 District, where a rear lot line coincides with a rear lot line of property in an adjacent residence district, a yard shall be provided along such rear lot line. Such yard shall be a minimum of twenty feet (20') in depth, plus an additional one foot (1') for each two feet (2') or fraction thereof by which the building height exceeds twenty five feet (25').

Exception: When the coinciding rear lot lines are separated by a public way, the required yard may begin at a height of fifteen feet (15') or one story above grade, whichever is lower. (Ord. 08-34-0, 6-25-2008)

   A.   Maximum Floor Area Ratio And Coverage: The floor area ratio shall not exceed 1.2, and not more than sixty percent (60%) of the zoning lot shall be covered by a building or buildings.

   B.   Height Limitation:

      1.   No structure within a B-1 Retail Business District shall exceed seventy feet (70') in height, including mechanical equipment, from grade; this height limitation is not intended to, and shall not, authorize an increase in permitted height of structures specifically limited to a lesser height.

      2.   In a B-1 Retail Business District, where any side or rear lot line coincides with any side or rear lot line in an adjacent residence district, no structure shall exceed forty five feet (45') in height, including mechanical equipment, from grade; this height limit is not intended to, and shall not, authorize an increase in permitted height of structures specifically limited to a lesser height. (Ord. 08-34-0, 6-25-2008)

The following retail and service uses are permitted, provided they are operated entirely within a building, except for off street parking and loading facilities, and except for establishments of the "drive-in" type offering goods and services directly to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles:

   Any use permitted in the B-1 business district.

   Accessory uses, including off street parking and loading facilities as permitted or required in accordance with the provisions of chapter 10 of this title.

   Automobile parts and/or accessory stores, where there is no driveway entrance across the sidewalk into the main building.

   Bicycle sales and repair.

   Catering establishments.

   Hotels and motels, including restaurants and meeting rooms. (Ord. 13-25-0, 5-22-2013)

The following uses may be allowed by special use permit in accordance with the administrative provisions of chapter 12 of this title:

   Any use which may be allowed as a special use in the B-1 district.

   Animal hospital when conducted wholly within an enclosed building.

   Automobile washing, including the use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steam cleaning.

   Car washes.

   Costume rental shops.

   Drive-in or drive-through facilities.

   Dry cleaning and pressing establishments, when employing facilities for the cleaning and pressing of not more than seven hundred fifty (750) pounds of dry goods per day, and when using perchloroethylene or other similar noninflammable solvents approved by the fire department.

   Financial institutions - the construction, operation or conducting of any financial institution including, but not limited to, banks, savings and loans, credit unions, mortgage companies, investment companies.

   Laboratories (medical, dental, research, experimental and testing) conforming with the requirements of section 10-7A-6 of this title.

   Loan offices.

   Meeting halls.

   New automobile retail sales dealerships with appurtenant service facilities, not including major body repair or painting, but including outdoor display and sales, to the extent customarily requisite to the proper operation of such businesses, as an exception to subsection 10-6A-3A of this chapter. At any time a dealership operated as a special use under this section ceases to meet such qualification requirements, said special use shall terminate, without notice, and the business carried on thereunder shall forthwith cease operation.

   Radio and television broadcasting stations.

   Rental stores.

   Sale of truck accessories and truck services.

   Schools: music, dance, business, commercial or trade. (Ord. 13-25-0, 5-22-2013; amd. Ord. 25-01-O, 1-22-2025)

All uses permitted in this district shall be subject to the same conditions of use as permitted or required in the B-1 district, section 10-6A-3 of this chapter. (Ord. 80-2-0, 12-1979)

All yard regulations shall be the same as required and apply in the B-1 retail business district. (Ord. 84-16-0, 5-9-1984)

No structure within a B-2 limited service business district shall exceed seventy feet (70') in height, including mechanical equipment, from grade; this height limitation is not intended to, and shall not, authorize an increase in permitted height of structures specifically limited to a lesser height. (Ord. 91-24-0, 8-14-1991)

The following retail business uses and service establishments are permitted, provided they are conducted wholly within an enclosed building, except for off street parking and loading facilities, and except for establishments of the "drive-in" type offering goods and services directly to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles, and except where specified below as permitted on an open lot:

Any use permitted in the B-2 Limited Service Business District.

Accessory uses, including off street parking and loading facilities as permitted or required in chapter 10 of this title.

Agricultural implement sales and services, on an open lot within a building.

Battery and tire service stations.

Building materials sales, when conducted wholly within a building.

Greenhouse, accessory to retail florist.

Motorcycle rentals when operated in a location at which the primary business is that of a new motorcycle dealership.

Motorcycles sales and repair.

Pet shop or animal hospital when conducted wholly within an enclosed building. (Ord. 13-25-0, 5-22-2013)

The following uses may be allowed by special use permit in accordance with the provisions of chapter 12 of this title:

Any special use permitted in the B-2 Limited Service Business District, except those listed in this B-3 Service and Wholesale Business District as permitted.

Amusement establishments - bowling alleys, bowling alleys where pool table facilities are operated in conjunction therewith and within the same building, golf driving ranges and miniature golf courses.

Auction rooms.

Commissary: An ancillary use to engage in the preparation and production of prepared food items but not to include or permit the processing or manufacturing of wholesale food products for sale to unrelated entities or businesses.

Contractor offices and shops - general contractors (such as electricians, plumbers, heating and cooling) offices and shops with the following conditions:

   A.   There will be no outdoor overnight parking of any vehicles or equipment except for company vehicles titled to the business license holder;

   B.   All storage of material, equipment along with all trailers will be stored entirely within a building or storage container;

   C.   All businesses on the location will possess a valid and current Illinois Certificate of Resale.

Drive-in and drive-through facilities.

Financial institutions - the construction, operation or conducting of any financial institution including, but not limited to, banks, savings and loans, credit unions, mortgage companies, investment companies.

Outdoor amusement establishments, fairgrounds, carnivals, circuses, racetracks, kiddie parks and other similar amusement centers, and including places of assembly devoted thereto, such as stadiums and arenas.

Printing, publishing and issuing of periodicals, books, stationery and other reading matter including the creation and fabrication of signs and graphics.

Rental stores.

Temporary or “pop up” seasonal retail stores.

Trailer sales or rental (house trailers) business on an open lot or within a building, not including occupancy of trailers.

Undertaking establishments, funeral parlors or mortuaries. (Ord. 13-25-0, 5-22-2013; amd. Ord. 16-08-0, 2-24-2016; Ord. 2018-14-0, 4-25-2018; Ord. 22-34-O, 8-10-2022)

All yard regulations shall be the same as required and apply in the B-1 Retail Business District. (Ord. 80-2-0, 12-1979)

All yards shall be unobstructed from the lowest level to sky, except as allowed in section 10-2-4 of this title. (Ord. 84-16-0, 5-9-1984)

   A.   Maximum Floor Area Ratio: The floor area ratio shall not exceed 2.5. (Ord. 80-2-0, 12-1979)

   B.   Signs: Signs subject to the provisions of title 8, chapter 5 of this Code (the sign ordinance). (Ord. 88-35-0, 8-24-1988)

   C.   Height Limitation: No structure within a B-3 Service and Wholesale Business District shall exceed seventy feet (70') in height, including mechanical equipment, from grade; this height limitation is not intended to, and shall not, authorize an increase in permitted height of structures specifically limited to a lesser height. (Ord. 91-24-0, 8-14-1991)

-52CHAPTER 6

   BUSINESS DISTRICTS

The definitions set forth in Section 10-1-3 of this Title shall apply to this O Limited Office District.

The purpose and intent of the O Limited Office District is to:

   A.   Preserve and control existing small office facilities offering personal services which typically generate less vehicular traffic and require less visibility and accessibility for major arterial streets than other retail or commercial uses;

   B.   Permit the development of small office facilities in areas unsuitable for other commercial or residential uses and serve as a buffer between residential uses and other retail and commercial uses; as such a buffer, this District must be adjacent to a commercial district or an existing office district.

   A.   In the O Limited Office District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected or altered which is intended or designed to be used for other than the following uses:

Medical laboratories and pharmacies, limited to the sale of prescription drugs, shall be allowed only when operated in conjunction with a medical office which is located within the same building as the medical laboratory and pharmacy. (Ord. 84-18-0, 6-13-84)

Office, limited to lawyer, physician, dentist, architect, engineer, accountant, insurance agent, government and other offices substantially similar to these permitted uses. (Ord. 89-32-0, 7-26-89)

   B.   In no case shall there be any delivery to or from the premises of goods, merchandise or wares for sale or storage, except as shall be strictly occasional and incidental to the principal use. This shall not be construed to permit retail or wholesale catalog stores.

Each building in the O Limited Office District shall provide adjacent off-street parking for motor vehicles of a minimum of four (4) parking spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet in each building so used for offices. Parking in the front yard shall not be allowed.

   A.   Yards:

      1.   Front Yard: A minimum front yard of twenty five feet (25') shall be required, unless the lot is adjacent to a residential district, in which case the front yard required of the adjacent residential district shall determine the front yard set back requirement.

      2.   Rear Yard: There shall be a rear yard of not less than ten percent (10%) of the depth of the lot, except that such rear yard need not exceed ten feet (10') in depth; provided that where the O Limited Office District abuts on a residential district, there shall be a rear yard having a depth of at least twenty feet (20'), and where the lot abuts on a public alley, the depth of the rear yard may be measured from the center line of the alley. The rear yard shall be effectively screened by either a fence or a densely planted hedge not less than five feet (5') nor more than six feet (6') in height or any attractive combination of fence and hedge. Such fence or hedge must provide year-round screen to protect the privacy of adjacent uses.

      3.   Side Yard:

         a.   If an interior side yard is provided, it shall not be less than five feet (5') in width, except where a lot line coincides with a residential district or institutional premises.

         b.   Where a lot line coincides with a lot line in an adjacent residential district or institutional premises, a yard shall be provided along such lot line. Such yard shall not be less than ten feet (10') in depth and shall be effectively screened by either a fence or a densely planted hedge not less than five feet (5') nor more than six feet (6') in height or any combination of fence and hedge. Such fence or hedge must provide year-round screen to protect the privacy of adjacent uses.

      4.   Landscaped Borders: All rear yards and side yards shall have a landscaped border of a minimum of five feet (5') in width which border shall include the fence or hedge requirement set forth above in subsections A2 and A3.

   B.   Intensity of Use: No building, with its accessory buildings, shall occupy more than thirty five percent (35%) of the area of an interior lot nor more than forty percent (40%) of the area of a corner lot. No building shall hereafter be erected on any lot of less than six thousand two hundred (6,200) square feet or of less width than fifty feet (50').

   A.   Height Regulations: No building in the O Limited Office District hereafter erected shall exceed a maximum of thirty five feet (35') in height, including mechanical equipment. (Ord. 84-18-0, 6-13-84)

   B.   Signs: Signs shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 8 (the Sign Ordinance) of the Countryside Municipal Code. (Ord. 88-35-0, 8-24-88)