Flossmoor City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVI
B-3 Planned Business Center District
§ 285-16-1 Purpose.
The B-3 Planned Business District is designed to accommodate the integrated, comprehensively designed business development, characterized by unified ownership, a variety of business uses and a high level of shopping area amenities.
§ 285-16-2 Permitted uses.
§ 285-16-3 Special uses permitted.
[Amended 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 1261]
In accordance with § 285-26-9:
A.
Gas regulator stations, telephone exchanges and electric substations operated by quasi-public utilities.
B.
Antennas and telecommunication towers in accordance with § 285-4-9.
[Amended 12-21-1998 by Ord. No. 1283]
C.
Assisted living facilities, subject to the following standards:
(2)
Density. A maximum of 20 units per acre of site shall be permitted.
(3)
Minimum lot size. The minimum area of any lot used for an assisted living facility shall be one acre.
(4)
Additional standards. In addition to being subject to the special use standards contained in § 285-26-9, Special use permits, assisted living facilities shall meet the following standards:
(a)
All applications for assisted living facilities shall include a detailed report of projected impact on the demand for paramedic services, together with the applicant's proposal for addressing such impact, which will assure that the financial impact on paramedic services for the Village, occasioned by the facility, is no greater, per capita, than the impact of the Village population in general. Once an impact proposal is accepted by the Mayor and Board of Trustees as meeting the standards described in this section, it shall constitute the impact plan for the facility. The impact plan shall be continuously maintained so as to always meet the standards described in this section unless and until amended by the Mayor and Board of Trustees after a public hearing before the Plan Commission.
(b)
All applications for assisted living facilities shall include a detailed report of the economic feasibility of the proposed development. Evidence showing the need for and feasibility of the proposed development shall be presented. Evidence of the applicant's financial ability to complete the development shall also be presented.
(c)
A minimum of 35% of the site shall be landscaped.
(d)
The site shall be provided with amenities, such as but not limited to walking paths, pedestrian furniture, gazebos, ornamental gardens and pergolas, designed to emphasize the residential aspects of the facility.
(e)
All loading facilities shall be located at the rear of the building and shall be effectively screened from public view by natural landscaping (i.e., evergreen hedges), solid fence or a combination thereof.
(f)
All sides of any building used for residential purposes shall be readily accessible from a paved roadway with a minimum width of 16 feet.
(g)
A minimum of 30% of net floor area of residence buildings shall be devoted to common areas such as communal dining rooms, recreation rooms and exercise areas. Common areas meeting this requirement shall not include storage, maintenance, food preparation, personal care, administrative office and medical office areas.
D.
Cannabis dispensing organizations in accordance with Chapter 200, Article 6, of the Flossmoor Municipal Code and subject to the following conditions:
[Added 12-16-2019 by FMC-2019-15]
(1)
Shall not be located within 1,000 feet of the lot line of any elementary, middle or high school.
(3)
Cannabis craft growers, cannabis cultivation centers, cannabis infuser facilities, cannabis processing facilities, and cannabis transporting facilities shall be prohibited.
(4)
On-premises consumption of cannabis products shall be prohibited.
(5)
In addition to the sign regulations in accordance with Article XXII, no images of cannabis or paraphernalia shall be displayed in windows, nor advertised by signs viewable from the building exterior.
(6)
No more than one cannabis dispensing organization shall be permitted within the Village at any time.
§ 285-16-4 Site and structure requirements.
§ 285-16-5 Procedure.
Applicants shall provide all information required for amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and for site plan review required by Article XXVI.
§ 285-16-6 Special provisions.
A.
A planned business center shall be laid out and developed as a unit in accordance with an integrated overall design. The location and arrangement of buildings, parking areas, walks, lighting and appurtenant facilities shall be adjusted to the surrounding land uses, and any part of a planned business center not used for buildings, other structures, parking and loading areas or access ways shall be landscaped with grass, trees, shrubs and pedestrian walks.
B.
No building or part thereof shall be used as a residence.
D.
There shall be provided adequate off-street berths and areas for loading and unloading as provided in Article XXIII.
E.
No merchandise, materials or equipment shall be stored in any open area.
F.
Signs, if provided, shall be attached to one or more facades but not to or on the roof of any building, and the top edge of such sign shall not project over the roofline or parapet wall line of the building to which they are attached. Signs, other than directional signs, shall be limited to advertising the name of the store. However, the Plan Commission may approve signs advertising the planned business center as a whole that may be erected separate from the structures. The provisions of Article XXII regulating the erection or maintenance of signs shall apply except as modified herein.
G.
All primary light sources illuminating the buildings and planned business center area shall be erected and maintained, and shall be so placed, designed and used that neither the direct nor reflected light therefrom will adversely affect surrounding property or create a traffic hazard.