The B-4 Traditional Downtown Business District is designed for the traditional downtown core of the Village, generally comprising of those properties on Walnut St. between Center St. and Grove St. and those along Orchard St., comprising retail, residential and limited office and government facilities. Within the B-4 Traditional Downtown Business District, the Downtown Design Guidelines shall apply.
1. Permitted Uses: The following uses are permitted:
a. Antique & General Houseware Retail and/or Repair.
b. Bakeries, Coffee Shops, and other similar food-service businesses.
c. Barber Shops and Beauty Salons.
d. Business & Retail-Oriented Print Shops.
e. Clothing, Shoe, Dressmaking and/or Tailor Shops.
g. Dwelling-Units, when located on the 2nd Floor or above.
h. Dry-Cleaning Services with off-site processing.
i. Electronic Equipment Sales, Rental, and/or Repair.
j. Food Stores, including but not limited to grocery stores, butcher shops, and delicatessens.
k. Fitness Centers/Facilities.
l. Flower Shop with an Accessory Greenhouse.
m. General Retail Stores, including but not limited to book, jewelry, office supply, toy stores but not those selling primarily age-restricted products, such as tobacco/vape, adult bookstores, unless specifically listed as a permitted use.
n. Home-Improvement and/or Interior Decoration Display & Design Services with Accessory Retail.
o. Liquor/Beer Store with a required indoor tasting area that shall be a minimum of twenty- five percent (25%) of the public floor area.
p. Music, Sporting Goods & Recreational Equipment Sales, Rental, and/or Repair.
q. Offices, Businesses when the following conditions are met:
(1) Located in a Multi-Tenant Building.
(2) Office does not exceed 2,000 square feet except when located above the 1st Floor.
r. Offices, Medical/Dental.
s. Pet Shops, including grooming services, but not including animal hospitals and/or kennels.
(1) Accessory Outdoor Seating shall be permitted in accordance with all applicable Village of Itasca Ordinances and other applicable Federal, State, and County Ordinances/Law.
2. Special Uses: The following uses may be allowed by Special Use Permit in accordance with the provisions of the Administration Section 14.00 of this Ordinance. a. Banks and Financial Institutions.
c. Home-Improvement and/or Interior Decoration Display & Design Services with Retail.
f. Meeting & Banquet Halls.
g. Parking Lots for Passenger Motor Vehicles.
k. Public utility and/or service uses:
(1) Essential services, including fully automated gas regulating stations and telephone exchanges; private or public utility substations or transmission corridors with a capacity no greater than 34 kilovolts.
(2) Railroad passenger stations when not located on railroad property.
(3) Sewage treatment plants.
(4) Waterworks, reservoirs, pumping stations, filtration plants, public.
(5) Other public or private utility service uses or buildings.
(1) Two-Family Dwellings.
(2) Semi-Detached Dwellings.
(3) Multi-Family Dwellings, including but not limited to townhomes, rowhomes, apartments, and condominiums.
m. Temporary Buildings (see Sec.
4.14).
a. The sale of foodstuffs, beverages or articles intended for human consumption shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building unless otherwise permitted by this Ordinance.
b. There shall be no manufacture, processing, or treatment of products other than which is clearly incidental and essential to the retail business conducted on the same premises.
c. Such uses, operations or products shall not be objectionable due to odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration, or other similar causes.
d. Dwelling units are not permitted below the second (2nd) story for commercial and residential mixed-use Buildings but may be allowed by Special Use.
4. Minimum Lot Size: There shall be provided a lot width of not less than twenty (25) feet.
5. Yard Requirements: Yards shall be provided in accordance with the following regulations:
a. Front Yard: Zero front yard setbacks are encouraged. Front yard setbacks shall not exceed 10 feet.
b. Side Yards: Side yard setbacks are not required.
c. Rear Yard: Rear yard setbacks are not required.
6. Off-Street Parking and Loading: Off-street parking, or cash contribution in lieu of, or a combination of both at the option of the Village, shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.00. Cash contributions in lieu of residential parking requirements shall not be permitted. Common or shared parking lots and structures are encouraged. Off-street parking shall be located behind the principal building or structure on the lot. Developments within one-thousand (1,000) feet of public parking lots having a minimum of fifty (50) parking spaces shall be able to reduce the minimum number of parking spaces required for the development by fifty percent (50%) for the commercial space required.
Distance shall be measured from lot line to lot line and including right-of-way width.
7. Building Height: The height of any building or structure shall not exceed four (4) stories or fifty-five (55) feet, whichever is lower.
8. Landscaping: A landscaping plan shall be submitted in accordance with Section 4.19 Landscaping. 9. Signs: Signs shall be permitted in the B-4 Downtown Business District provided they meet the standards set forth in Section 13.00 Signs. 10. Site Plan Review: Site plans shall be reviewed in accordance with Section 14.13 Site Plan Review. (Ord. 963-97, passed 4-8-97; Am. Ord. 1314-06, passed 5-02-06; Am. Ord. 1355-06, passed 12-05-06; Am. Ord. 1386-07, passed 6-05-07; Am. Ord. 2027-22, passed 7-19-22; Am. Ord. 2080-23, passed 8-15-23)