The B3 Commercial District classification is established to accommodate a wide range of specialized commercial and business uses including highway oriented service and commercial types of establishments to serve a trade area embracing a large segment of the region.

(Ord. 1999-2, Zoning § 14, subs. .010, passed 2-15-1999)

   Permitted uses in the B3 District are:

   (A)   Any of the permitted uses in the B2 District;

   (B)   Amusement establishments, bowling alleys, gymnasiums, swimming pools, ice skating rinks and other recreation uses as approved by the Village Board;

   (C)   Animal hospital;

   (D)   Auction rooms;

   (E)   Automobile accessory stores;

   (F)   Automobile sales establishments;

   (G)   Automobile service stations on a lot not less than 10,000 square feet in area;

   (H)   Bakeries, including sale of bakery products to restaurants, clubs, hotels, institutions and similar establishments;

   (I)   Banks and other financial establishments, excluding drive-in facilities;

   (J)   Blueprinting and photostating establishments;

   (K)   Boat sales and service establishments;

   (L)   Building material sales with outdoor storage, when the area for outside storage is completely surrounded by a uniformly painted solid fence or wall not over eight feet in height and no storage shall project higher than the height of the fence or wall;

   (M)   Car wash facility on a lot not less than 20,000 square feet in area and not less than 100 feet in width;

   (N)   Catering establishments;

   (O)   Clothing and costume rental stores;

   (P)   Clubs or lodges, private, fraternal or religious;

   (Q)   Contractors’ offices and shops;

   (R)   Dry cleaning and laundry establishments;

   (S)   Farm implement sales and display and construction equipment sales;

   (T)   Feed stores;

   (U)   Fraternal, philanthropic and eleemosynary institutions;

   (V)   Frozen food lockers;

   (W)   Fuel and ice retail sales establishments with outside storage, provided liquid fuels are stored in underground tanks;

   (X)   Garages, storage or off-street parking lots and structures, commercial;

   (Y)   Garages, including painting, body and fender work and motor rebuilding;

   (Z)   Greenhouses, garden centers and nurseries, retail and wholesale sales;

   (AA)   Highway maintenance shops and yards;

   (BB)   Household appliances stores and repair shops;

   (CC)   Linen, towel or diaper service establishments;

   (DD)   Live bait stores;

   (EE)   Machinery and equipment sales establishments;

   (FF)   Machine, sheet metal or welding shops, provided a building for such a use shall contain not more than 5,000 square feet of floor area, and operations are within the enclosed building, and glare from welding operations is not visible from outside the building;

   (GG)   Mail order houses, order and service centers;

   (HH)   Meat markets, including sale of meats to restaurants, clubs, hotels, institutions and similar establishments;

   (II)   Meeting halls, convention or exhibition halls;

   (JJ)   Mobile homes and trailer sales establishments;

   (KK)   Model homes or garage display and sales;

   (LL)   Monument sales;

   (MM)   Motels and hotels;

   (NN)   Motor vehicle sales establishments;

   (OO)   Newspaper distribution agencies, for home delivery and retail trade;

   (PP)   Newspaper offices, including printing;

   (QQ)   Offices, general;

   (RR)   Open sales lots;

   (SS)   Packing and crating establishments;

   (TT)   Parcel delivery stations;

   (UU)   Parks, athletic fields and stadiums;

   (VV)   Pet shops;

   (WW)   Plumbing, electrical or heating, fixture and equipment, sales, service and repair establishments;

   (XX)   Printing, publishing or lithography establishments, maximum gross floor area of 6,000 square feet;

   (YY)   Public utility and governmental service uses;

   (ZZ)   Research laboratories;

   (AAA)   Residential structures existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter;

   (BBB)   Restaurants, including entertainment and serving of alcoholic beverages;

   (CCC)   Schools, commercial or trade, including those teaching music, dancing, business or technical subjects;

   (DDD)   Secondhand stores and rummage shops;

   (EEE)   Taxidermists;

   (FFF)   Theaters, but not including outdoor theaters;

   (GGG)   Taverns;

   (HHH)   Training centers, engineering or sales;

   (III)   Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors;

   (JJJ)   Wholesale and warehouse establishments, except for the sales or storage of flammable liquids, materials or gases, except those that are in the original sealed containers; and

   (KKK)   Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above permitted uses, including but not limited to off-street parking, off-street loading and business signs as regulated by this chapter.

(Ord. 1999-2, Zoning § 14, subs. .020, passed 2-15-1999)

   Conditional permitted uses in the B3 District are:

   (A)   Other uses similar to the above permitted uses;

   (B)   Any of the conditional permitted uses in the B2 District;

   (C)   Advertising or billboard signs;

   (D)   Amusement establishments outdoors, par 3, immature or pitch and putt golf courses, golf driving ranges, rebound tumbling (trampoline) centers and similar recreation facilities as approved by the Village Board, on a lot not less than 20,000 square feet in area;

   (E)   Cartage, express and parcel delivery establishments, not including motor freight terminals, on a lot not less than one acre in area;

   (F)   Drive-in establishments including banks, restaurant and other uses customarily providing drive-in facilities except theaters, location or vehicular ingress and egress and number and location of spaces for parking of automobiles of customers being served or waiting to be served shall be as approved by the Planning and Zoning Board;

   (G)   Go-cart tracks, installed in accordance with other ordinances and codes of the village, on a lot not less than one acre in area;

   (H)   Heliports, on a location recommended by the Planning and Zoning Board and approved by other governmental bodies having jurisdiction;

   (I)   Railroad rights-of-way;

   (J)   Single-family dwellings when designed as an integral part of a building, the principal use of which is a permitted or conditional permitted use, and when occupied by the proprietor of such use;

   (K)   Theaters, outdoor; provided that vehicular entrance and exit driveways intersect with a secondary or primary thoroughfare and traffic signal lights or other means of traffic control are provided. Reservoir parking spaces for temporary parking and automobiles of patrons awaiting entrance shall be provided on the lot, in an amount equivalent to 10% of the vehicular capacity of the theater. The lot shall be enclosed on all sides by a wall, fence or densely planted hedge not less than six feet or more than eight feet in height. No building or structure, including also the enclosing fences on the lot shall be nearer than 50 feet from a residential lot line except when a greater setback from a street may be required. Artificial illumination shall be arranged in such a manner that direct rays of light shall not beam upon adjoining properties and streets, and no central outdoor loudspeaker shall be permitted;

   (L)   Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above conditional permitted uses, including but not limited to off-street parking, off-street loading and business signs as regulated by this chapter;

   (M)   Signs, advertising, as regulated by this chapter, are included in the conditional permitted use list;

   (N)   Single-family dwelling when a single-family dwelling existed on the premises when zoning went into effect and was subsequently destroyed; and

   (O)   Radio and television stations and towers, transmitting and receiving.

   (P)   Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization; except that the number of adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations shall be limited to one within the corporate limits of the village. No on-premises consumption of cannabis shall be allowed for any adult-use cannabis dispensing organization; and

   (Q)   Medical cannabis dispensing organization; except that the number of medical cannabis dispensing organizations shall be limited to one within the corporate limits of the village.

(Ord. 1999-2, Zoning § 14, subs. .030, passed 2-15-1999; Ord. 2006-7, passed 6-19-2006; Ord. 2007-5, passed 4-16-2007; Ord. 2020-06, passed 9-21-2020)

   Lot area and lot width requirements shall be not less than 15,000 square feet in area and 100 feet in width, except as may herein otherwise be required for a specific permitted or conditional permitted use.

(Ord. 1999-2, Zoning § 14, subs. .040, passed 2-15-1999)

   There are no height limitations in the B3 District.

(Ord. 1999-2, Zoning § 14, subs. .050, passed 2-15-1999)

   (A)   The floor area ratio in the R1 District shall be:

      (1)   Residential uses, not applicable;

      (2)   All other permitted or conditional uses; the total floor area of all buildings or structures shall not exceed 25% of the total area of the zoning lot, including accessory structures.

   (B)   The floor area ratio in the R2 District: Not more than 40% of the total area of zoning lot, including accessory structures.

   (C)   The floor area ratio in the B1 District shall be:

      (1)   Floor area ratio shall not exceed .03 for the total area under initial unified development.

      (2)   If the development is subsequently divided into lots, permitted floor expansion for each lot shall be specified upon the application for a zoning certificate and recorded as a restrictive covenant.

   (D)   The floor area ratio in the B2 District: Shall not exceed two and one-half, except where public open areas are provided on the lot in excess of 10% of the area of the lot, the floor area ratio may be increased by 0.5 for each additional 5% of the lot reserved as public open area.

   (E)   The floor area in the B3 District: Shall not exceed 1.0.

   (F)   The floor area in the B4 District: Shall not exceed 0.8.

   (G)   The floor area in the M1 District: Shall not exceed 0.6.

   (H)   The floor area in the M2 District: Shall not exceed.65.

   (I)   The floor area in the M3 District: Shall not exceed 0.8.

(Ord. 1999-2, Zoning § 14, subs. .060, passed 2-15-1999)

   Yard requirements shall be as follows.

   (A)   Front yard. Not less than 40 feet in depth, except when lots of record existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter have a lot depth of less than 150 feet, the front yard shall be not less than 20 feet in depth.

   (B)   Side yards. Two side yards, neither of which is less than ten feet in width, except:

      (1)   A side yard adjoining or across the alley from a residence district shall be not less than 20 feet in width; and

      (2)   A side yard adjoining a street shall be the same as the required front yard.

   (C)   Rear yard. Not less than 40 feet in depth, except when lots of record existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter have a lot depth of less than 150 feet, the rear yard shall be not less than 20 feet in depth.

(Ord. 1999-2, Zoning § 14, subs. .070, passed 2-15-1999)

   All marquees and signs shall be permitted and regulated as set forth in the B1 zoning regulations, and said regulations are hereby incorporated by reference.

(Ord. 1999-2, Zoning § 14, subs. .080, passed 2-15-1999)

   (A)   Advertising or billboard signs shall be a conditionally permitted use only in a B3 Commercial Zoning District, provided that such signs have no moving parts, and shall also conform with the following additional regulations.

      (1)   Spacing. No advertising or billboard sign shall be located nearer than 3,000 feet from another advertising or billboard sign.

      (2)   Area. Each advertising or billboard sign shall not have more than two display surfaces (one on each side) nor shall the surface area of each panel exceed 800 square feet for each such display surface.

      (3)   Location. No advertising or billboard sign shall be nearer than 50 feet from the lot line, nor nearer than 100 feet from a residential district boundary line. No part of the sign structure, including the overhang, shall be located on a state or village right-of-way.

      (4)   Illumination.

         (a)   Advertising or billboard signs may have constant illumination, provided direct rays of light shall not beam upon any existing dwelling, nor into a residential district or into a street. All lighting shall be located at the bottom of the sign panel and shall be directed upward. No lighting shall be directed in a downward direction. No rotating light or beacon resembling an emergency light shall be used.

         (b)   An advertising or billboard sign where the time and/or temperature is indicated by intermittent lighting shall not be deemed to be a flashing sign if the lighting changes are limited to the numerals indicating the time and/or temperature and are not more frequent than ten seconds.

      (5)   Height. No advertising or billboard sign shall have an overall sign panel height of not less than 30 feet and not greater than 60 feet.

      (6)   Electric service. Any electric service line which supplies power to an advertising or billboard sign shall be placed in rigid metal conduit and shall otherwise comply with the Village Building Code and National Electrical Code.

   (B)   All advertising or billboard signs shall require the issuance of a village building permit prior to initiating construction and shall also be subject to building inspections. All advertising or billboard signs located along a state right-of-way shall also require the issuance of a sign permit from the State Department of Transportation.

   (C)   Any other regulations in this Village Zoning Code which allows an advertising or billboard sign in any other zoning district other than a B3 Commercial District are hereby repealed. Advertising or billboard signs shall only be allowed as a conditional permitted use in a B3 Commercial Zoning District.

(Ord. 2006-7, passed 6-19-2006)

   Off-street parking and off-street loading shall be in accordance with regulations set forth in this chapter.

(Ord. 1999-2, Zoning § 14, subs. .090, passed 2-15-1999)