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Oak Brook City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 7

BUSINESS DISTRICTS

13-7-1: PURPOSE:

The business districts provide for groupings of business and other nonresidential establishments in accordance with their compatibility, functions and scope of service. The regulations of the various business districts are designed to govern developments ranging from the local shopping areas serving primarily residents of the village to those which serve the region. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-514, 7-13-1993)

13-7-2: ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS:

   A.   B1 Local Shopping Center District: This district focuses on supplying the nearby residential uses with small to medium scale retail and service uses. This includes retail stores, personal services, and restaurants which are typically adjacent to residential neighborhoods.
   B.   B2 Regional Shopping Center District: This district focuses on providing a centralized area along major automotive corridors offering a diverse range of retail, service, dining, entertainment, hospitality, fitness, health and office facilities for local and regional populations.
   C.   B3 General Business District: This district focuses on general retail and is typically located along major commercial corridors and not necessarily adjacent to residential uses. This district will see larger corporate stores and is more tailored to the automobile for transportation.
   D.   B4 Hotel-Office District: This district focuses on large scale hotel and office use developments as well as supportive uses. This district is intended to provide hotel guests and office users a variety of commercial uses and services nearby. (Ord. G-1261, 10-22-2024)

13-7-3: TWO OR MORE USES ON A LOT:

Wherever two (2) or more permitted uses or special uses, each requiring a minimum lot area, are located in the same building or on the same lot, the required minimum lot area shall be the sum of the areas required for each use individually. When one or more uses has a required minimum lot area, the total lot area shall equal the sum of the required lot areas plus an additional area equivalent to that devoted to the use which does not have a required minimum lot area. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-514, 7-13-1993)

13-7-4: LOCATION OR RETAIL SALES ON-PREMISE:

   A.   All business establishments shall be retail trade or service establishments dealing directly with consumers and all goods produced on the premises shall be sold on the premises where produced, except for approved specialty retail programs in outdoor areas of a shopping center in districts where permitted as a special use. (Ord. G-1261, 10-22-2024)

13-7-5: OUTDOOR SALES AND USES:

   A.   All business, service, storage, merchandise, display and where permitted, repair and processing shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building except for:
      1.   Off street automobile parking, off street loading, and open sales lots and drive-in facilities in districts where they are permitted;
      2.   Outdoor dining areas adjacent to restaurants in districts where outdoor dining areas are permitted and approved by the Development Services department;
      3.   Approved specialty retail programs in outdoor areas of a shopping center in districts where permitted as approved by the Development Services department;
      4.   Outdoor sales events on a property in any business district provided that all of the following conditions are met:
         a.   Any such use shall require the prior approval of the Development Services department on the basis of the adequacy of the lot size, parking provisions, and traffic access, and the absence of undue adverse impact on other properties. Such event shall be of a limited duration fourteen (14) days or less per event) occurring no more than two (2) times in any calendar year; and
         b.   Such event offers for sale only items that are normally sold inside the building in conformity with the principal use of the subject property; and
         c.   Such event conforms to all signage and setback requirements of the underlying zoning district; and
         d.   The property complies with all parking requirements of the underlying district, or, in the alternative, the petitioner reasonably demonstrates that notwithstanding any temporary noncompliance, the conduct of the event will not impose any undue traffic or parking burden on surrounding properties and streets; and
         e.   Such event is approved by the Development Services department upon petition or written request from the property owner detailing prospective compliance with the conditions herein.
      5.   Mobile Food Vendors/Food Trucks are prohibited in the Village of Oak Brook with the exception of special events as defined under section 4-12-2.
   B.   The following outdoor sales uses are prohibited:
      1.   Vending machines, including but not limited to the dispensing of food, rental movies or other multi-media, beverages, and other goods for retail sale.
   C.   Outdoor Storage: For all Commercial Districts, the following regulations apply to outdoor sales and uses:
      1.   No outdoor storage area shall be located between any principal structure and either its front or corner side lot line, except as specifically approved of by the Village Board during site plan review or planned development approval process after consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission; and
      2.   All outdoor storage shall be enclosed by a screening fence, wall, or densely planted evergreen hedge of a height sufficient to screen such containers or storage areas from view from adjoining properties and public or private streets. (See Chapter 18 of this Title.) (Ord. G-1261, 10-22-2024)

13-7-6: TRUCK PARKING:

Trucks in excess of one and one-half (11/2) tons' capacity used in conjunction with the operations of any use permitted in business districts shall not be parked in the open within one hundred fifty feet (150') of a residence district boundary line, except during normal business hours. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966)

13-7-7: OUTDOOR DINING AREAS:

   A.   For the purposes of this section, "outdoor dining areas" are defined as the use of an adjacent, outside area by a restaurant for the same eating and drinking activities that occur within the restaurant.
   B.   The following regulations shall apply to outdoor dining areas:
      1.   The location of any outdoor dining area comply with all setback requirements in the applicable zoning district and shall not obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic. A minimum of five feet (5') of sidewalk clearance shall be maintained at all times for pedestrian travel;
      2.   Any outdoor dining area be under the direct supervision and control of the principal restaurant, and such dining area be enclosed by a fence or other protective safety barrier which shall be constructed to clearly delineate the boundaries of the area and to protect the health and safety of restaurant patrons and the general public;
      3.   The hours of operation of any outdoor dining area be within the normal operating hours of the principal restaurant;
      4.   There shall be no live entertainment in the outdoor dining area;
      5.   Plans shall be provided delineating the location of the outdoor dining area, and such location be approved by the Building Official as part of a building permit. The outdoor dining area shall be maintained in compliance with the approved plans;
      6.   The principal restaurant and outdoor dining area shall be in compliance with all the requirements of this code and all other applicable rules and regulations of any other governing agency including the DuPage County Health Department regarding restaurant and outdoor dining areas. (Ord. G-1163, 4-28-2020)

13-7A-1: PERMITTED USES:

Accessory uses and structures, including, but not limited to, off street loading, off street parking and business signs.
Antique shops.
Audio and video equipment, retail sales thereof, including components and related accessories, installation and servicing of such products in motor vehicles and conducted entirely within an enclosed structure with service entry at the rear of the building with no overnight parking.
Bakeries, where not more than thirty percent (30%) of the floor area is devoted to processing.
Banks and financial institutions.
Barbershops and beauty parlors.
Book and stationery stores.
Camera and photographic supply stores and photographic studios.
Candy and ice cream stores.
Clinics, medical and dental, including accessory laboratories.
Drugstores.
Dry cleaning and laundry retail establishments; provided that processing, if done on the premises, shall utilize nonexplosive and noninflammable materials, and that such processing shall be limited to service of the principal use.
Fire stations.
Florist shops.
Food stores including grocery stores, meat markets and delicatessens.
Gift shops.
Haberdasheries.
Hardware stores.
Health clubs.
Hobby, toy and game shops provided amusement arcades are not permitted.
Home decorating stores.
Home furniture and furnishings stores.
Housewares stores.
Jewelry stores, including watch, clock and jewelry repair.
Launderettes, including automatic self-service dry cleaning equipment.
Libraries, branch.
Liquor stores with a minimum of ten thousand (10,000) square feet of retail space.
Luggage and leather goods stores.
Men's and women's accessory and specialty stores.
Music stores.
Offices: business, professional and public.
Optical goods stores.
Police stations.
Post offices.
Restaurants, including cocktail lounges and outdoor dining areas (as described in section 13-7-6 of this Code).
Retail establishment.
Schools: Commercial, business, trade, music and dance subject to the conditions that the permitted use is limited to second floor space of any building where a school is located and that the use is limited to a maximum of ten percent (10%) of the total square footage of the shopping center in which it is located provided that adequate parking is provided to accommodate such use.
Shoe stores.
Sporting goods stores.
Temporary buildings, for construction purposes for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days following completion of the development.
Travel bureaus and transportation ticket offices.
Variety stores.
Wearing apparel shops. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-444, 2-13-1990; Ord. G-778, 4-26-2005; Ord. G-835, 9-25-2007; Ord. G-901, 10-13-2009; Ord. G-1023, 5-13-2014; Ord. G-1163, 4-28-2020; Ord. G-1261, 10-22-2024)

13-7A-2: SPECIAL USES:

Accessory uses and structures, including, but not limited to, off street parking and off street loading spaces and business signs.
Automobile service stations, on lots not less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
Clubs, lodges, fraternities and community centers on lots not less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
Daycare center, provided such facility complies with all licensing requirements of the state and maintains a direct alarm hookup to the police department.
Drive-in banking facilities.
Farmers' markets and/or French markets involving the sale of flowers, culinary accessories and edible items for consumption off the premises where the sale is made provided that the following conditions are met:
   A.   Sale of used or preowned items is not permitted.
   B.   Farmers' market and/or French market may be conducted no more than one day per week on any property zoned for business purposes.
   C.   All signage and setback requirements of the underlying zoning district must be met.
   D.   The property on which the farmers' market and/or French market is conducted complies with all the parking requirements of the underlying zoning district or, in the alternative, the petitioner demonstrates that notwithstanding any temporary noncompliance, the conduct of the event will not impose any undue traffic or parking burden on surrounding properties and streets; and
   E.   The farmers' market and/or French market is approved by the Development Services department upon application and submittal of all required information from the property owner detailing prospective compliance with the conditions herein.
Multi-family age-restricted dwellings, provided that the following conditions, in addition to those set forth in Zoning Ordinance Section 13-14-9, are met:
   A.   The petitioner must provide the Village with an analysis of the proposed development's anticipated impact on emergency services, including, without limitation, the anticipated cost of providing those services. In accordance with Section 1-14-1(B), all costs incurred by the Village reviewing the petitioner's analysis, including the costs of professional consultants, shall be borne by the petitioner;
   B.   The petitioner must provide the Village with a plan addressing how emergency service calls will be handled, including, without limitation, how the petitioner will assist the Village in handling the provision and/or cost of emergency services that are specifically and uniquely attributable to the proposed development, so as to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; and
   C.   The petitioner must provide the Village with a market study addressing the demand for the proposed development. The market study must take into account the local and county demand for the proposed development.
Office supply stores.
Public utility, governmental service and transportation uses:
   Bus turnarounds and passenger shelters.
   Electric distribution centers and substations.
   Gas regulator stations.
   Outdoor ATM (automated teller machine) walk-up or drive-thru.
   Sewage and stormwater lift stations.
   Showroom.
   Telephone exchanges and transmission buildings and equipment, and outdoor telephone booths and pedestals.
   Water filtration plants, wells, pumping stations and reservoirs.
Restaurants and accessory cocktail lounges, without facilities for dancing and live entertainment, on lots not less than two hundred feet (200') in width and not less than one and one-half (11/2) acres in area.
Senior housing and nursing homes on lots not less than three hundred feet (300') in width and not less than two (2) acres in area. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-454, 10-9-1990; Ord. G-513, 6-22-1993; Ord. G-556, 7-11-1995; Ord. G-835, 9-25-2007; Ord. G-903, 11-10-2009; Ord. G-915, 1-12-2010; Ord. S-1559, 2-12-2019; Ord. G-1163, 4-28-2020; Ord. G-1261, 10-22-2024)

13-7A-3: LOT AREA REQUIREMENTS:

   A.   Floor Area Ratio: Not to exceed 0.5.
   B.   Structure Height: Not more than fifty feet (50') and not more than two (2) stories.
   C.   Yards:
      1.   No structure, other than access drives and paved parking areas, and signs as provided in subsection 13-7A-4A of this article, shall be erected or maintained within the following distances:
         a.   Sixty feet (60') from the right of way of any public street;
         b.   Thirty feet (30') from a district boundary which abuts a public right of way which does not afford a primary means of access to the district; and
         c.   Sixty feet (60') from any other district boundary; except when adjacent to a B2 district boundary line; provided, however, that the area between a building and the right of way of any street or other district boundary may be occupied by drives, drive-in banking facilities, vehicular parking, sidewalks, landscaping and similar facilities, except paved parking, areas shall not be located closer than ten feet (10') to any lot in a residence district or ten feet (10') to any public street; except that building shall be set back not less than one hundred feet (100') from the rights of way of York Road, 22nd Street and 31st Street.
      2.   For the purpose of interpreting and enforcing the yard regulations of this section, the entire area included within a B1 district, except that portion separated by a dedicated public street, shall be considered as a single zoning lot; more than one building or structure may, however, be erected thereon; and the only front, side and rear yards that need to be observed are those provided for in subsection C1 of this section. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-513, 6-22-1993; Ord. G-778, 4-26-2005)

13-7A-4: ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS:

   A.   Awnings, Marquees And Signs: See chapter 11 of this title.
   B.   Off Street Parking And Loading: Off street parking and loading shall be as provided in chapter 12 of this title. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-85, 5-14-1968; Ord. G-513, 6-22-1993; Ord. G-695, 3-26-2002)

13-7B-1: PERMITTED USES:

Accessory uses and structures, including but not limited to storage and service areas within the structures, garages for delivery trucks, central heating and air conditioning plants, and storage areas, yards, shops and similar facilities that are used solely for operating, servicing or maintaining the activities and improvements within the district.
Art galleries.
Automobile service stations and automobile sales, including show rooms, electric powering stations, fulfillment centers.
Banks and other financial institutions.
Barbershops, beauty parlors, and other aesthetic and personal wellness services, including but not limited to salons and spas.
Bus depots, cab stands, and pick-up/drop-off areas for ride-sharing services.
Candy, ice cream and bakery shops, and other shops selling food products, including but not limited to grocery stores, specialty food stores, butchers, delicatessens, health food stores, with or without accessory catering services, where the commodities may be produced on the premises; but all such production shall be either sold at retail on the premises or sold in stores owned and operated by the producing company.
Drugstores, pharmacies, and stores selling medical devices and homeopathic or herbal remedies (but not including medical cannabis dispensaries).
Data Center - Electronic data storage.
Furniture stores, including upholstery when conducted as part of the retail operation and secondary to the principal use.
Gas regulator stations.
Hospitals, having not more than ten (10) beds and first-aid stations for the treatment of emergency cases, and outpatient medical and aesthetic service facilities and uses, including but not limited to medical and dental offices and clinics, rehabilitative exercise and training centers, cosmetic surgery services, physical therapy, massage, and chiropractic services.
Hotels.
Hybrid uses. While commercial occupants in the B2 District may operate a single principal use with one or more accessory uses, other commercial occupants may have business operations that are or become a hybrid of multiple principal uses of significant and possibly equal importance. Hybrid use shall not include showrooms. The following are provided by way of example and not limitation:
   A.   Restaurants, cocktail lounges and tearooms, coffee houses, banquet facilities, micro-wineries, micro-breweries, micro-distilleries and other businesses offering the sale of food and beverage may be combined with retail, catering, event planning, musical performances and karaoke, dance floors, bowling, bocce, pool and billiards, ping pong and similar table games, arcade games, outdoor dining areas (as described in section 13-7-6) and other forms of service, entertainment and recreation.
   B.   Retail stores and shops, including department stores, may operate and offer related and complementary on-site uses and services (including but not limited to repair services, internet purchase fulfillment services, restaurant and food service, classes, indoor special events and entertainment) and off-site services (including but not limited to event planning, catering and interior design).
   C.   Gyms, health clubs and other physical wellness facilities may be paired with restaurant and retail uses and offer nutritional and health classes, personal training and counseling, aesthetic services, and chiropractic, physical therapy, massage, medical services, including blood draws.
Interior decorating shops.
Job printing shops.
Laundries, dyeing and cleaning establishments, operated as an accessory use to some other use or uses permitted by this section, provided permits for the use of combustible and flammable materials, if to be used, are obtained from the Board of Trustees.
Laundries, self-service, and shops for the collection and distribution of laundry and dry cleaning articles.
Messenger and telephone service stations.
Offices.
Pet shops, grooming services, and veterinary clinics.
Photographer, artist or similar studios.
Post offices.
Printing plants, newspaper, magazine and similar publications.
Public and private garages.
Radio and television broadcasting stations.
Restaurants, cocktail lounges and tearooms, coffee houses, banquet facilities, micro-wineries, micro-breweries, outdoor dining areas (as described in section 13-7-6), and other businesses offering the sale of food and beverage (but not including micro-distilleries). Vertical and rooftop gardens that produce fruits, flowers and vegetables for on premises consumption and use.
Retail stores and shops, including department stores.
Retail establishment.
Schools, studios, classrooms, facilities and activities for personal or interactive learning, physical wellness and cultural enrichment, including but not limited to colleges, universities and test preparation services, art and craft classes, yoga and
Pilates studios, gyms and physical fitness facilities, after-school programs for children, day camps, venues providing interactive entertainment and educational programming for children, and activity centers for seniors and adult learning.
Structures for physical wellness uses are permitted to include, by way of example and not limitation, indoor and outdoor exercise and participant sports facilities, swimming pools, playgrounds, and climbing walls.
Service, cleaning and repair shops, for personal, household or garden equipment.
Tailor or dressmaking shops, and similar repair services.
Theaters, except open air drive-in establishments. (Ord. G-1112, 9-26-2017; Ord. G-1163, 4-28-2020; Ord. G-1261, 10-22-2024)

13-7B-2: SPECIAL USES:

Amusement establishments that are not expressly listed as a permitted use under section 13-7B-1 of this article, such as spectator sports facilities, and are not otherwise prohibited by Village ordinance.
Automobile test drive areas that are designated exclusively as such and involve construction of specific physical improvements (as opposed to automobile testing within multi-functional vehicular areas).
Community centers that do not qualify as a permitted use under section 13-7B-1 of this article.
Daycare center, provided such facility complies with all licensing requirements of the State and maintains a direct alarm hookup to the Police Department.
Drive-in banking facility.
Electric distribution centers and substations.
Farmers' markets and/or French markets involving the sale of flowers, culinary accessories and edible items provided that the following conditions are met:
   A.   Sale of used or pre-owned items is not permitted unless allowed in the special use approval ordinance.
   B.   Farmers' market and/or French market may be conducted no more than one day per week unless otherwise allowed in the special use approval ordinance.
   C.   All signage and setback requirements of the underlying zoning district must be met.
   D.   The property on which the farmers' market and/or French market is conducted complies with all the parking requirements of the underlying zoning district or, in the alternative, the petitioner demonstrates that notwithstanding any temporary noncompliance, the conduct of the event will not impose any undue traffic or parking burden on surrounding properties and streets; and
   E.   The farmers' market and/or French market is approved by the Development Services department upon application and submittal of all required information from the property owner detailing prospective compliance with the conditions herein.
Micro-distilleries.
Specialty retail programs that do not qualify as a permitted use under section 13-7B-1 of this article.
Pre-schools, including nursery schools and kindergartens.
Public utility, governmental service, and transportation uses:
   Bus turnarounds and passenger shelters.
   Fire and police stations.
   Outdoor ATM (automated teller machine) walk-up or drive-thru when visible to a public right of way.
   Showroom.
   Sewage and stormwater lift stations.
   Telephone exchanges and transmission buildings and equipment, and outdoor telephone booths and pedestals.
   Water filtration plants, wells, pumping stations and reservoirs.
Specialty retail programs in outdoor areas of a shopping center as a convenience to pedestrian shoppers, provided: a) all aspects of the operation and sales meet the applicable requirements of the DuPage County Health Department; and b) specialty retail program facilities have appropriate utilities provided, are not convenient to drive-up businesses, and do not materially interfere with access to or visibility of other establishments within the shopping center.
Wireless communication towers. (Ord. G-1112, 9-26-2017; Ord. G-1163, 4-28-2020; Ord. G-1261, 10-22-2024)

13-7B-3: LOT AREA REQUIREMENTS:

   A.   Floor Area Ratio: Not to exceed 0.5; provided, however, that with regard to any increase of floor area over 0.3, not more than twelve and one-half percent (121/2%) of permissible floor area in excess of 0.3 shall be devoted to office use as permitted under section 13-7B-1 of this article.
   B.   Yards:
      1.   No structure, other than signs as provided for in subsection 13-7B-4A of this article shall be erected or maintained within the following distances:
         a.   Three hundred feet (300') from the right-of-way of 22nd Street or Route 83 (Kingery Expressway);
         b.   Eighty feet (80') from the right-of-way of any other street;
         c.   Eighty feet (80') from any other district boundary, except when adjacent to a B1 District, and except that when adjacent to a residence district boundary line, then not within one hundred fifty feet (150') of such boundary line; provided, however, that the area between a building and the right-of-way of any street or other district boundary may be occupied by drives, drive-in banking facilities, vehicular parking, sidewalks, landscaping and similar facilities, except that paved areas shall not be located closer than forty feet (40') to any lot in a residence district.
      2.   For the purpose of interpreting and enforcing the yard regulations of this subsection, the entire area included within a B2 District, except that portion separated by a dedicated public street, shall be considered as a single zoning lot; more than one building or structure may, however, be erected thereon; and the only front, side and rear yards that need to be observed are those provided for in subsection B1 of this section. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-229, 4-25-1978; Ord. G-414, 7-12-1988; Ord. G-513, 6-22-1993)

13-7B-4: ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS:

   A.   Signs: See chapter 11 of this title.
   B.   Off Street Parking And Loading: Off street parking and loading shall be as provided in chapter 12 of this title. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-85, 5-14-1968; Ord. G-695, 3-26-2002)

13-7C-1: PERMITTED USES:

Accessory uses and structures.
Animal hospitals and veterinarian offices.
Art galleries.
Auction rooms.
Automobile accessory stores.
Automobile sales establishments.
Automobile service stations.
Banks and other financial institutions.
Bicycle stores, sales, rental and repair.
Blueprinting and photocopying establishments.
Building material sales, not including outside storage.
Camera and photographic supply stores.
Carpet and rug stores.
Cartage and express facilities; provided storage of goods, motor trucks or other equipment is in a completely enclosed building.
Catering establishments.
China and glassware stores.
Clinics, medical and dental, including accessory laboratories.
Clothes pressing establishments.
Clothing stores.
Clothing and costume rental shops.
Clubs, lodges and fraternal organizations.
Cocktail lounges.
Coin and philatelic stores.
Department stores.
Drug stores.
Dry cleaning and laundry retail establishments; provided, that processing, if done on the premises, shall utilize nonexplosive, nonflammable materials, that such processing shall be limited to service of the principal use.
Electrical, gas and other household appliance stores, including radio and television sales and accessory repair and service thereof.
Electric distribution centers and substations.
Employment agencies.
Fire stations.
Food stores, including grocery stores, meat markets and delicatessens.
Furniture stores, including upholstery when conducted as part of the retail operation and secondary to the principal use.
Furrier shops, including the incidental storage and conditioning of furs.
Garages, public, where body repair and painting are incidental accessory uses, but not including automobile wrecking yards.
Garden supply and seed stores.
Gas regulator stations.
Greenhouses and conservatories.
Hobby shops, for retailing of items to be assembled or used away from the premises.
Interior decorating shops, including upholstery and making of draperies, slipcovers and other similar articles when conducted as part of the retail operation and secondary to the principal use.
Jewelry stores, including watch repair.
Job printing shops, using presses having beds of not more than fourteen inches by twenty inches (14" x 20").
Kennels, with no outdoor dog runs.
Laboratories, medical, dental or optical.
Leather goods and luggage stores.
Libraries.
Liquor stores, retail sales of package goods only.
Loan offices.
Locksmith shops.
Millinery shops.
Music stores, sheet music and phonograph record sales.
Musical instrument sales and repair.
Offices.
Office supply stores.
Opticians and optometrists.
Orthopedic and medical appliance stores, not including the assembly or manufacture of such articles.
Paint and wallpaper stores.
Parking lots, for passenger motor vehicles only.
Pet service, domestic.
Pet shops.
Photography studios, including developing and printing of photographs, when conducted on the premises as a part of the retail business.
Physical culture and health service, gymnasiums, reducing salons, massage salons and public baths.
Picture framing, when conducted on the premises for retail trade.
Plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical fixtures and equipment, showroom and shops, for domestic use only.
Police stations.
Radio and television service and repair shops.
Recording studios.
Recreational buildings, community centers and meeting halls.
Religious institutions, churches, chapels, temples or synagogues.
Retail establishment.
Restaurants, including musical entertainment and dancing and outdoor dining areas (as described in section 13-7-6).
Schools, commercial or trade, provided that operations do not involve danger of fire, explosion, nor objectionable standards of noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, glare, heat or other nuisances.
Sewing machine sales and services, household machines only.
Shoe and hat repair stores.
Shoe stores.
Sporting goods stores.
Tailor shops.
Taxidermists.
Telegraph offices.
Theaters, indoor.
Tobacco shops.
Toy shops.
Travel bureaus and transportation ticket offices.
Typewriter and adding machine sales and service establishments.
Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-520, 8-24-1993; Ord. G-1163, 4-28-2020; Ord. G-1261, 10-22-2024)

13-7C-2: SPECIAL USES:

Accessory uses and structures, including, but not limited to, off street parking and off street loading spaces and business signs.
Amusement establishments, including bowling alleys, gymnasiums, swimming pools and skating rinks.
Automobile minimarket.
Daycare center, provided such facility complies with all licensing requirements of the state of Illinois and maintains a direct alarm hookup to the Oak Brook police department.
Drive-in establishments for permitted uses.
Farmers' markets and/or French markets involving the sale of flowers, culinary accessories and edible items for consumption off the premises where the sale is made provided that the following conditions are met:
   A.   Sale of used or preowned items is not permitted.
   B.   Farmers' market and/or French market may be conducted no more than one day per week on any property zoned for business purposes.
   C.   All signage and setback requirements of the underlying zoning district must be met.
   D.   The property on which the farmers' market and/or French market is conducted complies with all the parking requirements of the underlying zoning district or, in the alternative, the petitioner demonstrates that notwithstanding any temporary noncompliance, the conduct of the event will not impose any undue traffic or parking burden on surrounding properties and streets; and
   E.   The farmers' market and/or French market is approved by the Development Services department upon application and submittal of all required information from the property owner detailing prospective compliance with the conditions herein.
Horse stables and riding academies, public, on a lot not less than ten (10) acres in area, provided buildings containing stables and accessory outdoor facilities are not less than one hundred fifty feet (150') from the nearest lot line.
Nursing homes, on lots not less than three hundred feet (300') in width and not less than two (2) acres in area.
Open sales lots, when accessory to new automobile, trailer or boat sales establishments.
Public utility, governmental service and transportation uses.
   Bus turnarounds and passenger shelters.
   Outdoor ATM (automated teller machine) walk-up or drive-thru.
   Sewage and stormwater lift stations.
   Telephone exchanges and transmission buildings and equipment, and outdoor telephone booths and pedestals.
   Water filtration plants, wells, pumping stations and reservoirs.
Recreation, outdoor, par 3 and miniature golf courses, golf driving ranges, swimming and tennis clubs, and other outdoor recreation uses as approved by the village board of trustees.
Showroom.
Senior housing.
Trailer or boat sales establishments, for new trailer or boat sales. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-305, 9-8-1981; Ord. G-449, 8-14-1990; Ord. G-454, 10-9-1990; Ord. G-819, 12-12-2006; Ord. G-903, 11-10-2009; Ord. G-915, 1-12-2010; Ord. G-1163, 4-28-2020; Ord. G-1261, 10-22-2024)

13-7C-3: LOT AREA REQUIREMENTS:

   A.   Floor Area Ratio: Not to exceed 1.2.
   B.   Structure Height: Not more than thirty five feet (35') and not more than three (3) stories.
   C.   Yards: As in B1 local shopping center district, except: 1) for automobile service stations where islands containing fuel pumps and air and water outlets, with or without connecting shelters, shall have a front yard, or a side yard adjoining a street not less than twenty five feet (25') in depth; and 2) front and side yards abutting 22nd Street and York Road shall have a depth not less than one hundred feet (100'). (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966)

13-7C-4: ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS:

   A.   Awnings, Marquees And Signs: See chapter 11 of this title.
   B.   Off Street Parking And Loading: Off street parking and loading shall be as provided in chapter 12 of this title. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-695, 3-26-2002)

13-7D-1: PERMITTED USES:

Accessory uses and structures including:
   Restaurants and accessory cocktail lounges, and outdoor dining areas (as described in section 13-7-6) which is used principally for a permitted use, and when located on floors below those used for the principal use or on the top floor or roof of such a structure.
   Retail sales and personal service uses, having no exterior advertising and accessible only from the lobby and interior of a building and used for a permitted principal use and when no single establishment occupies more than two thousand (2,000) square feet of floor area.
Electric distribution centers and substations.
Gas regulator stations.
Hotels and motels (minimum of 50 rooms).
Hotel, Apartment.
Hotel, Condominium.
Offices, institutional and fraternal.
Sewage and stormwater lift stations.
Telephone exchanges and transmission buildings and equipment, and outdoor telephone booths and pedestals.
Water filtration plants, wells, pumping stations and reservoirs. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-1163, 4-28-2020; Ord. G-1261, 10-22-2024)

13-7D-2: SPECIAL USES:

Accessory uses and structures.
Bus turnarounds and passenger shelters.
Daycare center, provided such facility complies with all licensing requirements of the state and maintains a direct alarm hookup to the Oak Brook police department.
Farmers' markets and/or French markets involving the sale of flowers, culinary accessories and edible items for consumption off the premises where the sale is made provided that the following conditions are met:
   A.   Sale of used or preowned items is not permitted.
   B.   Farmers' market and/or French market may be conducted no more than one day per week on any property zoned for business purposes.
   C.   All signage and setback requirements of the underlying zoning district must be met.
   D.   The property on which the farmers' market and/or French market is conducted complies with all the parking requirements of the underlying zoning district or, in the alternative, the petitioner demonstrates that notwithstanding any temporary noncompliance, the conduct of the event will not impose any undue traffic or parking burden on surrounding properties and streets; and
   E.   The farmers' market and/or French market is approved by the Development Services department upon application and submittal of all required information from the property owner detailing prospective compliance with the conditions herein.
Offices, business and professional, occupying less than fifty percent (50%) of the total floor area of a structure over five (5) stories in height, and when located on floors below those used for dwelling purposes.
Outdoor ATM (automated teller machine) walk-up or drive-thru.
Sewage and stormwater lift stations.
Water filtration plants, wells, pumping stations and reservoirs. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-454, 10-9-1990; Ord. G-915, 1-12-2010; Ord. G-1261, 10-22-2024)

13-7D-3: LOT AREA REQUIREMENTS:

   A.   Floor Area Ratio: Not to exceed 0.6.
   B.   Yards:
      1.   Front: Not less than one hundred feet (100').
      2.   Side Yards And Courts:
         a.   Two (2) side yards each not less than ten feet (10'), plus one foot (1') for each one foot (1') in height that a structure exceeds twenty seven feet (27'), in height except a side yard adjoining a street shall be not less than fifty feet (50').
         b.   Where a building wall more than thirty feet (30') in length faces an interior side lot line, the interior yard as required in this article shall be increased in depth by one foot (1') for each one foot (1') such wall exceeds thirty feet (30') in length, or not more than twenty seven feet (27'), whichever is less.
         c.   Where the walls of one or more structures face upon a court, the depth and length of the court shall be as approved by the board of trustees after receiving recommendations of the plan commission.
      3.   Rear: Not less than forty feet (40') in depth.
      4.   Yards Adjoining Residence District: Any yard adjoining a residence district and a structure within the B4 hotel-office district shall be not less than one hundred feet (100') in depth.
      5.   Yards Adjoining 22nd Street And York Road: Not less than one hundred feet (100') in depth.
   C.   Height: Not more than five (5) stories.
   D.   Lot Width: Not less than two hundred feet (200'). (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966)

13-7D-4: ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS:

   A.   Awnings, Marquees And Signs: See chapter 11 of this title.
   B.   Off Street Parking And Loading: Off street parking and loading shall be as provided in chapter 12 of this title. (Ord. G-60, 3-22-1966; Ord. G-695, 3-26-2002)