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Rock Island City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XIX

B-2 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

19.1 General Description:

The Central Business District is intended to be a high density, compact, pedestrian oriented shopping, office, service and entertainment area. This District is one of high traffic generation and is thus located where there can be a concentration of a variety of commercial activities.

19.2 Permitted Principal Uses:

19.2a Any use permitted in a B-1 District and allowing for retail establishments with greater than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.
19.2b Art galleries and studios.
19.2c Auction house.
19.2d Bar, dance hall, cocktail lounge or nightclub, private clubs, lodges, union halls, tavern, retail tobacco business, on-site cannabis product dispensing and product consumption dispensing business, micro-brewery when enclosed and with building(s) and outside storage at least one hundred feet (100') from any residentially zoned private property.
19.2e Bicycle sales and repair.
19.2f Blue printing, photostating, print shop and duplicating establishments.
19.2g Bus terminal, railroad station, freight terminal or other public transportation terminal.
19.2h Business or trade school.
19.2i Catering within a building.
19.2j Ceramic products manufacture for sale on premises.
19.2k Religious institution.
19.2l Conservatory for retail sale on premises only.
19.2m Commercial parking lot.
19.2n Custom rental.
19.2o Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring or shoe repair for retail sales on premises only.
19.2p Drapery and mattress manufacture for sale on premises.
19.2q Department stores.
19.2r Employment agency.
19.2s Engraving of lithographing.
19.2t Funeral home.
19.2u Garage, public.
19.2v Hardware or paint supply store without outdoor sales or storage.
19.2w Hotel/motel.
19.2x Laboratories, medical and dental.
19.2y Laundry or dry-cleaning shop when enclosed and with building(s) and outside storage at least one hundred feet (100') from any residentially zoned private property.
19.2z Meeting halls, clubs, fraternal organizations and lodges.
19.2aa Mirror and glazing shop, glass cutting.
19.2bb Pawn shop.
19.2cc Pet shops, but not animal hospitals.
19.2dd Picture framing.
19.2ee Plumbing, electrical, heating, and air conditioning supply stores or show rooms without outdoor sales or storage and without repairs or fabrication.
19.2ff Public utility collection office.
19.2gg Public, customer or accessory parking lot.
19.2hh Radio, television and CATV stations, not transmitting towers.
19.2ii Second-hand stores and rummage shops.
19.2jj Taxidermist.
19.2kk Theater, indoor.
19.2ll Travel bureau and ticket office.
19.2mm Upholstering shop for furniture.
19.2nn Any other similar type use not specifically permitted herein which would have economic compatibility with the established uses on adjoining properties.
19.2oo Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent.
19.2pp Light industrial and warehouse uses consistent with other identified uses.

19.3 Permitted Accessory Uses:

19.3a Permitted accessory uses in a B-1 District.
19.3b Assembly of small electrical appliances, instruments, small computers and other electronic devices.
19.3c Sales of tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, or alternative nicotine products that do not meet the definition of a retail tobacco business.
19.3d Other uses incidental to a permitted use.

19.4 When Authorized by the Board of Zoning Appeals:

19.4a Any use permitted on review in a B-1 District.
19.4b Auto accessory store.
19.4b Auto accessory store.
19.4c Transmission and receiving equipment for radio, television, cable, and telephone.
19.4d Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent by the Board of Zoning Appeals.

19.5 Lot Area and Yard Requirements:

The following minimum requirements shall be observed with both principal and primary buildings with all bufferyard requirements. No accessory buildings shall be located in a front yard.
 
Height
Front Yard Depth
Side Yard Width
Rear Yard Depth
None
None
None except same as adjacent R District
None except same as adjacent R District
 
(Ord. 070-2020, 12-21-2020; Ord. 005-2023, 3-13-2023; Ord. 38-2024, 6-10-2024)