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Rock Island County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

B-1 NEIGHBORHOOD

BUSINESS DISTRICT

§ 154.350 GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

   (A)   The Neighborhood Business District is intended to permit the development of retail sales and personal services required to meet the day-to-day needs of a fully developed neighborhood. Stores, businesses, and offices in this zone should be useful to the majority of the neighborhood residents.
   (B)   The convenience nature of the various business uses located in this District requires them to be in close proximity to residences and is intended to include a narrow range of retail services and convenience goods.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)

§ 154.351 PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES.

   The following are permitted principal uses in the B-1 District:
   (A)   All uses within this zone must be confined to 2,500 internal square feet of the principle structure;
   (B)   Antique or custom furniture shop with incidental upholstery;
   (C)   Bakery limited to goods for retail on the premises;
   (D)   Banks or similar financial enterprises;
   (E)   Barber or beauty shop;
   (F)   Bicycle sales and service;
   (G)   Business or professional office such as attorney, architect, engineer, dentist, physicians, and the like;
   (H)   Camera or photographic supply store;
   (I)   Clinics, private, for human care;
   (J)   Costume rental;
   (K)   Daycare center or home;
   (L)   Delicatessen;
   (M)   Dry cleaning pick-up station;
   (N)   Dwelling, above ground floor;
   (O)   Health/recreational and physical training club;
   (P)   Hobby shop;
   (Q)   Interior decorating shop including upholstery and drapery making;
   (R)   Laundromat;
   (S)   Locksmith;
   (T)   Music studio;
   (U)   Restaurant, not drive-in or drive-thru;
   (V)   Retail uses such as drugstore, florist, grocery, ice cream shop, meat market, appliance, shoe, variety, stationary, book, clothing, packaged liquor sales, and candy stores with all activities, except for automobile off-street parking and loading facilities as permitted or required in this District, shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building;
   (W)   Churches; and
   (X)   Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)

§ 154.352 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES.

   The following are permitted accessory uses in the B-1 District:
   (A)   Solar, private; and
   (B)   Other uses incidental to a permitted use.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)

§ 154.353 WHEN AUTHORIZED BY SPECIAL USE.

   The following are special uses in the B-1 District when authorized:
   (A)   Auto accessory store;
   (B)   Club or lodge;
   (C)   Bus transfer station;
   (D)   Convenience store;
   (E)   Nursing home; and
   (F)   Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)

§ 154.354 USES PROHIBITED.

   The following are prohibited uses in the B-1 District: Any commercial or manufacturing use except that which is clearly necessary for the conduct of a permitted retail business or service on the premises.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)

§ 154.355 LOT AREA AND YARD REQUIREMENTS.

   The following minimum requirements shall be observed for both primary and accessory building along with bufferyard requirements as described in § 154.599. No accessory building shall be located in a front yard.
 
Height
Front Yard Depth
Side Yard Width
Rear Yard Depth
Other
35 feet or same as adjacent R District
25 feet or same as adjacent R District
None except same as adjacent R District
10 feet or same as adjacent R District
In accordance with performance standards
 
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)