7.1-1

Purpose. The C-1 Local Shopping District is intended to provide areas to be used by retail or service establishments to supply convenience goods or personal services for the daily needs of the residents living in adjacent residential neighborhoods. The district is designed to encourage shopping centers with planned off-street parking and loading and provide for existing individual or small groups of local stores. This district is normally located on primary or secondary thoroughfares, is relatively small in size, and has bulk standards comparable to the bulk standards for low density residential districts.

7.1-2

Permitted Uses. No land shall be used or occupied and no building, structure, or premises shall be erected, altered, enlarged, occupied, or used, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, for other than one or more of the following specified uses:

1.

Retail Businesses, which supply commodities on the premises, such as but not limited to:

a.

Antique Stores

b.

Apparel Stores

c.

Bakery, in which the manufacture of goods is limited to goods retailed on the premises only

d.

Book and Stationery Stores

e.

Camera Stores

f.

Candy and Confectionery Stores

g.

Dairy Products Stores

h.

Delicatessens

i.

Drug Stores

j.

Dry Goods Stores

k.

Floral Shops

l.

Grocery and Food Stores

m.

Hardware Stores

n.

Ice Cream Stores

o.

Jewelry Stores

p.

Meat Markets

q.

Restaurants, excluding drive-in service

r.

Shoe Stores

s.

Sporting Goods Stores

t.

Toy Stores

u.

Variety Stores

v.

Automobile Accessory Store-no services

2.

Personal Service Establishments, which perform services on the premises.

a.

Barber Shop

b.

Beauty Shop

c.

Dancing School or Studio

d.

Dry Cleaner, but not a central plant serving more than one retail outlet

e.

Laundry and Dry Cleaner, self-service only

f.

Music School

g.

Photographic Studio

h.

Shoe Repair Shop

i.

Tailor Shop

3.

Business Service Establishments, which perform services on the premises.

a.

Bank

b.

Currency Exchange

c.

Financial Institution

d.

Insurance Agency

e.

Loan Company

f.

Real Estate Office

g.

Savings and Loan

4.

Professional Office Establishments.

a.

Attorney and Law Office

b.

Chiropodist's Office

c.

Chiropractor's Office

d.

Dentist's Office

e.

Doctor's, Surgeon's and/or Physician's Office

f.

Medical and Dental Clinics

g.

Optician's Office

h.

Osteopath's Office

5.

Public, Quasi-public, and Governmental Buildings and Facilities.

a.

Church

b.

Essential services - Gas Regulator Stations, Telephone Exchanges, Electric Substations, Sewage Disposal Plant, Well Site

c.

Off-street Parking Facility

d.

Office Building

e.

Post Office

f.

Public Utility Establishments

7.1-3

Accessory Uses. As permitted in accordance with Article III, Section 3.16

7.1-4

Special Uses.

1.

Packaged liquor store - tavern - any sale of alcoholic beverages

2.

Child Care Nursery

3.

Residence of the proprietor of a commercial use

4.

Planned Development

5.

Second Floor Residential Unit(s) shall be allowed as a special use accessory to a primary commercial use, provided that:

a.

One dedicated off-street parking space is provided per residential unit;

b.

The property owner maintains, on the first floor of the same property upon which the Second Floor Residential Unit(s) is/are located, a use allowed in the C-1 Local Shopping District as either a permitted use or special use for which a permit has been issued, provided that no Second Floor Residential Unit(s) use shall be allowed above any type of first floor parking lot use, located in the same building, allowed in the C-1 Local Shopping District;

c.

The property owner of the property upon which the Second Floor Residential Unit(s) exist(s) shall comply with all state and local building, fire, electrical, and plumbing codes;

d.

Such Second Floor Residential Unit(s) shall not contain more than two (2) bedrooms; and

e.

The property owner of the of the property upon which the Second Floor Residential Unit(s) exist(s) shall provide, before a lease is signed, a written disclosure to any tenants of such residential unit(s), on a form provided by the Building Commissioner, of all first floor commercial use(s) on the property.

6.

The following special uses may be permitted in specific situations in accordance with the procedures outlined in Article IV Section 4.10-1 et seq., as appropriate:

a.

Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization.

7.1-5

Temporary Uses. All temporary uses shall comply with the provisions of Article III, Section 3.17. All of the uses permitted as temporary uses in Article III, Section 3.17, are allowed in the C-1 Local Shopping District, in addition to the following permitted temporary uses.

1.

Temporary Building or Yard for construction materials and/or equipment, both incidental and necessary to construction in the zoning district must be of portable design. The permit shall specify the location of the building or yard and the area of permitted operation. Each such permit shall be valid for a period of not more than six (6) calendar months and shall not be renewed for more than two (2) successive periods at the same location.

2.

Parking Lot designated for a special event, provided however, that each permit shall be valid only for the duration of the designated special event.

7.1-6

Lot Size Requirements. With the exception of Planned Developments, a separate ground area, herein called the zoning lot, shall be designated, provided and continuously maintained for each structure containing a Permitted Use of Special Use.

A.

Minimum Lot Area: 20,000 square feet

B.

Minimum Lot Width: 100 feet

7.1-7

Yard Requirements.

A.

Minimum Front Yards. All structures shall maintain a setback of at least fifty (50) feet from the front lot line. First twenty-five (25) feet for landscaping and a means of ingress and egress only. On major highways, all structures shall maintain a minimum setback one hundred twenty-five (125) feet from center line of highway.

B.

Minimum Corner Side Yard. All structures shall have a minimum Corner Side Yard of thirty (30) feet.

C.

Minimum Interior Side Yard. All structures shall have an Interior Side Yard of fifteen (15) feet.

D.

Minimum Rear Yard. All structures shall be set back at least thirty (30) feet from the rear lot line.

7.1-8

Bulk Regulations.

A.

Maximum Structure Height. No structure or portion thereof shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet.

B.

Floor Area Ratio. Not to exceed 1.2.

7.1-9

Special Provision.

1.

Enclosure of Operations - All business, servicing or processing shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings, except:

a.

Off-street parking or loading.

b.

Accessory uses when allowed by the special use procedure.

2.

Parking Requirements - In accordance with the applicable regulations set forth in Article XI. In addition, the parking of trucks when accessory to the conduct of a permitted use, shall be limited to vehicles having not over one and one-half (1½) tons capacity, except for delivery services.

3.

Performance Standards - All activities shall conform with the performance standards established for the I-1 Limited Industrial District.

4.

Scope of Operations - 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.

5.

Screening - Where a commercial use abuts or is across the Street from a Residential District, adequate screening shall be provided. Five (5) feet landscape screening is required except on corner lots when thirty-six (36) inches maximum height screen is limited to thirty (30) feet in both directions from the corner.

6.

Storm Drainage and Entrance Curbs - Are required on all Street frontages and shall meet the approval of the Village Engineer and Village standards.

7.

Ingress and Egress - On all commercial lots with less than 200 feet frontage on a public road, access is limited to one combined ingress and egress with a minimum width of twenty (20) feet and a maximum width of thirty-two (32) feet measured from inside of curbs at property line. (Location determined by Village Engineer or others appointed by the Village.)

On all commercial lots of two hundred (200) feet and over frontage on a public road, access is limited to two combined ingresses and egresses, with a minimum width of thirty-two (32) feet measured from inside of curbs at property line locations. (Determined by Village Engineer or others appointed by the Village.) Details of ingresses and egresses to meet state, county, and requirements.

8.

Landscaping - A general landscaping plan must accompany all applications for building permits requested for the construction of new buildings.

The landscaping plan must show all areas which will contain grass or other natural growth and the location of all trees, shrubbery and other natural growth.

All areas designated for grass or other natural growth must be seeded or sodded as soon as possible after the completion of any building and all shrubs, trees, and other natural growths must be seeded and/or planted as soon as possible after the completion of any building, but in no event shall such seeding, sodding and/or planting be delayed for a period in excess of one year after the completion of any building.

Certificates of occupancy may be issued for buildings prior to the time the landscaping requirements as provided for herein are satisfied; however, such certificates of occupancy shall state upon their face: "Landscaping not approved, approval required within one year of the date of this certificate."

Minor alterations from the original landscaping plan may be made without obtaining prior approval from the Village; however, the amounts and location of land set aside for landscaping may not be reduced without the approval of the Zoning Officer.

7.1-10

Signs. Signs shall be subject to the regulations contained in Article X.

7.1-11

Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required in Article XI.

(Ord. No. 08-16, § I, 7-15-08; Ord. No. 20-06, § 2, 9-15-20)

7.2-1

Purpose. The C-2 Community Shopping District is intended to provide areas to be used as the primary shopping area for residents of Round Lake Park and other nearby towns, transients, and for the shopping area for occupants of various business and industrial establishments. The district permits most all types of business and commercial enterprises, offices and service establishments. This district is normally centrally located with respect to the shopping service area and located at the convergence or along the major thoroughfares of the Village. This district has primarily been applied to areas that have substantially been developed with previously established commercial uses.

The C-2A Special Development Area is intended to apply only to the properties located northwest of the intersection of Washington Street and Hainesville Road. This area includes fragmented properties that have developed in the past with individual uses including business, multiple family and older single-family structures and vacant areas. The purpose of the C-2A Special Development Area is to provide a tool to encourage the redevelopment of the area into a unified community shopping district.

In the C-2A Special Development Area, (with the exception of the following uses from the C-2 and C-1 Districts: Billiard and pool hall, merchandising machines, news stand, notions store, undertaker, parking lot, theater indoor only, and uses listed under Sections 7.2-2 Number 5. and Section 7.1-2 Number 5. Public, Quasi-public and governmental buildings and facilities, that are prohibited) all other permitted uses and special uses listed in the C-2 District shall be permitted uses, but only as part of a unified plan approved by the Village Board upon review and recommendations from the Village Staff/Consultants Review Committee. The membership of the Village Staff/Consultants Review Committee shall be made up of the Village Engineer, Village Planner, Village Attorney, the Building Commissioner and the Chairman of the Plan Commission or a designee of a Plan Commission member by the Plan Commission Chairman.

7.2-2

Permitted Uses. No land shall be used or occupied and no building, structure, or premises shall be erected, altered, enlarged, occupied or used, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, for other than one or more of the following specified uses:

1.

Retail Businesses, which supply commodities on the premises, such as but not limited to:

a.

Retail businesses permitted in the C-1 District

b.

Appliance store

c.

Art and school supply store

d.

Bicycle store - sales, rental, and repair

e.

Billiard and pool hall

f.

Building services and supplies

g.

Business machines store

h.

China and glassware store

i.

Department store

j.

Drapery store

k.

Floor coverings, including rugs and carpets

l.

Furniture store

m.

Gift shop

n.

Hobby shop

o.

Leather goods and luggage store

p.

Linoleum and tile store

q.

Locksmith

r.

Merchandising machines, sale of products

s.

Music store

t.

Newsstand

u.

Notions store

b.

Office supplies and stationery

w.

Paint and wallpaper store

x.

Pet shop

y.

Radio and television sales

z.

Record shop

aa.

Tack shop

bb.

Tobacco shop

cc.

Toy store

dd.

Trading stamp store

2.

Personal Service Establishments, which perform services on the premises, such as, but not limited to:

a.

Personal service establishments permitted in the C-1 District

b.

Clothing rental agency

c.

General minor repair or fix-it shop

d.

Interior decorating shop

e.

Laundry

f.

Tailor or dressmaker

g.

Travel bureau

h.

Undertaking establishment and funeral parlor

3.

Business Service Establishment, which perform services on the premises, such as, but not limited to:

a.

Business service establishments permitted in the C-1 District

b.

Better business bureau

c.

Blueprinting establishment

d.

Bowling alley

e.

Business and management consultant

f.

Business office

g.

Business school

h.

Chamber of Commerce

i.

Charitable organization

j.

Civic association

k.

Credit agency

l.

Detective agency

m.

Employment agency

n.

Indoor skating rink or other recreation facility

o.

Insurance carrier

p.

Investment company

q.

Labor union and organization

r.

Mail order house

s.

Merchants' association

t.

News syndicate

u.

Newspaper office

v.

Parking lot, commercial

w.

Picture framing

x.

Political organization

y.

Professional membership association

z.

Radio and television service and repair

aa.

Real estate board

bb.

Security and commodity broker

cc.

Social service and fraternal association

dd.

Taxicab association

ee.

Trade association

ff.

Theater, indoor only

4.

Professional Office Establishments, such as, but not limited to:

a.

Professional office establishments permitted in C-1 District

b.

Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping

c.

Artists and industrial designers

d.

Engineering and architectural services

e.

Laboratories - medical and dental

f.

Landscape architects

g.

Land surveyors

h.

Professional consultants

i.

Professional offices

j.

Scientific research agencies

5.

Public, Quasi-public, and governmental buildings and facilities, such as, but not limited to:

a.

Public, quasi-public, and governmental buildings and facilities permitted in the C-l District

b.

Bus passenger station

c.

Hospital

d.

Museum, art gallery

e.

School and college

f.

Transit and transportation facilities

q.

Vocational school

7.2-3

Accessory Uses. As permitted in accordance with Article III, Section 3.16.

7.2-4

Special Uses.

1.

Similar and Compatible Uses to those allowed as permitted uses in this district

2.

Packaged Liquor Store - Tavern - Any sale of alcoholic beverages

3.

Child Care Nursery

4.

Residence of the proprietor of a commercial use

5.

Planned development

6.

Drive-in banking facilities

7.

Second Floor Residential Unit(s) shall be allowed as a special use accessory to a primary commercial use, provided that:

a.

One dedicated off-street parking space is provided per residential unit;

b.

The property owner maintains, on the first floor of the same property upon which the Second Floor Residential Unit(s) is/are located, a use allowed in the C-2 Community Shopping District as either a permitted use or special use for which a permit has been issued, provided that no Second Floor Residential Unit(s) use shall be allowed above any type of first floor parking lot use, located in the same building, allowed in the C-2 Community Shopping District;

c.

The property owner of the property upon which the Second Floor Residential Unit(s) exist(s) shall comply with all state and local building, fire, electrical, and plumbing codes;

d.

Such Second Floor Residential Unit(s) shall not contain more than two (2) bedrooms; and

e.

The property owner of the of the property upon which the Second Floor Residential Unit(s) exist(s) shall provide, before a lease is signed, a written disclosure to any tenants of such residential unit(s), on a form provided by the Building Commissioner, of all first floor commercial use(s) on the property.

8.

A "Unified Development Special Use" limited to Retail Businesses, Personal Service Establishments, Business Service Establishments, Professional Office Establishments, and Special Uses allowed in the C-2A Zone, in combination with "A Limited Indoor Self Storage Use" As Part Of A Unified Plan And Subject To The Standards And Regulations As Stated Below:

a.

Property for such Unified Development Special Use shall be a minimum of 3 acres in size, but shall not exceed 4 acres in size;

b.

Property for such Unified Development Special Use shall be a minimum of 300 feet of frontage on a State or County Highway, but shall not exceed 400 feet of frontage on a State or County Highway;

c.

The first 180 feet of property abutting the State or County Highway for such Unified Development Special Use shall be limited to retail, office and service uses listed as allowed uses in the C-2 District and the C2-A Special Development Area only, and shall not include any self-storage use other than an accessory office use for the self-storage use;

d.

In lieu of the regulations contained within in Article XI of the Round Lake Park Zoning Ordinance entitled "Off-Street Loading and Parking," the minimum number of parking spaces for the first 180 feet abutting the State or County Highway in which the retail, office and service use portion of such Unified Development Special Use is located shall be a minimum of one (1) parking space for each 250 square feet of building floor area;

e.

In lieu of the bulk regulations contained within Section 7.2-8 of the Round Lake Park Zoning Ordinance entitled "Floor Area Ratio," the floor area ratio for a Unified Development Special Use developed under this Paragraph 8, for which underground storm water detention is provided in compliance with the Lake County Watershed Development Ordinance, as adopted by the Village, shall not exceed .30;

f.

A drive-up service window may be allowed within the first 180 feet abutting the State or County Highway as part of the retail, office and service use portion of such Unified Development Special Use, subject to Village Board approval of a site plan as part of the Special Use process;

g.

Any construction or development of a self-storage use on such property as part of a Unified Development Special Use must be the area of the property at or more than 180 feet from the property line abutting the State or County Highway;

h.

Any construction or development of a self-storage use as part of a Unified Development Special Use may only be constructed after, or concurrently with, the construction or development of the retail, office and service portion of such Unified Development Special Use located within the first 180 feet of the property abutting the State or County Highway; and

i.

No outdoor storage shall be allowed outside of an approved self-storage building or self-storage buildings.

9.

The following special uses may be permitted in specific situations in accordance with the procedures outlined in Article VI Section 4.10-1 et seq., as appropriate:

a.

Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization. Adult-Use Cannabis Infuser Organization.

b.

Adult-Use Cannabis Processing Organization. Adult-Use Cannabis Transporting Organization.

7.2-5

Temporary Uses. The following uses may be operated as Temporary Uses:

1.

All Temporary Uses permitted in the C-1 Local Shopping District.

7.2-6

Lot Size Requirements. With the exception of Planned Developments, a separate ground area herein called the zoning lot, shall be designated, provided and continuously maintained for each structure containing a Permitted Use or Special Use in the C-2 Community Shopping District.

A.

Minimum Lot Area: 20,000 sq. feet.

B.

Minimum Lot Width: 100 feet.

No minimum lot area or minimum width is required for uses within the C-2A Community Shopping District Special Development Area provided they have been part of a development approval by the Village Board consistent with the review procedures of the C-2A Special Development Area.

7.2-7

Yard Requirements.

A.

Minimum Front Yard. In the C-2 Community Shopping District all structures shall maintain a setback of at least fifty (50) feet from the front lot line. First twenty-five (25) feet for landscaping and a means of ingress and egress only. On major highways, all structures shall maintain a minimum setback of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet from center line of highway.

In the C-2A Special Development Area, the Front Yard may be established consistent with the design guidelines illustrated in Exhibits 1 through 3 and when they have been a part of a development approval by the Village Board consistent with the review procedures of the C-2A Special Development Area.

B.

Minimum Corner Side Yard. In the C-2 Community Shopping District all structures shall have a minimum corner side yard of thirty (30) feet.

In the C-2A Special Development Area, the Corner Side Yard may be established consistent with the design guidelines illustrated in Exhibits 1 through 3 and when they have been a part of a development approval by the Village Board consistent with the review procedures of the C-2A Special Development Area.

C.

Minimum Interior Side Yard. In the C-2 Community Shopping District all structures shall have an interior side yard of fifteen (15) feet.

In the C-2A Special Development Area, the Side Yard abutting a property in a residential zoning district may be established consistent with the design guidelines illustrated in Exhibits 4 through 6 and when they have been a part of a development approval by the Village Board consistent with the review procedures of the C-2A Special Development Area. With Village approval and with written agreements between property owners the internal side yards within the C-2A Special Development Area may be combined to allow attached building (subject to all appropriate Building Code requirements), shared driveways, parking circulation aisles, landscape or detention areas and must be properly documented including a Unified Development Site Plan.

D.

Minimum Rear Yard. In the C-2 Community Shopping District all structures shall have a minimum rear yard of thirty (30) feet.

In the C-2A Special Development Area, the Rear Yard abutting a property in a residential zoning district may be established consistent with the design guidelines illustrated in Exhibits 4 through 6 and when they have been a part of a development approval by the Village Board consistent with the review procedures of the C-2A Special Development Area. With Village approval and with written agreements between property owners the internal side yards within the C-2A Special Development Area may be combined to allow attached building (subject to all appropriate Building Code requirements), shared driveways, parking circulation aisles, landscape or detention areas and must be properly documented including a Unified Development Site Plan.

7.2-8

Bulk Regulations.

A.

Maximum Structure Height. No structure or portion thereof shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet.

B.

Floor Area Ratio. Not to exceed 1.2 in the C-2 Community Shopping District.

In the C-2A Special Development Area, the floor area ratio for a single story building shall not exceed 0.25 and for building of more than one story, the floor area ratio shall not exceed 0.35.

7.2-9

Special Provisions.

1.

Enclosure of Operations - All business, serving or processing shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings, except:

a.

Off-street parking or loading.

b.

Accessory uses when allowed by the special exception procedure.

2.

Performance Standards - All activities shall conform with the performance standards established for the I-1 Limited Industrial District.

3.

Scope of Operations - 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.

4.

Screening - Where a commercial use abuts or is across the street from a Residential District, adequate screening shall be provided. Five (5) feet landscape screening is required except on corner lots when thirty (30) feet in both directions from the corner for the C-2 District. For the C-2A Special Development Area, screening shall be provided consistent with the Design Guidelines illustrated in Exhibits 1-6 of this Ordinance and subject to Village Board approval and review by the Village Staff/Consultants Review Committee.

5.

Storm Drainage and Entrance curbs are required on all street frontages and shall meet the approval of the Village Engineer and Village standards.

6.

Ingress and Egress - In the C-2 District on all commercial lots with less than two hundred (200) feet frontage on a public road, access is limited to one combined ingress and egress with a minimum width of twenty (20) feet and a maximum width of thirty-two (32) feet measured from inside of curbs at property line (location determined by Village Engineer or others appointed by the Village).

In the C-2 District on all commercial lots of two hundred (200) feet and over frontage on a public road, access is limited to two combined ingresses and egresses, with a minimum width of twenty (20) feet and a maximum width of thirty-two (32) feet measured from inside of curbs at property line locations (determined by Village Engineer or others appointed by the Village). Details of ingresses and egresses to meet State, County and Village requirements.

In the C-2A Special Development Area before development may occur, a coordinated Plan for Ingress and Egress must be approved by the Village Board with review by the Village Staff/Consultants Review Committee. The Coordinated Plan for Ingress and Egress must consider access approvals by the Lake County Department of Transportation for both Washington Street and Hainesville Road and consider the opportunities for unified internal circulation systems between properties within this C-2A Special Development Area. Unified Internal Circulation Plans should reflect the concepts illustrated in Exhibits 1-6 for access, parking, circulation, building setbacks and landscaping and provide opportunity for possible cross access locations to adjacent properties in the C-2A Special Development Area. With Village approval and with written agreements between property owners, opportunities for shared driveways, or parking circulation aisles, and/or roadway improvements may be incorporated into Unified Internal Circulation Plans.

7.

Landscaping - A general landscaping plan must accompany all applications for building permits requested for the construction of new buildings.

The landscaping plan must show all areas which will contain grass or other natural growth and the location of all trees, shrubbery and other natural growth. All areas designated for grass or other natural growth must be seeded or sodded as soon as possible after the completion of any building. All shrubs, trees and other natural growths must be seeded and/or planted as soon as possible after the completion of any building, but in no event shall such seeding, sodding and or planting be delayed for a period in excess of one year after the completion of any building.

Certificates of occupancy may be issued for buildings prior to the time the landscaping requirements as provided for herein are satisfied; however, such certificates of occupancy shall state upon their face: "Landscaping not approved, approval required within one year of the date of this certificate".

Minor alterations from the original landscaping plan may be made without obtaining prior approval from the Village; however, the amounts and locations of land set aside for landscaping may not be reduced without the approval of the Zoning Officer.

8.

Unified Submission Documents - In the C-2A Special Development Area, Unified Submission Documents must be submitted to the Village for review by the Village Staff/Consultants Review Committee before being sent to the Village Board for Village Board action. The Unified Submission Documents shall include but are not limited to a site plan including preliminary engineering, a building facade plan, signage plan, lighting plan, landscape plan, draft covenants or agreements and other related documents. The Village Staff/Consultants Review Committee shall review the submissions and make written findings to the Village Board on the relationship of the submissions to the stated Purpose and the provisions of the C-2A Special Development Area. The Village Board may approve, modify or deny the proposed Unified Submission Documents for a use within the C-2A Special Development Area based on the Village Boards findings of the relationships of the proposed use or uses and the Unified Submission Documents to the stated Purpose and the related provisions of the C-2A Special Development Area. If the Village Board approves or approves with modifications the Unified Submission Document the applicants and Village Staff and Consultants may utilize the documents for a basis of proceeding to a final plan preparation including final site plans, final engineering plans and final site plans that are necessary to obtain the applicable Building or Construction Permits.

7.2-10

Signs. Signs shall be subject to the regulations contained in Article X.

7.2-11

Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required in Article XI.

7.2-12

Design Guidelines. The attached Exhibits numbered 1 through and including 6, identified as Design Guidelines, prepared by Rolf C. Campbell & Associates, Inc., Village Planning Consultants; dated March 2003, with Exhibit 4 containing a revision date of December 2014, be and are hereby incorporated in this Ordinance by reference as design guidelines for Section 7.2-12.

(Ord. No. 03-09, §§ II—VIII, 7-22-03; Ord. No. 08-16, § II, 7-15-08; Ord. No. 14-16, § I, 11-11-14; Ord. No. 15-02, §§ I, II, 1-20-15; Ord. No. 16-ZO-01, § I, 1-19-16; Ord. No. 20-06, § 2, 9-15-20)

7.3-1

Purpose. The C-3 General Business District is intended to provide areas to be used for most types of retailing and service uses, certain wholesale and warehousing uses, and some limited industrial activities that are normally associated with commercial uses. The uses allowed are often large space uses and cater to customers who do not make frequent purchases. The market area for the permitted uses extends to an area much larger than the Village. The district is normally located along major thoroughfares, where adequately sized parcels of land allow for large setbacks, clear vision, and safe ingress and egress.

7.3-2

Permitted Uses. No land shall be used or occupied and no building, structure or premises shall be erected, altered, enlarged, occupied, or used, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, for other than one or more of the following specified uses:

1.

Retail Businesses, such as but not limited to:

a.

Retail businesses, permitted in the C-2 District

b.

Boat dealer, motor vehicle dealer, used car lot, body shop

c.

Bottled gas dealer

d.

Direct selling establishment, where products are stored

e.

Drive-in restaurant

f.

Farm and garden supply store

g.

Hay, grain, and feed store

h.

Ice cream refreshment stand

i.

Lumber yard

j.

Nursery stock

k.

Roadside stand

l.

Tire, battery, and accessory dealer

m.

Tombstone and monument sales

2.

Personal Service Establishments, such as but not limited to:

a.

Personal Service Establishments permitted in the C-2 District

b.

Child Care nursery

c.

Food locker rental

d.

Furniture cleaning

3.

Business Service Establishments, such as but not limited to:

a.

Business Service Establishments permitted in the C-2 District

b.

Advertising signs designs, locations adapted to local Ordinances

c.

Automobile rental

d.

Banks

e.

Bottling works

f.

Cartage, express and parcel delivery establishment

g.

Commercial greenhouse

h.

Commercial swimming pool

i.

Commercial testing laboratory

j.

Disinfecting and exterminating service

k.

Electrical shop

l.

Equipment rental and leasing service

m.

Furniture repair and re-upholstery

n.

Furnace supply and service

o.

Lawn mower repair shop

p.

Medical Clinics

q.

Paint shop

r.

Parking lot, commercial

s.

Plumbing and heating shop

t.

Radio and television repair shop

u.

Refrigerator shop

v.

Repair service, large, major items

w.

Sewer cleaning and rodding service

x.

Sign contractor

y.

Swimming pool sales and service

z.

Taxidermist

aa.

Towing service

bb.

Veterinary clinic, animal hospital, and kennels

cc.

Water softener service

dd.

Window cleaning firm

4.

Professional Office Establishments, such as but not limited to:

a.

Professional Office Establishments permitted in the C-2 District

5.

Public, Quasi-public, and Governmental Buildings and Facilities, such as but not limited to:

a.

Public, Quasi-public, and Governmental Buildings and Facilities permitted in the C-2 District

b.

Public service or municipal garages

c.

Ambulance service

6.

Residential Uses, such as but not limited to:

a.

Convalescent, nursing home, rest home, or sanitarium

b.

Hotel and/or motel

c.

Tourist cabins or home

7.

Wholesale and Warehouse Uses, such as but not limited to:

a.

Direct selling establishments, where products are stored and distributed

b.

Other wholesale and warehouse establishments

c.

Wholesale bakery

d.

Establishments that warehouse and distribute non-alcoholic beverages

8.

Industrial Type Uses, such as but not limited to:

a.

Dairy products manufacture

b.

Printing, publishing, or lithography establishments

c.

Laundry, dry cleaning and/or dyeing plant, central facility serving more than one retail outlet

d.

Industrial launderer

7.3-3

Accessory Uses. As permitted in accordance with Article III, Section 3.16.

7.3-4

Special Uses.

1.

Automobile laundry

2.

Drive-in banking facilities

3.

Packaged liquor store - tavern - any sale of alcoholic beverages

4.

Planned development

5.

Residence of the proprietor of a commercial use

6.

Used furniture and second-hand store

7.

Second Floor Residential Unit(s) shall be allowed as a special use accessory to a primary commercial use, provided that:

a.

One dedicated off-street parking space is provided per residential unit; and

b.

The property owner maintains, on the first floor of the same property upon which the Second Floor Residential Unit(s) is/are located, a use allowed in the C-3 General Business District as either a permitted use or special use for which a permit has been issued, provided that no Second Floor Residential Unit(s) use shall be allowed above any type of first floor parking lot use, located in the same building, allowed in the C-3 General Business District.

c.

The property owner of the property upon which the Second Floor Residential Unit(s) exist(s) shall comply with all state and local building, fire, electrical, and plumbing codes.

d.

Such Second Floor Residential Unit(s) shall not contain more than two (2) bedrooms; and

e.

The property owner of the of the property upon which the Second Floor Residential Unit(s) exist(s) shall provide, before a lease is signed, a written disclosure to any tenants of such residential unit(s), on a form provided by the Building Commissioner, of all first floor commercial use(s) on the property.

8.

The following special uses may be permitted in specific situations in accordance with the procedures outlined in Article VI Section 4.10-1 et seq., as appropriate:

a.

Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization. Adult-Use Cannabis Infuser Organization.

b.

Adult-Use Cannabis Processing Organization. Adult-Use Cannabis Transporting Organization.

7.3-5

Temporary Uses. All temporary uses shall comply with the provisions of Article III, Section 3.17. The following uses may be operated as a temporary use.

1.

All Temporary Uses permitted in the C-1 Local Shopping District

7.3-6

Lot Size Requirements. With the exception of Planned Developments, a separate ground area herein called the zoning lot, shall be designated, provided and continuously maintained for each structure containing a Permitted Use or Special Use.

A.

Minimum Lot Area: 20,000 sq. ft.

B.

Minimum Lot Width: 100 feet

7.3-7

Yard Requirements.

A.

Minimum Front Yard. All structures shall maintain a setback of at least fifty (50) feet from the front lot line. The first twenty-five (25) feet for landscaping and a means of ingress and egress only. On major highways, all structures shall maintain a minimum setback of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet from center line of highway.

B.

Minimum Corner Side Yard. All structures shall have a corner side yard of thirty (30) feet.

C.

Minimum Interior Side Yard. All structures shall have a minimum interior side yard of fifteen (15) feet.

D.

Minimum Rear Yard. All structures shall have a minimum rear yard of thirty (30) feet.

7.3-8

Bulk Regulations.

A.

Maximum Structure Height. No structure or portion thereof shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet.

B.

Floor Area Ratio. Not to exceed 1.2.

7.3-9

Special Provisions.

1.

Performance Standards - All activities shall conform with the performance standards established for the I-1 Limited Industrial District.

2.

Outdoor Sales - All outdoor sales space shall be provided with a permanent durable and dustless surface, and shall be graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water.

3.

Outdoor Storage - All outdoor storage facilities for accessory uses and products shall be enclosed by a fence, wall or plant materials adequate to conceal such facilities from adjacent properties and the public right-of-way.

4.

Waste Materials - No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a lot in such a form that they may be transferred off the property by natural causes or forces.

5.

Screening - Where a commercial use abuts or is across the street from a Residential District, adequate screening shall be provided. Five (5) feet landscape screening is required except on corner lots when thirty-six (36) inches maximum height screen is limited to thirty (30) feet in both directions from the corner.

6.

Storm Drainage and Entrance Curbs are required on all street frontages and shall meet the approval of the Village Engineer and Village standards.

7.

Ingress and Egress - On all commercial lots with less than two hundred (200) feet frontage on a public road, access is limited to one combined ingress and egress with a minimum width of twenty (20) feet and a maximum width of thirty-two (32) feet measured from inside of curbs at property line. (Location determined by Village Engineer or others appointed by the Village). On all commercial lots of two hundred (200) feet frontage and over, frontage on a public road, access is limited to two combined ingresses and egresses. With a minimum width of twenty (20) feet and a maximum width of thirty-two (32) feet measured from inside of curbs at property line locations. (Determined by Village Engineer or others appointed by the Village.) Details of ingresses and egresses to meet state, county, and Village requirements.

8.

Landscaping - A general landscaping plan must accompany all applications for building permits requested for the construction of new buildings.

The landscape plan must show all areas which will contain grass or other natural growth and the location of all trees, shrubbery and other natural growth. All areas designated for grass or other natural growth must be seeded or sodded as soon as possible after the completion of any building and all shrubs, trees and other natural growths must be seeded and/or planted as soon as possible after the completion of any building, but in no event shall such seeding, sodding and/or planting be delayed for a period in excess of one year after the completion of any building.

Certificates of occupancy may be issued for buildings prior to the time the landscaping requirements as provided for herein are satisfied; however, such certificates of occupancy shall state upon their faces: "Landscaping not approved, approval required within one year of the date of this certificate".

Minor alterations from the original landscaping plan may be made without obtaining prior approval from the Village; however, the amounts and location of land set aside for landscaping may not be reduced without the approval of the Zoning Officer.

7.3-10

Signs. Signs shall be subject to the regulations contained in Article X.

7.3-11

Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required in Article XI.

(Ord. No. 07-02, § I, 4-3-07; Ord. No. 08-16, § III, 7-15-08; Ord. No. 14-16, § II, 11-11-14; Ord. No. 20-06, § 2, 9-15-20)

7.4-1

Purpose. This district is intended to provide certain land and structures for automotive service type use and automotive associated uses such as drive-ins. The district is intended to be located only along major thoroughfares where adequately sized and properly located parcels of land will allow for adequate setbacks, clear vision, and safe ingress and egress. Frontage roads should be provided where possible.

7.4-2

Permitted Uses. No land shall be used or occupied and no building, structure or premises shall be erected, altered, enlarged, occupied, or used, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, for other than one or more of the following specified uses:

1.

Retail Businesses, which supply commodities on the premises, such as but not limited to:

a.

Automobile accessories store

b.

Automobile service station

c.

Coat dealer

d.

Camper sales

e.

Drive-in restaurant

f.

Mobile home dealer

g.

Motor vehicle dealer

h.

Motorcycle sales

i.

Tire, battery, and accessory dealer

j.

Used car lot

2.

Personal Service Establishments, which perform services on the premises, such as but not limited to:

a.

General repair shop

b.

Undertaking establishment and funeral parlor

c.

Drive-in cleaners

3.

Business Service Establishment, which perform services on the premises, such as but not limited to:

a.

Automobile diagnostic center of clinic

b.

Automobile driving instruction

c.

Auto laundry

d.

Auto painting

e.

Automobile rental

f.

Automobile repair shop

g.

Automobile undercoating service

h.

Body shop

i.

Equipment rental and leasing service

j.

Motorcycle service and repair

k.

Repair service

l.

Taxicab stand

m.

Tire re-treading and repair shop

n.

Towing service

4.

Public, Quasi-public, and Government Buildings and Facilities, such as but not limited to:

a.

Public, Quasi-public and Governmental Buildings and Facilities permitted in the C-1 District.

b.

Bus passenger station

c.

Public service or municipal garage

d.

Ambulance service

5.

Residential Uses, such as but not limited to:

a.

Hotel and/or motel

6.

Professional Establishments as Permitted in the C-3 District.

7.4-3

Accessory Uses. As permitted in accordance with Article III, Section 3.16.

7.4-4

Special Uses.

1.

Residence of the proprietor of a commercial use.

2.

Mobile Home Sales.

3.

Planned Development

4.

Drive-in Banking Facilities

7.4-5

Temporary Uses. All temporary uses shall comply with the provisions of Article III, Section 3.17. The following uses may be operated as a Temporary Use.

1.

All temporary uses permitted in the C-1 Local Shopping District.

7.4-6

Lot Size Requirements. With the exception of Planned Developments, a separate ground area herein called the zoning lot, shall be designated, provided and continuously maintained for each structure containing a Permitted Use or a Special Use.

A.

Minimum Lot Area: 20,000 sq. ft.

B.

Minimum Lot Width: 100 feet

7.4-7

Yard Requirements.

A.

Minimum Front Yard. All structures shall maintain a setback of at least fifty (50) feet from the front lot line. The first twenty-five (25) feet for landscaping and a means of ingress and egress only. On major highways, all structures shall maintain a minimum setback of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet from center line of highway.

B.

Minimum Corner Side Yard. All structures shall have a Corner Side Yard of thirty (30) feet.

C.

Minimum Interior Side Yard. All structures shall have a Minimum Interior Side Yard of fifteen (15) feet.

D.

Minimum Rear Yard. All structures shall have a minimum rear yard of thirty (30) feet.

7.4-8

Bulk Regulations.

A.

Maximum Structure Height. No structure or portion thereof shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet.

B.

Floor Area Ratio. Not to exceed 1.2.

7.4-9

Special Provisions.

1.

Performance Standards - All activities shall conform with the performance standards established for the I-1 Limited Industrial District.

2.

Outdoor Sales - All outdoor sales shall be provided with a permanent durable and dustless surface, and shall be graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water.

3.

Outdoor Storage - All outdoor storage facilities for accessory uses and products shall be enclosed by a fence, wall or plant materials adequate to conceal such facilities from adjacent properties and the public right-of-way.

4.

Waste Materials - No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a lot in such a form that they may be transferred off the property by natural causes of forces.

5.

Screening - Where a commercial use abuts or is across the Street from a Residential District, adequate screening shall be provided. Five (5) feet landscape screening is required except on corner lots when thirty-six (36) inches maximum height screen is limited to thirty (30) feet in both directions from the corner.

6.

Storm Drainage, and Entrance Curbs are required on all Street frontages and shall meet the approval of the Village Engineer and Village standards.

7.

Ingress and Egress - On all commercial lots with less than two hundred (200) feet frontage on a public road, access is limited to one combined ingress and egress with a minimum width of twenty (20) feet and a maximum width of thirty-two (32) feet measured from inside of curbs at property line. (Location determined by Village Engineer or others appointed by the Village.)

On all commercial lots of two hundred (200) feet and over, frontage on a public road, access is limited to two combined egresses and egresses. With a minimum width of twenty (20) feet and a maximum width of thirty-two (32) feet measured from inside of curbs at property line locations. (Determined by Village Engineer or others appointed by the Village.)

Details of ingresses and egresses to meet state, county, and other Village requirements.

8.

Landscaping - A general landscaping plan must accompany all applications for building permits requested for the construction of new buildings.

The landscaping plan must show all areas which will contain grass or other natural growth and the location of all trees, shrubbery and other natural growth. All areas designated for grass or other natural growth must be seeded or sodded as soon as possible after the completion of any building and all shrubs, trees and other natural growths must be seeded and/or, planted as soon as possible after the completion of any building, but in no event shall such seeding, sodding and/or planting be delayed for a period in excess of one year after the completion of any building.

Certificates of occupancy may be issued for buildings prior to the time the landscaping requirements as provided for herein are satisfied; however, such certificates of occupancy shall state upon their faces: "Landscaping not approved, approval required within one year of the date of this certificate."

Minor alterations from the original landscaping plan may be made without obtaining prior approval from the Village.

7.4-10

Signs. Signs shall be subject to the regulations contained in Article X.

7.4-11

Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required in Article XI.

(Ord. No. 07-02, § II, 4-3-07)

7.5-1

Purpose. The C-5 Office/Transitional District is intended to provide land and structures used primarily to provide office space for services to the residents of the Village of R.L. Park. Some residential type structures, for both permanent and transient occupancy and including institutions, are permitted. Commercial uses which conform to the pattern of the district are also permitted. This district is characterized by large homes suitable for use as offices or parcels of land economically desirable for the construction of new office facilities. The uses permitted are characterized by a low volume of traffic, and limited outdoor advertising, so as to protect the abutting and surrounding residential districts. This district is normally small in size and is often located as a buffer between residential and commercial areas.

7.5-2

Permitted Uses. No land shall be used or occupied and no building, structure, or premises shall be erected, altered, enlarged, occupied or used, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, for other than one or more of the following specified uses:

1.

Retail Businesses, which supply commodities on the premises, limited to:

a.

Drug store

b.

Gift shop

c.

Office supplies

d.

Restaurants, excluding drive-in service

e.

Antique stores

2.

Business Service Establishments, which perform services on the premises, such as but not limited to:

a.

Better Business Bureau

b.

Business and management consultant

c.

Business office, in which chattels or goods, wares or merchandise are not displayed or sold on the premises

d.

Chamber of commerce

e.

Charitable organization

f.

Civic association

g.

Credit agency

h.

Detective agency and/or security police

i.

Insurance carrier

j.

Insurance office

k.

Investment company

l.

Labor union and organization

m.

Mail order house

n.

Merchants association

o.

Political organization

p.

Professional membership association

q.

Real estate board

r.

Real estate office

s.

Social and Fraternal associations

t.

Trade association

3.

Professional Office Establishments, such as but not limited to:

a.

Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping

b.

Artist and industrial designers

c.

Attorney and law office

d.

Chiropodist's office

e.

Chiropractor's office

f.

Dentist's office

g.

Doctor's, surgeon's and/or physician's office

h.

Engineering and architectural services

i.

Landscape architects

j.

Land surveyors

k.

Medical and dental clinics

l.

Minister

m.

Optician's office

n.

Osteopath's office

4.

Public, Quasi-public, and Governmental Buildings and Facilities, such as but not limited to:

a.

Public, quasi-public, and governmental buildings and facilities permitted in the C-3 District.

5.

Residential Use, such as but not limited to:

a.

Reserved

b.

Convalescent, nursing home, rest home or sanitarium

c.

Dormitory, fraternity, and club

d.

Single-family home

7.5-3

Accessory Uses. As permitted in accordance with Article III, Section 3.16.

7.5-4

Special Uses.

1.

Child care nursery

2.

Planned development

3.

Home occupation

7.5-5

Temporary Uses. All temporary uses shall comply with the provisions of Article III, Section 3.17. The following uses may be operated as a temporary use.

1.

All temporary uses permitted in the C-1 Local Shopping District

7.5-6

Lot Size Requirements. With the exception of planned developments, a separate ground area herein called the zoning lot, shall be designated, providing and continuously maintained for each structure containing a Permitted Use or a Special Use.

A.

Minimum Lot Area: 20,000 sq. ft.

B.

Minimum Lot Width: 100 feet

7.5-7

Yard Requirements.

A.

Minimum Front Yard. All structures shall maintain a setback of at least fifty (50) feet from the front lot line. The first twenty-five (25) feet for landscaping and a means of ingress and egress only. On major highways, all structures shall maintain a minimum setback of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet from center line of highway.

B.

Minimum Corner Side Yard. All structures shall have a corner side yard of thirty (30) feet.

C.

Minimum Interior Side Yard. All structures shall have a minimum interior side yard of fifteen (15) feet.

D.

Minimum Rear Yard. All structures shall have a minimum rear yard of thirty (30) feet.

7.5-8

Bulk Regulations.

A.

Maximum Structure Height. No structure or portion thereof shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet.

B.

Floor Area Ratio. Not to exceed 1.2.

7.5-9

Special Provisions.

1.

Performance Standards - All activities shall conform with the performance standards established for the I-1 Limited Industrial District.

2.

Outdoor Sales - All outdoor sales space shall be provided with a permanent durable and dustless surface, and shall be graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water.

3.

Outdoor Storage - All outdoor storage facilities for accessory uses and products shall be enclosed by a fence, wall or plant materials adequate to conceal such facilities from adjacent properties and the public right-of-way.

4.

Waste Materials - No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a lot in such a form that they may be transferred off the property by natural causes or forces.

5.

Screening - Where a commercial use abuts or is across the street from a Residential District, adequate screening shall be provided. Five (5) feet landscape screening is required except on corner lots when thirty-six (36) inches maximum height screen is limited to thirty (30) feet in both directions from the corner.

6.

Storm Drainage and Entrance Curbs are required on all street frontages and shall meet the approval of the Village Engineer and Village standards.

7.

Ingress and Egress - On all commercial lots with less than two hundred (200) feet frontage on a public road, access is limited to one combined ingress and egress with a minimum width of twenty (20) feet and a maximum width of thirty-two (32) feet measured from inside of curbs at property line. (Location determined by Village Engineer or others appointed by the Village.) On all commercial lots of two hundred (200) feet and over frontage on a public road, access is limited to two combined ingresses and egresses with a minimum width of twenty (20) feet and a maximum width of thirty-two (32) feet from inside of curbs at property line locations. (Determined by Village Engineer or others appointed by the Village.) Details of ingresses and egresses to meet state, county, and Village requirements.

8.

Landscaping - A general landscaping plan must accompany all applications for building permits requested for the construction of new buildings.

The landscaping plan must show all areas which will contain grass or other natural growth and the location of all trees, shrubbery and other natural growth. All areas designated for grass or other natural growth must be seeded or sodded as soon as possible after the completion of any building and all shrubs, trees and other natural growths must be seeded and/or planted as soon as possible after the completion of any building, but in no event shall such seeding, sodding and/or planting be delayed for a period in excess of one year after the completion of any building.

Certificates of occupancy may be issued for buildings prior to the time the landscaping requirements as provided for herein are satisfied; however, such certificates of occupancy shall state upon their faces; "Landscaping not approved, approval required within one year of the date of this certificate."

Minor alterations from the original landscaping plan may be made without obtaining prior approval from the Village; however, the amounts and location of land set aside for landscaping may not be reduced without the approval of the Zoning Officer.

7.5-10

Signs. Signs shall be subject to the regulations contained in Article X.

7.5-11

Off-street Parking and Loading Requirements. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required in Article XI.

(Ord. No. 93-23, § I, 10-4-93)