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Schiller Park City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XX

I-2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

§ 155.2001 PURPOSE.

   In the development and execution of the entire Zoning Ordinance of the Village, it is recognized that there are some uses which, because of their very nature, are recognized as having serious objectionable operational characteristics, particularly when several of them are concentrated under certain circumstances, thereby having a deleterious effect upon the adjacent areas, particularly adjacent and nearby residential and commercial areas where nurseries, schools, nursing homes, churches, and similar uses are located. Proper and realistic zoning and special regulations of these uses are necessary to insure that these adverse effects will not contribute to the blighting, down-grading of the surrounding neighborhood, or discouraging normal development of undeveloped areas. These special regulations are itemized in this section. A primary control or regulation is for the purpose of preventing a concentration of these uses in any one area.
(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05)

§ 155.2002 CONDITIONS.

   Uses allowed in the I-2 General Industrial District are subject to the following conditions:
   (A)   All business, servicing or processing, except for off-street parking and off-street loading, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings, unless otherwise indicated in this section.
   (B)   All storage, including but not limited to motor vehicles and junk vehicles in operable condition, shall be within completely enclosed buildings or completely concealed by a solid wall or solid fence (including solid entrance and exit gates) not less than six feet nor more than eight feet in height. Chain link fencing is prohibited.
   (C)   All adult uses shall be subject to the following restrictions:
      (1)   No adult use shall be allowed within 500 feet of another existing adult use.
      (2)   No adult use shall be located within 1,000 feet of any zoning district which is zoned for a residential use.
      (3)   No adult use shall be located within 1,000 feet of a preexisting school or place of worship.
      (4)   No adult use shall be conducted in any manner that permits the observation of any material depicting, describing or relating to "specified anatomical areas" or "specified sexual activities", from any public way. This shall apply to any display, decoration, sign, show window or other opening.
   (D)   Screening of objectionable views. 
      (1)   Reasonable visual privacy shall be provided for exposed storage areas, machinery installations, and trash or garbage containers as to prevent their being incongruous with the existing environment and neighboring public or private property. Complete concealment using methods including but not limited to, fencing, barriers and/or landscaping installed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter will be required for the protection and the privacy of the enclosure's contents as well as the aesthetic enhancement of property.
      (2)   Lighting installed upon a building, structure, sign, or within any other fixture shall be shielded so as to prohibit light trespass upon a neighboring property or the public thoroughfare. It shall be unlawful to maintain light levels greater than one foot-candle at any time of day as measured at the curb line.
(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 19-4162, passed 7-18-19; Am. Ord. 19-4191, passed 12-5-19; Am. Ord. 21-4251, passed 1-21-21)

§ 155.2003 PERMITTED USES.

   (A)   Any use permitted in the I-1 Industrial District is permitted in the I-2 General Industrial District.
   (B)   In addition, the following uses are permitted in the I-2 General Industrial District:
      (1)   Adult uses, including but not limited to:
         (a)   Adult book stores,
         (b)   Adult entertainment cabaret,
         (c)   Adult mini motion picture theaters,
         (d)   Adult motion picture theaters,
         (e)   Art shops or galleries,
         (f)   Escort agencies,
         (g)   Fortune tellers,
         (h)   Massage parlors,
         (i)   Massage schools and/or services,
         (j)   Tanning facilities,
         (k)   Tattoo parlors, and
         (l)   Uses similar to those above;
      (2)   Animal hospitals, animal shelters and kennels;
      (3)   Auction houses and rooms;
      (4)   Bakeries;
      (5)   Camera and photographic supply stores;
      (6)   Cannabis cultivation center (Medical or Adult Use):
         (a)   Use Limitations:
            (i)   May not be located within 1,500 feet of the property line of a preexisting public or private preschool or elementary or secondary school or day care center, day care home, group day care home, part day child care facility, or public or private park or an area zoned for residential use,
            (ii)   May not be located within a dwelling as defined by this code.
      (7)   Cannabis dispensing organization (Medical or Adult Use):
         (a)   Use Limitations:
            (i)   May not be located within 1,500 feet of the property line of a preexisting public or private preschool or elementary or secondary school or day care center day care home group, daycare home, part day childcare facility, or public or private park or an area zoned for residential use.
            (ii)   May not be located within a dwelling as defined by this code.
      (8)   Catering establishments;
      (9)   Educational institution, for profit:
      (10)   Food manufacturing, packaging and processing;
      (11)   Heavy equipment operators;
      (12)   Machine shops and metal products manufacture which are equipped with heavy punch presses, drop forges, screw machines, riveting machines or any other equipment which may create vibrations or noise disturbing to adjacent property occupants;
      (13)   Mail order, catalogue stores;
      (14)   Motor vehicle washing facility/automobile washing facility, truck stops, and automobile service stations;
      (15)   Newspaper distribution agencies for home delivery and retail trade;
      (16)   Office machine sales and servicing;
      (17)   Retail sales of used or second-hand merchandise;
      (18)   Resale purchase or sale of electronics or jewelry;
      (19)   Signs, as authorized and regulated by Chapter 154 of the New Millennium Code of the Village of Schiller Park, as amended, and as may be further amended from time to time hereafter;
      (20)   Sub-prime lending and/or predatory lending establishments;
      (21)   Tobacco shops;
      (22)   Trailer parks and camps;
      (23)   Wholesale establishments;
      (24)   Precious metal dealers; and
      (25)   Accessory uses, incidental to, and on the same zoning lot as the principal use allowable in this I-2 General Industrial District, including but not limited to off-street parking and loading facilities as permitted or required in accordance with the provisions of Article XXII of this chapter. For purposes of this section SEMI- TRAILERS shall mean semi-trailers, boat trailers or any other equipment designed for or primarily used for carrying goods, freight, wares, merchandise or equipment. The parking for more than one hour or storage of semi-trailers, tow trucks, delivery trucks, tractors and vehicles over 8,000 lbs is an allowable accessory use only in the Industrial Districts on zoning lots which contain an active principal use and at least one loading berth. The maximum number of accessory parking spaces for durations exceeding one hour, and intended for use by semi-trailers, trucks, or vehicles over 8,000 lbs shall not exceed the greater of 2 ½ parking spaces for each active loading berth, drive in door, or repair bay serving the principal use, or 1 parking space per every 2,500 square feet of ground flood building area attributed to the principal use.
(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 08- 2691, passed 9-23-08; Am. Ord. 14-2984, passed 11-6-14; Am. Ord. 18-4056, passed 4-19-18; Am. Ord. 18-4071, passed 6-21-18; Am. Ord. 18-4081, passed 8-2-18; Am. Ord. 18-4089, passed 9-6-18; Am. Ord. 19-4134, passed 4-4-19; Am. Ord. 19-4162, passed 7-18-19; Am. Ord. 19-4167, passed 8-1-19; Am. Ord. 19-4176, passed 9-5-19; Am. Ord. 19-4191, passed 12-5-19; Am. Ord. 22-4306, passed 3-3-22; Am. Ord. 24-4398, passed 3-7-24)

§ 155.2004 CONDITIONAL USES.

   (A)   Any use allowed as a conditional use in the I-1 District may be allowed as a conditional use in the I-2 General Industrial District.
   (B)   In addition, the following uses may be allowed as conditional uses in the I-2 General Industrial District:
      (1)   Automobile, truck and trailer sales and rentals;
      (2)   Cannabis business establishments (adult-use) including but not limited to an adult-use craft grower, processing organization, infuser organization, transporting organization, or any other hemp or cannabis business establishment not defined by this code, unless otherwise allowable by this chapter, and which abides by the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (P.A. 101-0027).
         (a)   Use Limitations.
            (i)   May not be located within 1,500 feet of the property line of a preexisting public or private preschool or elementary or secondary school or day care center day care home group, daycare home, part day childcare facility, or public or private park or an area zoned for residential use.
            (ii)   May not be located within a dwelling as defined by this code.
      (3)   Clubs and lodges, whether open to the public or private, and whether for profit of nonprofit;
      (4)   Gun shops and shooting ranges;
      (5)   Junk or salvage recycling yard;
      (6)   Laboratory, commercial;
      (7)   Manufacture of ready-mix concrete, whether wet or dry;
      (8)   Motor vehicle repair;
      (9)   Motor vehicle sales;
      (10)   Parking lots, open and other than accessory, which do not include truck parking areas, for the storage of private passenger automobiles only;
      (11)   Pawn shops;
      (12)   Storage of flammable liquids, fats or oils in tanks, each of 20,000 gallons or more capacity; and
      (13)   Towing operators.
         (a)   Use limitations:
            (i)   May not be located within 100 feet of a residential district, or within 100 feet of another towing operator.
(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 18- 4081, passed 8-2-18; Am. Ord. 18-4089, passed 9-6-18; Am. Ord. 19-4162, passed 7-18-19; Am. Ord. 19-4167, passed 8-1-19; Am. Ord. 19-4191, passed 12-5-19; Am. Ord. 20-4227, passed 6-4-20; Am. Ord. 22-4306, passed 3-3-22)

§ 155.2005 LOT REQUIREMENTS.

   A minimum lot width of 60 feet shall be required. A minimum lot area of 7,200 square feet is the minimum lot area in this I-2 General Industrial District.
(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05)

§ 155.2006 YARD REQUIREMENTS.

   (A)   The following traditional yards are required in the I-2 General Industrial District:
      (1)   Front yard. Not less than 15 feet in depth along every front lot line.
      (2)   Interior side yards. Not less than ten feet in depth along each interior side lot line.
      (3)   Corner side yards. Not less than five feet in depth in every instance where the side property line is adjacent to a public street.
      (4)   Rear yard. Not less than 15 feet in depth along each rear lot line.
   (B)   Transitional Yards.
      (1)   Where a side or rear lot line in an I-2 General Industrial District coincides with a side or rear lot line in an adjacent residence or commercial district, a yard shall be provided along such side or rear lot line not less than 45 feet in depth and shall contain landscaping and planting suitable to provide a screen. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where there exists an improved street or alley between the lots, a yard shall be provided not less than the requirement for traditional yards. In addition, side and rear yards in industrial districts abutting residential districts shall have an eight-foot closed fence and a ten-foot landscape buffer.
      (2)   Where industrial lots front on a street that constitutes the boundary line between industrial and residence districts or between industrial and commercial districts, all such industrial lots shall provide a front yard of not less than 60 feet in depth.
(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 21-4251, passed 1-21-21)

§ 155.2007 FLOOR AREA RATIO.

   In the I-2 General Industrial District, floor area ratio shall not exceed 1.8.
(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05)