Tremont City Zoning Code
B-1 CENTRAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT
§ 153.125 INTENT.
The B-1 Central Business District is designed to provide for office buildings and the great variety of retail stores and related activities which occupy the prime retail frontage by serving the commerce, convenience and service needs of the entire village and developments beyond the village limits. The District regulations are designed to promote convenient pedestrian shopping and the stability of retail development by encouraging a continuous retail frontage and by limiting automotive related services and non-retail uses which tend to break up such continuity.
(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018)
§ 153.126 PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED.
In the Central Business District, no building or land shall be used, and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this chapter:
(A) Any generally recognized retail business which supplies commodities on the premises within a completely enclosed building, such as, but not limited to, foods, drugs, liquor, furniture, clothing, dry goods or hardware;
(B) Office buildings for any of the following occupations: executive; administrative; professional; accounting; writing; clerical; stenographic; drafting and sales subject to the limitations contained in § 153.128;
(C) Any personal service, establishment which performs services on the premises within a completely enclosed building, such as, but not limited to, repair shops (watches, radios, televisions, shoes and the like), tailor shops, beauty parlors, barber shops, interior decorators, photographers and dry cleaners;
(D) Banks, credit unions and similar uses; drive-in facilities as an accessory use only;
(E) Medical offices, including clinics;
(F) Professional services including the following: offices of doctors; lawyers; dentists; insurance; stock brokerage; and similar or allied professions;
(G) Post office and similar government office buildings, serving persons living in the community;
(H) Churches and private clubs;
(I) Municipal office buildings and uses;
(J) Theaters, when completely enclosed;
(K) Restaurants and taverns where the patrons are served while seated within the building occupied by such establishment, and wherein the establishment does not extend as an integral part of, or accessory thereto, any service of a drive-in or open-front store;
(L) Offices and showrooms of plumbers, electricians, decorators or similar trades. The ground floor premises facing upon, and visible from any abutting street shall be used only for entrances, offices or display. All storage of materials on any land shall be within the confines of the building or part thereof occupied by said establishment and shall be adequately screened from abutting streets;
(M) Business schools or private schools operated for profit. Examples of private schools permitted herein include, but are not limited to, the following: dance studios; music and voice schools; and art studios;
(N) Newspaper offices and printing plants;
(O) Warehouse and storage facilities when incident to and physically connected with any principal use permitted; provided that such facility be within the confines of the building or part thereof occupied by the establishment;
(P) Public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings, electric transformer stations, substations and similar uses only when enclosed within a building or completely enclosed by an obscuring wall;
(Q) Other uses which are like the above and subject to the following restrictions:
(1) All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with consumers;
(2) All business, servicing or processing, except for off-street parking or loading, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings; and
(3) Storage of commodities shall be within buildings or shall be so enclosed as not to be visible to the public from a street or thoroughfare.
(R) Accessory structures customarily incident to the above permitted uses.
(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 153.127 SPECIAL USES.
The following uses may be permitted, subject to the conditions hereinafter imposed for each use and subject further to the review and approval of the site plan and the uses by the Village Board after a hearing and recommendation is received from the Zoning Board for each use:
(A) An accessory use customarily related to a principal use authorized by this section, such as, but not limited to, a pharmacy or apothecary shop, stores limited to corrective garments or bandages or optical service, may be permitted;
(B) Mortuary establishments, when adequate assembly area is provided off-street for vehicles to be used in funeral processions, provided further that such assembly area shall be provided in addition to any required off-street parking area. A caretaker’s residence may be provided within the main building of the mortuary establishment;
(C) The uses allowed and as controlled in R-3 Districts may be permitted on those floors above the first story in accord with the dwelling unit density requirements of the R-3 District. All height, setback, floor area ratio and percentage of lot coverage requirements shall comply with the requirements of the B-1 District; and
(D) Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above uses.
(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018)
§ 153.128 REQUIRED CONDITIONS.
(A) Continuous outdoor storage of goods or materials is prohibited. Seasonal outdoor sales are allowed.
(B) Warehousing or indoor storage of goods or material, beyond that normally incident to the above permitted uses, shall be prohibited.
(C) All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with customers. All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where they are produced.
(D) All business, servicing or processing, except for off-street parking or loading, shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.
(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 153.129 SIZE AND DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.
The following table provides minimum criteria for the issuance of building permits within the Central Business zoning districts of the village.
Criteria | Central Business District | ||
B-1 | |||
Value | Notes | ||
Criteria | Central Business District | ||
B-1 | |||
Value | Notes | ||
Lot size (square feet) | 10,500 | ||
Maximum height of structure | |||
Height above grade (feet) | 35 | ||
Stories above grade | 2 | ||
Maximum percent of lot coverage | 35% | ||
Minimum width (feet) | 65 | ||
Minimum yard setback | a, c | ||
Front yard | 25 | ||
Rear | 25 | b | |
Side yard - at least one | 15 | ||
Side yard - total of both | 30 | ||
Parking spaces per 250 square feet of floor space | 1 | ||
(A) Buildings with doors facing side yards shall provide a side yard setback not less than 15 feet.
(B) Side yards are not required along the interior lot lines of Central Business and General Business subdivisions. The exterior side bordering a residential district or public street shall maintain a side yard not less than ten feet.
(C) One-half the width of alleys at the rear of the lot may be considered in computing rear yard setbacks.
(D) Parking is permitted in the front yard pending approval by the Zoning Board of the parking plan layout and points of access. The Zoning Board may request recommendations from the Village Engineer pertaining to parking and access prior to approval.
(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 153.130 BUILDING LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
(A) Should property be developed or re-developed within the B-1 District bordering residential districts or Park District property, developers of the business district shall construct an obscuring wall along property lines bordering residential districts and Park District property. The wall shall be not less than 54 inches tall.
(B) In lieu of a wall, a 54-inch tall chain link fence and ten-foot wide greenbelt in accordance with § 153.199 may be provided along residential district borders.
(C) Should a property be developed or re-developed within the B-1 District bordering an existing industrial district, the developers of the business district property shall provide an obscuring wall constructed along property lines. Such a wall shall not be less than 72 inches in height and shall be in accordance with § 153.204.
(D) In lieu of a wall, a 72-inch tall chain link fence and a 20-foot wide greenbelt may be provided along industrial district borders. The heavily planted greenbelt shall be in accordance with § 153.199.
(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018)