Tremont City Zoning Code

B-2 GENERAL

BUSINESS DISTRICT

§ 153.145 INTENT.

The B-2 General Business District is designed to provide sites for more diversified business types which would often be incompatible with the pedestrian movement in the General Business District.

(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018)

§ 153.146 PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED.

In the General 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 retail business or service establishment permitted in the B-1 District as principal uses permitted;

(B) New and used automobile sales or show-room;

(D) Government offices or other governmental uses, public utility offices, exchanges, transformer stations, pump stations and service yards, but not including outdoor storage;

(E) Clinics;

(F) Retail cold storage establishments;

(G) Self-service laundry and dry-cleaning establishments;

(H) Bowling alleys;

(I) Pool or billiard parlors or clubs;

(J) Warehousing and storage of materials or goods to be sold at retail or wholesale; provided such storage is within a building or is enclosed as not to be visible to the public from a street or thoroughfare;

(K) Hotels and motels; and

(L) Other uses which are like the above uses.

(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 153.147 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 use by the Village Board after a hearing and recommendation is received from the Zoning Board for each use:

(A) Outdoor sales space for exclusive sale of new or used automobiles, house trailers or rental of trailers and/or automobiles, all subject to the following;

(1) All driveway and parking areas shall be provided with an asphaltic or concrete surface, and shall be graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulated within the area;

(2) Access to the outdoor sales area shall be at least 60 feet from the intersection of any two streets;

(3) No major repair or major refinishing shall be done on the open lot; and

(4) All lighting shall be shielded from adjacent residential districts.

(B) Business in the character of a drive-in or open-front store, subject to the following conditions:

(1) A setback of at least 60 feet from the right-of-way line of any existing or proposed street must be maintained;

(2) Access points shall be located at least 60 feet from the intersection of any two streets;

(3) All lighting shall be shielded from adjacent residential districts; and

(4) A five-foot high completely obscuring wall shall be provided when abutting a residential district. The height of the wall shall be measured from the surface of the ground. The wall shall further meet the requirements of §§ 153.190 through 153.209.

(C) Veterinary hospitals or clinics; provided all activities are conducted within a totally enclosed main building and provided further that all buildings are set back at least 200 feet from abutting residential districts on the same side of the street;

(D) Landscape business and/or tree and plant nursery for sale at retail or wholesale;

(E) The uses allowed and as controlled in the R-3 District 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 percent of lot coverage requirements shall comply with the requirements of the B-1 District. In determining dwelling unit density, the parcel area, including that area to be occupied by the principal use, may be computed;

(F) Automotive repair business, such as muffler shops, shock absorber replacement shops, tire stores, undercoating shops and minor engine repair shops, subject to the following conditions:

(1) Access to such use shall be directly to a major or collector street or shall be to a minor street which has direct access to an abutting major or collector street;

(2) Access to and from such use shall not be cause for traffic to utilize residential streets;

(3) Outdoor storage of parts or materials shall be prohibited;

(4) Vehicles awaiting repair shall not be allowed to be stored outside the building for more than 14 days for each such vehicle awaiting repair;

(5) Areas for off-street parking required for customer use shall not be utilized for the storage of vehicles awaiting repairs;

(6) All vehicle servicing or repair shall be conducted within a building;

(7) Suitable containers shall be provided and utilized for the disposal of used parts and such

containers shall be screened from public view;

(8) A four-foot, six-inch obscuring wall shall be provided and maintained along property lines adjacent to or abutting a residential district; and

(9) A site plan shall be submitted to the Zoning Board for its review and approval prior to issuance of a building permit.

(G) Gasoline service stations for the sale of gasoline, oil and minor accessories only, and where no repair work is done, other than incidental service, but not including steam cleaning or undercoating, vehicle body repair, painting, tire recapping, engine rebuilding, auto dismantling, upholstering, auto glass work and such other activities whose external effect could adversely extend beyond the property line;

(1) The curb cuts for access to a service station shall not be permitted at such locations that will tend to create traffic hazards in the streets immediately adjacent thereto. Entrances shall be no less than 25 feet from a street intersection (measured from the road right-of-way) or from adjacent residential districts;

(2) The minimum lot area shall be 15,000 square feet, and so arranged that ample space is available for motor vehicles which are required to wait. Gasoline service stations which are intended solely, for the sale of gasoline, oil and minor accessories and having no facilities for repair or servicing of automobiles may be permitted on lots of 10,000 square feet, subject to all other provisions herein required;

(H) Inside public storage and/or self-storage facility; and

(I) Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above uses.

(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018; Ord. 24-118, passed 10-21-2024)

§ 153.148 SIZE AND DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.

The following table provides minimum criteria for the issuance of building permits within the General Business zoning districts of the village.

Criteria		General Business District
Criteria		B-2
		Value	Notes
Lot size (square feet)
Maximum floor area ratio		4.0
Maximum height of structure
	Height above grade (feet)	120
	Stories above grade	10
Maximum percent of lot coverage
Minimum width (feet)
Minimum yard setback
	Front yard	25
	Rear	10	c
	Side yard - at least one	0, 10 or 15	a, b
	Side yard - total of both	0 to 30	a, b
Parking spaces per 250 square feet of floor space			d

(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.

(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

§ 153.149 BUILDING LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.

(A) A property with multiple buildings shall provide the following minimum spacing between buildings:

(1) One-story building: 30 feet minimum distance between buildings;

(2) Two-story building: 40 feet minimum distance between buildings; and

(3) Three-story building: 55 feet minimum distance between buildings.

(B) Should property be developed or re-developed within the B-2 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.

(C) 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.

(D) Should property be developed or re-developed within the B-2 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.

(E) 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.