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Whiteside County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE II

ZONING DISTRICTS

Sec. 39-27.- Generally.

(a)

Designation of districts.

(1)

The county establishes the following zoning districts:

a.

"F-1" Floodplain District.

b.

"C-1" Camping District.

c.

"A-1" Agricultural District.

d.

"A-R" Agricultural Residential.

e.

"R-1" One-Family Residence Districts.

f.

"R-2" One- and Two-Family Residence District.

g.

"R-3" Multifamily Residence District.

h.

"B-1" Office District.

i.

"B-2" Retail and Service District.

j.

"B-3" Wholesale District.

k.

"I-1" Light Industrial District.

l.

"I-2" Heavy Industrial District.

(2)

For purposes of applying rules relating to the restrictiveness of a district, the districts are listed from most to least restricted in subsection (a)(1) of this section.

(b)

Zoning map.

(1)

The boundaries of these districts are established on the map titled "zoning map."

(2)

The zoning map accompanies and is made a part of these regulations.

(c)

Territorial jurisdiction.

(1)

Territory deannexed from a municipality. All territory that is deannexed from a municipality is classified "A-1" under this article. The county may change the zoning classification by following the rezoning procedures.

(2)

Municipal zoning. If a setback or distancing regulation in this chapter includes an area within a municipality:

a.

Any setback requirements in a municipal zoning district apply to any property boundary adjoining the municipal district.

b.

If there is a conflict between the municipal and county zoning regulations, the county regulations apply.

c.

If the property includes both municipal and county districts, the county zoning regulations apply to the county portion unless the property is annexed to the municipality.

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.1; Ord. No. 2, 3-21-2018)

Sec. 39-28. - "F-1" Floodplain overlay.

This district protects the public from flooding and flood hazards, as provided in the county's flood prevention and protection regulations (chapter 16, article II).

(1)

Applicability.

a.

The "F-1" zone, as shown on the zoning maps, shows areas of potential flooding which overlay other zoning classifications. Where the "F-1" district as shown on the zoning map differs from the official federal floodplain maps, the federal maps apply.

b.

To the extent that there are any conflicts between this section and chapter 16, chapter 16 applies.

(2)

Permitted uses. Permitted uses are those allowed in the base zoning district (see sections 39-29 to 39-39). All permitted uses must comply with chapter 16.

(3)

Dimensional standards. The regulations governing height, floor area, lot area, frontage and yards are as established in the base zoning districts when not in conflict with chapter 16.

(4)

Variances. All variances granted in the "F-1" overlay zone will comply with section 39-147. To the extent that there are any conflicts, chapter 16 requirements prevail over section 39-147.

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.2)

Sec. 39-29. - "C-1" Camping.

The camping district provides areas for recreational uses, especially along the county's waterways. The camping district classification does not affect any requirements found in chapter 16.

(1)

Permitted uses. See Use matrix (section 39-41).

(2)

Dimensional standards. Buildings, structures and development shall comply with the following standards:

Height (maximum) 30 feet Side setback (minimum) 30 feet
Lot size (minimum) Five acres Rear setback (minimum) 100 feet
Lot width (minimum) 350 feet Centerline setback (minimum) 80 feet

 

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.3)

Sec. 39-30. - "A-1" Agricultural.

The purpose of the agricultural district is to preserve, to the greatest extent possible, the agricultural base of the county. This is to be accomplished by limiting the allowable and conditional uses and also through the use of the LESA program when considering proposed changes to other zoning classifications.

(1)

Permitted uses. See Use matrix (section 39-41).

(2)

Dimensional standards.

a.

Buildings, structures and development shall comply with the following standards:

Height (maximum) 30 feet Side setback (minimum) Ten feet
Lot size (minimum) 40,000 square feet Rear setback (minimum) 55 feet
Lot width (minimum) 165 feet Centerline setback (minimum) 80 feet

 

b.

Uses classified as agriculture/forestry (see section 39-41, Use matrix) are not subject to the height, lot size or width, or side or rear setback requirements. Those uses are subject to the centerline setback. The minimum lot size requirement applies to residences on land used for agricultural purposes, but not to other land used for agricultural purposes.

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.4)

Sec. 39-31. - "A-R" Agricultural Residential.

The purpose of the agricultural residential district is to provide a special district for larger lot, residential subdivisions in agricultural areas while ensuring continued protection of the right to farm for surrounding agricultural lands.

(1)

Permitted uses. See Use matrix (section 39-41).

(2)

Dimensional standards. Buildings, structures and development shall comply with the following standards:

Height (maximum) 30 feet Side setback (minimum) Ten feet
Lot size (minimum) 40,000 square feet Rear setback (minimum) 55 feet
Lot width (minimum) 165 feet Centerline setback (minimum) 80 feet

 

(3)

Lot area, frontage and yard requirements. In critical soils areas as listed in section 39-84(f), the required lot size is determined by the county health department but shall not exceed 54,000 square feet. Additional requirements, exceptions and modifications are found in section 39-76.

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.5)

Sec. 39-32. - "R-1" One-Family Residence.

The purpose of the one-family residence district is to provide for residential uses on lots smaller than those permitted in the A-1 and A-R districts where soils allow.

(1)

Permitted uses. See Use matrix (section 39-41).

(2)

Dimensional standards. Buildings, structures and development shall comply with the following standards:

Height (maximum) 30 feet Side setback (minimum) Ten feet
Lot size (minimum) 33,000 square feet (or as determined by health department) Rear setback (minimum) 45 feet
Density (buffered subdivision option only; see section 39-242) 1.5 du/ac (single-family) Centerline setback (minimum) 80 feet
Lot width (minimum) 145 feet

 

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.6)

Sec. 39-33. - "R-2" One- and Two-Family Residence.

The purpose of this district is to allow for two-family residences.

(1)

Permitted uses. See Use matrix (section 39-41).

(2)

Dimensional standards. Buildings, structures and development shall comply with the following standards:

Height (maximum) 30 feet Side setback (minimum) 6 feet
Lot size (minimum: applies to lots on septic not central sewer) 33,000 square feet (or as determined by health department) Rear setback (minimum) 30 feet
Density (1) (maximum-applies where lots are served by central sewer) Four du/ac (single-family) Centerline setback (minimum) 80 feet
Six du/ac (two-family)
Lot width (minimum) 120 feet

 

(1) Applies in lieu of minimum lot size where lots are served by central sewer. Measured in dwelling units per gross acre. For projects with both single-family and two-family dwellings, the maximum density is the weighted average density. This is determined by multiplying the percent single-family units by four, and the percent two-family units by six, and adding the two figures.

Maximum density = (% SF × 4) + (% 2F × 6)

Example: An applicant proposes 75 single-family units and 25 two-family units on 50 acres. The maximum density is (75 percent × 4) + (25% × 6) = 4.5. The overall density is 100 units divided by 50 gross acres, or two units/acre. The project meets the density standard.

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.7)

Sec. 39-34. - "R-3" Multifamily Residence.

The purpose of the multifamily residence district is to provide for dwellings for more than two families and for mobile home parks.

(1)

Permitted uses. See Use matrix (section 39-41).

(2)

Dimensional standards. Buildings, structures and development shall comply with the following standards:

Height (maximum) 30 feet Side setback (minimum) Six feet
Lot size (minimum—applies to lots on septic no central sewer) 40,000 square feet (or as determined by health department) Rear setback (minimum) 30 feet
Density (1) (maximum) 11 du/ac Centerline setback (minimum) 80 feet
Lot width (minimum) 120 feet

 

(1) Applies in lieu of minimum lot size where lots are served by central sewer.

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.8)

Sec. 39-35. - "B-1" Office.

The purpose of the office district is to provide a buffer commercial use which will fit in with residential uses, especially on the fringes of municipalities.

(1)

Permitted uses. See Use matrix (section 39-41).

(2)

Dimensional standards. Buildings, structures and development shall comply with the following standards:

Height (maximum) 30 feet Side setback (minimum) Five feet (1)
Lot size (minimum) 33,000 square feet Rear setback (minimum) Ten feet (2)
Lot width (minimum) 145 feet Centerline setback (1) (minimum) 80 feet

 

(1) When adjoining an "R" District—then equal to that "R" District's least required setback.

(2) When adjoining an "R" District—then equal to that "R" District's required rear yard.

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.9)

Sec. 39-36. - "B-2" General Commercial.

The purpose of the retail and service district is to provide a general commercial classification which will correspond to most municipal general business uses. It will cover the bulk of those commercial uses commonly found in the various types of shopping centers.

(1)

Permitted uses. See Use matrix (section 39-41).

(2)

Dimensional standards. Buildings, structures and development shall comply with the following standards:

Height (maximum) 45 feet Side setback (minimum) Five feet (1)
Lot size (minimum) 22,000 square feet Rear setback (minimum) Ten feet (2)
Lot width (minimum) 145 feet Centerline setback (minimum) 80 feet

 

(1) When adjoining an "R" District—then equal to that "R" District's least required setback.

(2) When adjoining an "R" District—then equal to that "R" District's required rear yard.

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.10)

Sec. 39-37. - "B-3" Heavy Commercial.

The purpose of the wholesale district is to provide a classification for those uses which commonly stand alone or require a large area for storage or display of goods. These uses often do not fit with the common retail or service business uses.

(1)

Permitted uses. See Use matrix (section 39-41).

(2)

Dimensional standards. Buildings, structures and development shall comply with the following standards:

Height (maximum) 45 feet Side setback (minimum) Five feet (1)
Lot size (minimum) 40,000 square feet Rear setback (minimum) Ten feet (2)
Lot width (minimum) 165 feet Centerline setback (minimum) 80 feet

 

(1) When adjoining an "R" district—then equal to that "R" district's least required setback.

(2) When adjoining an "R" district—then equal to that "R" district's required rear yard.

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.11)

Sec. 39-38. - "I-1" Light Industrial Districts.

The purpose of the light industrial district is to provide areas for manufacturing and certain other uses which conflict with uses in other classifications. Conflicts may be in the way of noise, odor, dust or traffic produced, but are not of a constant or unbearable nature.

(1)

Permitted uses. See Use matrix (section 39-41).

(2)

Dimensional standards. Buildings, structures and development shall comply with the following standards:

Height (maximum) N/A Side setback (minimum) Equal to the building height.
Lot size (minimum) N/A Rear setback (minimum) Equal to the building height, but at least 25 feet.
Lot width (minimum) N/A Centerline setback (minimum) 80 feet

 

(3)

Additional standards. No part of a building occupied by a use classified as manufacturing/industrial (see Use matrix, section 39-41) shall have openings other than stationary windows or required fire exits within 100 feet of any "R" district.

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.12)

Sec. 39-39. - "I-2" Heavy Industrial Districts.

The purpose of the heavy industrial district is to provide for those uses that do not fit with the character of the other classifications because of the possible effects that they may have on the surrounding environment. Such effects may be of a visual or audio nature.

(1)

Permitted uses. See Use matrix (section 39-41).

(2)

Dimensional standards. Buildings, structures and development shall comply with the following standards:

Height (maximum) N/A Side setback (minimum) Equal to the building height, but no more than 60 feet is required.
Lot size (minimum) N/A Rear setback (minimum) 20 feet
Lot width (minimum) N/A Centerline setback (minimum) 80 feet

 

(3)

Additional standards.

a.

Any use of land or of structures engaged in the production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, repair or storage of materials, goods or products listed in the Use matrix (section 39-41), shall be located at least 200 feet from any "R" district and 50 feet from any "B" district.

b.

No use permitted under this in the I-2 district shall be so placed as to detract from a designated scenic or historic area.

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.13)

Sec. 39-40. - Planned developments.

This section allows planned unit developments (PUDs) to:

(1)

Provide development that accords with the comprehensive plan and promotes the goals and objectives of the plan;

(2)

Identify and obtain certain advantages over conventional development of the site that provide superior development and infrastructure;

(3)

Grant relief from fixed regulations of conventional zones by general regulatory guidelines that obtain development premiums in return for development quality of significant community benefit not otherwise available from fixed regulations;

(4)

Provide a living, working and shopping environment within the layout of the site that contributes to a sense of community and a coherent living style;

(5)

Encourage innovative site plans that provide and enhance pleasing and desirable cultural amenities;

(6)

Provide a development framework that obtains commercial and industrial business activity that significantly improves the economic development of the county;

(7)

Encourage the preservation and enhancement of the natural amenities of land and protect the natural features of the site that relates to its topography, shape and size;

(8)

Obtain more usable open space and recreation space than that expected by the use of conventional regulations; and

(9)

Reduce improvement costs through more efficient arrangement of varied land uses, buildings, circulation systems and infrastructure.

a.

Applicability. The following apply to all planned unit developments (PUDs) in the county:

1.

A PUD is designated through the rezoning process. An applicant may file a preliminary plat application concurrent with an application to rezone to a PUD district.

2.

The following eligibility criteria must apply to all proposed PUDs:

(i)

The entire tract must have a unified design. The entire tract must be developed as a single design entity even though it may be developed in phases or contain a wide variety of uses and activities otherwise not compatible with one another.

(ii)

The entire tract must be under single control. All land in the tract submitted in the PUD application must be under the control of the applicant. A narrative text must accompany the preliminary plan to demonstrate that this control will be workable throughout the PUD development period.

(iii)

Minimum size of tract is required. A PUD under this article will require a minimum tract size of ten acres.

b.

Permitted uses.

1.

The permitted uses in a PUD are designated in an ordinance approving a rezoning to a PUD district.

2.

An applicant may use the PUD process, along with subdivision plat approval, to process:

(i)

A development with multiple uses, such as single-family and multifamily dwelling uses, residential and non-residential uses, or office parks with commercial uses.

(ii)

A buffered subdivision (section 39-242).

c.

Design standards.

1.

Perimeter area.

(i)

The area of a proposed PUD site, beginning at the site boundary and extending into the site at the distance established below, is known as the perimeter area. Perimeter areas are established to ensure adjoining property owners that the proposed PUD will be compatible with existing or future abutting conventional development.

(ii)

The standards for zone yards, spacing between buildings and minimum lot areas in the PUD perimeter area will be equal to those of the conventional zone.

(iii)

Maximum height and allowable uses in the PUD perimeter area will be restricted to those of the uses and heights allowed by right in abutting zones. Additional height may be allowed in the PUD perimeter if greater setbacks and/or appropriate landscape screens are provided.

(iv)

Buffers (open areas of land along the site boundary) are required on all sides of PUDs. Buffers are on the outer edge and are included in the required perimeter area.

2.

Specific development standards for residential PUD sites shall be regulated by conditions imposed as part of the PUD rezoning.

3.

PUD applicants will describe, in narrative text accompanying the preliminary plan, the proposed design principles to establish a uniform format for signs within the PUD. Illustrations must be shown in this narrative.

4.

Environmental concerns will also be examined. The PUD applicant will demonstrate that the proposed plan enhances the natural features of the site, minimizes environmental degradation, provides quality open spaces and does not increase runoff onto adjoining properties.

5.

Construction specifications for any infrastructure must be approved by the county engineer as provided in article III of this chapter.

6.

The spacing of buildings and landscaping, and the layout of streets, wherever possible, must be oriented on site plans to optimize solar exposure for buildings on and off the PUD tract.

d.

Design incentives. The incentives in this subsection encourage innovative and flexible design techniques in the design of proposed PUDs in the county.

1.

Zero lot line.

(i)

The application may use zero lot line techniques that shift dwellings to one side of a lot, along with usable outdoor living space in the remaining side yard.

(ii)

The wall of a dwelling on the zero lot line shall have no windows or openings onto the abutting lot.

(iii)

The county board may grant a density bonus of ten percent if the zero lot line technique is used.

(iv)

If a density bonus is granted, an additional ten percent in common open space is required.

(v)

The zero lot line technique is limited to a maximum of 30 percent of the total dwelling units.

2.

Cluster developments may be used on cul-de-sacs or driveway courts. Such developments will transfer the space gained from any reduction in front and side yards to common open space adjoining the rear yards.

(i)

A density bonus of ten percent may be granted when cluster developments are used.

(ii)

If a density bonus is granted, an additional ten percent in common open space is required.

3.

On-site density transfers are allowed if the maximum density imposed on the PUD tract is not exceeded. A transfer of density will not be made to the perimeter area.

4.

Average lot size development techniques may be used in the case of two-family dwelling units. The average size of those lots must be equal to the required lot size in the "R-2" zone. This technique does not apply to the perimeter area.

e.

Density bonuses.

1.

Three types of density bonuses are established for PUDs in the county.

(i)

A density bonus of ten percent may be granted for the use of zero lot line or cluster developments. If both techniques are used in a single site plan, a bonus of 15 percent may be granted.

(ii)

A density bonus of ten percent may be granted for providing additional common open space and special landscaping beyond the minimum requirements.

(iii)

A density bonus of ten percent may be granted for providing low-and moderate-priced housing or other needed community services as determined by the county board.

2.

These bonus densities may be added together when combinations are used in a PUD or a phase of a PUD, but the maximum bonus will be 25 percent.

3.

The bonus densities are calculated as a percentage of the conventional districts immediately abutting the proposed development.

4.

Bonus densities are figured on the net size of a PUD or phase of a PUD. This excludes public rights-of-way but includes common open space, private streets, and parking and service areas. In no case, however, shall the percentage of common open space in the PUD be reduced below the minimum.

f.

Common open space.

1.

Common open space is required in all proposed PUDs in the county.

2.

Common open space shall be available to and usable by all occupants of the PUD.

3.

The width of any common open space shall be at least 100 feet.

4.

Documentation is required that designates the entity having ownership, maintenance and management responsibility of common open space after development of the PUD.

5.

Common open space shall comprise at least 15 percent of the net area of the PUD. Dedicated public parks count as part of this requirement.

6.

Improvements in the common open space shall be installed and paid for by the developer and shall be clearly depicted on the preliminary plat. These include:

(i)

Site grading.

(ii)

Planned landscaping.

(iii)

Water bodies.

(iv)

Walkways and/or bridle paths.

(v)

Roads, drives and parking areas.

(vi)

Recreation areas and buildings such as clubhouses, swimming pools or golf courses.

(vii)

Irrigation and sprinkler systems.

(viii)

Erosion control facilities.

g.

Ownership documents.

1.

Developers of PUDs in the county will file documents setting forth details of ownership, leases, warranties, covenants and bylaws which will govern all aspects of the PUD upon its completion or the completion of any of its phases. These documents will be recorded with the final development plat in the recorder's office.

2.

Deeds of ownership will consist of three sections:

(i)

The deed section will legally describe the lot which is being transferred in ownership.

(ii)

The warrant section will guarantee the transfer of ownership conveyed and described in the deed section.

(iii)

The covenant section will list any conditions or restrictions of ownership in the PUD.

3.

Deeds of ownership will describe the types of property being conveyed by or retained by the developer.

(i)

Unit of ownership deeds will convey property to an individual purchaser or shareholder. The individual owner will receive such a deed from the developer or through resale by a previous owner. This deed will specify how the individual property owner's share of ownership in any common property is determined.

(ii)

Common property will be that property retained by the developer for common use, property dedicated to a public body for such a use or put under the ownership of a PUD association. This deed will indicate the individual owner's rights regarding common property.

h.

Leases.

1.

Leases may be either annual or long-term depending on the use of the property. Residential leases will normally be annual leases and commercial/industrial leases will normally be long-term.

2.

Residential leases need not contain the full documentation but may be limited to rules of behavior and the bylaws.

3.

Long-term leases will require full documentation accompanying the lease upon conveyance of the lease.

i.

Association bylaws.

1.

If an association is proposed in conjunction with a PUD, bylaws will be required. They will also be filed with the recorder's office when the final plat for the PUD or phase of the PUD is filed. Bylaws will consist of three parts as follows:

2.

The bylaws will describe the organization of the PUD association including:

(i)

Composition and function of its board of directors, executive board and its executive officers as appropriate.

(ii)

Qualifications, duties and number of members on the board of directors of the association.

(iii)

Number of board meetings required per year. An annual meeting of the association is required for the purpose of submitting an annual budget to the shareholders.

3.

The bylaws will describe the duties of the PUD association through its board of directors, officers, staff or contracts with others. These duties shall include at a minimum:

(i)

Trash collection and disposal.

(ii)

Grounds maintenance of public open space including mowing, trimming and planting.

(iii)

Snow removal.

(iv)

Maintenance of streets, walks, paths, drives and parking areas.

(v)

Maintenance of buildings owned by the association.

(vi)

Maintenance of interior portions of leased residential buildings.

(vii)

Carrying out any programs authorized by the association budget.

4.

The bylaws will also specify the duties and obligations of the individual owners of the PUD. These duties may include:

(i)

Rules of behavior.

(ii)

Limitations on physical changes to buildings and lots.

(iii)

Association dues.

(iv)

Penalties and remedies imposed on violations of the bylaws by individual owners.

j.

Administration. PUD approval is handled in the same manner as conventional zoning and platting in the county, with the following additional requirements:

1.

A PUD is designated through the rezoning process (see article IV of this chapter). The applicant shall include a preliminary plan with the rezoning application. The county board may approve the rezoning with conditions.

2.

The platting procedure for a PUD will follow the procedures set forth in article IV of this chapter. The applicant may file a sketch plan or preliminary plat with the rezoning application.

3.

After a PUD rezoning and preliminary plan is approved, the applicant shall file a final plan for each phase of the PUD. The administrator will approve the final plan if it complies with the approved preliminary plan and does not request a variance.

4.

The applicant shall file any request for a variance from a PUD condition or the approved preliminary plan with the zoning hearing officer.

(i)

The administrator shall determine whether the variance is major or minor.

A.

Major variances include:

i.

A variance to reduce the minimum lot size or to increase the approved maximum density.

ii.

A variance that would change another zoning standard in the PUD such as an increase in height.

iii.

A variance that might create a violation of other local or state requirements for PUDs.

iv.

Any reduction in common open space.

v.

A reduction in the width of a perimeter area or buffer area.

vi.

A revision to any condition designated by the county board as a major condition.

vii.

Any other change in conditions that the administrator determines will substantially alter the character of the approval.

B.

All other variances are considered minor variances.

(ii)

The zoning hearing officer may approve minor variances to the plan upon recommendation of the sketch plan review committee.

(iii)

A major variance requires resubmittal of the PUD for a complete review.

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.14; Res. No. 1, 10-18-1994; Ord. No. 12-2020-19, § 3, 12-22-2020)

Sec. 39-41. - Use matrix.

(a)

Generally. The permitted, special and accessory uses within each zoning district are set out in table 2-1, Use matrix, below. The use table establishes the following categories of uses:

Notation Category Description
P Permitted by right Permitted if the use meets the standards established in the zoning district. All uses permitted by right are considered the same type of use: i.e., using a property for a use permitted by right is not considered a change in use.
S Special use Requires special use approval (refer to section 39-146).
A Accessory The use is permitted only if it is customarily incidental and subordinate to a principal permitted use located on the same lot.

 

(b)

Unlisted uses. If a use is not listed in the use matrix, the zoning hearing officer may approve any other use which in the opinion of the zoning hearing officer will, when located, constructed and operated as proposed, be of the same general character as the permitted uses in the district.

Table 2-1. Use Matrix

Use F-1 C-1 A-1 A-R R-1 R-2 R-3 B-1 B-2 B-3 I-1 I-2 Definition
Agriculture/Forestry
Agricultural uses, buildings, or structures P P P P P P P P P P P P Land used for agricultural purposes, as defined in 55 ILCS 5/5-12001.
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture P P P P P P P P P Land or greenhouses used to raise flowers, trees, shrubs or other plants for sale. This does not include wholesale greenhouses exempt from zoning regulation by 55 ILCS 5/5-12001.
Kennel/pet care P P P P P A facility, either state licensed or not, housing dogs, cats or other household pets, where grooming, breeding, boarding, training or selling of animals is conducted as a business. This shall include the breeding of animals for the purpose of sales at other locations.
Private stable A A A A structure which is located on a lot on which a dwelling is located and which is designed, arranged, used or intended to be used for housing of horses or ponies for the private use of occupants of the dwelling, but in no event for hire.
Support functions for agriculture P P P Establishments that perform activities associated with production and distribution of forest and agricultural products, such as spraying and harvesting. Note: farm and farm labor management is classified under office, above.
Residential
Single-family detached dwelling P P P P P P A detached dwelling unit designed for and occupied only by one family.
Caretaker dwelling A A A A A A A A A A A Living quarters of persons employed on the premises.
Farm dwelling A A A A A A A A A A A A dwelling unit located on a tract of land for which the principal use is the pursuit of agriculture, as defined herein, with the dwelling unit being clearly accessory and subordinate to such agricultural use, subject to the limitation that such dwelling unit is occupied by or intended for occupancy by the owner of such tract or by a person whose principal occupation is the pursuit of agriculture on such land.
Multifamily dwelling P P P P A single structure designed for and intended to be occupied by three or more families, with the number of families in residence not exceeding the number of dwelling units provided. Included in this definition will be apartments, condominiums and townhouses or row houses. Each dwelling unit will have a minimum of 720 square feet of livable space (open porches, garages, breezeways or terraces not included).
Mixed-use building P P P P A building with commercial, artisan or research and development uses, and with dwelling units on floors above the ground floor or behind storefronts or non-residential floor space. Examples include lofts and buildings with stores on the ground floor and apartments above.
Manufactured home P A single-family dwelling that complies with, and is certified by the manufacturer to comply with, the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. section 5401, et seq. The term "manufactured home" does not include a structure which otherwise complies with this chapter but which was built prior to June 15, 1976, which units are classified as mobile homes.
Manufactured home (non-complying) S A manufactured home that: (1) does not meet the requirements for manufactured homes in article V of this chapter; or that (2) is placed on property not owned by the owner of the manufactured home.
Mobile home S Any structure, built before October of 1976, designed for permanent habitation and so constructed as to permit its transport on wheels, temporarily or permanently attached to its frame or undercarriage, from the place of its construction to the location, or subsequent locations, at which it is intended to be a permanent habitation and designed to permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling place for one or more persons. See section 39-252 for additional restrictions.
Manufactured home land lease community S A manufactured home land lease community is a lot upon which two or more occupied manufactured homes are located either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and where a space on the lot is leased to the person who owns the manufactured home. This does not include the use of mobile or manufactured homes on a farm to house farm workers.
Modular home P P P P P P A building assembly or system of building subassemblies, designed and built in a factory for the habitation of one or more persons, including the necessary electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating and other systems, of closed or open construction, transported to a building site for installation or assembly and installation on a permanent foundation. Such units shall be in compliance with the state modular housing code prepared by the state department of public health. Modular dwellings may be placed by permit alone, but will not include the placement of two or more mobile or manufactured homes which were not originally constructed to be a single unit. For purposes of this article, modular will include panelized, precut, or sectional homes.
Recreational dwelling P See article V of this chapter.
Rooming house P P P P A dwelling occupied by a resident family or resident occupant and three or more rent paying persons.
Two family dwelling/duplex P P P P P A detached residential structure containing two dwelling units designed for occupancy by not more than two families.
Accommodations
Bed and breakfast S S S S S S P P An operator-occupied residence providing accommodations for a charge to the public with no more than five guest rooms for rent in operation for more than ten nights in a 12-month period. Breakfast may be provided to the guests only and food preparation facilities must be licensed by the county health department. Bed and breakfast establishments shall not include motels, hotels, boardinghouses or food service establishments.
Dormitory, fraternity or sorority P P P P A space in a building where group sleeping accommodations are provided with or without meals for persons not members of the same family group, in one room or in a series of closely associated rooms under joint occupancy and single management. Examples include college dormitories, and military barracks. A fraternity or sorority is a building used as group living quarters for students of a college or university, who are members of a fraternity or sorority recognized by the college or university.
Group home (eight or fewer persons) P P P P P P P P P A specialized residential care home, the residents of which do not constitute a family, that serves persons with disabilities; that is licensed, certified, or accredited by appropriate governmental entities; and that does not serve persons as an alternative to incarceration for a criminal offense, persons whose primary reason for placement is substance or alcohol abuse, or persons whose primary reason for placement is treatment of a communicable disease. For purposes of this definition, the term "disabilities" means: any disability (1) attributable to mental, intellectual, or physical impairments or a combination thereof; (2) likely to continue for a significant amount of time or indefinitely; (3) resulting in functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activities: self-care, receptive or expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living, and economic self-sufficiency; and (4) reflecting a person's need for a combination and sequence of interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment, or other services that are of a lifelong or extended duration.
Group home (more than eight persons) S S P P P P See above.
Hospice S P P P P An establishment that provides palliative and supportive services in an inpatient setting, which provides for physical, psychological, social and spiritual care for dying persons and their families where services are provided by a medically directed interdisciplinary team of professionals and volunteers and bereavement care is available to the family following the death of the person. This includes any facility subject to the Hospice Program Licensing Act (210 ILCS 60/1 et seq.).
Hotels or motels P P A facility with guest rooms or suites designed for transient habitation, where access to individual units is predominantly through a common lobby that may provide additional services, such as conference and meeting rooms, restaurants, bars or recreation facilities available to guests or to the general public. This classification includes motor lodges, motels, hostels, extended stay hotels and tourist courts, but does not include rooming houses or residential hotels.
Nursing home S P P P P A home, institution, building, residence, or any other place, whether operated for profit or not, which provides personal care, sheltered care or nursing for persons, not related to the applicant or owner by blood or marriage. Examples include residential care facilities, assisted living facilities, intermediate care facilities, or skilled nursing facilities. This includes any facility not preempted from local regulation meeting this definition, whether or not those facilities are subject to the Nursing Home Care Act (210 ILCS 45/1-101 et seq.).
Commercial
Alcohol sales—bar or tavern S P P P Establishments primarily engaged in preparing and serving alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption. These include bars, beer gardens, taverns, nightclubs, and restaurants where liquor is more than incidental to the business.
Alcohol sales—retail package liquor S P P P Establishments primarily engaged in retailing packaged alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, and liquor.
Armories P P P P Structures enclosing space designed for military training. They may have incidental storage and office space within the main structure.
Automatic teller machine (ATM), stand alone P P P P P An electronic device used by the public to conduct financial transactions such as withdrawing or depositing cash from a bank, savings, credit union, credit card or similar account wherein the customer operates the device independently. An ATM in this category is not attached to or internal to a principal use such as a bank or retail establishment.
Automotive parts sales P P P This includes establishments that: (1) retail new, used, and/or rebuilt automotive parts and accessories (automotive supply stores); (2) automotive supply stores that repair automobiles accessory to their retail functions; and (3) establishments primarily engaged in retailing and installing automotive accessories. Examples include automotive parts and supply stores, truck cap stores, automotive stereo stores, used automotive parts stores, speed shops, and tire shops.
Automobile repair, major P P P P General repair, rebuilding, replacing or reconditioning of engines, motor vehicles or trailers; collision service, including body, frame or fender straightening, replacing or repair; overall painting or paint shop, vehicle steam cleaning.
Automobile repair, minor S P P P Minor repairs, incidental body and fender work, touch-up painting and upholstering, replacement of parts and motor service to passenger automobiles and trucks, but not including any operations specified under "automobile repair, major."
Automotive sales or rental P P P The use of any building, land area, or other premise for the display and sales or rental of new or used automobiles generally, but may include light trucks or vans, trailers, or recreational vehicles. This shall also include any vehicle preparation or repair work conducted as an accessory use, but such use shall be conducted wholly inside a structure. Automobile sales shall not include the outside storage of vehicles which do not operate or are being used for the salvage of parts to repair other vehicles.
Bakery, retail P P P P Bakeries whose products are sold at retail on the premises.
Cannabis dispensing organization P P P See Sec. 39-3.
Business support services (e.g., print/copy shop) P P P Establishments engaged in performing activities that are ongoing routine business support functions that businesses and organizations traditionally do for themselves. Examples include print/copy shops, document preparation services, call centers, telemarketing, and business service centers.
Car wash/automobile laundry P P P P Establishments primarily engaged in cleaning, washing, and/or waxing automotive vehicles, such as passenger cars, trucks, and vans, and trailers.
Catering/food preparation P P P A business that prepares food and beverages for off-site consumption, including delivery services. This classification includes catering kitchens, bakeries with on-site retail sales and the small-scale production of specialty foods, such as sweets. This classification excludes food production of an industrial character.
Convenience store (with vehicle repair) P P P A convenience store that provides vehicle repair as an accessory use.
Convenience store (without vehicle repair) P P P Establishments commonly known as convenience stores or food marts primarily engaged in retailing a limited line of goods that generally includes milk, bread, soda, and snacks. These establishments can either be in a convenience store (i.e., food mart) setting or a gasoline station setting.
Day care center, adult P P P P A facility other than the provider's permanent residence, or separate from the provider's living quarters, where care is provided for adults for part of the 24-hour day.
Child care facility S S P P P Includes any day care center (225 ILCS 10/2.09), day care home (as defined by 225 ILCS 10/2.18), or group day care home (as defined by 225 ILCS 10/2.20). This includes four—16 children in a family home (including the family's natural or adopted children).
Couriers and messengers P P P Establishments primarily engaged in providing air, surface, or combined mode courier services, express delivery services of parcels, or local messenger and delivery services of small items, with local pick-up and delivery. Examples include air courier services, express delivery services; local delivery services for letters, documents, or small parcels; grocery delivery services (i.e., independent service from grocery store), or restaurant meals delivery services.
Drug store/pharmacy P P P Establishments that retail prescription or nonprescription drugs and medicines.
Farm feed stores S S P P P Establishments primarily engaged in retailing farm supplies, such as animal (non-pet) feed, fertilizers, seeds, pesticides and herbicides.
Farm implement sales, wholesale and repair P P P Establishments primarily engaged in retailing or wholesaling new outdoor power equipment for farming. This may include repair services and selling replacement parts.
Financial institutions P P P An establishment that provides retail banking, credit and mortgage, or insurance services to individuals and businesses. This classification includes banks and savings and loan establishments, brokerage firms, check cashing and currency exchange outlets and stand-alone automated teller machines.
Flea market/swap meet P P An occasional or periodic market held in an open area or structure where groups of individual sellers offer goods for sale to the public
Food and beverage stores P P P P Establishments that retail food and beverage merchandise from fixed point-of-sale locations. Examples include grocery stores, supermarkets and farmers markets.
Funeral and interment services P P P P An establishment primarily engaged in the provision of services involving the care, preparation or disposition of human dead. Typical uses include cemeteries, funeral parlors, crematories, mortuaries or columbaria. The term "cemetery" means a burial ground for the interment of the human dead, including columbaria and mausoleums.
Fuel dealers S P P P Fuel, fuel oil and liquid petroleum products dealers. Delivery is made directly to vehicles or to containers for consumption off the premises. No vehicle repair is involved.
Gas stations S P P P P A place where minor automobile repair is conducted and where gasoline, diesel oil, kerosene or any other motor fuel or grease for operating motor vehicles is offered for sale to the public and deliveries are made directly into motor vehicles, including greasing and oiling and the sale of automobile accessories on the premises. Convenience stores are not part of a gas station (compare: convenience stores).
Hardware/building material/lawn and garden stores P P P Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new building materials and supplies, such as home centers, paint and wallpaper stores, and hardware stores.
Lumberyard/building materials (including outdoor display and storage) P P P Establishments primarily engaged in retailing specialized lines of new building materials, such as lumber, fencing, glass, doors, plumbing fixtures and supplies, electrical supplies, prefabricated buildings and kits, and kitchen and bath cabinets and countertops to be installed.
Manufactured home/modular building and components sales and service P P Establishments primarily engaged in retailing new and/or used manufactured or modular homes, parts, and equipment.
Medical cannabis dispensing facilities P P P
Non-store retailers P P Establishments that retail merchandise through online, mass media, telephone, mail, or similar methods (infomercials, direct-response advertising, paper and electronic catalogs, door-to-door solicitation, in-home demonstration, selling from portable stalls, vending machines, and similar methods). Examples include mail-order houses, vending machine operators, home delivery sales, door-to-door sales, party plan sales, electronic shopping, and sales through portable stalls (e.g., street vendors).
Office P P P A building or facility for a firm or organization that primarily provides professional, executive, management or administrative services (such as accounting, advertising, architectural, consulting, planning, computer software consulting, data management, engineering, medical, dental, chiropractic care, or other health care, environmental analysis, insurance, interior design, investment, graphic design, landscape design, law and real estate, drafting), information services (such as print or software publishing, internet publishing and broadcasting, web search portals), and production of intellectual property. It includes scientific and technical research services that do not involve laboratory facilities. It excludes medical offices or clinics, banks/financial services, and offices that are incidental to retail, production, storage or other activities.
Personal services P P P The provision of recurrently needed services of a personal nature. This classification includes barber and beauty shops, nail salons, tanning salons, massage therapy, electrolysis, seamstresses, tailors, shoe repair, dry cleaners (excluding dry cleaning plants), self-service laundries and photography studios.
Photography or photofinishing P P P Establishments primarily engaged in providing still, video, digital photography services, developing film and/or making photographic slides, prints, and enlargements.
Plumbing and heating shop P P P Establishments primarily engaged in installing and servicing plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning equipment.
Radio and television studios P P P P P Establishments primarily engaged in operating broadcast studios and facilities for over-the-air or satellite delivery of radio and television programs.
Rental and leasing S P P P P Establishments that lease recreational goods, consumer goods (such as formal wear, movie media, or digital games), home health equipment, or commercial equipment, industrial machinery, and equipment. Note: outdoor storage of vehicles or equipment is allowed in the Industrial districts.
Repair services, appliance/consumer P P P P Establishments primarily engaged in repairing electronic equipment, such as computers and communications equipment, or home and garden equipment and/or household-type appliances.
Restaurant P P P P A building or premises where food is prepared and served to the public on a commercial basis. Examples include mobile food services, restaurants and other eating places, restaurants and other eating places, full-service restaurants, limited-service restaurants, cafeterias, buffets, snack bars, and nonalcoholic beverage bars. This may include sale or consumption of liquor only as an incidental part of the business.
Retail, generally P P P The sale of any tangible personal property for use or consumption, and not for resale. Examples include furniture and home furnishings, electronics and appliances, clothing and shoes, jewelry, luggage and leather goods, sporting goods and hobbies, books, periodicals and music, tobacco, flowers, office supplies and stationary, gifts and novelties, art work, and pets. Examples include stand alone shops or departments stores, art galleries, pawn shops, auction houses, consignment stores, and video stores. This classification includes the retail sale or rental of merchandise not specifically listed under another use classification.
Retail, nursery/greenhouse products P P P P Establishments that retail flowers or plants grown in a nursery or greenhouse on the premises.
Roadside stand A A A A A A A A A A A Buildings or structures (including greenhouses) to sell or display agricultural products raised on the premises where agriculture is the principal use.
Services to buildings and dwellings P P P P An establishment providing carpet cleaning, carpentry, roofing, exterminator, glazing, janitorial services, electrical repair, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, upholstery, painting and paper hanging, sign painting, locksmith, or packing and crating.
Landscape contractor S P P P A site which houses any buildings and/or equipment, necessary for the operation of a landscaping business, on which the sale of nursery and other lawn maintenance products may occur. Such a facility will not be considered a nursery.
Shopping center P P P Any neighborhood, subcommunity, or community shopping center (see section 39-3).
Small rural business A A A A A A A A A A A See section 39-247 of this chapter (home occupations and small rural businesses).
Truck stop/travel plaza P P P P Establishments primarily engaged in one of the following: (1) retailing automotive fuels (e.g., diesel fuel, gasohol, gasoline, alternative fuels); or (2) retailing these fuels in combination with activities, such as providing repair services; selling automotive oils, replacement parts, and accessories; and/or providing food services.
Used merchandise sales (e.g., antique store) P P P P Establishments primarily engaged in retailing or wholesaling used merchandise, antiques, and secondhand goods (except motor vehicles, such as automobiles, RVs, motorcycles, and boats; motor vehicle parts; tires; and mobile homes). Examples include antique stores, used book stores, and used clothing stores.
Veterinary clinics S P P P P P Licensed veterinary practitioners primarily engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine, dentistry, animal surgery, or testing services for licensed veterinary practitioners. Examples include animal hospitals, veterinary clinics, veterinarians' offices, and veterinary testing laboratories.
Arts/Entertainment/Recreation
Adult use P P Any adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult cabaret, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, or massage parlor. These are defined in section 39-3.
Community service facility S P P P A noncommercial facility established primarily for the benefit and service of the populations of the communities in which they are located, such as YMCA or YWCA facilities, boy's and girl's clubs and offices of community councils, nonprofit civic, religious, welfare or philanthropic organizations.
Community centers S S S S P P P A building or place operated by a public entity or neighborhood organization and used for meetings or activities of neighborhood organizations such as nonprofit corporations; homeowners associations; condominium associations; or similar entities. In Residential Districts, special use permits are required only for community centers that are a principal use. Community centers that are approved as part of a subdivision plat and accessory to a development, such as a clubhouse that is part of a residential subdivision, require no separate approval and are considered accessory to the residential uses.
Cultural facility P S S S S P P P A nonprofit institution engaged primarily in the performing arts or in the display or preservation of objects of interest in the arts or sciences that are open to the public on a regular basis. This classification includes concert halls and performing arts centers for theater, dance and events, museums, historical sites, art galleries, zoos, aquariums and observatories.
Guest ranch P S A ranch or similar facility where people have transient accommodations for lodging and food and ride horseback and participate in other recreational activities.
Gun/shooting club P S S P P Any building or premises where a business or organization has facilities (such as indoor or outdoor shooting ranges) for the firing of handguns, rifles, or other firearms by its customers or members. This may include areas reserved for public or private hunting of wildlife, fishing, target ranges, trap or skeet shooting, and accessory structures that support those activities.
Hunting and fishing resort P S Areas reserved for public or private hunting of wildlife, fishing, and accessory structures in support of those activities.
Marina/docking facility P S P P P A facility that includes a boat dock, with accessory services to recreational watercraft and their occupants, including sanitary and other minor servicing and repair to watercraft while in the water and the sale of fuel and supplies. A marina may provide food, lodging, goods, beverages, recreation and entertainment as accessory uses. This classification includes public docks, yacht clubs, boat clubs and boatels.
Movie theaters P P P P Establishments primarily engaged in operating motion picture theaters (except drive-ins) and/or exhibiting motion pictures or videos at film festivals, and so forth.
Theaters, drive-in S S S S S A facility that includes an outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand and a parking area for automobiles, and where customers view movies from their parked automobiles.
Open space/natural or conservation areas P P P P P P P P P P P P Natural areas or settings that are preserved for their community values or for public exhibition. Examples include bird or wildlife sanctuaries, natural wonders (e.g., cavern, waterfall), conservation areas, and nature centers or preserves.
Parks and playgrounds P P P P P P P P P P P P An area, not for commercial use, improved with playground equipment, recreation center buildings, athletic fields, swimming pools, tennis courts, walking/jogging trails, or other active recreational facilities. The park may include accessory buildings and areas of natural quality for outdoor recreation such as viewing, sitting and picnicking, or other active open space improvements.
Lake P P P P P P P P P P P P A man-made lake or similar water feature that is not accessible to the general public.
Recreation, indoor P S P P P P Facilities that provide recreation activities primarily in an enclosed building. Examples include fitness centers, gymnasiums, handball, racquetball or tennis club facilities, ice or roller skating rinks; bingo parlors, billiard parlors, bowling centers, poolrooms, miniature golf courses and amusement arcades.
Recreation, outdoor P S S S P P P See section 39-259 of this chapter (recreational uses).
Private recreational dwelling P A detached building where lodging is provided for transient guests, along with food and drink.
Public stable S S S S P A structure or area used to lodge, feed, sell or rent horses or ponies for compensation.
RV park/campground P S Any area, public or private, whether or not for hire, where three or more campsites housing tents, cabins, camping trailers, camping vehicles or trailer coaches, motor homes, travel trailers, recreational vehicles or other permanent or nonpermanent type shelters are erected and maintained for camping or where space is provided for camping, temporary parking of recreational vehicles or placing of such tents, cabins, recreational vehicles or other permanent or non-permanent type shelters of any kind for ten or more persons for six or more camping days during a calendar year. Includes any campground as defined by 210 ILCS 95/2. Any such recreational area shall fall under and abide by regulations of the state department of public health.
Institutional/Civic
Cemetery P S S S S Property restricted in use for the interment of the human dead by formal dedication or reservation by deed. A cemetery may include columbaria and mausoleums.
Club, private P P P P P A building or premises owned and/or operated by a corporation, association, person for a social, educational or recreational purpose, but not primarily for profit or to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business. Examples include clubs, lodges, meeting rooms, clubhouses, recreational buildings, assembly halls, and community centers.
Colleges or universities (public or private) S P P P An institution of higher education providing curricula of a general, religious, or professional nature, typically granting recognized degrees, including conference centers and academic retreats associated with such institutions. This classification includes business and computer schools, management training, technical and trade schools, but excludes personal instructional services.
Correctional institutions/detention facilities P P Facilities that are designed for the confinement, correction, and rehabilitation of adult and/or juvenile offenders sentenced by a court.
Government office/public building P P P P P P P P P P Government administrative or public service buildings or properties, including clerical or public contact offices of a government agency, along with incidental storage and maintenance of vehicles. Examples include government administrative offices, libraries and post offices. This does not include storage yards, warehouses, garages, or other uses customarily conducted as gainful business.
Hospital S S P P P Any institution, place, building, buildings on a campus, or agency, public or private, whether organized for profit or not, devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities or the diagnosis and treatment or care of two or more unrelated persons admitted for overnight stay or longer in order to obtain medical, including obstetric, psychiatric and nursing, care of illness, disease, injury, infirmity, or deformity. This includes any facility not preempted from local regulation that meets this definition, whether or not it is subject to the Hospital Licensing Act (210 ILCS 85). This definition includes both hospitals and sanitariums. A heliport/helistop is an accessory to a principal hospital use.
Medical clinic S P P P A place where patients who are not lodged overnight are admitted for examination or treatment by a physician and/or practitioners practicing together. Examples include medical or dental offices, ambulatory or outpatient care services, family planning and outpatient care centers, medical and diagnostic laboratories, and blood and organ banks.
Public safety facility S S S S S S S S S S A facility for public safety and emergency services, such as police, fire protection, police and fire training facilities, and ambulance and emergency services, administrative facilities for emergency medical care, and blood and organ banks. This includes accessory transportation services and vehicle maintenance.
Religious assembly (e.g., church) P P P P P P P P P A building or place used for religious assembly or worship, including accessory uses or structures such as child care for employees or persons attending worship services, and education buildings associated with the assembly. Examples include churches, chapels or parish houses.
School (trade and miscellaneous) S P P P P Establishments primarily engaged in providing: (1) vocational and technical training in a variety of technical subjects and trades, such as graphic arts, aviation and flight training, computer repair, cosmetology, or truck driving; (2) business, office, management, and secretarial and stenographic skills; (3) fine arts, dance, sports and recreation, martial arts, gymnastics, or other athletics; (4) foreign or sign language instruction; or (5) miscellaneous instruction such as academic tutoring services, public speaking, automobile driving, speed reading instruction, or exam preparation.
School (elementary, middle, secondary, trade) P P P P P P P A facility for educational purposes that offers a general course of study at primary, middle, or high school levels and vocational and trade programs that are incidental to the operation of the schools.
Social services P P P P Establishments that provide social assistance services directly to clients such as children, elderly persons, disabled persons, homeless persons, or veterans. Social assistance may include food, medical relief, counseling or training. Examples include adoption agencies, youth centers (except recreational only), child guidance organizations, youth self-help organizations, foster care placement services, community action services agencies, marriage counseling services (except by offices of mental health practitioners), crisis intervention centers, multipurpose social services centers, family social services agencies, self-help organizations (except for disabled persons, the elderly, persons diagnosed with intellectual and, developmental disabilities), family welfare services, suicide crisis centers, hotline centers, telephone counseling services, community food services (includes collection, preparation, and delivery of food, clothing and blankets for needy persons). These services do not include residential or accommodation services, temporary shelters or community housing (classified separately under transitional housing, above).
Social services, accessory A A A A A Social services such as thrift shops, soup kitchens, or counseling centers that are accessory to and operated by a religious assembly.
Manufacturing/Industrial
Bakery P P An establishment primarily engaged in manufacturing fresh and frozen bread, cookies, crackers, cakes, pies, pasta, tortillas, and other bakery products.
Cannabis craft grower P P See Sec. 39-3.
Cannabis cultivation center P P See Sec. 39-3.
Cannabis infuser organization or infuser P P See Sec. 39-3.
Cannabis processing organization or processor P P See Sec. 39-3.
Data processing, hosting, and related services P P P P P Establishments that provide infrastructure for hosting or data processing services. These establishments may provide specialized hosting activities, such as web hosting, streaming services or application hosting; provide application service provisioning; or may provide general timeshare mainframe facilities to clients. An example is a data center.
Flex space P P A building that combines office with manufacturing, wholesale, warehousing, or training facilities that relate to the office uses. Retail or showroom uses that are accessory to those uses may occupy up to 25 percent of the gross floor area.
Junkyard S An open or fenced-in area where junk, as defined herein, is bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled, or handled including automobile and building wrecking yards, but excluding uses located in the applicable industrial district and properly licensed by the county, engaged exclusively in processing of scrap iron or other metals to be sold only to establishments engaged in manufacturing of steel or metal alloys or in the business of selling parts to individuals or businesses.
Laboratory, testing or experimental P Establishments primarily engaged in performing physical, chemical, and other analytical testing services, such as acoustics or vibration testing, assaying, biological testing (except medical and veterinary), calibration testing, electrical and electronic testing, geotechnical testing, mechanical testing, nondestructive testing, or thermal testing.
Machine shop P P Establishments primarily engaged in machining metal and plastic parts and parts of other composite materials on a job or order basis.
Media production P P Establishments that produce, manufacture, arrange for the manufacture, or distribute motion pictures, videos, television programs, television commercials and music and sound recordings. This includes specialized motion picture or video postproduction services, such as editing, film/tape transfers, titling, subtitling, credits, closed captioning, and computer-produced graphics, animation and special effects, and developing and processing motion picture film. Examples include motion picture film laboratories, stock footage film libraries, postproduction facilities, teleproduction services, and sound recording studios
Medical cannabis cultivation centers P
Medical research facility, including biological and genetic S S P P Establishments primarily engaged in conducting research and experimental development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences, such as agriculture, electronics, environmental, biology, botany, biotechnology, computers, chemistry, food, fisheries, forests, geology, health, mathematics, medicine, oceanography, pharmacy, physics, veterinary, and other allied subjects.
Oil and gas extraction S S Establishments that operate and/or develop oil and gas field properties. Activities may include exploration for crude petroleum and natural gas; drilling, completing, and equipping wells; operating separators, emulsion breakers, desilting equipment, and field gathering lines for crude petroleum and natural gas; and all other activities in the preparation of oil and gas up to the point of shipment from the producing property.
Outdoor storage lot S S Keeping commercial goods, equipment or raw materials in an open lot.
Pollution control facility S S P See section 39-257 of this chapter.
Printing, publishing and related trades P P P P P Establishments that print products, such as newspapers, books, labels, business cards, stationery, business forms, and other materials, and perform support activities, such as data imaging, platemaking services, and bookbinding.
Production, artisan S S P P Establishments primarily engaged in on-site production of goods by hand manufacturing, involving the use of hand tools and small-scale equipment, for sale on the premises.
Production, general P P Manufacturing of products, from extracted or raw materials, or recycled or secondary materials, or bulk storage and handling of those products and materials. These include food, beverage and tobacco products (including bottling), textiles, apparel, leather and allied products, wood products, paper, rubber, fabricated metal products, and transportation equipment. This does not include any activity listed under intensive high impact production.
Production, intensive high impact S S Manufacturing of chemicals, plastics, nonmetallic mineral products, primary metals, machinery, transportation equipment, acetylene, cement, lime, gypsum or plaster-of-Paris, chlorine, corrosive acid or fertilizer, insecticides, disinfectants, poisons, explosives, paint, lacquer, varnish, petroleum products, coal products, plastic and synthetic resins and radioactive materials. This group also includes smelting, animal slaughtering and oil refining. Examples include asphalt plants and oil refineries.
Production, limited P P Manufacturing of finished parts or products, primarily from previously prepared materials. This includes: printing and related activities, machinery, computer and electronic product, electrical equipment, appliance, component manufacturing, furniture and related product, jewelry and silverware, dolls, toys, games, musical instruments, office supplies, signs, sporting goods and equipment, and other uses as determined by the zoning administrator.
Recycling/waste collection P P A facility where waste material, other than hazardous or infectious waste, is received and temporarily stored in closed containers without processing or disposition, including, but not limited to: recycling drop-off point, yard waste depot, charitable drive box and other similar uses limited in volume and means of storage and posing no nuisance by reason of odor, noise, runoff, underground seepage or unsightly conditions.
Research and development S P P An establishment primarily engaged in the research, development and controlled production of high technology electronic, industrial or scientific products or commodities for sale. This classification includes biotechnology firms and manufacturers of nontoxic computer components.
Waste collection or transfer S P A facility where waste material, other than hazardous or infectious waste, is received and processed for transportation to another place for recycling, re-use, incineration or final disposal, including, but not limited to: biological treatment facility, composting yard, resource recovery facility, recycling center, buy-back center, tire shredding facility, tire recycling facility, refuse-derived fuel manufacturing facility, transfer station and other similar uses, limited by the volume and type of material processed, or the characteristics of the equipment or methods used to process the waste material.
Wrecking yard S Any area of land where: (1) two or more motor vehicles, not in running condition, or parts thereof, are stored in the open and are not being restored to operation, excluding storage of scrap for subsequent manufacturing process on the same premises or any land, building or structure used for the wrecking or storing of such motor vehicles, or parts thereof, not in running condition; or (2) industrial metal and waste salvage operations.
Wholesale/Storage
Warehouse and freight storage P P Facilities that store general merchandise, refrigerated goods, and other warehouse products before distribution. These establishments do not sell the goods they handle.
Wholesale distribution and sales P P A facility for storage and wholesale distribution of merchandise and bulk goods and nonretail store sales, including electronic shopping, mail-order houses and other direct-selling establishments. This use classification excludes retail sale of goods at discount prices for individual consumption.
Mini-warehouse S P P Structures containing generally small, individual, compartmentalized stalls or lockers rented as individual storage spaces and characterized by low parking demand.
Construction
Construction P P Establishments primarily engaged in the building construction, engineering projects (e.g., highways and utility systems), and preparing sites for new construction.
Temporary construction activities P P P P P P P P P P P P See section 40-263 of this chapter.
Special trade contractors P P P P Carpentry, floor, tile, concrete, electrical, glass and glazing, masonry and drywall, painting, wall covering, roofing, siding, sheet metal, and sign production. These have no outside storage of materials or equipment.
Transportation and Utilities
Airport/landing field/heliport S P P Any area of land or water used or intended for use for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and any accessory areas used or intended for use for airport buildings or other airport facilities or right-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located on the site. This includes runways, aircraft storage buildings, public terminal buildings and parking, helicopter pads and support activities such as airport operations and air traffic control. This may include accessory fueling, refueling, or service facilities.
Cannabis transportation organization or transporter P P See Sec. 39-3.
Water transportation P P Facilities for launching, mooring, docking, loading, unloading and servicing river barges, including backup land for storage and transshipment.
Bus stations P P P P Facilities for passenger transportation operations, holding facilities and maintenance operations, which includes bus terminals, urban and regional transit stations and scenic and sightseeing facilities, but does not include airports and heliports.
Ground passenger transportation (e.g. taxi, charter bus) P P P P Establishments that provide passenger transportation by bus, charter bus, automobile, limousine, van, or shuttle. This also includes scenic or sightseeing transportation services. Some services (such as taxi) are not operated over regular routes and on regular schedules. Examples include charter bus, special needs transportation, taxicab owner/operators, taxicab fleet operators, or taxicab organizations. This does not apply to publicly operated bus or mass transit systems.
Hazardous waste collection or disposal S Establishments that: (1) operate treatment and disposal facilities for hazardous waste; (2) combine, collect, or haul hazardous waste materials; (3) remediate and clean contaminated buildings, mine sites, soil, or ground water; (4) provide mine reclamation activities, including demolition, soil remediation, waste water treatment, hazardous material removal, contouring land, and revegetation; or (5) provide asbestos, lead paint, and other toxic material abatement. The term "hazardous waste" includes any chemical or substance classified as hazardous under state or federal law.
Helistop S P P P An area used for the landing and taking off of helicopters for the purpose of picking up or discharging of passengers or cargo. It has no fueling, refueling, or service facilities.
Incineration S Any use of land or structures engaged in the incineration of hazardous or nonhazardous wastes.
Oil or gas pipelines S P A facility for the distribution of oil, petroleum, or gas energy.
Parking structures and lots P P P P Establishments primarily engaged in providing parking space for motor vehicles, usually on an hourly, daily, or monthly basis and/or valet parking services.
Public maintenance facility P P P A governmentally owned facility providing maintenance and repair services for vehicles and equipment and areas for storage of equipment and supplies. This classification includes governmentally owned construction yards, equipment service centers and similar facilities.
Railroad freight station S P P Railroad switching, storage, or terminal facilities.
Septic tank services P P P Establishments that: (1) install or pump (i.e., clean) septic tanks and cesspools; (2) rent or service portable toilets; and (3) provide other waste management services (except waste collection, waste treatment and disposal, remediation, operation of materials recovery facilities, and waste management consulting services). No outdoor storage of equipment or vehicles permitted in the B-3 District.
Solar farms S S S P See Sec. 39-268
Telecommunications carriers/AM broadcast stations S S S S S S S S P P P P Any telecommunications carriers or AM broadcast station: (1) defined as a qualifying structure (55 ILCS 5/5-12001.1(c)); or (2) meeting the requirements of 55 ILCS 5/5-12001.1(g)(1). See section 39-262.
Towing and other road and ground services P P Establishments primarily engaged in towing light or heavy motor vehicles, along with incidental services such as storage and emergency road repair services.
Truck transportation P P A facility for the storage of commercial goods within an enclosed building for distribution by truck. This includes bulk mail handling facilities.
Utilities, essential services P P P P P P P P P P P P The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance, by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare, but not including buildings. This includes transformer stations and booster or pressure-regulating stations without a service yard or storage.
Utilities, alternative energy sources S S S S S S S/A S/A S/A S/A S/A Power generation from alternative sources such as solar, or geothermal sources.
Vehicle storage P P A building or enclosed area that is used to store: (1) recreational vehicles, campers, buses, or similar vehicles; or (2) towed, temporarily unused, or inoperable vehicles. This includes any impoundment lot, recreational vehicle or boat storage lot, bus and camper storage lot, or wrecked vehicle storage lot.
Wind energy conversion system (WECS), commercial S S See section 39-267 of this chapter.
Wind energy conversion system (WECS), noncommercial and private S S S S S S S S S S S See section 39-267 of this chapter.
Mining/Extraction
Oil or gas production S S Oil and gas field and support activities, including exploration for crude petroleum and natural gas; drilling, completing, and equipping wells; operating separators, emulsion breakers, desilting equipment, and field gathering lines for crude petroleum and natural gas; and all other activities in the preparation of oil and gas up to the point of shipment from the producing property.
Mine/quarry S S The extraction, removal and loading of limestone, minerals, sand or gravel, or similar metallic minerals and nonmetallic minerals. This includes mine site development, beneficiating (i.e., preparing), and support activities. Activities or structures include equipment, buildings or structures for screening, crushing, mixing, washing and storage, customarily done at the mine site.
Sand and gravel pits S S A type of open pit mine, or strip mine, from which the mineral removed is restricted to sand and gravel.
Accessory
Barns/silos accessory to residential or commercial uses (farms are exempt) A A A A A A A A A A A An accessory building used exclusively to store grain, hay, and other farm products, or the sheltering of livestock or farm equipment.
Central laundry facilities A A A A A A A A A A A An area of a building equipped with washing, drying, and/or ironing machines for the exclusive use of residents or employees.
Convenience stores attached to residential development A A A A A convenience store (as defined above) located on a single platted lot in a residential subdivision, and that has direct access and pedestrian connections to the residential development. Not to include any repairs or gas station.
Garages A A A A A A A A An accessory building or structure, or part of a building or structure, used or designed to be used for the parking and storage of vehicles in conjunction with residential uses.
Home occupations A A A A A A A A Customary home occupations including the professional office or studio of an architect, artist, dentist, doctor, engineer, lawyer, planner, scientist, teacher, beautician, barber, or occupations such as handicraft, dressmaking, millinery, laundry, preserving and home cooking; provided that: (1) such occupations shall be conducted exclusively by resident occupant; (2) that not more than one-fourth of the area of one floor of said residence shall be used for such purposes; (3) that no structural alterations or constructions involving features not customarily found in dwellings are required; (4) an unlighted sign of not more than one square foot of area, and attached flat against the building, shall be permitted; (5) no equipment shall be used which creates offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat, or glare; and (6) a home occupation shall not include the operation of a restaurant or auto body shop.
Irrigation facilities A A A A A A A A A A A A Canals, laterals, ditches, conduits, gates, pumps, and allied equipment necessary for the supply, delivery and drainage of irrigation water and related construction, operation, and maintenance.
Kennel, private A A A A A A A A A A A Any building or land designed or arranged for the care of dogs and cats belonging to the owner of the principal use, kept for purposes of show, hunting, or as pets.
Outdoor display A A A A Outdoor merchandise display, as defined in article V of this chapter, which is accessory to an indoor retail use. Retail uses that customarily occur outdoors, such as flea markets/swap meets, roadside stands, and farmer's markets, are allowed as a principal uses where listed under the commercial category above, and may be subject to supplemental regulations as provided in section 39-256 of this chapter.
Outdoor storage, accessory A A A A A An area outside of a building which is used to store usable goods and materials for sale or for use in the business.
Parking, on-site A A A A A A A A A A A An area reserved for parking vehicles for persons living or working on the site, or for customers of a business on the site.
Parking, off-site S A A A A Parking areas accessory to a use in an adjoining less restricted district, when abutting or directly across an alley.
Residential development office and maintenance buildings A/S A/S A/S A/S A/S A/S A/S Offices or maintenance facilities located in a residential subdivision or a multifamily building. These are used to support occupants of, or to sell or rent dwelling units in, the subdivision or building.
Incidental institutional A A Schools, clinics and other institutions for human care, except when incidental to a permitted principal use.
Signs A A A A A A A A A A A See section 39-3.
Storage structures A A A A A A A A A A Detached or attached structures that are subordinate to the principal structure in size, and that store items or equipment used by occupants or employees on the premises. Storage structures shall not exceed 200 square feet in size in the A-1, A-R, and R-1 districts.
Outdoor residential swimming pool A A A A A A A A See section 39-261 of this chapter.
Temporary construction building A A A A A A A A A A A Temporary buildings that house offices, equipment storage, or other functions incidental to construction and development activities.

 

(Compiled Ords. 2013, § 19-2.15; Ord. No. 4, 5-20-2014; Ord. No. 1-2017(2), 4-18-2017; Ord. No. 2, 3-21-2018; Ord. No. 12-2019-3, 12-17-2019; Ord. No. 12-2020-19, § 3, 12-22-2020)