Business district regulations are intended to govern the development and use of a full range of business and commercial establishments needed to provide service to the citizens of Worth and its trading area. The various business district regulations are designed to secure compatible groupings of business and commercial establishments in accordance with their intended functions and extent of services. (Ord., 12-15-1964 as amended)

Permitted uses of land or buildings, as hereinafter listed, in each business district shall be permitted in the districts indicated, under the conditions specified. No land or buildings shall be devoted to any use other than a use permitted hereinafter in the business district in which such land or buildings shall be located, with the exception of the following:

   A.   Uses lawfully established on the effective date of this title, except uses lawfully established on the effective date of this title and rendered nonconforming by the provisions herein, shall be subject to the regulations of chapter 10 of this title.

   B.   Special uses allowed in accordance with procedures set forth in subsection 5-3-13C of this title. (Ord., 12-15-1964 as amended)

Special uses, as hereinafter listed in each business district, may be allowed only in the business district indicated, subject to the issuance of special use permits in accordance with the procedures set forth herein. (Ord., 12-15-1964 as amended)

   A.   All business establishments shall be retail establishments dealing directly with consumers. All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced. (Ord. 2017-02, 2-7-2017)

   B.   Dwellings are only allowed on the second floor and above. (Ord. 2017-36, 11-21-2017)

   C.   All business, servicing, or processing, except for off street parking or loading, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.

   D.   Establishments where the principal use is the "drive-in" type offering goods or services directly to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles are not permitted.

   E.   All activities involving the production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, or repair of materials, goods, or products shall conform at least with performance standards set forth herein applicable to the M1 Manufacturing District, provided that performance standards shall in every case be applied at the boundaries of the lot on which any such activities take place.

   F.   The parking of trucks as an accessory use, when used in the conduct of a permitted business listed hereafter in a business district shall be limited to vehicles of not over one and one- half (11/2) tons' capacity when located within one hundred fifty feet (150') of a residence district boundary line. (Ord., 12-15-1964 as amended)

The following uses are permitted:

Antique shops.

Automobile accessory stores.

Bakeries; provided that the products produced on the premises are intended for retail sale on the premises.

Bicycle stores.

Camera and photographic supply stores and studios, including developing and printing photographs.

Clothing, apparel, footwear, and dry goods stores.

Department stores.

Drugstores.

Electronics and household appliance stores.

Flower shops and conservatories.

Food stores - grocery stores, meat and fish markets, frozen food shops, candy confectionery and ice cream shops, delicatessens, or fruit and vegetable markets.

Garden supply, tool, and seed stores.

Government owned facilities including post offices, fire stations, police stations, public libraries, public works facilities, park and recreation buildings and any other buildings owned by any governmental agency and in existence as of January 1, 2016.

Hardware stores.

Household goods stores, including furniture, carpet, interior decorating, picture frames and glassware.

Jewelry stores.

Liquor stores.

Locksmith shops.

Music stores.

Newsstands.

Office, school and art supply stores.

Plumbing, heating or electrical supply stores.

Restaurants, not including drive-in restaurants.

Sporting goods stores.

Tailor shops.

Taverns and cocktail lounges.

Temporary buildings for construction purposes for a period not to exceed the duration of such construction.

Toy shops.

Variety stores.

Accessory uses to the above permitted uses including, but not limited to, business signs, and off street parking and loading as regulated herein.

Other uses which are of the same general character as these permitted uses, as determined by the Building Commissioner. (Ord. 2016-01, 1-5-2016; amd. Ord. 22-47, 10-19-2022; Ord. 2024-30, 7-2-2024)

The following allowable special uses shall be permitted only in accordance with procedures, regulations, and standards set forth in this title; when applicable more restrictive Federal, State, County or Village regulations and standards, and additional regulations and standards that may be recommended by the Real Estate Development Board and required by the Village Board. Development plans and specifications shall be submitted at the time of application for a special use permit. Such plans and specifications shall show when applicable, utility installations; site and land improvements; location, architectural elevations, and construction details of buildings and structures; locations of vehicular ingress and egress and traffic control facilities, and other improvements.

Automobile service stations in existence on the date of the adoption of this title.

Automobile stereo radio and alarm installation and repair.

Banks and financial institutions.

Barbershops.

Beauty parlors.

Costume rental shops.

Dry cleaning and laundry - receiving establishments - processing to be done elsewhere.

Dry cleaning establishments, retail only, having not more than five (5) employees, and dry cleaning equipment not to exceed one unit of thirty (30) pounds' capacity or self-service coin operated equipment.

Dwellings.

Electrical repair shops in existence on the date of adoption of this title.

Health clubs, gymnasiums, reducing salons, and massage therapy establishments.

Hotels.

Laundries, self-service coin operated equipment type or hand, employing not more than two (2) persons in addition to one owner or manager, provided that laundry machines shall not exceed twenty five (25) pounds' capacity each.

Lawn mower, gardening equipment, snowblower, snowmobile and accessories sales and service business.

Medical and dental clinics and laboratories.

Motels on a lot having not less than one hundred feet (100') of frontage on a Federal, State or County highway.

Newspaper offices and newspaper printing facilities.

Offices - business, professional, and public.

Orthopedic and medical appliance stores, but not including the assembly or manufacture of such articles.

Parking lots and storage garages for motor vehicles under one and one-half (11/2) tons' capacity.

Pet shops.

Planned development on a tract of land not less than three (3) acres in area.

Public utility and public service uses including:

Bus transit facilities, including offices, stations, shelters and parking areas.

Electric distribution centers and substations.

Gas regulator stations.

Railroad rights-of-way and passenger stations.

Telephone exchanges, microwave relay towers, and static transformer stations.

Water filtration plants, pumping stations, and reservoirs.

Radio and television broadcasting studios.

Radio and television towers.

Repair, rental, or servicing of any article, the sale of which is a permitted use in the district.

Retail sale of motor vehicle fuels and other carryout packaged commodities, on a lot having not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

Tattoo studios.

Tobacco Stores, General.

Tobacco Stores, Retail.

Travel bureaus and transportation ticket offices.

Other uses which are of the same general character as these special uses, as determined by the Real Estate Development Board. (Ord. 2016-01, 1-5-2016; amd. Ord. 2017-36, 11-21-2017; amd. Ord. 22-47, 10-19-2022; Ord. 2024-70, 12-17-2024)

Not to exceed 1.8. (Ord., 12-15-1964 as amended)

   A.   Front Yard And Side Yards Abutting A Street: Not less than twenty five feet (25') except: 1) where more than thirty percent (30%) of the frontage on one side of a duly recorded subdivided block in any business zone is occupied by business structures, as of the date hereof, the average setback from the front lot line of such existing business structures shall be maintained by all new or relocated structures, but in no case shall the setback from the front lot line be less than twenty feet (20'), and 2) when the business district fronts on a street within a block where part of such frontage is in a residence district, a front yard, and on corner lots a side yard abutting a street, as required for the applicable residence district shall be provided.

   B.   Side Yards: No side yards are required, except: 1) if a side yard is provided, it shall be not less than five feet (5') wide, and 2) where a side lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line of a lot in an adjoining residence district, a side yard not less than twenty feet (20') in width shall be provided.

   C.   Rear Yard: There shall be provided a rear yard of not less than twenty feet (20') in depth. (Ord., 12-15-1964 as amended)

   A.   Off street loading: Loading berths in accordance with provisions set forth in chapter 9 of this title.

   B.   Off street parking: Parking spaces in accordance with provisions set forth in chapter 9 of this title. (Ord., 12-15-1964 as amended)

   A.   Except as noted in section 5-6B-3 of this article, dwellings are prohibited in the B2 District. (Ord. 2017-36, 11-21-2017)

   B.   All goods produced or serviced on the premises shall be sold or serviced at retail.

   C.   All business, servicing, or processing, except for off street parking or loading, and establishments of the "drive-in" type offering goods or services to customers or being served, utilizing the services in parked motor vehicles, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.

   D.   All activities involving the production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, or repair of materials, goods, or products, shall conform with the performance standards established for the M1 Manufacturing District, provided that performance standards shall, in each case, be applied at the boundaries of the zoning lot on which such activity takes place.

   E.   The parking of trucks in the open as an accessory use, when used in the conduct of a permitted business listed hereinafter, shall be limited to vehicles of not over one and one-half (11/2) tons' capacity, when located within one hundred fifty feet (150') of a residence district boundary line. (Ord., 12-15-1964 as amended)

The following uses are permitted:

Uses permitted in the B1 District.

Amusement establishments within enclosed buildings - bowling alleys, gymnasiums, swimming pools, skating rinks, and other uses when operation conforms also with other Village codes and ordinances.

Automotive vehicle and automotive equipment sales.

Banks - drive-in.

Building material sales establishments - dimension lumber, millwork, cabinets, and other building materials with outside accessory storage of materials behind solid fences, walls, or plantings, but not including milling, planing, jointing, or manufacture of millwork.

Catering establishments.

Contractors' offices with no outside storage.

Dry cleaning establishments, retail - employing more than five (5) persons, and equipment for dry cleaning not to exceed one unit of thirty (30) pounds' capacity, or standard coin operated, self-service dry cleaning equipment.

Electric substations and distribution centers.

Garages - public.

Gas regulator stations.

Greenhouses - retail sales.

Health clubs, gymnasiums, reducing salons, and massage therapy establishments.

Machinery and equipment sales; provided that service, repair, and storage of all machinery and equipment shall be within enclosed buildings.

Medical and dental clinics and laboratories.

Microwave relay towers and static transformer stations.

Motels.

Orthopedic and medical appliance stores, but not including the assembly or manufacture of such articles.

Parking lots and storage garages for motor vehicles under one and one-half (11/2) tons' capacity.

Pet shops.

Plumbing, heating or electrical showrooms and shops.

Recording studios.

Restaurants - drive-in.

Self-service stores - coin operated vending machines.

Undertaking establishments, funeral parlors and mortuaries.

Accessory uses to the above permitted uses, including, but not limited to, signs, vending machines and off street parking and loading as regulated herein.

Other uses which are of the same general character as these permitted uses, as determined by the Building Commissioner. (Ord. 2016-02, 1-5-2016)

The following special uses are allowed in accordance with conditions set forth for special uses in the B1 District, including subsection 5-6A-1B of this chapter:

Special uses allowed in the B1 District, except such special uses that are permitted uses in the B2 District.

Animal hospitals.

Art galleries and museums.

Auction rooms.

Automobile service stations on a lot having an area not less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.

Car washes and automobile detailing establishments.

Churches and uses incidental thereto, including rectories and parish houses.

Clubs or lodges - private, fraternal, or religious.

Day care centers.

Kennels.

Learning centers.

Medical cannabis dispensing organizations.

Nursery schools.

Open sales lots.

Outdoor amusement establishments - archery ranges, miniature golf courses, par 3 golf courses, golf driving ranges, rebound tumbling (trampoline) equipment, and go-kart tracks, when installation and operations conform with this and other applicable ordinances of the Village.

Recreational buildings, community centers, and parks - noncommercial.

Retail sale of motor vehicle fuels and other carryout packaged commodities, on a lot having not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

Theaters - drive-in.

Trade or vocational schools.

Trailer courts in existence at the time of the adoption of this title.

Trailer sales establishments.

Accessory uses incidental to the above special uses including, but not limited to, signs and off street parking and loading as regulated herein.

Other uses which are of the same general character as these special uses, as determined by the Real Estate Development Board. (Ord. 2016-02, 1-5-2016; amd. Ord. 2017-36, 11-21-2017; Ord. 2019-49, 9-17-2019; Ord. 2024-70, 12-17-2024)

Not to exceed 2.0. (Ord., 12-15-1964 as amended)

As in a B1 District except a front yard or side yard adjoining a street need not be provided when the B2 District has frontage along the entire length of a street within a block but when open off street parking spaces are provided in the area between the building wall and lot line abutting a street, or for drive-in facilities for financial institutions, the principal buildings shall be set back not less than twenty five feet (25') from the nearest street right-of-way line, with all other drive-in establishments set back not less than fifty feet (50') from the nearest street right-of-way line. (Ord. 89-7, 5-2-1989)

   A.   Off street loading: Loading berths in accordance with provisions set forth in chapter 9 of this title.

   B.   Off street parking: Parking spaces in accordance with provisions set forth in chapter 9 of this title. (Ord., 12-15-1964 as amended)