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Bannockburn is a small but affluent community in Lake County, strategically located along the I-94/Half Day Road interchange. Despite its compact size, Bannockburn hosts significant commercial activity including corporate offices, medical facilities, and premium retail. The village’s proximity to Deerfield’s corporate corridor and Highland Park’s retail market makes it a valuable node in the North Shore commercial network.
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The commercial, office and industrial districts in Bannockburn, with the uses allowed by right and the uses that need special-use approval — 4 districts, 150 listed uses, from the code checked October 2026. Open any district for its full list.
High-quality retail for Bannockburn and neighboring communities, mapped only at the Waukegan Road and Half Day Road junction east of the Milwaukee Road railroad: mainly small specialty shops, services and restaurants, with major grocery or other anchor stores allowed. No housing or wholesale, nonretail uses kept out of ground-floor space, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. hours, stores up to 50,000 square feet and buildings up to 35 feet or two stories unless a special use permit allows otherwise. (§§ 260-401, 260-402, 260-410 and 260-411.)
Permitted by right: Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services (872), Antique stores (5932), Apparel and accessory stores (56), Artists' studios (8999), Barber shops, but not including barber colleges (7241), Beauty shops, but not including beauty culture or cosmetology schools (7231), Business, professional and administrative offices not otherwise listed, Candy, nut, and confectionery stores (544), Caterers (5812), Cocktail lounges, but only when located within, and accessible only from the interior of, permitted restaurants and intended primarily to serve the patrons of such restaurants (5813), Costume rental (7299), Dairy products stores (545), Drugstores and proprietary stores (5912), Engineering, architectural, and surveying services (871), Grocery supermarkets (5411), Hardware stores (525), Health services (80), but not including freestanding emergency medical centers (8011), nursing and personal care facilities (805), hospitals (806), medical and dental laboratories (807), or miscellaneous health and allied services (809), Home furniture, furnishings, and equipment stores (57), Insurance agents, brokers, and services (64), Insurance carriers (63), Interior decorating and designing studios (7389), Landscape architects (0781), Legal services (81), Meat and seafood markets (5421), Miscellaneous food stores, but not including egg or poultry dealers (5499), Miscellaneous shopping goods stores, but not including ammunition or firearms sales (594), Packaged wine stores (5921), Paint, glass and wallpaper stores (523), Personal wireless services antennas — mounted on an existing structure; subject to § 260-910, Physical fitness facilities (7991), Picture framing (7699), Portrait photographers (7221), Real estate agents, brokers, and managers (6531), Real estate appraisers (6531), Real estate multiple-listing services (6531), Restaurants, including carry-out and fast-food restaurants, but not including drive-in establishments or drive-through facilities (5812), Retail agents for laundries and dry cleaners (7212), Retail bakeries (546), Retail stores, not elsewhere classified, but not including auction rooms, fireworks sales, gravestone sales, sales barns, or tombstone sales (599), Secretarial and court reporting services (7338), Security and commodity brokers, dealers, and services (62), not including security and commodity exchanges (623), Travel agencies (4724), Tuxedo and formal wear rental (7299)
Special use approval required: A drive-through accessory to a drugstore, Antennas and antenna support structures — subject to § 260-901D(7), (8) and (9), Automobile service stations (5541) — subject to § 260-410B: fuel, lubricants, tires, batteries and minor accessories only, no towing, and no station within 2,000 feet of another, Catalog and mail order houses (5961), Commercial banks (602), including accessory drive-in and automatic teller facilities, but not including such facilities as a principal use, Day-care centers and preschools (8351), Drive-through facilities accessory to a carry-out or fast-food restaurant (5812) — the Board may approve lighting changes with the permit, Facilities for chassis and gear lubrication and for the washing of vehicles — only if enclosed in a building, up to four vehicles (§ 260-410B), Live entertainment accessory to permitted restaurants, Nonretail uses on up to 25% of the ground-floor space of a shopping center, above the limit in § 260-410K — in-lieu fee to the Village for the share above 20%, Operation of a use permitted or specially permitted by the provisions of this article beyond the time specified in § 260-410G — standard hours are 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Operation of any activity conducted in whole or in part outside a completely enclosed building and related to a use otherwise permitted or specially permitted by the provisions of this article, Personal wireless services antennas mounted on support structures other than existing structures — support structure no taller than 75 feet; subject to § 260-910, Planned unit developments — only for a unified development site, under § 260-1163, Savings institutions (603), including accessory drive-in and automatic teller facilities, but not including such facilities as a principal use, Separate business establishments in excess of the size permitted by § 260-410F but otherwise permitted or specially permitted by the provisions of this article — the standard cap is 50,000 square feet, The sale of firearms and/or firearm accessories used exclusively for sport — only in connection with a use permitted under § 260-403, with conditions on inventory, storage, security and display, Vehicle rental or storage accessory to a retail use — via § 260-406C(4) (§ 260-410B(2))
Specialty retail near the northeast corner of Waukegan Road and Half Day Road: either a major stand-alone grocery or retail store, or a unified mixed-use commercial development fronting both Routes 43 and 22. Only parks and open space are allowed outright; every commercial use needs a special use permit, with no housing, nonretail uses kept out of ground-floor space and buildings up to 35 feet or two stories. (§§ 260-421, 260-422, 260-423, 260-426, 260-431 and 260-432.)
Permitted by right: Open space, Parks
Special use approval required: Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services (872), Antique stores (5932), Apparel and accessory stores (56), Artists' studios (8999), Automobile service stations (5541) — subject to § 260-431B: fuel, lubricants, tires, batteries and minor accessories only, no towing, and no station within 2,000 feet of another, Barber shops, but not including barber colleges (7241), Beauty shops, but not including beauty culture or cosmetology schools (7231), Business, professional and administrative offices not otherwise listed, Candy, nut, and confectionery stores (544), Carry-out and fast-food restaurants, which may include accessory drive-through facilities (5812), Catalog and mail order houses (5961), Caterers (5812), Cocktail lounges, but only when located within, and accessible only from the interior of, permitted restaurants or grocery supermarkets and intended primarily to serve the patrons of such restaurants or grocery supermarkets (5813), Commercial banks (602) and savings institutions (603), including accessory drive-in and automatic teller facilities, but not including drive-in or automatic teller facilities as a principal use, Computer programming, data processing, and other computer-related services (737), Costume rental (7299), Dairy products stores (545), Drug stores and proprietary stores, which may include accessory drive-through facilities (5912), Engineering, architectural, and surveying services (871), Facilities for chassis and gear lubrication and for the washing of vehicles — only if enclosed in a building, up to four vehicles (§ 260-431B), Grocery supermarkets (5411), Hardware stores (525), Health services (80), but not including freestanding emergency medical centers (8011), nursing and personal care facilities (805), hospitals (806), medical and dental laboratories (807), or miscellaneous health and allied services (809), Home furniture, furnishings, and equipment stores (57), Insurance agents, brokers, and services (64), Insurance carriers (63), Interior decorating and designing studios (7389), Landscape architects (0781), Learning centers, Legal services (81), Live entertainment accessory to a specially permitted restaurant or grocery supermarket and wholly located in an enclosed structure, Meat and seafood markets (5421), Miscellaneous food stores, but not including egg or poultry dealers (5499), Miscellaneous shopping goods stores, but not including ammunition or firearms sales (594), Nonretail uses on up to 15% of the gross floor area of the ground floor space in a building, above the limit in § 260-431I, Operation of a use permitted or specially permitted by the provisions of this article beyond the time specified in § 260-431F — standard hours are 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Operation of any activity conducted on a temporary basis in whole or in part outside a completely enclosed building and related to a use otherwise permitted or specially permitted by the provisions of this article, Other antennas and antenna support structures — subject to § 260-901D(7), (8) and (9), Outdoor display and sale of merchandise and/or outdoor seating areas, but not including outdoor display, sale, service, or consumption of alcoholic beverages, as an accessory use to a grocery supermarket, Packaged wine stores (5921), Paint, glass and wallpaper stores (523), Personal wireless services antennas mounted on an existing structure or other support structure — support structure no taller than 75 feet; subject to § 260-910, Picture framing (7699), Planned unit developments — only for a unified development site, under § 260-1163; the permit may set uses, setbacks, height and floor area, Portrait photographers (7221), Real estate agents, brokers, and managers (6531), Real estate appraisers (6531), Real estate multiple-listing services (6531), Restaurants, but not including carry-out or drive-in establishments (5812), Retail agents for laundries and dry cleaners (7212), Retail bakeries (546), Retail sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption and complimentary tastings of beer and wine accessory to a specially permitted grocery supermarket, Retail stores, not elsewhere classified, but not including auction rooms, fireworks sales, gravestone sales, sales barns, or tombstone sales (599), Secretarial and court reporting services (7338), Security and commodity brokers, dealers, and services (62), not including security and commodity exchanges (623), Travel agencies (4724), Tuxedo and formalwear rental (7299)
Office development kept in keeping with the Village's countryside character, mapped only next to the Northern Illinois Toll Road north of Duffy Lane or east of Waukegan Road; a limited number of nonoffice uses are allowed only by special use permit. No housing or retail, one business per lot unless a special use permit allows more, and buildings up to 40 feet or three stories. (§§ 260-501, 260-502, 260-510 and 260-511.)
Permitted by right: Business, professional and administrative offices, Personal wireless services antennas mounted on a monopole with a height greater than 45 feet — only in the two locations described in § 260-503B(3), Personal wireless services antennas mounted on a monopole with a height not more than 45 feet — monopole at least 200 feet from the center line of any street, Personal wireless services antennas — mounted on an existing structure; subject to § 260-910
Special use approval required: Athletic performance center with office, physical therapy (PT), training, practice facilities, and other athletic support use — only on lots of at least nine acres with Tri-State Tollway frontage, abutting at least five acres of public land, and not within 1,200 feet of any residences, Business headquarters, but only as a planned unit development on a parcel in excess of 25 acres, Cafeterias — only inside, and reached from inside, a building otherwise housing only permitted offices, for the offices' tenants, employees and guests; the Board may allow exterior access to a screened patio, Cocktail lounges, but only when located within, and accessible only from the interior of, a specially permitted restaurant, and intended primarily to serve the patrons of such restaurant (5813), Hotels, but only in connection with a specially approved office park abutting the Tri-State Tollway and consisting of not less than 32 acres, Live entertainment accessory to a membership sports and recreation facility, Membership sports and recreation facilities, limited to indoor tennis, racquetball, squash, handball, and multi-sport courts; and such other uses related thereto, including swimming pools, exercise rooms, pro shops, and any outdoor facilities, as may be expressly authorized by the special use permit (7997), More than one separate business establishment on a zoning lot — the host business must occupy at least 67% of the floor area; no more than two establishments (three on lots of 7 acres or more); other tenants offices only, Parking structures, Personal wireless services antennas mounted on a tower or on any support structure over 65 feet but not greater than 100 feet in height — structures over 45 feet only in the locations in § 260-503B(3), Planned unit developments — under this article and § 260-1163, Restaurants, but not including carry-out or drive-in establishments (5812), Self-storage and mini-warehouse facilities — only on a lot with frontage on Illinois Route 43, or on the Tri-State Tollway but not within 1,200 feet of Illinois Route 22; at least 2,750 feet from another self-storage lot (500 feet in one Route 43 case), Single-chair barbershops accessory to office uses, Special education facilities, Storage of gasoline, fuel oil, and liquefied petroleum gas to be used solely in connection with the permitted or specially permitted principal use
Campus district for colleges and theological seminaries between Half Day Road and Duffy Lane; development must follow an approved campus development plan, and uses must be owned and run by the college for educational purposes unless a special use permit allows otherwise, such as senior assisted living. Buildings up to 35 feet or three stories, on at least 100 acres. (§§ 260-601 to 260-604, 260-611 and 260-612.)
Permitted by right: Colleges (8221), Personal wireless services antennas — mounted on an existing structure; subject to § 260-910, Theological seminaries (8221)
Special use approval required: Buildings not owned or operated by a college — only if college ownership or operation is not feasible; used exclusively for college educational and related purposes, entered from private campus streets, Day-care centers (8351) — agency approvals, outdoor play area of 75 square feet per child, landscape buffer and other standards in § 260-607A(1), Nonstudent recreational uses — permit per summer and school season; field hours, group-size caps (e.g., youth groups 400) and no outdoor lighting (§ 260-607B(7)), Personal wireless services antennas mounted on support structures other than existing structures — support structure no taller than 75 feet; subject to § 260-910, Public utility stations — screened or campus-like in appearance, fenced where hazardous, no service or storage yard, Senior assisted living facilities not owned or operated by a college or theological seminary — lot with frontage on and access to IL Route 22/Half Day Road, next to institutional uses along at least half its perimeter, at least 1,000 feet from another senior living facility, Uplink satellite dishes for educational purposes only
Source: Bannockburn Village Code, Chapter 260 (Zoning); latest amendment on file Ord. 2026-09 (April 13, 2026). Overlay districts, planned developments and parking rules can further limit what a specific parcel can do. Confirm any address with the Village before you sign or close — or run it through the Commercial Zoning Lookup.
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