Deerfield, Illinois Commercial Real Estate

The economic and social core of the Village - a range of compatible retail, financial, service, governmental, professional and residential uses in a setting built for heavy pedestrian traffic. Most retail here may not trade on a 24-hour basis or overnight (11pm-5am). (Section 5.01.)

Permitted by right: Antique Shops, Apparel and Accessories Stores, Art Galleries, Art and School Supply Stores, Baby and Children’s Products and Apparel Store, Bakeries, Bath Supply or Accessory Store, Bedding and Mattress Stores, Bicycle Stores: sales, rental and repair, Book and Stationery Stores, Bridal and Formalwear Stores, Cabinet Sales establishment (not including cutting, assembling, or manufacturing on premises), Camera and Photograph Supply Stores and Photographic Studios, Candle and Wax Stores, Candy and Confectionery Stores, Carpet, Rug and Floor Covering Stores, but not including carpet and rug cleaning, Catalog Sales (mail order with retail showroom), Cellular Phone and Mobile Device Stores, China, Glassware and Metalware Stores, Clock Store, Closet Furbishing and Accessory Store, Coin, Stamp, Precious Metal or similar Shop, Comic Book Stores, Computer Equipment and Supplies Store, Costume, Clothing and Theater Prop Sales Stores, Craft Supply Store, Dancing and Gymnastics Supplies and Apparel Stores, Delicatessen, Department Stores, Drapery, Curtain, and Window Covering Shop, Drug Stores and Pharmacies, Dry Goods Store, Electronics Stores, including ancillary electronics repair, Exercise Equipment Sales, Fabric and Yarn Stores, Florist Shops and Plant Stores, retail sales only, Frozen desert stores including outdoor seating areas up to 250 square feet, Furniture Stores, including upholstery and repair when conducted as part of the retail operation and secondary to the principal, Furriers and Fur Apparel Stores, Garden Supply Shops (indoor only), Gift Shops, Glass and Mirror Shop, Hardware Stores, retail sales only, Hobby Shops, Home Decorating and Home Goods Retail Stores, Household Appliance Stores, including repair when conducted as part of the retail operation and secondary to the principal, Interior Decorating (with retail inventory on display), Jewelry Stores, Leather Goods and Luggage Stores, Magazine and Newspaper Stores, Meat and Fish Stores, retail sale only, Medical Appliance and Supply Store, Musical Instruments, sales and repair, sheet music and musical recordings, Office Supply Store, Optician Sales, retail sales only, Paint, Glass and Wall Covering Stores, Party Supply Stores, Pet Supply Shops, Picture Framing, including self-service, when conducted for on-premises retail trade, Pool and Patio Store (indoor only), Shoe Stores, Specialty Food Retail Stores of 3,000 square feet in area or less, Sporting Goods and Sportswear Stores, Toy Stores, Video Tape and Disk (Sales only, no rental permitted)

Special use approval required: Accounting, Auditing and Bookkeeping Offices, Artists’ Studios, Barber Shops, Business Machine Repair and Service, Business and professional offices, Educational Institutions. (1) Business or Professional Schools, but not trade or vocational schools. (2) Music and Dance Schools, First floor resident amenity areas when in a multi-unit residential building, Food catering establishments, Insurance Agencies, Jewelry Repair Shops, Massage establishments, Medical and/or Dental Facilities, Medical and/or Dental Laboratories, Movie and Game Rental Stores, Photocopy establishments, Planned Unit Developments, Real Estate Offices, Religious institutions. (1) Places of Worship. (2) Residences for Religious Personnel, Secretarial Services, Security and Commodity Brokers, Shoe, Clothing and Hat Repair Shops, Shopping Center/Planned Unit Development, Tailor and Dressmaking Shops, employing not more than five persons, Travel Agencies and Transportation Ticket Offices

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Outlying commercial outside the Village Center, for uses that are essentially automobile oriented. Because it fronts busy arterial routes, uses are regulated closely for traffic impact; larger-format retail crosses into special-use territory above 10,001 sq ft north of Lake Cook Rd and 30,001 sq ft south of it. (Section 5.02.)

Permitted by right: Accounting, Auditing and Bookkeeping offices, Antique Shops, Apparel and Accessories Stores, Art Galleries, Art and School Supply Stores, Artists’ Studios, Automobile Accessory and Parts Shops, specifically prohibiting servicing and installation of products, Baby and Children’s Products and Apparel Stores, Bakeries, Barber Shops, Beauty Products, Cosmetics, Perfumes and Soaps Stores, Beauty Shops, Bedding and Mattress Stores, Bicycle Stores, Sales, Rental and Repair, Book and Stationery Stores, Bridal and Formalwear Stores, Business Equipment Sales and Service, Business, Professional and Government offices, Cabinet, Kitchen and Bathroom Furnishings Sales Establishments (not including cutting, assembling, or manufacturing on premises), Camera and Photographic Supply Stores, Candle and Wax Stores, Candy and Confectionery Stores, Carpet, Rug, and Floor Covering Stores, but not including carpet and rug cleaning, Catalog Sales Stores, Cellular Phone and Mobile Device Stores, China, Glassware and Metalware Stores, Clubs and Lodges, not-for-profit, Comic Book Stores, Costume, Clothing and Theater Prop Sales and Rental Stores, Craft Stores, Dancing and Gymnastics Supplies and Apparel Stores, Delicatessens, Department Stores, Drug Stores and Pharmacies, Electronics Stores, including ancillary electronics repair, Employment Agencies, Exercise Equipment Sales, Fabric and Yarn Stores, Florist Shops and Plant Stores, retail sales only, Food Catering Establishments, Frozen Dessert Stores, Furniture and Household Appliance Stores, Furriers and Fur Apparel Stores, Garden Supply Sales or Nursery, including lawn mower sales and repair, indoor only, Gift Shops, Hardware Stores, retail sales only, Hobby Shops, Home Decorating and Home Goods Retail Stores, Household Appliance Sales, Insurance Agencies, Jewelry Stores, Leather Goods and Luggage Stores, Locksmith and Key Making Establishments, Magazine and Newspaper Stores, Marine Stores, indoor only, Meat and Fish Stores, retail sales only, Medical Appliance and Supply Stores, Medical and Dental Facilities, Medical and Dental Laboratories, Musical Instrument Sales and Repair, Sheet Music and Musical Recordings, Newspaper Offices, provided that there is no print or distribution in connection therewith, Office Supply Stores, Opticians Sales, retail sales only, Package Liquor Stores, Paint, Glass, and Wall Covering Stores, Pet Supply Stores, Philanthropic or Charitable organizations, Photocopy, Print, Sign Making, and Mail Delivery Establishments, Photographic Studios, Picture Framing, including self-service when conducted for on-premises retail sale, Pool and Patio Stores, indoor only, Real Estate Offices, Secretarial Services, Security and Commodity Brokers, Self Improvement Facilities, including physical exercise and sports training schools, but not including those uses specifically provided for in Article 5.02-C, Shoe Stores, Shoe, Clothing and Hat Repair Shops, Specialty Food Retail Stores of 3,000 square feet in area or less, Sporting Goods and Sportswear Stores, Tailor and Dressmaking shops, employing not more than five persons, Tanning Salons, Tobacco Shops, Toy Stores, Travel Agencies and Transportation Ticket Offices, Uniform Stores, Variety Stores, Vitamin and Supplement Stores

Special use approval required: A drive-thru facility for a pharmacy providing adequate vehicle stacking space, located in a commercial planned unit development, Animal Hospital or Veterinary Services, indoor only, Automobile Accessory and Parts Shops, including servicing and installation of products, Automobile Convenience Food Shop, Automobile Service Stations on a lot not less than 40,000 square feet in area, Automobile Vehicle Sales - new cars only, with accessory servicing and repair facilities on a lot not less than 40,000 square feet in area, Banks, Savings and Loan Associations and other Financial Institutions, with or without a drive-through facility, Bowling Alleys, Building Supply Store (including seasonal outdoor sales area and outdoor display of merchandise), Bus Passenger Shelters, Business or Professional Schools, Child Care Facility, Children’s Indoor Playground Facility, Coins, stamps, precious metals, estate jewelry, antique flatware, sports cards, currency and related hobby items, Convalescent Centers, Convenience Stores, Drive through facility operated in connection with dry- cleaning and laundry establishments, Drive-through automatic teller machine when operated in connection with a bank, savings and loan or other financial institution, Dry Cleaning Establishments of 2,751 square feet and over, provided that the dry cleaning establishment is established and operated as a green dry cleaner, Essential Services Antenna Support Structures, Essential Services, provided that they are properly screened as set forth in Article 2, General Provisions, Government Uses and Buildings, Governmental Road Testing Facility, for vehicle inspections and drivers road tests, provided that only automobile driving road tests shall be conducted, Grocery parcel pick-up centers including drive-through lanes, Health Clubs, Historical Buildings and Landmarks, preserved for public inspection, and operated not-for-profit, Massage Services Establishments, Museums, operated not for profit, Music and Dance Studios, Nursing Homes, Pet Grooming Facility, Public Parks, plazas, and arcades, Railroad Rights-of-way, Retail Uses listed in Article 5.02-B,1 with a gross floor area of 10,001 square feet or more when located north of Lake Cook Road, Retail Uses listed in Article 5.02-B,1 with a gross floor area of 30,001 square feet or more when located south of Lake Cook Road, Skating Rinks, indoor, Specialty food retail stores of 3,001 square feet in area or greater, Tennis Clubs, courts and building for indoor tennis, Theaters, indoor only, Trade or Vocational Schools, Undertaking and Funeral Establishments, Video Rental Stores, Warehouse Retail Stores, including membership clubs

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A buffer district on major streets that adjoin or face residential property - low-traffic, low-intensity uses on well landscaped sites, sitting between homes and the more intensive commercial and industrial districts. Retail is deliberately limited. (Section 5.03.)

Permitted by right: Accounting, Auditing and Bookkeeping Offices, Art Galleries, Artists’ Studios, Banks, Savings and Loan Associations and other Financial Institutions, but not including drive-in facilities, Barber Shops, Beauty Shops, Blueprinting and Photocopying establishments, Book and Stationery Stores, Business, Professional and Government Offices, Drug Stores and Pharmacies, Florist Shops, Insurance Agencies, Medical and Dental Facilities, Medical and Dental Laboratories, Newsstand, indoor only, Office Supply Stores, Opticians Sales, retail, Photographic Studios, Real Estate Offices, Real Estate Sales Offices, Secretarial Services, Security and Commodity Brokers, Travel Agencies and Transportation Ticket Offices

Special use approval required: Bus Passenger shelters, Business and Professional Schools, Commercial Planned Unit Developments, as regulated in Article 12, Essential Services, Health Clubs, indoor only, Institutions for the Care of the Physically, Mentally or Emotionally Disabled, Nursery Schools and Child Care Facilities, Nursing Homes and Convalescent Centers, Public Utility Offices, Racquet, Handball and Tennis Clubs, indoor only, Trade or vocational schools

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Entertainment and limited retail along a primary arterial across from residential, also allowing office, research, training and restricted industrial park development. Its permitted-use list is inherited from I-1; the entertainment and retail uses are special uses. (Section 5.04.)

Permitted by right: Administrative Offices, Bookkeeping Services, Business Offices, in which goods, wares or merchandise are not sold on the premises, Data Processing Services, Dental Facilities up to 25,000 square feet, Medical Facilities up to 25,000 square feet, Research and Testing Laboratories

Special use approval required: Antique Shop, Apparel and Accessories Store, Art Gallery, Artists’ Studio, Bakery, Beauty Products, Cosmetics, Perfumes and Soaps Store, Beauty Salon, Book Store, Candy and Confectionery Store, Coffee shop, tea shop or similar shop, of 3,000 square feet in area or less, Delicatessen, Department Store, Drug Stores and Pharmacy, Florist Shop, retail sales only, Frozen Dessert Store, Jewelry Store, Massage, Microbrewery, brewpub, distillery, and winery with on-site consumption of beverages and full-meal food service, Nail Salon, Specialty Food Retail Store of 3,000 square feet in area or less, Sporting Goods and Sportswear Store

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Office buildings, research facilities, training centres and restricted industrial parks on relatively large lots with landscaped setbacks and high performance standards, chosen to protect the environmental quality of a predominantly residential village. (Section 6.01.)

Permitted by right: Administrative Offices, Bookkeeping Services, Business Offices, in which goods, wares or merchandise are not sold on the premises, Data Processing Services, Dental Facilities up to 25,000 square feet, Medical Facilities up to 25,000 square feet, Research and Testing Laboratories

Special use approval required: A training facility when accessory to an office use for the training of individuals who are not employed by the company conducting the training, Bus Passenger Shelters, Health clubs, indoor, private membership only when located within an office building and operated primarily for the convenience of tenants, Outdoor facilities when operated primarily for the convenience of the tenants of an office building, Personal Training Fitness Center when such facility is located in an I-1 Planned Unit Development that is a minimum of 25 acres in size, Private Sports Team Instruction when such instruction is located in an I-1 Planned Unit Development that is a minimum of 25 acres in size, Private Sports Training Facility and Associated Office and Summer Sports Day Camp, Public Office Buildings

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Manufacturing, warehousing and data-processing/telecommunication uses in the outlying areas, near major transportation. Buildings for a permitted use are capped at 25,000 sq ft. Data centres, life science facilities and cannabis dispensaries are special uses here. (Section 6.02.)

Permitted by right: Administrative and business offices when associated with and accessory to another permitted use, Cleaning, repairing, restoring, servicing, assembly and/or testing of machinery, artwork and other similar items, but not including on-site retail sales, Contractors’ Offices and Shops including those which provide services such as, but not limited to, pest control, carpet cleaning, lawn care, and swimming pool maintenance, but not including on-site retail sales, Mail order and telephone sales offices when associated with any accessory to another permitted use, but not including sales to customers on the premises except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, Printing and Publishing Facilities, Production, processing, assembly, and/or fabricating of previously processed goods, materials or products, but not including food products or on-site retail sales, Research and development, laboratory facilities including those facilities which utilize samples collected off-site but excluding any facility which utilizes live animals of any type and on-site retail sales, Warehouse and Distribution Facilities

Special use approval required: Consumer Service Establishments, accessory to a permitted or Special Use, provided that such service uses shall not occupy more than five (5) percent of the total floor area of the principal use, Contractors’ Offices and Shops which include outside storage of materials and equipment when located not less than five hundred (500) feet from a residential district, Data Center, Data Processing/Telecommunication facilities within totally enclosed buildings including sending and receiving devices located outside of the building either on the roof or at ground level provided, however, such devices are fully screened, Engraving Facilities, Flexible-Use Office/Industrial Facilities (Ordinance O-87-40) Flexible use office/industrial facilities; provided, however, that the following conditions are met:, Food Processing Facilities, Indoor Storage Facility for boats, campers, vehicles, and other similar items, Industrial Planned Unit Developments, as regulated in Article 12, Planned Unit Developments, Life Science Facility, Massage Services with Aesthetician Services Massage services with aesthetician services when such uses are located on a property adjacent to Interstate 94 (also known as the Edens Spur), Multiple-Use Developments (Ordinance O-79-48) Developments containing two or more permitted or Special Uses on the same zoning lot in a single structure which existed prior to the adoption of this Ordinance, On-Site Retail Sales Area accessory to a permitted or Special Use not to exceed 10% of the total area of the principal use, Outdoor Recreational and Social Facilities solely for the convenience of the tenants and/or employees of any business(s) operating within the building or development, Overnight Businesses Businesses that have operations between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. other than custodial, security, maintenance or office operations, Personal Fitness Training Center Personal Fitness Training Center which shall provide not less than one parking space for each employee on duty plus one parking space for each 600 square feet of gross floor area, Public Utility and Service Uses, Public and Governmental Uses, Recreational Cannabis Dispensary A recreational cannabis dispensary, operated by a registered dispensing organization as a distribution facility under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, Self Improvement Facilities Self-improvement facilities, including dance, physical education and sports training schools, Self-Service Storage Facilities Self-service storage facilities, when said facilities are located within an I-2 Industrial Planned Unit Development

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