Glencoe, Illinois Commercial Real Estate

Glencoe's central business district, a contiguous area in the village center serving the whole community with a wide variety of retail and service uses dealing directly with customers; offices and services on the upper-floor list need a special use permit to occupy a ground floor. (Sec. 4-101 to 4-103.)

Permitted by right: Accounting, Auditing, and Bookkeeping Services (5412) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Apparel and Accessory Stores (448), Auto and Home Supply Stores (441310, 452990), but not including service bays, Barber Shops (812111) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Beauty Shops (812112) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Bicycle Repairs (811490) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Civic and Social Associations (813410) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Commercial Printing (32311) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Computer Programming, Data Processing, and Other Computer Related Services (5415, 5812) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Courier and Postal Services (491110, 492110, 492220) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Dance/Music/Art Instruction (611610) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Department Stores (45211), Depository and Nondepository Credit Institutions (5221-5222), but not including drive-in establishments or facilities — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Drug Stores and Proprietary Stores (446110), Dwelling Units — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Eating Places (72251), but not including live entertainment or drive-in eating places, and subject to the parking limitations set forth in Paragraph 5-104E4 of this Code, Electrical Repair Shops (811211) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Engineering, Architectural, and Surveying Services (5413) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Exercise Studios, Fitness, Yoga, Training, Dieting (713490, 611699, 812191) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Fiorists (453110), Food Stores (445110), but not including retail bakeries employing more than 8 persons or open-air markets, Game Rooms (713120) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Hardware Stores (444130), Holding and Other Investment Offices (523) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Home Furniture, Furnishings, and Equipment Stores (442), Home Health Care Services (621160) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Insurance Agents, Brokers, and Services (5242) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Insurance Carriers (5241) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Interior Design Services (541410) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Janitorial Services (561720) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Laundry, Cleaning, and Garment Services (8123), employing not more than eight persons, but not including coin-operated laundries and dry-cleaning (812310), dry cleaning plants (812320), or industrial launderers (812332) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Lawn and Garden Supply Stores (444220), Legal Services (5411) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Liquor Stores (445310), Locksmiths (561622), Management Consulting Services (541611-541614) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Management Services (54161) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Management and Public Relations Services (541820) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Medical Cannabis Dispensaries but not (a) within 1,000 feet of the property line of a pre-existing public or private preschool or elementary school or day care center, day care home, group day care home, or part day child care facility, or (b) within a house, apartment, or condominium, Medical and Dental Laboratories (621511, 339116) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Miscellaneous Business and Professional Office Uses not listed above — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Miscellaneous General Merchandise Stores (45299), Miscellaneous Retail Stores (453998), but not including firework sales, gravestone sales, monument sales, sales barns, tombstone sales, or open air markets, Miscellaneous Services not listed above — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores (451110, 451211, 453210, 448310, 451120, 443130, 453220, 448320, 451130), Musical Instrument Supply Stores (451140), New and Used Motor Vehicle Dealers (441110), News Dealers and Newsstands (451212), Offices and Clinics of Doctors of Medicine, Dentists, Osteopaths, and Other Health Practitioners (6211-6213) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Optical Goods Stores (446130), Paint, Glass, and Wallpaper Stores (444120, 444190), Parking lots and parking structures (812930), subject to the provisions of Section 5-104 of this Code — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Parks, playgrounds, and Village buildings and uses, including public libraries — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Personal Wireless Services Antennae, with or without antenna support structures and related equipment, but only if located on property owned or occupied by the Village, and subject to the standards in Paragraph 5-101D12 of this Code, and not including personal wireless services antennae located on a tower, Personnel Supply Services (5613) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Pet Grooming Services (812910) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Photocopying and Duplicating (561439) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Photographic Studios, Portrait (541921) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning (238220) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Re-upholstery and Furniture Repair (811420) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Real Estate Offices (5312) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Secretarial and Court Reporting Services (561410, 561492) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Security and Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges, and Services (5231) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Shoe Repair Shops and Shoeshine Parlors (811430) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Tax Preparation Services (541213) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Taxidermists (711510) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Tobacco Stores and Stands (453991), Tour Operators (561520) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Travel Agencies (561510) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Tutoring Services for Children, Special Education, SAT/ACT Preparation (611691) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Used Merchandise Stores (453310), Variety Stores (452990), Video Tape and Disc Rental (532230) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I), Watch, Clock, and Jewelry Repair (811490) — any floor other than the ground floor; ground floor by special use (Sec. 4-103 I)

Special use approval required: Financial Institution Drive-In Facilities — the Board of Trustees must find a community need for the facility at the location proposed, Gasoline Service Stations (4471) — the Board of Trustees must find a community need for the station at the location proposed; the permit may allow outdoor storage of service vehicles and routine outdoor maintenance, Housing for Senior Citizens and Handicapped Persons — the Board may allow smaller units, residential use below the second floor, less lot area and fewer parking spaces (not under one space per two units), Permanent Outdoor Dining — may include permanent accessory structures, Personal Wireless Services Antennae located on the ground, a building or a utility pole within a zoning lot or right-of-way but not otherwise permitted, or located on Towers — a tower needs a Board finding of community need and must meet Paragraph 5-101D13, Residential Use Below the Second Floor — B-1 only; each unit set back at least 120 feet from any lot frontage on Vernon, Park or Green Bay Road, on a lot abutting a residential district, and placed to buffer the neighboring homes, Uses on a ground floor that are permitted on floors other than the ground floor pursuant to Section 4-102

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The Glencoe part of the Hubbard Woods shopping area at the south end of the village (Winnetka has the rest), for a broad range of retail and compatible service uses fronting a major thoroughfare; uses marked "not on the ground floor" need a special use permit to go there. Sec. 4-101 calls it the B-2 Neighborhood Shopping District. (Sec. 4-101 to 4-103.)

Permitted by right: Accounting, Auditing, and Bookkeeping Services (5412), Apparel and Accessory Stores (448), Auto and Home Supply Stores (441310, 452990), but not including service bavs, Barber Shops (812111), Beauty Shops (812112), Bicycle Repairs (811490), Civic and Social Associations (813410), but not on the ground floor, Commercial Printing (32311), Computer Programming, Data Processing, and Other Computer Related Services (5415, 5812), but not on the ground floor, Courier and Postal Services (491110, 492110, 492220), Dance/Music/Art Instruction (611610), Department Stores (45211), Depository and Nondepository Credit Institutions (5221-5222), but not including drive-in establishments or facilities, Drug Stores and Proprietary Stores (446110), Dwelling Units, but not on the ground floor, Eating Places (72251), but not including live entertainment or drive-in eating places, and subject to the parking limitations set forth in Paragraph 5-104E4 of this Code, Electrical Repair Shops (811211), Engineering, Architectural, and Surveying Services (5413), Exercise Studios, Fitness, Yoga, Training, Dieting (713490, 611699, 812191), Florists (453110), Food Stores (445110), but not including retail bakeries employing more than eight persons or open-air markets, Game Rooms (713120), Hardware Stores (444130), Holding and Other Investment Offices (523), but not on the ground floor, Home Furniture, Furnishings, and Equipment Stores (442), Home Health Care Services (621160), but not on the ground floor, Insurance Agents, Brokers, and Services (5242), Insurance Carriers (5241), but not on the ground floor, Interior Design Services (541410), Janitorial Services (561720), Laundry, Cleaning, and Garment Services (8123), employing not more than eight persons, but not including coin-operated laundries and dry-cleaning (812310), dry cleaning plants (812320), or industrial launderers (812332), Lawn and Garden Supply Stores (444220), Legal Services (5411), Liquor Stores (445310), Locksmiths (561622), Management Consulting Services (541611-541614), but not on the ground floor, Management Services (54161), but not on the ground floor, Management and Public Relations Services (541820), but not on the ground floor, Medical Cannabis Dispensaries but not (a) within 1,000 feet of the property line of a pre-existing public or private preschool or elementary school or day care center, day care home, group day care home, or part day child care facility, or (b) within a house, apartment, or condominium, Medical and Dental Laboratories (621511, 339116), Miscellaneous Business and Professional Office Uses not listed above, but not on the ground floor, Miscellaneous General Merchandise Stores (45299), Miscellaneous Retail Stores (453998), but not including firework sales, gravestone sales, monument sales, sales barns, tombstone sales, or open air markets, Miscellaneous Services not listed above, but not on the ground floor, Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores (451110, 451211, 453210, 448310, 451120, 443130, 453220, 448320, 451130), Musical Instrument Supply Stores (451140), New and Used Motor Vehicle Dealers (441110), News Dealers and Newsstands (451212), Offices and Clinics of Doctors of Medicine, Dentists, Osteopaths, and Other Health Practitioners (6211-6213), Optical Goods Stores (446130), Paint, Glass, and Wallpaper Stores (444120,444190), Parking lots and parking structures (812930), subject to the provisions of Section 5-104 of this Code, Parks, playgrounds, and Village buildings and uses, including public libraries, Personal Wireless Services Antennae, with or without antenna support structures and related equipment, but only if located on property owned or occupied by the Village, and subject to the standards in Paragraph 5-101D12 of this Code, and not including personal wireless services antennae located on a tower, Personnel Supply Services (5613), but not on the ground floor, Pet Grooming Services (812910), Photocopying and Duplicating (561439), Photographic Studios, Portrait (541921), Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning (238220), Re-upholstery and Furniture Repair (811420), Real Estate Offices (5312), Secretarial and Court Reporting Services (561410, 561492), but not on the ground floor, Security and Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges, and Services (5231), but not on the ground floor, Shoe Repair Shops and Shoeshine Parlors (811430), Tax Preparation Services (541213), but not on the ground floor, Taxidermists (711510), Tobacco Stores and Stands (453991), Tour Operators (561520), but not on the ground floor, Travel Agencies (561510), Tutoring Services for Children, Special Education, SAT/ACT Preparation (611691), Used Merchandise Stores (453310), Variety Stores (452990), Video Tape and Disc Rental (532230), Watch, Clock, and Jewelry Repair (811490)

Special use approval required: Financial Institution Drive-In Facilities — the Board of Trustees must find a community need for the facility at the location proposed, Gasoline Service Stations (4471) — the Board of Trustees must find a community need for the station at the location proposed; the permit may allow outdoor storage of service vehicles and routine outdoor maintenance, Housing for Senior Citizens and Handicapped Persons — the Board may allow smaller units, residential use below the second floor, less lot area and fewer parking spaces (not under one space per two units), Permanent Outdoor Dining — may include permanent accessory structures, Personal Wireless Services Antennae located on the ground, a building or a utility pole within a zoning lot or right-of-way but not otherwise permitted, or located on Towers — a tower needs a Board finding of community need and must meet Paragraph 5-101D13, Uses on a ground floor that are permitted on floors other than the ground floor pursuant to Section 4-102

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