Lake Zurich, Illinois Commercial Real Estate
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The Lake Zurich Commercial Market
Lake Zurich is a growing community at the intersection of Routes 12, 22, and 53, with expanding commercial corridors and a revitalizing downtown. The village’s commercial real estate benefits from strong residential growth, excellent highway access, and a central position between the Lake County and northwest suburban markets — and as a southwest Lake County submarket it sits a short drive from Jason’s Libertyville base.
Market Highlights
- ✓ Routes 12, 22, and 53 intersection — excellent access
- ✓ Downtown revitalization and new mixed-use development
- ✓ Growing residential base driving commercial demand
- ✓ Rand Road (Route 12) commercial corridor
- ✓ Central position between Lake County and NW suburbs
- ✓ Competitive lease rates with strong demographics
Retail
Rand Road and Route 12 retail, downtown storefronts, restaurant spaces, and pad sites.
Office
Professional and medical office suites across the village’s office districts.
Industrial
Light industrial and flex space serving the northwest Lake County market.
Investment Sales
Retail centers, mixed-use properties, and value-add opportunities in a growing market.
Who Actually Works in Lake Zurich
Lake Zurich holds 12,896 jobs inside village limits. That is the daytime population a commercial tenant actually draws from — a different, and for commercial purposes more useful, number than the residential count most listings quote.
31.0% of those jobs are industrial — manufacturing, wholesale trade, and transportation & warehousing combined. Manufacturing leads at 3,090 jobs, with Wholesale trade (643) and transportation & warehousing (263) behind it.
The village itself counts 19,832 residents in 7,392 households, with a median household income of $135,968 (U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD LODES8 2023 (workplace area characteristics). Figures count jobs located in Lake Zurich, not residents. Updated annually.
Lake Zurich Industrial Sale Prices
52 industrial buildings changed hands in Lake Zurich between 2021 and 2026. These are recorded county prices — not asking prices, not estimates — and each one is restated in today’s dollars, because industrial in this market has risen about 82% since 2018 and a 2021 price is no longer a fair comparison.
| Building size | Typical range | Midpoint | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 3,000 SF | $143 – $277 | $157 | 12 |
| 3,000 – 10,000 SF | $126 – $219 | $140 | 21 |
| 10,000 – 30,000 SF | $106 – $158 | $109 | 7 |
Price per square foot falls as buildings get bigger — a small owner-user building is paying for a door, an office and a yard, while a big one is paying for volume. Lake Zurich has 311 industrial parcels and 5,610,396 SF of industrial space.
Every range above rests on at least six recorded arms‑length sales. 12 further sales fall in size bands where too few traded to publish a reliable range, so those bands are left out rather than guessed at. Prices are indexed to 2026 using a size-controlled index built from sales across Lake and northern Cook; as recorded, without that adjustment, the median was $109/SF, and the gap is the market moving rather than the buildings. Assemblage sales booked against a single parcel are excluded. Source: county assessor records.
What Can You Open in Lake Zurich?
Lake Zurich organizes commercial property into a clear set of districts under Title 9 of its municipal code: business districts (B-1, B-2, and B-3), a set of office districts (O-1 and related), and an industrial district.
B-2 Central Business District covers the downtown core at the Route 12 / Route 22 junction — built to serve the whole community with a wide range of retail, restaurant, and service uses — while B-1 and B-3 Business Districts cover higher-visibility retail: strip centers, big-box and junior-anchor space, drive-thru and quick-service formats, and pad sites.
O-1 and the related office districts cover suburban office development — professional suites, medical and dental practices, and small corporate users — while the industrial district covers light manufacturing, warehouse/distribution, and clean flex uses.
Lake Zurich Zoning Districts
Every commercial, office and industrial district in Lake Zurich, with the uses allowed by right and the uses that need special-use approval — 7 districts, 648 listed uses. Open any district for its full list.
B-1 Local and Community Business District — 74 permitted, 47 by special use+
The B-1 Local and Community Business District is intended to serve the everyday shopping needs of Village residents as well as to provide opportunities for specialty shops attractive to the wider suburban residential community around the Village. It permits uses that are necessary to satisfy most basic, frequently occurring shopping needs. (Title 9, Section 9-4-1; use tables 9-4-2 and 9-4-3.)
Permitted by right: Accessory Tobacco and Alternative Nicotine Product stores and stands (5993), Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services (872), Advertising services (731), Barbershops (724), Beauty shops (723), Bookstores (5942), Camera and photographic supply stores (5946), Candy, nut, and confectionery stores (544), Children’s and infants’ wear stores (564), Commercial printing (275), Computer and software stores (5734), Computer programming, data processing, and other computer related services (737), Dairy products stores (545), Depository and nondepository credit institutions (60-61), but not including drive-in establishments, currency exchanges, or automatic teller machines, Drinking places (5813) accessory to permitted eating places or accessory to a special use granted at subsection 9-4-3J1 of this chapter, Drugstores and proprietary stores (591), Eating places (5812), but not including live entertainment or drive-in establishments, Employment agencies (7361), Engineering, architectural, and surveying services (871), Family clothing stores (565), Florists (5992), Fruit and vegetable markets (543), Garment pressing, and agents for laundries and dry cleaners (7212), Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops (5947), Grocery stores (541), Hardware stores (525), Hobby, toy, and game shops (5945), Holding and other investment offices (67), Home furniture and furnishing stores (571), Household appliance stores (572), Insurance carriers, agents, brokers, and service (63-64), Jewelry stores (5944), Landscape counseling and planning (0781), Legal services (81), Lounges for the use of tobacco or alternative nicotine products, and only accessory to an approved tobacco and alternative nicotine product store and stand, Luggage and leather goods stores (5948), Management and public relations services (874), Meat and fish markets (542), Men’s and boys’ clothing and accessory stores (561), Miscellaneous apparel and accessory stores (569), Miscellaneous food stores (549), except poultry dealers, Miscellaneous general merchandise stores (539), Miscellaneous retail stores (5999), but not including auction rooms, firework sales, gravestone sales, sales barns, or tombstone sales, Miscellaneous retail trade uses, not otherwise classified, if approved by the Village Manager; provided, however, News dealers and newsstands (5994), Office (73), Offices and clinics of doctors of medicine, dentists, osteopaths, chiropractors, optometrists, podiatrists, and other health practitioners (801-804), Optical goods stores (5995), Paint, glass, and wallpaper stores (523), Party stores (454390), Personnel supply services (7360), Photocopying and duplicating service (7334), Photographic studios, portrait (722), Physical fitness facilities (7991) including aerobic dance and exercise classes, health clubs, exercise salons, fitness salons, gymnasiums, physical fitness centers, Picture framing to individual order, not connected with retail art stores, and picture framing, custom (7699), Radio, television, consumer electronics, and music stores (573), Real estate offices (65), Retail bakeries (546), Security and commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, and services (62), Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores (5949), Shoe repair shops and shoeshine parlors (725), Shoe stores (566), Sporting good stores and bicycle shops (5941), Stationery stores (5943), Tax preparation services (7291), The following miscellaneous personal services, not elsewhere classified (7299): baby sitting bureaus, birth certificate agencies, buyers’ clubs, car title and tag service, Tobacco and Alternative Nicotine Product stores and stands (5993), Travel agencies (4724), Variety stores (533), Videotape rental (784), Watch, clock, and jewelry repair (763), Women’s accessory and specialty stores (563), Women’s clothing stores (562), Yoga instruction (7999)
Special use approval required: Antique stores (5932), Auto and home supply stores (553), Automatic teller machines when not attached to the principal structure on the lot, Automotive repair shops (753), but not including top, body, and upholstery repair and painting (7532) or tire retreading (7534), Beverages (208), but not including malts (2083), bottled and canned soft drinks and carbonated waters (2086), and flavoring extracts and flavoring syrups, not elsewhere classified (2087), Boat dealers (44122), Carpentry and floor work contractors (175), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Child daycare services (835), Civic, social, and fraternal associations (864), Coin operated amusement devices (7993), Dance studios, schools, and halls (7911), Drive-in depository and nondepository credit institutions (60-61), Drive-through facilities accessory to permitted eating places, grocery stores, and drugstores and proprietary stores, Dwelling units, subject to the lot area per unit requirement applicable to the R-6 District; provided, however, that no dwelling unit shall be located on the first floor of any structure, Electrical repair shops (762), but not including refrigeration and air conditioning service and repair shops (7623), Electrical work contractors (173), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials and not highway lighting and electrical signal construction, Funeral homes or parlors (726), Gasoline service stations (554), Glass and glazing work contractors (1793), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Grooming services for pets (0752), Help supply services (7363), Hotels (7011), Labor organizations (863), Live entertainment accessory to permitted eating places or accessory to a special use granted at subsection J1 of this section, Lumber and other building materials dealers (521), Mailing, reproduction, commercial art and photography, and stenographic services (733), Marinas (4493), as specifically defined in section 9-24-2 of this title, and pursuant to the standards and provisions within section 9-7C-3 of this title, Masonry, stone setting, and other stone work contractors (1741), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Medical and miscellaneous equipment rental and leasing (7352/7359), Membership organizations not elsewhere classified (869), Miniature golf (799), Miscellaneous services (89), Outdoor seating accessory to permitted eating places or accessory to a special use granted at subsection J1 of this section, Painting and paper hanging contractors (172), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Planned unit developments, Plastering, drywall, acoustical, and insulation work contractors (1742), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning contractors (171), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Political organizations (865), Professional membership organizations (862), Roofing, siding, and sheet metal work contractors (176), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Services to dwellings and other buildings (734), Special trade contractors not elsewhere classified (1799), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Terrazzo, tile, marble, and mosaic work contractors (1743), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Towing services including impoundment, but only as part of relocation of a towing service company in business in Lake Zurich as of June 1, 2004 (7549), Truck leasing, but only as part of relocation of a truck leasing company in business in Lake Zurich as of June 1, 2004 (7513), Used merchandise stores (593), including used clothing stores, Veterinary services for animal specialties (0742)
B-2 Central Business District — 79 permitted, 51 by special use+
The B-2 Central Business District is located in the center of the Village. It is intended to serve the entire Lake Zurich suburban community with a wide variety of retail and service uses. The bulk standards in this district are intended to reflect the generally more intense development of property existing in this area. (Title 9, Section 9-4-1; use tables 9-4-2 and 9-4-3.)
Permitted by right: Accessory Tobacco and Alternative Nicotine Product stores and stands (5993), Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services (872), Advertising services (731), Barbershops (724), Beauty shops (723), Bookstores (5942), Camera and photographic supply stores (5946), Candy, nut, and confectionery stores (544), Children’s and infants’ wear stores (564), Commercial printing (275), Computer and software stores (5734), Computer programming, data processing, and other computer related services (737), Dairy products stores (545), Depository and nondepository credit institutions (60-61), but not including drive-in establishments, currency exchanges, or automatic teller machines, Drinking places (5813) accessory to permitted eating places or accessory to a special use granted at subsection 9-4-3J1 of this chapter, Drugstores and proprietary stores (591), Eating places (5812), but not including live entertainment or drive-in establishments, Electrical repair shops (762), but not including refrigeration and air conditioning service and repair shops (7623), Employment agencies (7361), Engineering, architectural, and surveying services (871), Family clothing stores (565), Florists (5992), Fruit and vegetable markets (543), Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops (5947), Grocery stores (541), Hardware stores (525), Hobby, toy, and game shops (5945), Holding and other investment offices (67), Home furniture and furnishing stores (571), Household appliance stores (572), Insurance carriers, agents, brokers, and service (63-64), Jewelry stores (5944), Landscape counseling and planning (0781), Legal services (81), Lounges for the use of tobacco or alternative nicotine products, and only accessory to an approved tobacco and alternative nicotine product store and stand, Luggage and leather goods stores (5948), Management and public relations services (874), Meat and fish markets (542), Men’s and boys’ clothing and accessory stores (561), Miscellaneous apparel and accessory stores (569), Miscellaneous food stores (549), except poultry dealers, Miscellaneous general merchandise stores (539), Miscellaneous retail stores (5999), but not including auction rooms, firework sales, gravestone sales, sales barns, or tombstone sales, Miscellaneous retail trade uses, not otherwise classified, if approved by the Village Manager; provided, however, Miscellaneous services (89), News dealers and newsstands (5994), Office (73), Office of local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation companies (41), but not including terminals, stations, vehicles yards, Offices and clinics of doctors of medicine, dentists, osteopaths, chiropractors, optometrists, podiatrists, and other health practitioners (801-804), Optical goods stores (5995), Packaging and labeling service (not packing and crating), parcel packing service (packaging), and mailing service (7389), Paint, glass, and wallpaper stores (523), Party stores (454390), Personnel supply services (7360), Photocopying and duplicating service (7334), Photofinishing laboratories (7384), Photographic studios, portrait (722), Physical fitness facilities (7991) including aerobic dance and exercise classes, health clubs, exercise salons, fitness salons, gymnasiums, physical fitness centers, Picture framing to individual order, not connected with retail art stores, and picture framing, custom (7699), Radio, television, consumer electronics, and music stores (573), Real estate offices (65), Retail bakeries (546), Security and commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, and services (62), Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores (5949), Shoe repair shops and shoeshine parlors (725), Shoe stores (566), Sporting good stores and bicycle shops (5941), Stationery stores (5943), Tax preparation services (7291), The following general office services: clerical services such as telephone, fax, copier, computer, scheduling, billing, administration, The following miscellaneous personal services, not elsewhere classified (7299): baby sitting bureaus, birth certificate agencies, buyers’ clubs, car title and tag service, Tobacco and Alternative Nicotine Product stores and stands (5993), Travel agencies (4724), Variety stores (533), Videotape rental (784), Watch, clock, and jewelry repair (763), Women’s accessory and specialty stores (563), Women’s clothing stores (562), Yoga instruction (7999)
Special use approval required: Antique stores (5932), Automatic teller machines when not attached to the principal structure on the lot, Automobile drive instruction only (8299), Automobile parking (752), but not tow-in parking lots, Automotive repair shops (753), but not including top, body, and upholstery repair and painting (7532) or tire retreading (7534), Beverages (208), but not including malts (2083), bottled and canned soft drinks and carbonated waters (2086), and flavoring extracts and flavoring syrups, not elsewhere classified (2087), Business associations (861), Carpentry and floor work contractors (175), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Child daycare services (835), Civic, social, and fraternal associations (864), Correspondence and vocational schools (824), Dance studios, schools, and halls (7911), Drive-in depository and nondepository credit institutions (60-61), Drive-in eating places (5812), Drive-through facilities accessory to permitted eating places, grocery stores, and drugstores and proprietary stores, Dwelling units, subject to the lot area per unit requirement applicable to the R-6 District; provided, however, that no dwelling unit shall be located on the first floor of any structure, Electrical work contractors (173), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials and not highway lighting and electrical signal construction, Gasoline service stations (554), Glass and glazing work contractors (1793), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Grooming services for pets (0752), Help supply services (7363), Hotels (7011), Labor organizations (863), Laundry, cleaning, and garment services (721), Lawn and garden services (0782), Liquor stores (592), Live entertainment accessory to permitted eating places or accessory to a special use granted at subsection J1 of this section, Local and suburban passenger transportation terminals and stations (41), but not including vehicle yards or garages, Mailing, reproduction, commercial art and photography, and stenographic services (733), Marinas (4493), as specifically defined in section 9-24-2 of this title, and pursuant to the standards and provisions within section 9-7C-3 of this title, Masonry, stone setting, and other stone work contractors (1741), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Medical and dental laboratories (807), Medical and miscellaneous equipment rental and leasing (7352/7359), Membership organizations not elsewhere classified (869), Membership sports and recreation clubs (7997), Ornamental shrub and tree services (0783), Outdoor seating accessory to permitted eating places or accessory to a special use granted at subsection J1 of this section, Painting and paper hanging contractors (172), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Pet shops (5999), Planned unit developments, Plastering, drywall, acoustical, and insulation work contractors (1742), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning contractors (171), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Political organizations (865), Professional membership organizations (862), Reupholstery and furniture repair (764), Roofing, siding, and sheet metal work contractors (176), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Services to dwellings and other buildings (734), Special trade contractors not elsewhere classified (1799), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Terrazzo, tile, marble, and mosaic work contractors (1743), but not including outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Theatrical producers (except motion picture) (792), Used merchandise stores (593), including used clothing stores
B-3 Regional Shopping District — 77 permitted, 57 by special use+
The B-3 Regional Shopping District is intended to provide locations for major retail centers. The regulations are designed to encourage a broad range of attractive retail and compatible service uses in those centers. (Title 9, Section 9-4-1; use tables 9-4-2 and 9-4-3.)
Permitted by right: Accessory Tobacco and Alternative Nicotine Product stores and stands (5993), Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services (872), Advertising services (731), Barbershops (724), Beauty shops (723), Bookstores (5942), Camera and photographic supply stores (5946), Candy, nut, and confectionery stores (544), Children’s and infants’ wear stores (564), Computer and software stores (5734), Computer programming, data processing, and other computer related services (737), Dairy products stores (545), Department stores (531), Depository and nondepository credit institutions (60-61), but not including drive-in establishments, currency exchanges, or automatic teller machines, Drinking places (5813) accessory to permitted eating places or accessory to a special use granted at subsection 9-4-3J1 of this chapter, Drugstores and proprietary stores (591), Eating places (5812), but not including live entertainment or drive-in establishments, Employment agencies (7361), Engineering, architectural, and surveying services (871), Family clothing stores (565), Florists (5992), Fruit and vegetable markets (543), Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops (5947), Grocery stores (541), Hardware stores (525), Hobby, toy, and game shops (5945), Holding and other investment offices (67), Home furniture and furnishing stores (571), Household appliance stores (572), Insurance carriers, agents, brokers, and service (63-64), Jewelry stores (5944), Landscape counseling and planning (0781), Legal services (81), Lounges for the use of tobacco or alternative nicotine products, and only accessory to an approved tobacco and alternative nicotine product store and stand, Luggage and leather goods stores (5948), Management and public relations services (874), Meat and fish markets (542), Men’s and boys’ clothing and accessory stores (561), Miscellaneous apparel and accessory stores (569), Miscellaneous food stores (549), except poultry dealers, Miscellaneous general merchandise stores (539), Miscellaneous retail stores (5999), but not including auction rooms, firework sales, gravestone sales, sales barns, or tombstone sales, Miscellaneous retail trade uses, not otherwise classified, if approved by the Village Manager; provided, however, Miscellaneous services (89), News dealers and newsstands (5994), Office (73), Office of local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation companies (41), but not including terminals, stations, vehicles yards, Offices and clinics of doctors of medicine, dentists, osteopaths, chiropractors, optometrists, podiatrists, and other health practitioners (801-804), Optical goods stores (5995), Packaging and labeling service (not packing and crating), parcel packing service (packaging), and mailing service (7389), Paint, glass, and wallpaper stores (523), Party stores (454390), Personnel supply services (7360), Photocopying and duplicating service (7334), Photofinishing laboratories (7384), Photographic studios, portrait (722), Physical fitness facilities (7991) including aerobic dance and exercise classes, health clubs, exercise salons, fitness salons, gymnasiums, physical fitness centers, Picture framing to individual order, not connected with retail art stores, and picture framing, custom (7699), Radio, television, consumer electronics, and music stores (573), Real estate offices (65), Retail bakeries (546), Security and commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, and services (62), Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores (5949), Shoe repair shops and shoeshine parlors (725), Shoe stores (566), Sporting good stores and bicycle shops (5941), Stationery stores (5943), Tax preparation services (7291), The following miscellaneous personal services, not elsewhere classified (7299): baby sitting bureaus, birth certificate agencies, buyers’ clubs, car title and tag service, Tobacco and Alternative Nicotine Product stores and stands (5993), Travel agencies (4724), Variety stores (533), Videotape rental (784), Watch, clock, and jewelry repair (763), Women’s accessory and specialty stores (563), Women’s clothing stores (562), Yoga instruction (7999)
Special use approval required: Antique stores (5932), Auto and home supply stores (553), Automatic teller machines when not attached to the principal structure on the lot, Automobile drive instruction only (8299), Automobile lubricating service (7549), Automobile parking (752), but not tow-in parking lots, Automotive repair shops (753), but not including top, body, and upholstery repair and painting (7532) or tire retreading (7534), Beverages (208), but not including malts (2083), bottled and canned soft drinks and carbonated waters (2086), and flavoring extracts and flavoring syrups, not elsewhere classified (2087), Boarding, daycare, massage therapy and grooming services for pets (0752), Boat dealers (44122), Bowling centers (793), Business associations (861), Car washes (7542), Child daycare services (835), Children’s indoor recreational facilities (7999), Civic, social, and fraternal associations (864), Coin operated amusement devices (7993), Correspondence and vocational schools (824), Dance studios, schools, and halls (7911), Drive-in depository and nondepository credit institutions (60-61), Drive-in eating places (5812), Drive-through facilities accessory to permitted eating places, grocery stores, and drugstores and proprietary stores, Dwelling units, subject to the lot area per unit requirement applicable to the R-6 District; provided, however, that no dwelling unit shall be located on the first floor of any structure, Gasoline service stations (554), Grooming services for pets (0752), Help supply services (7363), Hotels (7011), Labor organizations (863), Laundry, cleaning, and garment services (721), Lawn and garden services (0782), Liquor stores (592), Live entertainment accessory to permitted eating places or accessory to a special use granted at subsection J1 of this section, Local and suburban passenger transportation terminals and stations (41), but not including vehicle yards or garages, Lumber and other building materials dealers (521), Mailing, reproduction, commercial art and photography, and stenographic services (733), Martial arts studios (7999), Medical and dental laboratories (807), Medical and miscellaneous equipment rental and leasing (7352/7359), Membership organizations not elsewhere classified (869), Membership sports and recreation clubs (7997), Miniature golf (799), Motion picture theaters, except drive-in establishments (7832), Motor vehicle licensing and inspection office - government (9621), New and used motor vehicle dealers (551), Ornamental shrub and tree services (0783), Outdoor seating accessory to permitted eating places or accessory to a special use granted at subsection J1 of this section, Passenger car rental and leasing (7514-7515), Pet shops (5999), Planned unit developments, Political organizations (865), Professional membership organizations (862), Retail nurseries, lawn, and garden supply stores (526), Reupholstery and furniture repair (764), Services to dwellings and other buildings (734), Sign printing and lettering shops (7389), Used merchandise stores (593), including used clothing stores, Veterinary services for animal specialties (0742)
O-1 Office/Residential District — 40 permitted, 4 by special use+
The O-1 office/residential district is intended to provide for small offices in the older areas of the village adjacent to the central business areas where it is possible to retain the residential character and appearance of the village and at the same time promote limited office and service activity. The uses permitted are characterized by low traffic volume and limited outdoor advertising. (Title 9, Section 9-5-1; use tables 9-5-2 and 9-5-3.)
Permitted by right: Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services (872), Advertising services (731), Business associations (861), Child daycare services (835), Civic, social, and fraternal associations (864), but not including rental of meeting halls or banquet facilities, Commercial art and graphic design (7336), Commercial printing (275), Computer programming services (7371), but not including training services or programs, Computer programming, data processing, and other computer related services (737), Correspondence and vocational schools (824), Depository and nondepository credit institutions (60-61), but not including drive-in establishments or automatic teller machines, Drugstores and proprietary stores (5912), but not more than 1,000 square feet, Employment agencies (7361), Engineering, architectural, and surveying services (871), Help supply stores (7363), Holding and other investment offices (67), Individual and family social services (832), Insurance carriers, agents, brokers, and service (63-64), Interior design and decorating services (7389), but not including painters and paper hangers or showrooms or retail sales on the premises, Job training and vocational rehabilitation services (833), Labor organizations (863), Landscape counseling and planning (0781), Legal services (81), Mailing, reproduction, commercial art and photography, and stenographic services (733), Management and public relations services (874), Membership organizations not elsewhere classified (869), Miscellaneous business and professional office uses not listed above, Miscellaneous services (899), Offices and clinics of doctors of medicine, dentists, osteopaths, chiropractors, optometrists, podiatrists, and other health practitioners (801-804), but not emergency treatment as regular, Offices of communications and utility companies (48-49), but not including antennas in excess of the district height limit, Offices of detective, guard, and armored car services (7381), Offices of news syndicates (7383), Optical goods stores (5995), Political organizations (865), Professional membership organizations (862), Real estate offices (65), Security and commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, and services (62), Social services not elsewhere classified (839), The following miscellaneous personal services, not elsewhere classified (7299), baby sitting bureaus, birth certificate agencies, buyers’ clubs, car title and tag service, Travel agencies (4724)
Special use approval required: Funeral homes or parlors (726), but not including crematories, Physical fitness facilities (7991), Planned unit developments, Single-family detached, townhouse, and two-family dwelling units; provided, however, that there shall be no more than 2 dwelling units located on each zoning lot
O-2 Limited Office District — 52 permitted, 10 by special use+
The O-2 limited office district is designed to provide for the general needs of business and professional offices and related business uses on small sites in scattered areas throughout the village. Bulk and height regulations encourage development that is architecturally consistent with smaller sites and compatible with nearby residential uses. (Title 9, Section 9-5-1; use tables 9-5-2 and 9-5-3.)
Permitted by right: Accessory Tobacco and Alternative Nicotine Product stores and stands (5993), Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services (872), Advertising services (731), Barbershops (724), Beauty shops (723), Business associations (861), Civic, social, and fraternal associations (864), but not including rental of meeting halls or banquet facilities, Commercial art and graphic design (7336), Computer programming services (7371), but not including training services or programs, Computer programming, data processing, and other computer related services (737), Correspondence and vocational schools (824), Depository and nondepository credit institutions (60-61), but not including drive-in establishments or automatic teller machines, Drugstores and proprietary stores (5912), but not more than 1,000 square feet, Employment agencies (7361), Engineering, architectural, and surveying services (871), Florists (5992), Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops (5947), Health and allied services not elsewhere classified (8099), Help supply stores (7363), Holding and other investment offices (67), Home healthcare services (808), Individual and family social services (832), Insurance carriers, agents, brokers, and service (63-64), Interior design and decorating services (7389), but not including painters and paper hangers or showrooms or retail sales on the premises, Job training and vocational rehabilitation services (833), Labor organizations (863), Landscape counseling and planning (0781), Legal services (81), Lounges for the use of tobacco or alternative nicotine products, and only accessory to an approved tobacco and alternative nicotine product store and stand, Mailing, reproduction, commercial art and photography, and stenographic services (733), Management and public relations services (874), Medical and dental laboratories (807), Membership organizations not elsewhere classified (869), Miscellaneous business and professional office uses not listed above, Miscellaneous health and allied services not elsewhere classified (809), Miscellaneous services (899), News dealers and newsstands (5994), Offices and clinics of doctors of medicine, dentists, osteopaths, chiropractors, optometrists, podiatrists, and other health practitioners (801-804), but not emergency treatment as regular, Offices of communications and utility companies (48-49), but not including antennas in excess of the district height limit, Offices of detective, guard, and armored car services (7381), Offices of news syndicates (7383), Optical goods stores (5995), Physical fitness facilities (7991), but not gymnasiums, reducing facilities, slenderizing salons, or spas, Political organizations (865), Professional membership organizations (862), Real estate offices (65), Security and commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, and services (62), Social services not elsewhere classified (839), Stationery stores (5943), The following miscellaneous personal services, not elsewhere classified (7299), baby sitting bureaus, birth certificate agencies, buyers’ clubs, car title and tag service, Tobacco and Alternative Nicotine Product stores and stands (5993), Travel agencies (4724)
Special use approval required: Administrative offices of religious organizations, but not including any nonadministrative functions such as worship services, prayer groups, and similar religious activities and events, Automatic teller machines when not attached to the principal structure on the lot, Child daycare services (835), Commercial printing (275), Drive-in depository and nondepository credit institutions (60/61), Physical fitness facilities (7991), Planned unit developments, Rental of meeting halls and banquet facilities by fraternal associations and lodges (864), Research, development, and testing services, Single-family detached, townhouse, and two-family dwelling units; provided, however, that there shall be no more than 2 dwelling units located on each zoning lot
O-3 Office Campus District — 57 permitted, 10 by special use+
The O-3 office campus district is provided to accommodate the needs of business and professional offices and related business uses in a campus setting. These uses typically require a somewhat wider range of office space with a somewhat higher intensity of pedestrian and vehicular traffic movements. That increased intensity often can be accommodated better in a campus setting. (Title 9, Section 9-5-1; use tables 9-5-2 and 9-5-3.)
Permitted by right: Accessory Tobacco and Alternative Nicotine Product stores and stands (5993), Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services (872), Advertising services (731), Barbershops (724), Beauty shops (723), Business associations (861), Candy, nut and confectionery stores (544), Civic, social, and fraternal associations (864), but not including rental of meeting halls or banquet facilities, Commercial art and graphic design (7336), Commercial printing (275), Computer programming services (7371), but not including training services or programs, Computer programming, data processing, and other computer related services (737), Computer sales (5734), Correspondence and vocational schools (824), Depository and nondepository credit institutions (60-61), but not including drive-in establishments or automatic teller machines, Drinking places (5813) accessory to permitted eating places, Drugstores and proprietary stores (5912), but not more than 1,000 square feet, Eating places (5812), but not including live entertainment and drive-in establishments, Employment agencies (7361), Engineering, architectural, and surveying services (871), Florists (5992), Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops (5947), Health and allied services not elsewhere classified (8099), Help supply stores (7363), Holding and other investment offices (67), Home healthcare services (808), Individual and family social services (832), Insurance carriers, agents, brokers, and service (63-64), Interior design and decorating services (7389), but not including painters and paper hangers or showrooms or retail sales on the premises, Job training and vocational rehabilitation services (833), Labor organizations (863), Landscape counseling and planning (0781), Legal services (81), Lounges for the use of tobacco or alternative nicotine products, and only accessory to an approved tobacco and alternative nicotine product store and stand, Mailing, reproduction, commercial art and photography, and stenographic services (733), Management and public relations services (874), Medical and dental laboratories (807), Membership organizations not elsewhere classified (869), Miscellaneous business and professional office uses not listed above, Miscellaneous health and allied services not elsewhere classified (809), Miscellaneous services (899), News dealers and newsstands (5994), Offices and clinics of doctors of medicine, dentists, osteopaths, chiropractors, optometrists, podiatrists, and other health practitioners (801-804), but not emergency treatment as regular, Offices of communications and utility companies (48-49), but not including antennas in excess of the district height limit, Offices of detective, guard, and armored car services (7381), Offices of news syndicates (7383), Optical goods stores (5995), Physical fitness facilities (7991), but not gymnasiums, reducing facilities, slenderizing salons, or spas, Political organizations (865), Professional membership organizations (862), Real estate offices (65), Security and commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, and services (62), Social services not elsewhere classified (839), Stationery stores (5943), The following miscellaneous personal services, not elsewhere classified (7299), baby sitting bureaus, birth certificate agencies, buyers’ clubs, car title and tag service, Tobacco and Alternative Nicotine Product stores and stands (5993), Travel agencies (4724)
Special use approval required: Automatic teller machines when not attached to the principal structure on the lot, Child daycare services (835), Drive-in depository and nondepository credit institutions (60/61), Funeral homes or parlors (726), but not including crematories, Hotels (7011), Membership sports and recreation clubs (7997), Passenger car rental and leasing (7514/7515), Physical fitness facilities (7991), Planned unit developments, Research, development, and testing services
I Industrial District — 51 permitted, 39 by special use+
The I industrial district is intended to provide for a range of nuisance free manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, wholesaling, and industrial uses that are compatible with the suburban residential character of the village. (Title 9, Section 9-6-1; use tables 9-6-2 and 9-6-3.)
Permitted by right: Aluminum die castings (3363), Aluminum extruded products (3354), Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials (23), Arrangement of passenger transportation (472), Business associations (861), Business services (73), not including heavy construction equipment rental and leasing (7353), Cash grains (011), Combination utilities not elsewhere classified (4939), Communications (48), not including studios and antennas, Crop services (072), Drawing and insulating of nonferrous wire (3357), Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, except computer equipment (36), Engineering, accounting, research, management, and related services (87), not including jails, privately operated and correctional facilities, adult: privately operated (8744), Fabricated metal products (34), not including fabricated plate work (3443), iron and steel forgings (3462), nonferrous forgings (3463), automotive stampings (3465), or ordnance and accessories (348), Farm labor and management services (076), Furniture and fixtures (25), General contractors and operative builders (15), not including outdoor storage, Heavy construction contractors (16), not including outdoor storage, Holding and other investment offices (67), Industrial and commercial machinery and computer equipment (35), Industrial launderers (7218), Insurance brokers, and service (64), not including insurance agents and life insurance agents, Insurance carriers (63), Landscape and horticultural services (078), Laundry and garment services not elsewhere classified (7219), Leather and leather products (31), not including leather tanning and finishing (311), Linen supply (7213), Local transit stations (411), Measuring, analyzing and controlling instruments; photographic, medical, and optical goods; watches and clocks (38), Medical and dental laboratories (807), Millwork, veneer, plywood, and structure wood members (243), not including hardwood veneer and plywood (2435) or softwood veneer and plywood (2436), Miscellaneous industrial and business uses, not otherwise classified, if approved by the village manager; provided, however, Miscellaneous manufacturing industries, Motion pictures (78), not including motion picture theaters (783) and videotape rental (784), Motor vehicle parts and accessories (3714), not including outdoor storage, Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts (3751), not including outdoor storage, Nonstore retailers if accessory to a principal use (596), not including mobile food carts, mobile food trucks, trucks, ice cream trucks, Paper and allied products (26), not including pulp mills (261), paper mills (262), or paperboard mills (263), Power laundries, family and commercial, but not chemical or flammable solvents (7211), Printing, publishing, and allied industries (27), not including platemaking and related services (2796), Public warehousing and storage (422), not including miniwarehouse warehousing or self-storage warehousing (4225) or special warehousing and storage, not elsewhere classified (4226), Real estate (65) not including primarily residential real estate agents and managers, Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products (30), not including tires and inner tubes (301), Security and commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, and services (62), Soil preparation services (071), Special trade contractors (17), not including outdoor storage, Textile mill products (22), not including dyeing or finishing in any use category, Trucking and courier services, except air (421), United States postal service (431), Wholesale trade - durable goods (50), not including automobile auction (5012), motor vehicle parts, used (5015), meals and minerals (505), scrap and waste materials (5093), or ammunition, cord wood, Wholesale trade - nondurable goods (51), not including farm product raw materials (515), or petroleum and petroleum products (517)
Special use approval required: Adult daycare centers (8322) as an accessory use, Adult entertainment establishments, Automotive repair, services, and parking (75), Bakery products (205), Beverages (208), Canned, frozen, and preserved fruits, vegetables, and food specialties (203), Carpet and upholstery cleaning (7217), Chemicals and allied products (28), but not including agricultural chemicals (287) or explosives (2892), Childcare centers (8351) as an accessory use, Coating, engraving, and allied services (347), Dairy products (202), Dry cleaning plants, except rug cleaning (7216), Facilities and studios of communication services with permitted antennas, Funeral services and crematories - SIC #7261 limited to “direct cremation” as defined in section 9-24-2 of this title, General building contractors (15) with outdoor storage, Grain mill products (204), but not including dog and cat food (2047) or prepared foods and feed ingredients for animals, etc. (2048), Gymnastics instructions (7999), Heavy construction contractors (16) with outdoor storage, Land banking of required parking, Laundry and garment services, not elsewhere classified (7219), Legal services (811), Limited financial services facilities (see subsection 9-6-9J of this chapter), Local and interurban transit companies, yards, and maintenance facilities, Membership sports and recreation clubs (7997), Miniwarehouse warehousing and self-storage warehousing (4225), Miscellaneous food preparations and kindred products (209), Miscellaneous repair services (76), Physical fitness facilities (7991), Planned unit developments, Schools and education services, not elsewhere classified (829), Special trade contractors (17) with outdoor storage, Special warehousing and storage, not elsewhere classified (4226), Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products (32), but not including cement, hydraulic (324), concrete, gypsum, and plaster products (327), or asbestos products (3292), Sugar and confectionery products (206), but not including cane sugar refining (2062), Tax preparation services (7291), Veterinary services for animal specialties (0742), Vocational schools (824), Wood containers (244), Wood products, not elsewhere classified (2499)
Source: the Lake Zurich municipal zoning code. Overlay districts, planned developments and parking rules can further limit what a specific parcel can do.
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