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Prospect Heights is a strategically located community between Arlington Heights, Wheeling, and the O’Hare corridor, with commercial activity centered along Milwaukee Avenue, Camp McDonald Road, and Elmhurst Road. The city’s affordable commercial space and strong highway access make it attractive for small businesses and industrial users.
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The commercial, office and industrial districts in Prospect Heights, with the uses allowed by right and the uses that need special-use approval — 6 districts, 813 listed uses, from the code checked October 2026. Open any district for its full list.
Convenience shopping for people living nearby, covering most daily or frequent shopping needs in small neighborhood centers or individual shops on main streets; business must be inside a building, and buildings top out at 30 feet or two stories. (Sec. 5-7-2.)
Permitted by right: Accessory uses as defined in chapter 3 of this title, Accountants' offices, Appliance stores, Architects' offices, Art supply stores, Artist's studio, Attorneys' and law offices, Auditors' offices, Bakeries (manufacturing of goods limited to those retailed on premises), Banks (including drive-in facilities) — B-1's business rules allow drive-in establishments only for automobile service stations (Sec. 5-7-2.J.4.c), and the code says the more restrictive provision governs (Sec. 5-3-1.B); confirm with the City, Barbershops, Beauty parlors, Bicycle sales and repair shops, Bookkeeping services, Bookstores, Business and professional offices, miscellaneous, Business machine sales and service, Camera and photographic supply stores, Candy and confectionery stores, Carpet and rug stores, Chambers of commerce, China and glassware stores, Chiropodists' offices, Chiropractors' offices, Clothes pressing establishments, Clothes rental agencies, Clothes repair stores, Coffee kiosks (drive-through) — B-1's business rules also say drive-in establishments serving customers in parked cars are not permitted except service stations (Sec. 5-7-2.J.4.c); confirm with the City, Coin, philatelic, stamp, and numismatic stores, Conservatories (private), Dairy products stores, Delicatessens, Dental clinics, Dental laboratories, Dentist's offices, Detective agencies, Doctor's, surgeon's and/or physician's offices, Drapery stores, Dressmaking shops, Drugstores (drive-through prescriptions) — B-1's business rules also say drive-in establishments serving customers in parked cars are not permitted except service stations (Sec. 5-7-2.J.4.c); confirm with the City, Dry cleaners and laundries (not a central plant serving more than one retail outlet), Dry cleaners and laundries, launderettes (self-service only), Dry goods stores, Electrical appliance stores, Employment agencies, Engineer's offices, Fast foods (with drive-through) — B-1's business rules also say drive-in establishments serving customers in parked cars are not permitted except service stations (Sec. 5-7-2.J.4.c); confirm with the City, Fences, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 3 of this title, Fish markets, retail, Fix it shops, general minor repair, Florists, Food stores, Furniture stores, Furrier shops (including storage), Garden supply stores, Gift shops, Grocery stores, Haberdasheries, Hardware stores, Hat repair stores, Hearing aid stores, Hobby shops (retail sales and repairs only), Household appliance stores, Ice cream stores, Insurance agencies, Interior decorating studios, Jewelry stores, Labor unions and organizations, Land surveyors' offices, Landscape architectural services, Launderettes, self-service, Leather goods and luggage stores, Liquor stores (package), Loan companies, Locksmith shops, Meat markets, Medical appliance stores (not including manufacturing or assembly of such articles), Medical clinics, Merchant associations, Millinery shops, Musical instrument sale and repair shops, News syndicates, Newspaper offices, Notions stores, Off street parking and loading facilities, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 8 of this title, Office buildings, public, Office supply stores, Offices, business and professional; miscellaneous, Optician sales (retail), Opticians' offices, Orthopedic appliance stores (not including manufacturing or assembly of such articles), Orthopedic brace and limb fitting and assembly, Osteopaths' offices, Package liquor stores, Paint and wallpaper stores, Pharmacies, Philanthropic and eleemosynary (charity) institutions, Phonograph record, tape, CD, and sheet music stores, Photographic studios, Picture framing (when conducted for on premises retail trade), Political organization offices, Post offices and post office substations, Radio sales, Radio service and repair shop, Real estate offices, Regional sales offices, Religious reading rooms, Savings and loan associations (including drive-in facilities) — B-1's business rules allow drive-in establishments only for automobile service stations (Sec. 5-7-2.J.4.c), and the code says the more restrictive provision governs (Sec. 5-3-1.B); confirm with the City, School supply stores, Secretarial services, Security and commodity brokers, Shoe repair stores, Shoe stores, Signs, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 9 of this title, Sporting goods stores, Stationery stores, Tailor shops, Telegraph offices, Television sales, Television service and repair shops, Ticket agencies (amusement), Tobacco shops, Toy stores, Trading stamp stores, Travel agencies, bureaus and transportation ticket offices, Wearing apparel shops
Special use approval required: Antique shops, Athletic fields (including stadiums and grandstands, noncommercial), Automobile accessory stores, automobile diagnostic center or clinics, automobile service stations, Bus passengers stations, Childcare centers, children's day schools, daycare centers, day nurseries, nursery schools, Cleaners (drive-in) — B-1's business rules allow drive-in establishments only for automobile service stations (Sec. 5-7-2.J.4.c), and the code says the more restrictive provision governs (Sec. 5-3-1.B); confirm with the City, Clubs (private, nonprofit), Community center buildings, clubhouses, recreation buildings, swim clubs for indoor pools, tennis buildings for indoor tennis (noncommercial and not for profit), Ice and milk machine sales, Linoleum and tile stores, Lodges and fraternal organizations, Music schools, Parks and playgrounds, Pet shops, Public services uses: electric substations, gas regulator stations; police and fire stations; public water towers, waterworks and wells; pumping stations and reservoirs; railroad rights of way (not including railroad yards and maintenance shops); telephone exchanges and repeater stations; other similar public service uses, Residence of the proprietor of a commercial use, Restaurants (excluding drive-in and fast food), Secondhand (thrift) stores
Most services and businesses, especially those that need direct access to major arterial streets, in freestanding buildings or neighborhood and community shopping centers along major arterial frontage; buildings up to 35 feet. Permitted and special uses include all B-1 permitted business uses and B-1 special uses (Sec. 5-7-3.B-C). (Sec. 5-7-3.)
Permitted by right: Accessory uses as defined in chapter 3 of this title, Accountants' offices, Animal hospital, Antique shops, Appliance stores, Architects' offices, Art supply stores, Artist's studio, Attorneys' and law offices, Auditors' offices, Bakeries (manufacturing of goods limited to those retailed on premises), Banks — a drive-in facility needs the special use 'Banks (drive-in facilities)' (Sec. 5-7-3.C; Sec. 5-7-3.I.4.b), Barbershops, Beauty parlors, Bicycle sales and repair shops, Blueprinting and photocopying establishments, Bookkeeping services, Bookstores, Bowling alleys, Business and professional offices, miscellaneous, Business machine sales and service, Camera and photographic supply stores, Candy and confectionery stores, Carpet and rug stores, Chambers of commerce, China and glassware stores, Chiropodists' offices, Chiropractors' offices, Clothes pressing establishments, Clothes rental agencies, Clothes repair stores, Coffee kiosks (drive-through) — B-2A's business rules also say drive-in establishments serving customers in parked cars are allowed only as special uses for service stations, dry cleaners, restaurants, banks and savings and loans (Sec. 5-7-3.I.4.b); confirm with the City, Coin, philatelic, stamp, and numismatic stores, Conservatories (private), Credit unions, Dairy products stores, Dancing schools or studios, Delicatessens, Dental clinics, Dental laboratories, Dentist's offices, Department stores, Detective agencies, Doctor's, surgeon's and/or physician's offices, Drapery stores, Dressmaking shops, Drugstores (drive-through prescriptions) — B-2A's business rules also say drive-in establishments serving customers in parked cars are allowed only as special uses for service stations, dry cleaners, restaurants, banks and savings and loans (Sec. 5-7-3.I.4.b); confirm with the City, Dry cleaners and laundries (not a central plant serving more than one retail outlet), Dry cleaners and laundries, launderettes (self-service only), Dry goods stores, Electrical appliance stores, Employment agencies, Engineer's offices, Fast foods (with drive-through) — B-2A's business rules also say drive-in establishments serving customers in parked cars are allowed only as special uses for service stations, dry cleaners, restaurants, banks and savings and loans (Sec. 5-7-3.I.4.b); confirm with the City, Fences, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 3 of this title, Financial institutions, Fish markets, retail, Fix it shops, general minor repair, Florists, Food stores, Frozen food stores, Furniture stores, Furrier shops (including storage), Garden supply stores, Gift shops, Grocery stores, Haberdasheries, Hardware stores, Hat repair stores, Hearing aid stores, Hobby shops (retail sales and repairs only), Home supply centers, Hotels, Household appliance stores, Ice cream stores, Ice machine sales, Insurance agencies, Interior decorating studios, Investment companies, Jewelry stores, Labor unions and organizations, Land surveyors' offices, Landscape architectural services, Launderettes, self-service, Leather goods and luggage stores, Linoleum and tile stores, Liquor stores (package), Loan companies, Locksmith shops, Meat markets, Medical appliance stores (not including manufacturing or assembly of such articles), Medical clinics, Medical laboratories, Merchant associations, Millinery shops, Motels, Musical instrument sale and repair shops, News syndicates, Newspaper distribution agencies, Newspaper offices, Notions stores, Off street parking and loading facilities, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 8 of this title, Office buildings, public, Office supply stores, Offices, business and professional; miscellaneous, Optician sales (retail), Opticians' offices, Orthopedic appliance stores (not including manufacturing or assembly of such articles), Orthopedic brace and limb fitting and assembly, Osteopaths' offices, Package liquor stores, Paint and wallpaper stores, Pet shops, Pharmacies, Philanthropic and eleemosynary (charity) institutions, Phonograph record, tape, CD, and sheet music stores, Photographic studios, Picture framing (when conducted for on premises retail trade), Political organization offices, Post offices and post office substations, Radio sales, Radio service and repair shop, Real estate offices, Recording studios, Regional sales offices, Religious reading rooms, Savings and loan associations — a drive-in facility needs the special use 'Savings and loan associations (drive-in facilities)' (Sec. 5-7-3.C; Sec. 5-7-3.I.4.b), School supply stores, Schools, dance, Secretarial services, Security and commodity brokers, Shoe repair stores, Shoe stores, Signs, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 9 of this title, Sporting goods stores, Stationery stores, Tailor shops, Taxidermists, Telegraph offices, Television sales, Television service and repair shops, Theaters (indoor), Ticket agencies (amusement), Tire, battery and accessory dealers, Tobacco shops, Toy stores, Trading stamp stores, Travel agencies, bureaus and transportation ticket offices, Vending machines, Veterinary clinics, Wearing apparel shops
Special use approval required: Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization — one adult-use dispensing license city-wide; 750 feet from schools and other standards in Sec. 5-3-19, Artificial lakes, private recreation, Athletic fields (including stadiums and grandstands, noncommercial), Automobile accessory stores, automobile diagnostic center or clinics, automobile service stations, Automobile laundries and car washes, Automobile repair garages, Automobile sales, Automobile undercoating service, Banks (drive-in facilities), Bars and cocktail lounges (including live entertainment and dancing), Billiard and pool halls, Boat and marine showroom and sales, Bus passengers stations, Bus terminals, turnarounds and lots, Business colleges, commercial schools, Catering establishments, Childcare centers, children's day schools, daycare centers, day nurseries, nursery schools, Cleaners (drive-in), Clubs (private, nonprofit), Community center buildings, clubhouses, recreation buildings, swim clubs for indoor pools, tennis buildings for indoor tennis (noncommercial and not for profit), Dance halls, Equipment rental and leasing service, Funeral parlors, Health clubs, Ice and milk machine sales, Lodges and fraternal organizations, Motorcycle sales, Music schools, Parcel delivery and pick up service, Parks and playgrounds, Public services uses: electric substations, gas regulator stations; police and fire stations; public water towers, waterworks and wells; pumping stations and reservoirs; railroad rights of way (not including railroad yards and maintenance shops); telephone exchanges and repeater stations; other similar public service uses, Recreational vehicle sales and rentals, Residence of the proprietor of a commercial use, Restaurants (drive-in), Restaurants (excluding drive-in and fast food), Roadside stands, Savings and loan associations (drive-in facilities), Secondhand (thrift) stores, Tattoo parlors, Taverns, Trade schools, Trailer sales and rentals, Truck sales and rentals, Undertaking establishments, Used car lots, Vocational schools
Most services and many small businesses, including primary shopping areas, in freestanding buildings or larger neighborhood and community shopping centers, normally where primary thoroughfares meet; buildings up to 60 feet. Permitted and special uses include all B-1 permitted business uses and B-1 special uses (Sec. 5-7-4.B-C). (Sec. 5-7-4.)
Permitted by right: Accessory uses as defined in chapter 3 of this title, Accountants' offices, Animal hospitals, Antique shops, Appliance stores, Architects' offices, Art supply stores, Artist's studio, Attorneys' and law offices, Auditors' offices, Automobile accessory stores, Bakeries (manufacturing of goods limited to those retailed on premises), Banks — a drive-in facility needs the special use 'Banks, drive-in facilities' (Sec. 5-7-4.C; Sec. 5-7-4.I.4.b), Barbershops, Beauty parlors, Bicycle sales and repair shops, Blueprinting and photostating establishments, Bookkeeping services, Bookstores, Bowling alleys, Business and professional offices, miscellaneous, Business machine sales and service, Camera and photographic supply stores, Candy and confectionery stores, Carpet and rug stores, Chambers of commerce, China and glassware stores, Chiropodists' offices, Chiropractors' offices, Clothes pressing establishments, Clothes rental agencies, Clothes repair stores, Coffee kiosks — the drive-through needs the special use 'Restaurants, drive-in or drive-through facilities, fast foods' (Sec. 5-7-4.I.4.b; Sec. 5-3-1.B), Coin, philatelic, stamp, and numismatic stores, Conservatories (private), Credit unions, Dairy products stores, Dancing schools or studios, Delicatessens, Dental clinics, Dental laboratories, Dentist's offices, Department stores, Detective agencies, Doctor's, surgeon's and/or physician's offices, Drapery stores, Dressmaking shops, Drugstores — B-2's business rules allow drive-through service only for service stations, dry cleaners, banks and savings and loans or by a special use listed in the district, and a prescription window is not listed (Sec. 5-7-4.I.4.b; Sec. 5-3-1.B); confirm with the City, Dry cleaners and laundries (not a central plant serving more than one retail outlet), Dry cleaners and laundries, launderettes (self-service only), Dry goods stores, Electrical appliance stores, Employment agencies, Engineer's offices, Fences, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 3 of this title, Financial institutions, Fish markets, retail, Fix it shops, general minor repair, Florists, Food stores, Frozen food stores, Furniture stores, Furrier shops (including storage), Garden supply stores, Gift shops, Grocery stores, Haberdasheries, Hardware stores, Hat repair stores, Hearing aid stores, Hobby shops (retail sales and repairs only), Home supply centers, Hotels, Household appliance stores, Ice cream stores, Ice machine sales, Insurance agencies, Interior decorating studios, Investment companies, Jewelry stores, Labor unions and organizations, Land surveyors' offices, Landscape architectural services, Launderettes, self-service, Leather goods and luggage stores, Linoleum and tile stores, Liquor stores (package), Loan companies, Locksmith shops, Meat markets, Medical appliance stores (not including manufacturing or assembly of such articles), Medical clinics, Medical laboratories, Merchant associations, Milk machine sales, Millinery shops, Motels, Musical instrument sale and repair shops, News syndicates, Newspaper distribution agencies, Newspaper offices, Notions stores, Off street parking and loading facilities, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 8 of this title, Office buildings, public, Office supply stores, Offices, business and professional; miscellaneous, Optician sales (retail), Opticians' offices, Orthopedic appliance stores (not including manufacturing or assembly of such articles), Orthopedic brace and limb fitting and assembly, Osteopaths' offices, Package liquor stores, Paint and wallpaper stores, Pet shops, Pharmacies, Philanthropic and eleemosynary (charity) institutions, Phonograph record, tape, CD, and sheet music stores, Photographic studios, Picture framing (when conducted for on premises retail trade), Political organization offices, Post offices and post office substations, Radio sales, Radio service and repair shop, Real estate offices, Recording studios, Regional sales offices, Religious reading rooms, Savings and loan associations — a drive-in facility needs the special use 'Savings and loan associations, drive-in facilities' (Sec. 5-7-4.C; Sec. 5-7-4.I.4.b), School supply stores, Schools, dance, Secretarial services, Security and commodity brokers, Shoe repair stores, Shoe stores, Signs, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 9 of this title, Sporting goods stores, Stationery stores, Tailor shops, Taxidermists, Telegraph offices, Television sales, Television service and repair shops, Theaters, indoor, Ticket agencies (amusement), Tire, battery, and accessory dealers, Tobacco shops, Toy stores, Trading stamp stores, Travel agencies, bureaus and transportation ticket offices, Veterinary clinics, Wearing apparel shops
Special use approval required: Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization — one adult-use dispensing license city-wide; 750 feet from schools and other standards in Sec. 5-3-19, Amusement establishments, including archery ranges and shooting galleries, games, etc., Artificial lakes, private recreation, Athletic fields (including stadiums and grandstands, noncommercial), Automobile accessory stores, automobile diagnostic center or clinics, automobile service stations, Automobile laundries and car washes, Automobile repair garages, Automobile undercoating service, Banks, drive-in facilities, Bars and cocktail lounges, including live entertainment and dancing, Billiard and pool halls, Bus passengers stations, Bus terminals, turnarounds, and lots, Business colleges, commercial schools, Catering establishments, Childcare centers, children's day schools, daycare centers, day nurseries, nursery schools, Cleaners (drive-in), Clubs (private, nonprofit), Community center buildings, clubhouses, recreation buildings, swim clubs for indoor pools, tennis buildings for indoor tennis (noncommercial and not for profit), Dance halls, Equipment rental and leasing service, Funeral parlors, Health clubs, Ice and milk machine sales, Lodges and fraternal organizations, Music schools, Off track betting facilities in conjunction with eat-in restaurants, serving alcohol, Parcel delivery and pick up service, Parks and playgrounds, Pawnshops, Public services uses: electric substations, gas regulator stations; police and fire stations; public water towers, waterworks and wells; pumping stations and reservoirs; railroad rights of way (not including railroad yards and maintenance shops); telephone exchanges and repeater stations; other similar public service uses, Residence of the proprietor of a commercial use, Restaurants (excluding drive-in and fast food), Restaurants, drive-in or drive-through facilities, fast foods, Savings and loan associations, drive-in facilities, Secondhand (thrift) stores, Taverns, Temporary buying locations (e.g., cash for gold), Trade schools, Undertaking establishments, Vocational schools
A wide variety of business and commercial uses serving large parts of the population, plus certain wholesale, warehousing and limited industrial uses held to high performance standards, on relatively large parcels along primary thoroughfares; outdoor storage must be screened and industrial work kept indoors. Permitted uses include the B-2 uses other than those B-1 permits; special uses include all B-2 special uses (Sec. 5-7-5.B-C). (Sec. 5-7-5.)
Permitted by right: Accessory uses as defined in chapter 3 of this title, Animal hospitals, Antique shops, Assembly firms, without fabrication of completely fabricated parts, Automobile accessory stores, Automobile repair garages, Automobile undercoating service, Automotive vehicle sales and leasing, new, including sales of used vehicles in conjunction therewith — inside a building (Sec. 5-7-5.H.4.a); selling cars from an open lot is the special use 'Automobile sales, new and used, permitted in enclosed buildings and on open lot areas', Bakeries, manufacturing of goods, Beverage distributors, Blueprinting and photostating establishments, Boat and marine showroom and sales, Bottled gas dealers, Bottling works, Bowling alleys, Building material supplies, sales, and service, Business, professional and governmental offices, Contractor or construction offices and yards, Credit unions, Dancing schools or studios, Department stores, Dry cleaning establishments, central plant serving more than one retail outlet, Electrical shops, Equipment rental and leasing service, Fences, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 3 of this title, Financial institutions, Frozen food stores, Funeral parlors, Furnace supplies and service, Furniture cleaning, upholstering and repair shops, Glazing shops, Greenhouses, retail sales, Home supply centers, Hotels, Ice machine sales, Investment companies, Laundries, central plant serving more than one retail outlet, Lawn mower sales and repair shops, Linen, towel, diaper and similar supply services, Linoleum and tile stores, Machine shops, Machinery sales, Medical laboratories, Milk machine sales, Motels, Motorcycle sales, service and repair shops, Music schools, Newspaper distribution agencies, Nurseries, retail sales, Off street parking and loading facilities, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 8 of this title, Personnel training centers, Pet shops, Plumbing and heating showrooms and shops, Printing, publishing, and lithography establishments, Public services uses: electric substations, gas regulator stations; police and fire stations; public water towers, water works and wells; pumping stations and reservoirs; railroad rights of way (not including railroad yards and maintenance shops); telephone exchanges and repeater stations; other similar public service uses, Recording studios, Roofing sales and service, Schools, dance, Schools, music, trade, vocational, Sewer and septic tank cleaning and rodding service, Sheet metal shops, Sign contractors, Signs, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 9 of this title, Snowmobile sales and service, Swimming pool sales and service, Taxidermists, Theaters, indoor, Tire, battery, and accessory dealers, Trade schools, Truck sales and service, Undertaking establishments, Veterinary clinics, Vocational schools, Warehouses, Water softener service, Welding shops, Wholesale establishments, Window cleaning firms
Special use approval required: Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization — one adult-use dispensing license city-wide; 750 feet from schools and other standards in Sec. 5-3-19, Air freight terminals, Airports, Amusement establishments, including archery ranges and shooting galleries, games, etc., Artificial lakes, private recreation, Athletic fields (including stadiums and grandstands, noncommercial), Automobile accessory stores, automobile diagnostic center or clinics, automobile service stations, Automobile laundries and car washes, Automobile paint shops, Automobile rentals, Automobile sales, new and used, permitted in enclosed buildings and on open lot areas, Automobile storage facilities, Banks, drive-in facilities, Bars and cocktail lounges, including live entertainment and dancing, Billiard and pool halls, Bus passengers stations, Bus terminals, turnarounds, and lots, Business colleges, commercial schools, Catering establishments, Childcare centers, children's day schools, daycare centers, day nurseries, nursery schools, Cleaners (drive-in), Clubs (private, nonprofit), Community center buildings, clubhouses, recreation buildings, swim clubs for indoor pools, tennis buildings for indoor tennis (noncommercial and not for profit), Dairy products manufacturing, Dance halls, Extermination shops, Filtration plants, public, Greenhouses, wholesale, Health clubs, Heliports, private and commercial, Highway maintenance shops and yards, Ice and milk machine sales, Indoor skating rinks, Launderers, industrial, Livery services, Lodges and fraternal organizations, Mobile home dealers, Nurseries, wholesale, Off track betting facilities in conjunction with eat-in restaurants, serving alcohol, Parcel delivery and pick up service, Parks and playgrounds, Pawnshops, Public services uses: electric substations, gas regulator stations; police and fire stations; public water towers, waterworks and wells; pumping stations and reservoirs; railroad rights of way (not including railroad yards and maintenance shops); telephone exchanges and repeater stations; other similar public service uses, Recreational vehicle sales, Residence of the proprietor of a commercial use, Residence of the proprietor, caretaker, or watchman of a commercial or industrial use, Restaurants (excluding drive-in and fast food), Restaurants, drive-in or drive-through facilities, fast foods, Savings and loan associations, drive-in facilities, Secondhand (thrift) stores, Skating rinks, indoor, Swim clubs, swimming pools and buildings for indoor swimming pools, Taverns, Telephone microwave relay towers, Temporary buying locations (e.g., cash for gold), Tennis clubs, tennis courts and buildings for indoor tennis and similar establishments, Trailer sales and rentals, Woodworking and wood products manufacturing
Production and service uses with high performance standards that can sit near homes and businesses without nuisance; outdoor storage fully screened, loading docks hidden from public roads, and industrial work kept indoors. (Sec. 5-7-6.)
Permitted by right: Business, professional and governmental offices — governmental offices are also listed as a B-4 special use ('Governmental uses including offices and public works facilities'), and the code says the more restrictive provision governs (Sec. 5-7-6.C, 5-3-1.B); confirm with the City, Educational institutions
Special use approval required: Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization — one adult-use dispensing license city-wide; 750 feet from schools and other standards in Sec. 5-3-19, Artificial lakes, Business colleges, commercial schools, Convention halls and centers, Daycare facilities, Enclosed arena, sports facility and entertainment complex, including indoor and outdoor accessory uses as approved by the city council, Governmental uses including offices and public works facilities, Health clubs, Light manufacturing, Parking lots and decks, municipal and private, Parks and playgrounds (private), Planned unit developments, Public service uses: police and fire; public water towers, waterworks and wells; pumping stations and reservoirs; other similar public service uses, Recreational facilities (indoor), Residence of caretaker or watchman of an industrial use, Restaurant facilities, Tractor/trailer rental and leasing, Tractor/trailer servicing and repair, Warehouse
Commercial, industrial and wholesale businesses on relatively large parcels between Chicago Executive Airport and Palatine Road; outdoor storage must be screened and industrial work kept indoors, and it is the only district where adult uses are allowed. Uses follow B-3 except those B-1 allows (Sec. 5-7-7.D-E). (Sec. 5-7-7.)
Permitted by right: Accessory uses as defined in chapter 3 of this title, Adult uses, including: adult cabaret; adult stores; adult theaters; erotic dance schools; erotic dance studios; escort agencies; massage parlors; massage schools; massage services; uses similar to those above — only in B-5; not within 500 feet of another adult use, 150 feet of any residential land use, or 500 feet of a school, childcare facility or place of worship; no straddle dances (Sec. 5-7-7.C), Animal hospitals, Antique shops, Assembly firms, without fabrication of completely fabricated parts, Automobile accessory stores, Automobile repair garages, Automobile undercoating service, Automotive vehicle sales and leasing, new, including sales of used vehicles in conjunction therewith — inside a building (Sec. 5-7-5.H.4.a); selling cars from an open lot is the special use 'Automobile sales, new and used, permitted in enclosed buildings and on open lot areas', Bakeries, manufacturing of goods, Beverage distributors, Blueprinting and photostating establishments, Boat and marine showroom and sales, Bottled gas dealers, Bottling works, Bowling alleys, Building material supplies, sales, and service, Business, professional and governmental offices, Contractor or construction offices and yards, Credit unions, Dancing schools or studios, Department stores, Dry cleaning establishments, central plant serving more than one retail outlet, Electrical shops, Equipment rental and leasing service, Fences, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 3 of this title, Financial institutions, Frozen food stores, Funeral parlors, Furnace supplies and service, Furniture cleaning, upholstering and repair shops, Glazing shops, Greenhouses, retail sales, Home supply centers, Hotels, Ice machine sales, Investment companies, Laundries, central plant serving more than one retail outlet, Lawn mower sales and repair shops, Linen, towel, diaper and similar supply services, Linoleum and tile stores, Machine shops, Machinery sales, Medical laboratories, Milk machine sales, Motels, Motorcycle sales, service and repair shops, Music schools, Newspaper distribution agencies, Nurseries, retail sales, Off street parking and loading facilities, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 8 of this title, Personnel training centers, Pet shops, Plumbing and heating showrooms and shops, Printing, publishing, and lithography establishments, Public services uses: electric substations, gas regulator stations; police and fire stations; public water towers, water works and wells; pumping stations and reservoirs; railroad rights of way (not including railroad yards and maintenance shops); telephone exchanges and repeater stations; other similar public service uses, Recording studios, Roofing sales and service, Schools, dance, Schools, music, trade, vocational, Sewer and septic tank cleaning and rodding service, Sheet metal shops, Sign contractors, Signs, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 9 of this title, Snowmobile sales and service, Swimming pool sales and service, Taxidermists, Theaters, indoor, Tire, battery, and accessory dealers, Trade schools, Truck sales and service, Undertaking establishments, Veterinary clinics, Vocational schools, Warehouses, Water softener service, Welding shops, Wholesale establishments, Window cleaning firms
Special use approval required: Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization — one adult-use dispensing license city-wide; 750 feet from schools and other standards in Sec. 5-3-19, Air freight terminals, Airports, Amusement establishments, including archery ranges and shooting galleries, games, etc., Artificial lakes, private recreation, Automobile laundries and car washes, Automobile paint shops, Automobile rentals, Automobile sales, new and used, permitted in enclosed buildings and on open lot areas, Automobile storage facilities, Banks, drive-in facilities, Bars and cocktail lounges, including live entertainment and dancing, Billiard and pool halls, Bus terminals, turnarounds, and lots, Business colleges, commercial schools, Catering establishments, Dairy products manufacturing, Dance halls, Extermination shops, Filtration plants, public, Greenhouses, wholesale, Health clubs, Heliports, private and commercial, Highway maintenance shops and yards, Indoor skating rinks, Launderers, industrial, Livery services, Mobile home dealers, Nurseries, wholesale, Off track betting facilities in conjunction with eat-in restaurants, serving alcohol, Parcel delivery and pick up service, Pawnshops, Recreational vehicle sales, Residence of the proprietor, caretaker, or watchman of a commercial or industrial use, Restaurants, drive-in or drive-through facilities, fast foods, Savings and loan associations, drive-in facilities, Skating rinks, indoor, Swim clubs, swimming pools and buildings for indoor swimming pools, Taverns, Telephone microwave relay towers, Temporary buying locations (e.g., cash for gold), Tennis clubs, tennis courts and buildings for indoor tennis and similar establishments, Trailer sales and rentals, Woodworking and wood products manufacturing
Source: Prospect Heights City Code, Title 5 (Zoning), current through Ord. O-26-09 (April 13, 2026). Overlay districts, planned developments and parking rules can further limit what a specific parcel can do. Confirm any address with the City before you sign or close — or run it through the Commercial Zoning Lookup.
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