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Chapter 15 - Zoning
Appendix A - Table of Authorized Principal Uses

To determine in which zone a specific use is allowed, find the use in the "Principal Use" column of this table and read across the table until a letter appears in one of the columns. If a "P" appears in a column, the use is permitted in the zoning district represented by that column; if an "S" appears in the column, the use is allowed in the zoning district represented by that column as a Special Use subject to the provisions of Division 10 of this Code.

Town of Normal Inspections Department - Table of Authorized Uses

USE A         R1AA   R1A     R1B     R2       R3A     R3B     R4       S1       S2       S3       C1       C2       C3       B1       B2       M1       M2      
Agricultural Implement, Sales & Repair P P
Agricultural Products & Storage P
Agricultural Supply Store P P
Agriculture P P P P P P P P P P * P P P P P P P
Agriculture & Horticultural Fairs, Displays & Shows & Exhibits S
Aircraft Manufacture & Assembly P
Airport, Heliport P
Ambulance Service P P
Amusement Center P P P
Appliance Repair Shop P P P
Appliance Store P P P
Arena, Stadium P P P
Art & School Supply Store P P P P
Art Gallery, Museum P P P P P P
Asphalt Batch Plant S
Athletic Club, Indoor P P
Auction House P P
Auditorium P P
Automobile Service Station P P
Automobile, Truck Sales P P
Bagged Mineral Products P P
Bakery P P P P
Bakery & Donut Shops (Retail Sales Only) P P P P
Ballroom, Dance Hall P P
Bank P P P P P
Barber, Beauty Shop P P P P
Barber, Beauty Shop when located in a office building P
Bicycle Manufacture P P
Boat Manufacture P P
Boat Sales P P
Book, Stationery Store P P P P P P
Bowling, Billard Center P P P P
Bus Passenger Terminal P P
Business School P P P P
Candy & Ice Cream Shops P P P P
Car Wash P P P
Cemeteries S S S S S
Churches & Other Places of Public Worship S S S S S S P P P P
Clothing Store P P P
Clubs , Private P P P
Coal Storage S S
College, University Classroom S P P
USE A R1AA R1A R1B R2 R3A R3B R4 S1 S2 S3 C1 C2 C3 B1 B2 M1 M2
Community Center P
Computer Data-Processing Center P P P P
Concrete Batch Plant S
Contractor's Shop P P P
Convenience Established in Multiple-Family Buildings S
Convention Center P
Cordage, Rope, Twine & Net Manufacture P P
Correctional Institutions, Detention Centers & Rehabilitation Centers P
Cotton: Spinning & Weaving P
Country Clubs & Private Golf Courses S S S S S
Dairy Products Manufacture P
Dairy Store P P P P
Dairy Store when located in an office building P
Dance Studio P P P P P
Day Care Centers S S P P P P
Day Care Centers in Churches S S S S
Day Care Homes P P P P P P P
Delicatessen P P P P
Delicatessen when located in an office building P
Department Store P P P
Distilling, Rectifying, Blending Spirits P
Dormitory Residence Hall P P
Drug Store P P P P
Drug Store when located in an office building P
Drugs, Pharmaceutical Manufacture P
Dry Cleaners P P P P
Dry Cleaning pick-up store when located in an office building P
Dry Goods Store P P P
Dwelling Units when located above the first story P P P
Dwelling, Multiple-Family P P
Dwelling, Two-Family P P
Dwellings, Mobile Home P
Dwellings, Single Family P P P P
Electric Power Plants & Substations P
Electrical & Electronic Machinery Manufacture P P
Electrical Appliance Manufacture P P P
Exhibition Hall, Exposition Hall S P P
Extraction, Loading, Storage, Hashing & Hauling of Sand, Gravel & Topsoil S S
Farm P P
USE A R1AA R1A R1B R2 R3A R3B R4 S1 S2 S3 C1 C2 C3 B1 B2 M1 M2
Fieldhouse P P
Fire Station P
Fleet Fueling Depot P
Florist Shop P P P P
Food Locker Plants P P P
Footware Manufacture P P
Funeral Parlor P P
Fur Store P P P
Furniture Repair Store P P P
Furniture Store P P P
Furniture, Fixture, Bedding Manufacture P P
Garden Supply Store P P P
Gas Company Plants & Facilities P
Gift Shop P P P P
Glass Manufacture P
Golf Course, Public P P
Grain Elevator P
Greenhouse P
Gymnasium P P P
Hardware Store P P P P
Health Club P P P P P
Heating, Physical Plant P
High-Rise Building S S S S S
Historic Buildings *
Hobby, Toy Shop P P P P
Hospital P
Household Goods, Sales & Repair P P P P
Ice Rink P P P P
Indoor Tennis Club P P
Instrument Manufacture P P
Jewelry Manufacture P P
Jewelry Store P P P
Junior College Classroom building P P
Knitting Mills, all fabrics absent of any dye process P
Knitting Mills, all fibers P
Laboratory P
Laundry P P P P
Leather Goods Shop P P P
Legislative Hall P
Library P P P
Linen Supply House P P
Liquor Store P P P P
Lumberyard, Building Materials Storage P P P
USE A R1AA R1A R1B R2 R3A R3B R4 S1 S2 S3 C1 C2 C3 B1 B2 M1 M2
Machinery Manufacture P
Mail Order Store P P P
Manufacture of Grain Mill Products P
Manufacture of Products from Cork or Wood P P
Manufacture of Products from Plastic P
Manufacture of Products from Processed Fur P P
Manufacture of Products from Processed Leather P
Manufacture of Transport Equipment, Component Parts only P
Market, Grocery Store P P P P
Market, Grocery Store when located in an office building P
Memorial Structures, Monuments *
Metal Products Manufacture P
Miniature Golf Course P
Mobile Home Parks S
Mobile Home, Recreational Vehicle Rental and Sales P P
Motel, Hotel P P
Motion Picture Theater P P P
Motor Vehicle Manufacture & Assembly P
Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessory Sales P P P
Motor Vehicle Repairs, Paint Shop P P P
Motor Vehicle Sales P P
Motor Vehicle Storage P P P
Music Store P P P
Musical Instrument Manufacture P
News Stand P P P P
News Stand when located in an office building P
Newspaper, Magazine Printing & Publishing P P P P
Night Club P P
Nurseries & Greenhouses S P P
Nursery School P P P
Nursing & Retirement Homes S P
Office Building S
Office Building, Office P P P P P P P P
Optical Goods Sales P P P
Park P P
Parking Lot P P P P
Pet store P P P P
Photographic Studios P P P P
Photographic Supply Sales P P P
Photographic, Optical Goods Manufacture P P
Planetarium P
USE A R1AA R1A R1B R2 R3A R3B R4 S1 S2 S3 C1 C2 C3 B1 B2 M1 M2
Plastic & Plastic Products Manufacture P
Police Station P P
Pottery,China, Earthenware Manufacture P P
Print Shop P P P
Radio, Radar Site P P
Radio, T.V. Station P P P P P
Rail Terminal P
Recreation Center P P P P
Recreational Vehicle Sales P P P
Restaurant Supplies & Services P P
Restaurant, when located in an office building P
Restaurants P P P P
Retail Lumber Sales P P P
Riding Stables S
Roadside Stands for sale of agricultural products P
Roller Rink P P
Rooming Houses S P P
Rubber, Rubber Products Manufacture P
Rug, Floor-Covering Store P P P
Sanitary Landfill P
School Administrative Offices P
School Bus Garages and or repair shops, Public Transit Garages P
School System Warehouses; Governmental Warehouses and Storage Areas P
School, Elementary P P
School, High P P
School, Junior High P P
Shoe Repair Shop P P P P
Shoe Repair Shop when located in an office building P
Shoe Store P P P
Single-Family Manufactured Unit P
Snack Food Manufacture P P
Soft Drink, Carbonated Water Industry P P
Specialty Food Store P P P P
Specialty Food Store when located in an office building P
Specialty School P P P P
Sporting Goods Manufacture P P
Sporting Goods Sales P P P
Storage, Canned or Bottled Food & Soft Drinks P P
Storage; Fibre Products P P
Storage; Flour, Starch & Sugar P P
USE A R1AA R1A R1B R2 R3A R3B R4 S1 S2 S3 C1 C2 C3 B1 B2 M1 M2
Storage; Heavy Machinery & Equipment P P
Storage; Ice P P
Storage; Loose or Bagged Agricultural Products P
Storage; Loose or Bagged Processed Food P
Storage; Metal, Metal Products P
Storage; Non-Harzardous Chemicals or plastic Products P P
Storage; Packaged Foodstuff P P
Storage; Packaged Mineral Products P P
Storage; Packaged Tobacco Products P P
Storage; Paper, Paper Products P P
Storage, Petroleum Products P
Storage; Rolled Paper P
Storage; Seeds, Beans, Nuts & Silage P
Storage; Wood Products, Furniture P
Storage; Wood, Paper, Products P
Student Residence Hall P
Supper Club P P
Swimming Facility P P P
Tailor, Dress Making Shop P P P P
Taxidermist Shop P P
Telecommunication Antenna & Related Antenna Facilities P P P S S S S S S S
Telephone Exchange P
Textile Manufacture; absent of any dye process P P
Theater P P P P
Theraputic Care Homes S P
Tobacco Shop P P P P
Tobacco Shop, when located in an office building P
Tourist Cabins, Recreational Vehicle & Tourist Camps S
Toys, Sporting Goods Manufacture P P
Trailer Rental and Sales P P
Travel Bureau P P P P P
Truck Freight Terminal P P P
Truck Stop P
Truck Terminal P P P
Variety Store P P P
Veterinary Hospitals S P
Video Rental Stores P
Vocational School P P P P
Wallpaper, Paint Store P P P
Warehouse; General P P
Warehouse; Mini(with or without dwelling unit for Superintendent) P P P
USE A R1AA R1A R1B R2 R3A R3B R4 S1 S2 S3 C1 C2 C3 B1 B2 M1 M2
Watch, Clock Manufacture P P
Water Filtration/Treatment Plants & Elevated & Underground Storage Tanks P
Wearing Apparel Manufacture P P
Welfare Agency P
Wholesale Distributors P P
Wooden, Cone Containers Manufacture P P
Wool, Worsted; Spinning & Weaving P
Zoo P
*S3 does not list any permitted uses, except those of underlying district.