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Within the Community Shopping Zone, as indicated on the zoning map, no lot, building or structure shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected which is intended or designed for any other than one or more of the following specified purposes.
(A) Uses permitted.
(1) Agriculture, including the sale, storage and processing of products;
(2) Auto parts and supplies, new;
(3) Bakeries;
(4) Banks and financial institutions, including loan and finance companies;
(5) Barber and beauty shops;
(6) Churches;
(7) Clubs and lodges;
(8) Convenience stores;
(9) Drug stores;
(10) Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats;
(11) Electric, radio and television repair shops;
(12) Floral and gift shops;
(13) Food stores and meat markets;
(14) Hardware, paint and floor covering stores;
(15) Health and medical facilities;
(16) Internet cafés;
(17) Motels;
(18) Offices, business, professional and public;
(19) Public safety and utility facilities;
(20) Restaurants;
(21) Sale and repair of new and used automobiles and other services incident to the operation of an automobile dealership;
(22) Service stations; and
(23) Signs constructed and placed in accordance with the ordinances of the town.
(B) Prohibited uses and structures.
(1) The use of any property in this zone as a used car junkyard;
(2) The use of any property in this zone for the sale or storage of used motor vehicles or equipment parts; and
(3) All other structures and uses not specifically permitted in the above list of permitted uses.
(C) Area and yard regulations.
(1) Buildings erected in the Community Shopping Zone for dwelling purposes exclusively shall comply with the requirements of the R6 Residential Zone.
(2) Where a building is erected for mixed use, namely for both dwelling and shopping purposes, each story of such building used in any part for dwelling purposes shall, if more than two rooms in depth, be provided with two side yards, one on each side of the building, neither of which shall be less than six feet in width.
(3) There are no minimum lot requirements in this zone.
(4) Where a Community Shopping Zone abuts a residential district, there shall be a side or rear yard, as the case may be, of at least ten feet in width. This yard shall be planted with evergreen trees and shrubbery to act as a buffer strip. Maintenance shall be provided by the property owner at all times.
(D) Off-street parking and loading.
(1) Required off-street parking space shall be provided on the same lot as the use for which provided or within a distance of 300 feet from the lot provided that such parking space land is owned by the same owner as the use lot. Each application for zoning certificate shall include information as to the location and dimensions of off-street parking and loading space and the means of ingress and egress. Each automobile parking space shall not be less than 200 square feet exclusive of access drives and maneuvering space.
(2) For motels built within this zone, one space shall be provided for each sleeping unit and one space for each employee.
(3) For all other uses permitted within this zone, one space shall be provided for each 200 square feet of gross floor area of the structure.
(4) Every building or structure used for trade or business shall provide space for the loading and unloading of vehicles. These spaces shall be designed so that the vehicles loading and unloading shall not rest upon or across any public street right-of-way. All off-street loading spaces shall be at least 12 feet wide, 30 feet long and have an overhead clearance of 14 feet. Adequate means of ingress and egress must also be provided. Retail and wholesale establishments shall provide one off-street loading and unloading space for the first 2,500 square feet of gross floor space and one additional space for each additional 20,000 square feet of gross floor space.
(1993 Code, § 91.021) (Ord. passed 2-6-2006; Ord. passed 12-3-2012) Penalty, see § 153.999
Within the Business Zone, as indicated on the zoning map, no lot, building or structure shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected which is intended or designed for any other than one or more of the following specified purposes.
(A) Uses permitted.
(1) Any use permitted in the R8 and R6 Residential Zones;
(2) Offices, restaurants, banks, theaters, retail stores and retail stores conducting incidental and secondary wholesale departments;
(3) Public buildings or other public use and public utility uses;
(4) Signs constructed and placed in accordance with the ordinances of the town;
(5) Newspaper or printing plants, radio and television stations;
(6) Dry-cleaning and pressing plants, laundries;
(7) Freezer lockers, cold storage plants, produce markets;
(8) Billiard or pool rooms, bowling alleys, dance halls and other forms of public amusements;
(9) Wholesale and storage warehouses and building materials supply and sales warehouses or yards necessarily incidental to a permitted use in this zone;
(10) Automobile, truck, tractor and implement sales and service. Automobile repair garages and parking lots;
(11) Taxicab, bus and motor freight terminals;
(12) Hotels, motels, tourist homes;
(13) Accessory buildings and uses customarily and necessarily incident to the above specified uses; and
(14) In general, business not creating or likely to create either smoke, odor, gas, dust, noise or vibration harmful to abutting property in this zone.
(B) Area and yard regulations.
(1) Buildings erected in the Business Zone for dwelling purposes exclusively shall comply with the requirements of the R6 Residential Zone.
(2) Where a building is erected for mixed use, namely, for both dwelling and business purposes, each story of such building used in any part for dwelling purposes shall, be more than two rooms in depth, be provided with two side yards, one on each side of the building, neither of which shall be less than six feet in width; provided, however, that this regulation shall not apply to the street side of a corner lot.
(3) Where a lot abuts upon the side of a lot zoned residential, there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet in width.
(1993 Code, § 91.022) (Ord. passed 4-6-1981) Penalty, see § 153.999
(A) Industrial zone. In the Industrial Zone, any building or land may be used for any purpose not in conflict with any ordinance within the town, except that no mobile home shall be located in the Industrial Zone and used as a residence, nor shall any building or occupancy permit be issued for any of the following uses until and unless the location of such use shall have been approved by the Board of Adjustment:
(1) Acid manufacture;
(2) Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture;
(3) Distillation of bones;
(4) Used car junk yard;
(5) Explosives, manufacture or storage;
(6) Fat rendering;
(7) Garbage, offal, dead animal reduction or dumping;
(8) Gas manufacture;
(9) Glue manufacture;
(10) Stock yards or slaughter of animals;
(11) Tannery;
(12) Pulp manufacture; and
(13) Any other similar operation which may be declared objectionable by the Board of Adjustment.
(B) Area and yard requirement.
(1) Buildings erected in the Industrial Zone for dwelling purposes exclusively shall comply with the requirements of the R6 Residential Zone.
(2) Where a building is erected for mixed use, namely, for both dwelling and business purposes, each story of such building used in any part for dwelling purposes shall, be more than two rooms in depth, be provided with two side yard, one on each side of the building, neither of which shall be less than six feet in width; provided, however, that this regulations shall not apply to the street side of a corner lot.
(3) Where a lot abuts upon the side of a lot zoned residential, there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet in width.
(1993 Code, § 91.023) (Ord. passed 4-6-1981) Penalty, see § 153.999
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The following requirements or regulations qualify or supplement, as the case may be, the zone regulations or requirements appearing elsewhere in this chapter.
(A) Public or semi-public buildings, hospitals, sanatoriums, schools and churches or temples, where permitted in a zone, may be erected to a height not exceeding 96 feet.
(B) Chimneys, water tanks or towers, elevator bulkheads, stacks ornamental towers or spires, wireless or broadcasting towers, or monuments, cupolas, domes, false mansards, parapet walls, similar structures and necessary mechanical appurtenances may be erected to a height in accordance with existing or hereafter adopted ordinances.
(C) Every part of a required yard shall be open from its lowest point to the sky unobstructed, except for the ordinary protection of sills, belt courses, cornices, buttresses ornamental features and eaves; provided, however, that none of the above projections shall project into a minimum side yard more than 24 inches.
(D) Open or enclosed fire escapes, outside stairways, balconies and other necessary unenclosed projections, projecting into a minimum yard or court not more than 50% of the required side yard and the ordinary projections of chimneys and flues may be permitted by the Building Inspector where same are so placed as not to obstruct the light and ventilation.
(E) Municipally owned and operated public utility uses including water distribution uses and electric power transmission lines and transformer stations may be located in a residential zone. Such uses shall not include repair or storage facilities for supplies or equipment.
(1993 Code, § 91.035) (Ord. passed 4-6-1981)
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