The purpose of the Plum Island Research District is to encourage
the use of land for research and educational opportunities, provide
quality employment opportunities and to preserve Plum Island's regionally
significant natural, historic, scenic and cultural resources.
In the PIR District, no building or premises shall be used and
no building or part of a building shall be erected or altered which
is arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole or in part,
for any purpose except the following:
A. Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted uses and are subject
to site plan approval by the Planning Board:
(1)
Research laboratories with multiple buildings allowed in a campus-style
development, subject to the following conditions:
(a)
The use shall not involve the handling, storage or discharge
of explosives.
(b)
No offensive noises, gases, fumes, smoke, odors, dust, effluent
or vibrations shall emanate from such use and no waste products shall
be discharged therefrom of a character to create a nuisance or to
be injurious to health or to negatively impact surface or groundwater.
(c)
All sewage will be treated by a sewage treatment plant or similar
sewage treatment.
(2)
Educational facilities, with multiple buildings allowed in a
campus-style development. All sewage will be treated by a sewage treatment
plant or similar sewage treatment.
(3)
Museums housed in a designated historic landmark. All sewage
will be treated by a sewage treatment plant or similar.
B. Uses permitted by special exception of the Board of Appeals. The
following uses are permitted as a special exception by the Board of
Appeals as hereinafter provided and subject to site plan approval
by the Planning Board:
(1)
Solar energy generation in excess of that needed to provide
power to permitted uses.
C. Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted as accessory uses:
(1)
Any customary structures or uses which are customarily incidental
to the principal use, except those prohibited by this chapter;
(2)
Sleeping quarters, apartments or dormitories providing accommodations solely for personnel associated with permitted or special exception uses set forth in §
280-183A and
B;
(3)
Cafeteria for personnel associated with permitted or special exception uses set forth in §
280-183A and
B;
(4)
Infrastructure necessary to the operation of the permitted or special exception uses set forth in §
280-183A and
B, limited to roads, sewer system, water storage and water pipelines and utility lines;
(5)
The existing harbor and ferry facility for transportation by
boat to and from the Island.
D. Additional standards. All uses in this district shall be subject
to the following: Vegetation shall not be disturbed. Where noxious
or invasive plants are overtaking native flora or where vegetation
must be disturbed in conjunction with a permitted use, an application
may be made to the Planning Board for an approval to remove vegetation.
(1)
The application shall include:
(a)
A plan indicating the types of vegetation present, the vegetation
to be removed and a revegetation plan (if any), using plant species
listed in the Southold Town Planning Board's Native/Natural Buffer
Plantings list of recommended native plants;
(b)
An application fee of $100.
(2)
The Planning Board shall render a written determination within
30 days of receipt of a complete application stating the reason therefor
and advising the applicant of the right to appeal; and
(3)
The Town Board shall hear appeals or shall designate a person
or body to hear appeals regarding a denial under this section. Any
person, whose application to remove vegetation is denied, may appeal
within 30 days of a denial.
No building or premises shall be used and no building or part
thereof shall be erected or altered in the Plum Island Research District
unless the same conforms to the Bulk Schedule and Parking and Loading
Schedules incorporated into this chapter by reference, with the
same force and effect as if such regulations were set forth herein
in full.
New structures and impervious surfaces shall be set back at
least 300 feet from the shoreline, bluff or dune crest, or wetlands
edge, whichever is more protective.