The Neighborhood Business Districts B-3 are
primarily for the accommodation of neighborhood businesses and related
structures and uses.
In Neighborhood Business Districts B-3, no building
or other structure or land shall be used and no building or other
structure shall be built for any purpose other than:
A.ย
A use permitted in Residential Districts R-1 and Conservation
Residential or Business Districts B-1 and B-2.
[Amended 10-16-2006 by L.L. No. 14-2006; 6-8-2015 by L.L. No. 7-2015]
B.ย
The following uses:
[Amended 6-8-2015 by L.L.
No. 7-2015; 12-14-2015 by L.L. No. 14-2015]
Animal-care facilities, provided that any structure
or area used for such purposes, including pens or exercise runnings,
shall be at least 100 feet distant from any residential district
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Artists' studios and shops
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Arts and crafts
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Bait and tackle shops
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Bakery with baking on premises
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Bank or savings-and-loan association
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Bicycle sales and repair shops
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Bowling alley
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Church or other place of worship
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Convenience food store
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Day-care center
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Dry-cleaning establishment, where not more than
five persons are employed and where no flammable cleaning fluids are
used
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Emergency ambulance facilities if and only as
long as, these facilities are under contract to the Town of Clifton
Park to provide general health services to the Town
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Federal, state, county or Town municipal building
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Hardware store
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Interior design and decorator
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Meat markets (no processing facilities)
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Music shops
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Newstands
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Office supplies
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Personal service establishments
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Photographic and art galleries
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Print shops
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Restaurant; restaurant, drive-in or fast-food;
or barroom, provided that no portion of the portion of a building
occupied by such uses shall be located within 300 feet of the boundary
line of any residential district
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Shoe repair
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Shopping center, subject to the provisions of ยงย 208-89
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Sporting goods
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Tier 1 solar energy system
[Added 10-18-2021 by L.L. No. 6-2021] | |
Wine and liquor stores
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C.ย
Other uses and other buildings and structures as provided
for by the following sections:
(1)ย
Only the following special uses shall be considered pursuant to ยงย 208-79 et seq.:
A.ย
Residential buildings. All buildings intended for residential use, in whole or in part, shall conform to the space and bulk standards of Residential Districts R-1, ยงย 208-11.
C.ย
Front yards. There shall be a minimum front yard of 80 feet, into which space there shall be no encroachment of structures other than a fence, a wall or a sign not larger than 20 square feet and no encroachment of commercial usage other than parking space. There shall be no parking allowed within 30 feet of the front lot line. Building setbacks specifically established by ยงย 208-98 shall take precedence over the above.
D.ย
Side yards. No building shall be placed closer to
a side property line than 20 feet, and no automobile parking space
shall extend nearer to a side property line than 20 feet.
E.ย
Rear yards. No building shall be placed closer to
a rear property line than 50 feet if the adjacent district is a residential
district or closer to the rear property line than 30 feet with no
encroachment by structures or parking if the adjacent district is
any other class of district.
F.ย
Height. For each foot the height of a building exceeds
35 feet, the offset from the side and rear property lines shall be
increased by two feet.
G.ย
Green space shall be 35%.
H.ย
When abutting a residential zone, a minimum buffer
of 100 feet shall be maintained and supplemented as deemed appropriate
by the Planning Board.
There shall be not more than one entrance and
one exit per establishment upon any individual public thoroughfare,
and the distance between the entrance and exit center lines, if separated,
shall be not less than 100 feet.
The property margins at the sides from the front
building line to the rear property line shall be planted with trees
and shrubs for a width of not less than 10 feet.
It shall be allowable to construct a group of
establishments in accordance with an integrated site and architectural
plan. Minimum land area for such consideration shall be five acres,
with a minimum width of 400 feet at the building line.
See Article XIV, Exceptions and Special Provisions, for other applicable requirements.