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Village of Freeport, NY
Nassau County
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The following regulations shall apply to all Industrial Districts.
[Amended 11-28-1966]
The following uses are permitted:
A. 
All uses permitted in any other district, except residential.
B. 
All other uses except those specifically prohibited herein.
The following uses are prohibited:
Alcohol manufacture, brewing or distillation or storage thereof
Ammonia, manufacture of
Asphalt, manufacture or refining of
Boiler or tank works
Breweries
Coal, distillation of
Cellulose manufacture
Crematories
Creosote, treatment or manufacture of
Explosives, gunpowder, manufacture or storage of
Fat rendering
Fertilizer manufacture
Garbage, reduction of garbage, offal, dead animals or refuse
Glue, size or gelatin manufacture
Junkyards of any kind
Lime, cement or plaster of paris manufacture
Motor vehicle wrecking or storage of junked motor vehicles or parts
Oilcloth or linoleum manufacture
Paint, oil, varnish or turpentine manufacture
Petroleum refining
Rubber manufacture from crude material
Slaughtering of animals
Smelting of metals
Starch, glucose or dextrin manufacture
Stockyards
Storage, curing or tanning of rawhides or skins
Sulfurous, sulfuric, nitric or hydrochloric acid manufacture
Tallow, grease or lard manufacture
Tar distillation or manufacture
Any trade, industry or use that is noxious or offensive y reason of the emission of odor, smoke, gas, vapor, dust or noise, or which causes, by reason of objectionable matter, pollution or contamination of land or any body of water
Open-air parking lots operated as such for the sale of more than five motor vehicles, unless a permit therefor shall be granted by the Board of Appeals as provided in § 210-12M hereof
The bulk storage of fuel oil, petroleum, crude oil or any product thereof, whether for storage or for subsequent sale. This prohibition does not apply to the storage for sale of motor fuel at retail as provided in §§ 115-33 through 115-50 of Chapter 115, Fire Prevention, nor does it apply to lubricating oils or greases, nor does it apply to fuel oil if the same is to be consumed on the property where it is stored.
[Amended 4-29-1968]
Uses permitted in Residence AA and Residence A Districts, except professional offices, are prohibited in the same building with any other use permitted herein
Metal finishing, electroplating, metal cleaning, cleaning and etching or other processes which normally produce wastes containing metals and cyanide. Any trade or industry engaging in this use shall be allowed to continue the said use at any subsequent plant relocation, subject to all applicable laws and ordinances and the approval of the Sewer and Sanitation Commission and the Superintendent of Buildings.
[Added 2-26-1968; amended 7-15-1968]
Shooting galleries, penny or picture arcades wherein coin-operated machines such as pool tables, pong machines, pinball machines or other similiar coin-operated and amusement game machines are maintained, except that the above-described machines may be permitted in any established business as permitted in the district as follows: Each store or location with a square footage of 10,000 square feet or less shall be permitted two amusement devices, and one additional amusement device shall be allowed for each additional 10,000 square feet of store space. Notwithstanding the foregoing, liquor-dispensing establishments licensed by the New York State Liquor Authority shall be permitted one amusement device for each 500 square feet of store space.
[Added 6-27-1977 by L.L. No. 12-1977; amended 4-28-1980 by L.L. No. 4-1980; 8-11-1980 by L.L. No. 14-1980]
Tattoo parlors
[Added 5-23-1983 by L.L. No. 11-1983]
A. 
All buildings and structures shall be limited to 50 feet in height, except that no dwelling shall have a height of more than 35 feet nor more than three stories.
B. 
These provisions shall not apply to restrict the height of a church spire, tower or belfry or of a monument, flagpole, water tank, elevator bulkhead or stage tower or any noncommercial television or radio aerial.
No one-family dwelling shall be erected on a lot whose area is less than 5,000 square feet.
The entire lot may be covered by buildings, except within the mandatory open spaces hereinafter specified, and with the further exception that no one-family dwelling shall occupy more than 35% of the lot area, together with an additional 10% allowed for the erection of a garage, as provided for in the Residence A District.
There shall be a minimum average floor area of 800 square feet per family in one-family houses.
A. 
Front yards. Every building shall have a minimum front yard depth of 25 feet; five feet shall be used for planting and landscaping and 20 feet shall be surfaced and may be used for off-street parking of pleasure cars only, except along streets where lesser setbacks have been established. Notwithstanding the foregoing exception, every building shall have a minimum front yard depth of at least five feet.
[Amended 7-13-1970]
B. 
Side and rear yards. The side and rear yards for one-family dwellings shall be the same as those required for such structures in Residence A Districts.
On every lot that abuts directly on a Residence Apartment District or more highly restricted district, there shall be provided a yard of at least 10 feet in depth along the line where the lot abuts on such residence district. Such yard may be used for vehicular access but not for vehicle storage or parking and shall remain open, unobstructed and unencumbered.
A. 
For every nonresidential building erected or altered on a lot in excess of 4,000 square feet, there shall be provided vehicular access at the rear or side or into the building for loading or unloading purposes. Any dock, bay, platform and the like used in connection with providing vehicular access at the rear or side or into a building for loading or unloading purposes shall be set back a minimum distance of 60 feet from the street.
[Amended 6-23-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986]
B. 
For every nonresidential building erected or enlarged and every trade, industry or business conducted on any plot of land fronting on a street which is less than 50 feet in width, there shall be provided space and facilities for off-street loading and unloading purposes. Rules as to space for the parking of motor vehicles with approved access thereto shall be governed by the provisions of §§ 210-166 through 210-182 hereof.