[Added 7-24-1972; amended 8-29-1977 by L.L. No. 13-1977]
The following regulations shall apply to the
Planned Unit Development District - Primary Area and Secondary Area,
as set forth in the Building Zone Map of the Village of Freeport.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included
in a pocket at the end of this volume.
The following uses are permitted in the Primary
Area:
A.
All uses permitted in Residence A District, except
residential.
B.
Offices used for business, professional or governmental
purposes, studios, banks and financial institutions, research and
development facilities.
C.
Medical and dental clinics.
D.
Hotels, motels and motor inns, along with dining and
banquet facilities customarily appurtenant to such uses.
E.
Neighborhood commercial establishments limited to
retail department stores and shops, food stores, florists, gift and
specialty shops, art, antique, dressmaking, drugs, hardware, apparel,
tailor, fur, millinery, smoke shops, grocery, liquor stores, newsstands,
barbershops, beauty parlors, shoe repair, funeral parlors, bakeries
and eat-in type restaurants and similar uses.
F.
Senior citizen housing development consisting of multifamily
dwelling units designed especially for occupancy by senior citizens,
to be developed by the Freeport Housing Authority or by a developer
so designated by the Authority. In conjunction with the primary use,
there shall be provided on site a community meeting area and other
indoor recreation facilities at a ratio of at least 25 square feet
per dwelling unit. Such community space shall be equipped with appropriate
kitchen, meeting and club room facilities. There shall also be provided
outdoor recreation facilities, on site within the required open space
area, equipped with appropriate and adequate park and sitting areas,
all properly landscaped.
G.
Movie theaters.
H.
Indoor commercial recreation facilities, such as but
not limited to tennis courts, skating rinks, bowling, etc.
The following uses are specifically prohibited
in the Primary Area:
A.
Gasoline service stations.
B.
Motor vehicle dealers, motor vehicle repair shops
or service centers.
C.
Car wash establishments.
D.
All other uses not herein specifically permitted.
E.
Shooting galleries, penny or picture arcades wherein
coin-operated machines such as pool tables, pong machines, pinball
machines or other similar coin-operated and amusement game machines
are maintained, except that two of the above-described machines may
be permitted in any established business as permitted in the district,
and, further, that if there are presently more than two of these machines,
the number must be reduced to two machines within one year of the
adoption of this section.
[Added 11-14-1977 by L.L. No. 22-1977]
F.
Social clubs and lodges.
[Added 11-14-1977 by L.L. No. 22-1977]
G.
Tattoo parlors.
[Added 5-23-1983 by L.L. No. 11-1983]
The following uses are permitted in the Secondary
Area:
A.
All uses permitted in Residence A District.
It is the intent of the Board of Trustees in
rezoning North Main Street from the Long Island Railroad north to
Lena Avenue and Washburn Avenue to encourage new construction and
building directly along both sides of North Main Street. To effectively
carry out this intent for the benefit of the people of the Village,
any use or building permitted in the Planned Unit Development District — Primary
Area may be extended by the Board of Trustees into the Planned Unit
Development District — Secondary Area upon application
to and approval of the Board of Trustees and upon such terms and conditions
as said Board may deem fit to impose.
The following uses are specifically prohibited
in the Secondary Area:
A.
Gasoline service stations.
B.
Motor vehicle dealers, motor vehicle repair shops
or service centers.
C.
Car wash establishments.
D.
All other uses not herein specifically permitted.
E.
Shooting galleries, penny or picture arcades wherein
coin-operated machines such as pool tables, pong machines, pinball
machines or other similar coin-operated and amusement game machines
are maintained, except that two of the above-described machines may
be permitted in any established business as permitted in the district,
and, further, that if there are presently more than two of these machines,
the number must be reduced to two machines within one year of the
adoption of this section.
[Added 11-14-1977 by L.L. No. 22-1977]
F.
Social clubs and lodges.
[Added 11-14-1977 by L.L. No. 22-1977]
G.
Tattoo parlors.
[Added 5-23-1983 by L.L. No. 11-1983]
A.
Office buildings. The building height shall be limited
to a maximum of 70 feet in height measured from the mean or average
elevation along the North Main Street frontage.
A.
Yards of the following depths and widths shall be
provided:
B.
Abutting areas. For all developments within the Planned
Unit Development District which abut directly on a residence or more
highly restrictive district, there shall be provided both rear and
side yards of at least 20 feet. One-half or 10 feet of such setback
area abutting the more restrictive district shall be utilized for
screening purposes as set forth herein and not for vehicular or parking
use.
C.
With the exception of the necessary driveways, walks
and entrance areas, the front yard shall be fully graded, landscaped
and continuously maintained in a neat and orderly fashion, and no
portion of the said front yard shall be used for the parking of automobiles
or other vehicles or the storage of articles of any kind.
[Amended 11-9-1981 by L.L. No. 22-1981]
B.
Parking areas shall be located within or adjacent
to the principal building on the site, behind the front building line.
C.
Parking space may be provided on a separate site as
long as the required number of spaces are provided and the parking
area is located not further than 200 feet distant from the entrance
of the use being served, as measured from the nearest point.
All parking areas, drives, walkways, entrances
and exits shall be provided with adequate lighting so arranged as
to direct light away from the windows of any dwelling units on adjoining
properties.
Screening, where required herein, shall consist
of a buffer area which shall be a minimum of five feet in width and
contain evergreen shrubs and/or hedges spaced at close intervals so
as to provide a visual screen of sufficient size to be six feet in
height one year after the commencement of the building's use, or a
continuous wall or fence at least six feet in height with accompanying
landscaped area (including ground cover) to total the required width.
