The regulations set forth in this section or
set forth elsewhere in this chapter, when referred to in this section,
are the regulations in the R-1-70 and R-1-48 Residential Districts.
The purpose of these districts is to provide for single-family residential
development, together with such public buildings, schools, churches,
public recreational facilities and accessory uses as may be necessary
or are normally compatible with residential surroundings.
A. Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted:
(2) The following public and semipublic buildings and
grounds:
(a)
Public schools accredited by the New York State
Department of Education.
(b)
Public parks or recreation areas owned and/or
maintained by the Town/Village of East Rochester.
(3) Public buildings and grounds owned by the Town/Village,
school districts and fire districts, excluding maintenance, storage
or repair facilities.
B. Permitted accessory uses. The following accessory
uses shall be permitted:
(1) Not more than one private garage (attached or detached)
per lot.
(2) Not more than one customary residential storage structure
per lot.
(3) Other customary residential accessory structures,
including but not limited to private swimming pools, domestic pet
shelters, fireplaces, patios, trellises, lamps, posts and the like.
(4) Off-street parking as required by the standards and provisions of Article
XII.
(5) Off-street loading and unloading as required by the standards and provisions of Article
XIII.
(6) Access control, fencing and landscaping as required by the standards and provisions of Articles
XIV and
XV.
C. Uses permitted with a special use permit. The following
uses shall be permitted with a special use permit:
(1) Public utility structures and uses, excluding power
plants, repair and/or maintenance yards, telecommunications towers
and other uses of a similar nature.
(2) Appropriate public and semipublic uses of an institutional, health, educational, recreational, religious or cultural nature not otherwise permitted in Subsection
A, such as but not limited to the following:
(a)
Churches and religious institutions.
(c)
Not-for-profit membership organization or private
club.
(3) Professional offices and home occupations, subject to the regulations in §
193-60, provided that they are carried out in conjunction with a residential use on the property.
(5) Two-family dwellings constructed or converted prior
to zoning restrictions excluding the same and not eligible for treatment
as prior existing nonconforming uses only when owner-occupied and
only when modified to comply with the New York State Uniform Fire
Prevention and Building Code as of the date of the issuance of the
special permit.
(7) Windmills as regulated under §
193-60.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
D. Dimensional requirements. The dimensional requirements
for these two districts are specified in Schedules I and I-a, which
are attached to and made a part of this chapter.
The regulations set forth in this section or
set forth elsewhere in this chapter, when referred to in this section,
are the regulations in the TR Townhouse Residential District. The
purpose of this district is to provide for multifamily residential
development, together with such public buildings, schools, churches,
public recreational facilities and accessory uses as may be necessary
or are normally compatible with residential surroundings.
A. Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted:
(1) Any uses permitted in the R-1-70 and R-1-48 Residential
Districts.
(2) Townhouses and townhouse developments.
B. Permitted accessory uses. The following accessory
uses shall be permitted: any accessory use permitted in the R-1-48
Residential District.
C. Uses permitted with a special use permit. The following
uses shall be permitted with a special use permit:
(1) Any use permitted with a special use permit in the
R-1-48 Residential District, with the exception of funeral homes.
(2) Apartment houses and multifamily dwellings.
D. Dimensional requirements. The dimensional requirements
for this district are specified in Schedules I and I-a, which are
attached to and made a part of this chapter.
E. Special provisions.
(1) An application for a townhouse development shall comply with the site plan requirements specified in §
193-42 of this chapter.
(2) A tract of land may be rezoned to an TR Townhouse
Residential District, provided that the minimum land area required
for such uses shall be one acre.
(3) The minimum living space per dwelling unit shall be
as follows:
(b)
One bedroom: 600 square feet.
(c)
Two bedrooms: 800 square feet.
(d)
Three bedrooms: 950 square feet.
(4) Where there is more than one building in a complex,
no buildings shall be closer together than the height of the lower
building.
(5) A strip of land at least six feet in width surrounding
each building shall be kept completely open except for foundation
plantings of less than six feet in height.
(6) Courtyards bounded on three sides by the wings of
a single building or by the walls of separate buildings shall have
a minimum court width of two feet for each one foot in height of the
tallest adjacent building.
(7) Townhouse developments shall be attractively shrubbed
and properly maintained. Open space adjacent to, around or between
driveways, parking areas, structures or other required improvements
shall be graded and seeded to provide a thick stand of grass or other
plant material.
The regulations set forth in this section or
set forth elsewhere in this chapter, when referred to in this section,
are the regulations in the LC Limited Commercial and C/I Mixed Commercial/Industrial
Districts.
A. Purpose.
(1) The purpose of the LC Limited Commercial District
is to provide for attractive and efficient retail shopping facilities
of integrated design in appropriate locations. It is intended that
the district shall be laid out and developed as a unit according to
an approved plan so that the purpose of the district may be accomplished.
(2) The purpose of the C/I Mixed Commercial/Industrial
District is to provide for the orderly development and redevelopment
of areas that have historically contained a mix of commercial and
industrial uses.
B. Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted:
(1) Retail business establishments which are clearly of
a community service character, such as but not limited to the following:
(a)
Stores selling groceries, meats, baked goods
and other such food items.
(c)
Stationery, tobacco and newspaper stores and
confectionery stores.
(d)
Variety and general merchandise stores, except
for adult bookstores.
(e)
Hardware, appliance, automotive supplies, radio
and television sales and service.
(2) Personal service establishments which are clearly
of a community service character, such as but not limited to the following:
(a)
Barbershops and beauty shops.
(b)
Shoe repair and fix-it shops.
(c)
Dry-cleaning stores and laundromats.
(d)
Business and professional offices, including
medical offices and clinics, and banks.
(3) Specialized trade, professional or business schools.
(5) Other business uses which, in the opinion of the Zoning
Board of Appeals, are similar in nature and scale to those permitted
above.
C. Subject to the following requirements and approval
of a site plan by the Zoning Board of Appeals, a principal building
may contain a combination of residential and business uses.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
(1) A residential use shall not be permitted to occupy
any part of the first story nor more than 50% of the floor area of
a mixed-use building.
(2) Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Article
XII of this chapter.
(3) Apartments shall be limited to one bedroom.
D. Permitted accessory uses. The following accessory
uses shall be permitted:
(2) Customary storage structures.
(3) Off-street parking as required by the standards and provisions of Article
XII.
(4) Off-street loading and unloading as required by the standards and provisions of Article
XIII.
(5) Access control, fencing and landscaping as required by the standards and provisions of Articles
XIV and
XV.
E. Uses permitted with a special use permit. The following
uses shall be permitted with a special use permit:
(1) Gasoline service stations.
(2) Public utility uses, excluding telecommunications
towers.
(3) Light assembly and light fabrication.
(4) Public and semipublic uses, such as but not limited
to the following:
(a)
Churches and religious institutions.
(d)
Hospital, nursing home or adult home.
(e)
Not-for-profit membership organization or private
club.
(f)
Government administration or public safety facilities,
excluding repair or maintenance yards.
(6) Motor vehicle sales, public garages and motor vehicle
repair shops may be permitted with a special permit in the C/I District.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
(7) Light industrial uses permitted in the I District
may be permitted with a special permit in the C/I District.
(8) Warehouse, storage and distribution facilities shall
be permitted with a special permit in the C/I District.
(9) Windmills as regulated under §
193-60.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
F. Dimensional requirements. The dimensional requirements
for this district are specified in Schedule I which is attached to
and made a part of this chapter.
The regulations set forth in this section or
set forth elsewhere in this chapter, when referred to in this section,
are the regulations in the GC General Commercial District. The purpose
of this district is to provide sufficient space in appropriate locations
for a wide variety of business, commercial and miscellaneous service
activities, particularly along certain existing major thoroughfares
where a general mixture of commercial and service activity now exists,
but which uses are not characterized by extensive warehousing, frequent
heavy trucking activity, open storage of material or the nuisance
factors of dust, odor and noise associated with manufacturing.
A. Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted:
(1) Any use permitted by right in the LC Limited Commercial
District.
(2) Indoor commercial recreation facility, as defined
herein, including but not limited to the following: amusement place,
skating rink, bowling alley, billiard parlor, swimming pool, dance
hall, auditorium or theater.
(3) Bottling works, dyeing and cleaning works or laundry,
plumbing and heating shop, painting shop, upholstering shop not involving
furniture manufacture, tinsmithing shop, tire sales and service (including
vulcanizing and recapping but not manufacturing), appliance repairs
and general service and repair establishments similar in character
to those listed, provided that no outside storage of material is permitted
except as provided in this section, and further provided that no use
permitted in this subsection shall occupy more than 6,000 square feet
of floor area.
(4) Motor vehicle repair shop, provided that no outside
storage of material is permitted except as provided in this section,
and further provided that no such use shall occupy more than 6,000
square feet of floor area.
(5) Drive-in or fast-food restaurants.
(8) Material storage yards in connection with retail sales
of products where storage is incidental to the approved occupancy
of a store or other permitted use, provided that all products and
materials used or stored are in a completely enclosed building or
enclosed by a masonry wall, fence or hedge not less than six feet
in height. Storage of all materials and equipment shall not exceed
the height of the wall. Storage of cars and trucks used in connection
with the permitted trade or business is permitted within the walls,
but not including storage of heavy equipment, such as road building
or excavating equipment.
(9) Printing, publishing and engraving establishments.
(10)
Wholesale establishment or warehouse in a completely
enclosed building so long as floors are devoted to such uses and shall
not exceed 20,000 square feet.
(11)
Motor vehicle sales establishments.
(12)
Self-service storage facility.
(13)
Animal hospital or veterinary clinic, provided
that animals shall be housed at all times within a completely enclosed
building.
B. Permitted accessory uses. The following accessory
uses shall be permitted:
(2) Customary storage structures.
(3) Off-street parking as required by the standards and provisions of Article
XII.
(4) Off-street loading and unloading as required by the standards and provisions of Article
XIII.
(5) Access control, fencing and landscaping as required by the standards and provisions of Articles
XIV and
XV.
C. Uses permitted with a special use permit. The following
uses shall be permitted with a special use permit:
(3) Gasoline service stations, public garages and motor
vehicle repair shops.
(4) Public utility uses, excluding telecommunications
towers.
(5) Outdoor commercial recreation facility.
(6) Public and semipublic uses, such as but not limited
to the following:
(a)
Churches and religious institutions.
(d)
Hospital, nursing home or adult home.
(e)
Not-for-profit membership organization or private
club.
(f)
Government administration or public safety facilities,
including repair or maintenance yards.
(8) Adult entertainment uses, as defined herein, subject to a license from the Town/Village Board of Trustees and pursuant to the requirements in Chapter
50, Adult Use Establishments.
(9) Windmills as regulated under §
193-60.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
D. Dimensional requirements. The dimensional requirements
for this district are specified in Schedule I which is attached to
and made a part of this chapter.
The purpose of this district is to provide for
the establishment of light industrial uses essential to the development
of a balanced economic base in an industrial environment and to regulate
such development so that it will not be detrimental or hazardous to
the surrounding community and to the general health, safety and well-being
of the Town/Village of East Rochester.
A. Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted:
(1) Any use of a light industrial nature is permitted
which involves only the processing, assembly or packaging of previously
prepared or refined materials, provided that at no time will such
use result in or cause:
(a)
Dissemination of dust, smoke, smog, observable
gas, fumes or odors or other atmospheric pollution, objectionable
noise, glare or vibration.
(b)
Hazard of fire or explosion or other physical
hazard to any adjacent building or to any plant growth on any land
adjacent to the site of the use.
(2) The following uses are indicative of those which are
intended to be permitted:
(a)
Manufacture of machinery, including but not
limited to small machine parts, cash registers, sewing machines and
typewriters, calculators, other office machines and electronic equipment.
(b)
Fabrication of metal products, such as baby
carriages, bicycles, metal foil, tin, aluminum, gold, etc., metal
furniture, musical instruments, sheet metal products and toys.
(c)
Fabrication of paper products, such as bags,
bookbindings, boxes and packaging material, office supplies and toys.
(d)
Fabrication of wood products, such as boats,
boxes, cabinets and woodworking, furniture and toys.
(e)
Food and associated industries, such as bakeries,
bottling of food and beverages, food and cereal mixing and milling,
food processing, food sundry manufacturing, ice cream manufacturing
and manufacturing of spirituous liquor.
(f)
The warehousing or storage of goods and products,
such as food products, building materials, farm supplies and the like,
which may be sold from the premises to the general public. The bulk
storage of fuel for resale is specifically excluded from the intent
of the above.
(g)
Office buildings for executive, engineering
and administrative purposes.
(h)
Scientific or research laboratories devoted
to research, design and/or experimentation and processing and fabricating
incidental thereto.
(i)
The manufacturing and processing of pharmaceutical
and cosmetic products.
(k)
Self-service storage facility.
(l)
Motor vehicle repair shop or public garage.
(m)
Printing, publishing or engraving.
(n)
Repair and cleaning facilities.
(o)
Animal hospital or clinic.
(p)
Other uses which, in the opinion of the Zoning
Board of Appeals, are similar in nature and scale to those permitted
above.
B. Permitted accessory uses. The following accessory
uses shall be permitted:
(1) Private garage and storage buildings which are necessary
to store any vehicles, equipment or materials on the premises.
(2) Off-street parking as required by the standards and provisions of Article
XII.
(3) Off-street loading and unloading as required by the standards and provisions of Article
XIII.
(4) Access control, fencing and landscaping as required by the standards and provisions of Articles
XIV and
XV.
C. Dimensional requirements. The dimensional requirements
for this district are specified in Schedule I which is attached to
and made a part of this chapter.
D. Other provisions and requirements.
(1) Residential uses shall be prohibited in this district,
with the exception of dwellings for resident watchmen and caretakers
employed on the premises.
(2) All industrial processes shall take place within an
enclosed building. Incidental storage out of doors may be permitted,
provided that such materials are shielded from view from public streets
and adjacent off-street parking areas by fencing, landscaping or other
appropriate measures.
(3) All uses permitted in this district shall set aside
not less than 20% of the lot to be devoted to seeding, planting, retention
of tree cover or other landscaping. This area shall be used for no
other purpose.
(4) Each use in this district shall provide truck loading
and unloading areas in an amount sufficient to permit the transfer
of goods and products in other than a public street, off-street parking
area or front yard.
(5) Industrial structures shall be located so as to be
a minimum of 50 feet from any residential district. This fifty-foot
buffer strip shall be perpetually maintained so as to provide visual
screening and separation between industrial and nonindustrial uses.
(6) Parking areas may be located in any of the required
yard areas, provided that they are not less than 35 feet from a right-of-way
line or 20 feet from a property line.
(7) Prior to the issuance of a building/use permit for
a new use in the Industrial District, the Zoning Board of Appeals
and the Town/Village Engineer shall determine that the street system
serving the proposed use is adequate to carry the anticipated traffic
flows and will not create a burden or nuisance for adjoining property
owners.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
E. Uses permitted with a special use permit. The following
uses shall be permitted with a special use permit:
(1) Public utility uses, including repair, maintenance
and storage facilities.
(2) Public or semipublic uses, such as but not limited
to government administration or public safety facilities, including
repair, maintenance and storage yards.
(3) Telecommunications tower.
(4) Windmills as regulated under §
193-60.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]