A.
The general use regulations in each zoning district are set forth in the Schedule of Use Regulations.[1] This schedule is supplemented, as appropriate, by other provisions of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Schedule of Use Regulations is included at the end of this chapter.
B.
Any use which is not listed specifically as a permitted, special permit or accessory use in the schedule shall be considered a prohibited use under this chapter.
C.
In the HC and NC Districts, the term "use," as set forth in the Schedule of Use Regulations, shall apply to the type of activity listed under the column headed "Structure/Land Use" without limitations as to the number of establishments devoted to such activity.
[Added 10-11-2011 by L.L. No. 6-2011]
[Amended 7-31-2012 by L.L. No. 1-2012]
A.
Prohibited industrial uses. In any district where manufacturing or light industry is permitted, no manufacturing use, nor any trade, industry use or purpose that is noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odor, dust, vibration, or excessive light, or any combination of the above, which is dangerous and prejudicial to the public health, safety and general welfare, shall be permitted. This includes more specifically, but is not limited to, the following such uses:
Acetylene gas manufacture for commercial purposes | |
Ammonia, chlorine or bleaching powder manufacture | |
Arsenal | |
Asphalt manufacture or refining | |
Blast furnaces, not including cupola or converter furnaces used in foundries and in which no wood is used as fuel | |
Boiler shops, structural steel fabricating shops, metalworking shops, which operate reciprocating hammers or chisels or other noise-producing electric or pneumatic tools within 100 feet of any boundary line of the premises and outside of any masonry buildings | |
Brewing or distilling of liquors | |
Bronze and aluminum powder manufacture | |
Carbon, lampblack, shoe blacking, graphite, or stove polish manufacture | |
Celluloid and other cellulose products manufacture | |
Cement manufacture | |
Coal tar products manufacture | |
Creosote treatment or manufacture | |
Distillation of coal, wood or bones | |
Dump, unless leased, owned or operated by the Town of Woodstock or operated pursuant to license or other agreement with the Town of Woodstock | |
Excelsior and fiber manufacture | |
Explosives, fireworks or match manufacture, assembling and storage in bulk of safety matches in book form | |
Fat rendering | |
Fertilizer manufacture or potash refining | |
Fish smoking or curing | |
Glue, size or gelatin manufacture or processing involving recovery from fish or animal offal | |
Incinerator, unless operated by the Town of Woodstock | |
Junkyard, except pursuant to local law | |
Lime, gypsum, cement, plaster, or plaster of paris manufacture, except the mixing of plaster | |
Linoleum or oil cloth manufacture | |
Ore reduction or the smelting of iron, copper, tin, zinc, or lead | |
Paint, oil, varnish, turpentine, shellac, or enamel manufacture, except the mixing of wet paints | |
Perfume and extract manufacture | |
Petroleum refining | |
Poisons manufacture: fumigants, carbon disulphide, hydrocyanic acid, ethyl, stomach poisons, arsenate of lead, arsenate of calcium, hellebore and paris green, insecticides, defoliants and herbicides, lime, sulphur, nicotine, and kerosene emulsions | |
Printing ink manufacture | |
Radium extraction, or extraction or refining of any substance which emits ionizing radiation | |
Rubber, caoutchouc, or gutta percha manufacture from crude or scrap material, except in connection with a rubber products manufacture plant | |
Salt works | |
Sandpaper and emery cloth manufacture | |
Slaughtering of animals, except for immediate consumption on premises or immediate retail sale | |
Soap, soda ash, or washing compound manufacture, except products not containing caustic soda | |
Starch, glucose, or dextrine manufacture | |
Stockyards | |
Storage, coloring, curing, dressing, or tanning of raw or green salted hides or skins | |
Sulphurous, sulphuric, nitric, picric, or hydrochloric acid or other corrosive or offensive acid manufacture, or their use or storage, except on a limited scale as accessory to a permitted industry | |
Tallow, grease, lard or mass candle manufacture or refining | |
Tar distillation or the manufacture of aniline dyes | |
Tar roofing or waterproofing manufacture | |
Tobacco processing | |
Vinegar, pickle or sauerkraut manufacture in bulk | |
Yeast manufacture |
B.
In any district, no land in the Town of Woodstock shall be used:
(1)
To conduct any exploration for natural gas; to drill any well for natural gas; to transfer, store, process, treat natural gas; to dispose of natural gas exploration or production wastes; to erect any derrick, building, or other structure; or to place any machinery or equipment for any such purposes;
(2)
For the storage, transfer, treatment and/or disposal of natural gas exploration and production materials and/or wastes;
(3)
For natural gas extraction support activities;
(4)
For importation for any purpose of wastes resulting from natural gas exploration or extraction.