A.
In any Business A District, no building or premises
shall be used and no building or part of a building shall be erected
which is arranged, intended or designed to be used in whole or in
part for any fabricating, manufacturing, converting, altering, finishing
or assembling where mechanical power exceeding five rated horsepower
is used and where steam pressure in excess of 15 pounds gauge pressure
is produced and where the major object of the establishment is to
produce goods for sale other than at retail on the premises or to
furnish a service other than for residents of the locality and where
more than five mechanics or workers are habitually engaged on such
work, except that in the following listed industries the maximum number
of workers engaged on such work shall be specified below:
B.
No internal combustion engine shall be used in any
building unless vibration is eliminated and it is equipped and operated
with an effective muffler or silencer so as to eliminate noise.
C.
No building or premises shall be used for any trade,
industry or purposes that is noxious or offensive by reason of the
emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas or noise or that is dangerous to
public health or safety.
D.
No building or premises shall be used for the sale
of prepared food or consumption on the premises, except by waiter
or waitress service to persons seated at tables or counters located
within the building to be eaten at such tables or counters. No building
or premises shall be used for the sale of food for consumption off
the premises, except for a retail grocery, a delicatessen, other store
primarily selling food items packaged in units of more than one portion
or a restaurant selling take-out orders, provided that such orders
are only an incidental part of the business of such restaurant consisting
of less than 10% of its gross sales.
[Added 11-4-1974 by L.L. No. 1-1974]
No building or premises shall be used, and no
building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or
designed to be used for any of the following specific trades, industries
or uses:
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Acetylene gas manufacturer
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Ammonia, chlorine or bleaching powder manufacture
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Asphalt manufacture or refining
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Blast furnace, except cupolas or converters
used in foundries
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Boiler works
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Bottling works
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Brick, tile or terra-cotta manufacture
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Carousel, roller coasters, whirligigs, merry-go-round,
ferris wheels or similar amusement devices
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Coke ovens
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Crematory
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Creosote treatment or manufacture
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Disinfectant, insecticide or poison manufacture
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Distillation of coal, petroleum, refuse, grain,
wood or bones, except in the manufacture of gas
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Dry cleaning
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Dyeing
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Dye or color manufacture
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Emery cloth and sandpaper manufacture
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Explosives manufacture or storage, except small
arms ammunition
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Fertilizer manufacture
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Forge plant
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Gas (illuminating or heating) storage in excess
of 20,000 cubic feet
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Glue, size or gelatin manufacture, where the
processes include the refining or recovering of products from fish,
animal refuse or offal
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Grain drying or feed manufacture from refuse,
mash or grain
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Grease, lard, fat or tallow rendering or refining
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Ice plant or storage
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Incineration, reduction, storage or dumping
of slaughterhouse refuse, rancid fats, garbage, dead animals or offal,
except by the municipality or its agents
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Iron, steel, brass or copper foundry
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Laundry employing more than four employees
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Lime, cement or plaster of paris manufacture
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Livery or boarding stables
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Metal working shop
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Milk bottling
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Oil cloth or linoleum manufacture
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Paint, oil, varnish, turpentine, shellac or
enamel manufacture
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Petroleum refining
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Petroleum storage of in excess of 20,000 gallons
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Potash works
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Poultry killing
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Power forging, riveting, hammering, punching,
chipping, drawing, rolling or tumbling iron, steel, brass or copper
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Printing ink manufacture
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Pyroxylin plastic manufacture or the manufacture
of articles therefrom
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Railroad yards
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Raw hides or skins, storage, cleaning, drying
or tanning
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Rock or stone crusher
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Rubber or gutta-percha manufacture or treatment
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Sand pit
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Sauerkraut manufacture
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Sawmill or planing mills
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Shoe blacking or stove polish manufacture
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Slaughtering of animals
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Smelting or assaying of iron, copper, tin, zinc
or lead from ores
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Soap manufacture
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Starch, glucose or dextrin manufacture
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Steel furnace, blooming or rolling mill
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Stockyards
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Storage and sale of fuel oil
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Storage or bailing of scrap paper, iron, bottles,
rags or junk
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Structural steel or pipe works
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Sugar refining
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Sulphurous, sulphuric, nitric, carbolic or hydrocholoric
acid manufacture
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Tar distillation or manufacture
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Tar roofing or waterproofing manufacture
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Tobacco (chewing) manufacture or treatment
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Vinegar manufacture
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Woodworking shop employing more than four persons
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Wool pulling or scouring
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Yeast plant
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Any residential use whatever
[Added 7-28-1960] |
Business buildings shall not be more than two
stories in height. Any building permitted in the Residence C District
shall be permitted in the Business A District subject to the same
regulations. Buildings and uses prohibited in Residence C Districts
are prohibited in the Business A District, except as permitted in
this Article.
Where the sole means of bringing adequate exterior
light and air to windows of a living or sleeping room is by means
of an inner court, this court shall be at least 10 feet in dimensions
at its lowest story, 14 feet at its second story and 18 feet at its
third story. Such court shall always be at least twice as long as
it is wide, or of an equivalent area.
Notwithstanding any other provisions, a rear
yard shall be as deep as the height of any building.
No setback is required for buildings fronting
on Northern Boulevard.
A.
No more than one gasoline service station shall be
located on any one street front between any two intersecting streets
or, if there is no intersecting street or streets, within 200 feet
of any existing gasoline service station on the same side of the street.
B.
For the purpose of this section, a gasoline service
station located on a corner of intersecting streets shall be considered
as being located on the street in front of both such intersecting
streets.
[Added 6-1-1965; amended 9-15-1969]
The Business A District shall be those areas
lying between the easterly and westerly boundary lines of the Village
extending 100 feet south of the southerly line of Northern Boulevard.
[Added 5-1-1967; amended 12-15-1969]
A.
No building shall be erected, nor shall any building be structurally altered so as to increase the gross floor area, nor shall any building be converted for a more intensive use in the Business A District, unless there shall be provided not less than one qualified off-street parking space meeting the requirements of Article XXI hereof for each 150 square feet of floor area, or additional fraction thereof, as floor area is defined in § 105-207 hereof.
B.
Such parking areas shall not be used for any purpose
other than auxiliary to a building on the same plot and only for the
temporary parking of automobiles or smaller vehicles. In no event
shall the parking of vehicles be permitted on any streets in or adjacent
to the business district.
