The B-3 Hamlet Business District is established
to provide areas to accommodate businesses providing goods and services
to residential neighborhoods, within hamlet or community center areas.
It is the intent of this article to limit uses in B-3 Districts to
lower-intensity commercial uses in smaller structures than allowed
in other business districts, and to provide for development with a
neighborhood appearance and function, utilizing smaller structures,
and landscaped areas in keeping with the residential character of
the surrounding neighborhoods.
A.
Banks.
B.
Small retail not exceeding 5,000 gross square feet.
C.
Restaurants not exceeding 5,000 gross square feet.
D.
Personal service establishments not exceeding 5,000
gross square feet.
E.
Nursery schools or day-care centers.
F.
Professional, business, medical or dental offices
or clinics not exceeding 5,000 gross square feet.
G.
Public parks and open spaces.
The following accessory uses, building and structures
are permitted in the Hamlet Business District, provided that such
accessory uses and buildings are not conducted or constructed until
the main building has been constructed:
A.
Satellite television receiving antenna.
B.
Transit shelters and street furniture.
C.
Off-street parking and loading areas subject to the
provisions of this code.
D.
No more than one accessory structure not to exceed
500 square feet for the exclusive and customary storage or maintenance
needs of the primary permitted use, including the storage of maintenance
vehicles.
E.
Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction
work which shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of the
construction work.
The following are special permitted uses subject to the provisions of Article XXV:
A.
Essential public services.
A.
Open space:[1]
(1)
Not less than 10% of the land area within a development
shall be maintained as open space.
(2)
Open space should be linked to the Town-wide system
whenever possible.
(3)
Small plazas and courtyards and seasonal outdoor seating
is encouraged.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Subsections A through I, which immediately preceded this subsection, were repealed 6-18-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007. Said Subsections A through I were titled, respectively, as follows: Architecture; Building Site; Building Massing and Form; Exterior Wall Materials; Building Roofs; Windows and Doors; Lighting; Circulation System; and Planting Requirements. See now § 407-13.
