The general requirements affecting the use of buildings, structures and land for each of the districts established by Article
II are hereby established and set forth in this article.
The accompanying table entitled "Table of General
Use Requirements" shall be deemed part of this chapter and is referred
to herein as the "Use Table."
The uses which are listed in this section are
prohibited in the Town, subject to the qualifications set forth in
§ 376-23D.
A. Manufacturing uses involving primary production of
the following products from raw materials:
(1)
Asphalt, cement, charcoal and fuel briquettes.
(2)
Chemicals: analine dyes, ammonia, carbide, caustic
soda, cellulose, chlorine, carbon black and bone black, creosote,
hydrogen and oxygen, industrial alcohol, nitrates (manufactured and
natural) of an explosive nature, potash, plastic materials and synthetic
resins, pyroxilin, rayon yarn and hydrochloric, nitric, phosphoric,
picric and sulfuric acids.
(3)
Coal, coke and tar products, including gas manufacturing;
explosives; fertilizers; gelatin, glue and size.
(4)
Linoleum and oilcloth; matches; paints, varnishes
and turpentine.
(5)
Rubber (natural or synthetic); soaps, including
fat-rendering; starch.
B. The following processes: nitrating of cotton or other
materials; milling or processing of flour, feed or grain; magnesium
foundry; reduction, refining, smelting and alloying of metal or metal
ores; refining secondary aluminum; refining petroleum products, such
as gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, lubricating oil; distillation of wood
or bones; and reduction and processing of wood pulp and fiber, including
paper mill operations.
C. Operations involving stockyards and slaughterhouses,
grain elevators, slag piles and keeping, breeding and raising of pigs
for commercial purposes.
D. Storage of explosives, except under license from the
State of New York and in a manner and place conforming to the laws
of the State of New York and the American Table of Distances and provided
that no more than 5,000 pounds is stored in any one magazine.
E. Bulk or wholesale storage of gasoline above ground.
F. Dumps, sanitary landfills, junkyards and transfer
stations except those operated by the Town or Rockland County Solid
Waste Management Authority.
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G. Quarries, stone crushers, screening plants and storage
of quarry screenings.
H. Incineration of waste materials except in a plant
owned and operated by the Town.
I. Disposal of septic or sewage wastes.
J. Any other use, whether specified above or not, that
is of such a nature as to be detrimental to neighboring properties
by reason of emission of odor, dust, refuse matter, garbage, smoke,
vibration, gas, radiation, noise or any other factor that is dangerous
to the comfort, peace, enjoyment, health or safety of the area or
the community.
K. Freestanding water towers and freestanding water tanks
located below, on or above ground are not permitted, except that such
a tower or tank, owned and operated by a public utility, may be allowed
as a special permit use of the Planning Board on plots of three acres
or more.
[Amended 6-14-2006 by L.L. No. 4-2006]