The general purpose of this business district is to provide
for areas in the Town of Oneonta where business and commercial land
uses can be developed to a level sufficient to serve the needs of
the town. In general, this district is intended to encourage any retail
or personal service business, including only such manufacturing as
may be necessary and incidental to the preparation or handling of
articles to be sold primarily on the premises or to the performing
of service.
[Amended 1-22-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986; 8-8-1990 by L.L. No.
6-1990; 2-12-1992 by L.L. No. 5-1992]
A.
The following uses are subject to sketch plan review or site plan review, at the discretion of the Planning Board (see Article XVI):
(1)
Dwelling units accessory to businesses.
(2)
Retail stores, convenience stores.
[Amended 1-10-2007 by L.L. No. 1-2007]
(3)
Personal service shops, including but not limited to barbershop,
beauty parlor, shoe repair shop, laundry collection station and laundromat.
(4)
Office, bank, studio.
(5)
Theater, restaurant, tavern and other fully enclosed places of public
amusement (e.g., bowling alley).
(6)
Public and semipublic use.
(7)
All accessory buildings which are necessary and incidental to the
operation of the above business activities.
The following regulations apply to all uses permitted in this
district:
A.
Minimum lot requirements.
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Requirement
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Standard
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|---|---|
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Minimum lot size (square feet)
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6,000
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Minimum frontage (feet)
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60
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Minimum front yard (feet)
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30
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Minimum side yard (feet)
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10
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Minimum rear yard (feet)
|
10
|
B.
Increasing yard depth.
(1)
Increasing front yard depth. Front yard depth along collector and
arterial roads shall be increased to 50 feet except where existing
development occurred prior to the enactment of this chapter. In those
cases, the front yard depth may be the average of the front yard depth
for 250 feet on both sides of the proposed use along the contiguous
street line.
(2)
Increasing rear yard depth. All buildings containing apartments accessory
to business use shall have a rear yard not less than 30 feet in depth.
(3)
Increasing side yard depth. On a corner lot the minimum side yard
requirement shall increase to 25 feet for the side yard between the
street line and the building line on the side street.
(4)
Increasing yard depth when abutting a residential lot. Where a lot
in a B-1 District abuts a lot in a residential district, there shall
be provided along such abutting side or rear on said business district
lot a yard at least 25 feet in width. In said yard a strip 12 feet
wide immediately adjacent to said residential lot shall not be used
for storage of any material or goods, parking or roadway. The owner
or occupant of the business property shall provide a solid wall, fence
or hedge at least six feet but not more than eight feet in height.
Such wall, fence or hedge shall begin at a point no more than 30 feet
nor less than 20 feet from the front property line and extend along
the full dimension of the abutting lots. Such wall, fence or hedge
shall be properly maintained by the business property owner or occupant.
C.
Determining front yard depth. Where no right-of-way or street line information is readily available to determine the point from which front yard depth shall be measured to the building line, the front yard depth shall be that number of feet indicated in Subsection A plus 25 feet from the center line of the street.
D.
Lot coverage. No more than 40% of the lot may be covered by buildings.
This includes garages and accessory buildings.
E.
Off-street parking and loading. Off-street parking and loading areas must be provided according to the requirements set forth in Article XIII of this chapter. No open or enclosed parking or loading area shall encroach on any required front yard. Open parking and loading areas may encroach on a required side or rear yard to within three feet of a side or rear lot line, except where a larger side yard is required as provided in Subsection B(3) and as provided in Subsection B(4). Open parking and loading areas shall not encroach upon one another.
G.
Building height. No building shall be erected to a height in excess
of 35 feet except upon approval by the Board of Appeals.
[Amended 7-12-1995 by L.L. No. 7-1995]
H.
Accessory buildings. All accessory buildings in this district must
meet those standards established in this Article for the principal
land use. Such buildings shall be on the same lot as the principal
building or on an adjacent lot so long as it is within a commercial
or industrial district and meets all other requirements of this chapter.
