In an E Edu-Cultural District, a building may be erected, altered
or used and a lot or premises may be used for any of the following
purposes, and for no other:
A.
College or university.
B.
Public school, parochial school or private school chartered by the
New York State Board of Regents.
C.
Public park, playground or other public recreational use.
D.
Public library, museum, art or historical building, health center,
concert hall, auditorium, firehouse, police station or governmental
building.
E.
Place of worship.
F.
Public, philanthropic, charitable or other nonprofit golden age housing.
[Effective 4-13-1968]
Accessory uses to any of the above-permitted uses are permitted,
provided that such accessory use is customarily associated with, necessary,
incidental and subordinate to the principal use of a lot or building
and located on the same lot therewith.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises
may be used for any of the following purposes, and for no other, when
authorized by the Board of Appeals pursuant to § 267C(2):
A.
Bus, railroad or helicopter passenger station.
B.
Fraternity or sorority house.
C.
Hospital, but excluding a penal, correctional or mental institution
or institution of alcoholics or drug addicts.
D.
Medical center.
E.
Philanthropic or charitable institution.
F.
Private school for music, art, dancing or dramatic arts.
G.
Public utility.
H.
Radio or television broadcasting studio.
I.
Research laboratory limited to medical, educational, electronic and
engineering fields.
No building shall exceed 14 stories or 175 feet in height, provided
that in the case of any building which exceeds 35 feet in height,
the required front yard shall be increased an additional 1/2 foot
for each one foot of building height greater than 35 feet, and the
required side and rear yards shall be increased an additional 1/4
foot for each one foot of building height greater than 35 feet.
The building area shall not exceed 35% of the lot area.
Subject to the provisions of § 112, the following
minimum yard requirements shall apply:
A.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall
be not less than 25 feet. In case of a corner lot, a front yard shall
be required on each street.
B.
Side yards. There shall be two side yards, the depth of each to be
not less than 10 feet. In case of a corner lot, there shall be one
side yard, the depth of which shall be 15 feet.
C.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be
not less than 20 feet.
No building shall be erected on a lot having less than one acre
in area or 200 feet along the street line.
No use shall be permitted unless provided with municipal sewage
disposal facilities or unless an independent sewage disposal system
has received prior approval by the Nassau County Department of Health.
A.
The regulations set forth in this section shall be deemed the minimum
requirements and shall apply to any building erected, converted, reconstructed,
enlarged, altered or moved after the effective date of this ordinance.
B.
A parking space shall be an off-street paved or surfaced space, available
and usable for the parking of one motor vehicle, having dimensions
of not less than nine by twenty (9 x 20) feet exclusive of passageways,
aisles, driveways and other required space appurtenant thereto and
giving access thereto, and having direct access to a street.
C.
Parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following
schedule:
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Use
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Minimum Parking Spaces
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|---|---|
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College or university
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1 per 5 full-time students, plus 1 per employee, facility and
staff member
|
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Public school, parochial school or private school chartered
by the New York State Board of Regents
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1 per each full-time facility and staff member and employee
|
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Public library museum, art or historical building, health center,
concert hall, auditorium, firehouse, police station or governmental
building; place of worship; private school for music, art, dancing
or dramatic arts; any other place of public assembly
|
1 per 6 seats or 6 persons who can be legally accommodated
|
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Hospital, but excluding a penal, correctional or mental institution
or institution of alcoholics or drug addicts
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1 per 2 beds, plus 1 per employee and staff member
|
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Medical center: philanthropic or charitable institution; public
utility; radio or television broadcasting studio; research laboratory
limited to medical, educational, electronic and engineering fields.
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1 per 400 square feet of floor area or 1 per employee, whichever
is greater
|
D.
All parking spaces shall be provided on the same lot with the use
to which it is appurtenant, provided that where there are practical
difficulties in the way of such location or if the public safety or
convenience would be better served by such other location, the Town
Board may authorize such alternative location in its approval of the
site plan for the premises under § 120 of this article,
subject to the following conditions:
(1)
Such space shall be located on land in the same ownership as that
of the land on which is located the use to which such space is appurtenant;
(2)
Such space shall be conveniently usable without causing hazard to
pedestrians, hazard to vehicular traffic, traffic congestion, detriment
to the appropriate use of the property in the vicinity and detriment
to the neighborhood;
(3)
Any entrances or exit to such parking area shall be located as far
as reasonably can be from any residence district; and
(4)
All other provisions of this ordinance are followed.
E.
Wherever the application of standards for parking space results in
a fraction of such space, said fraction shall be deemed to be one
space.
Where any lot in an E District is contiguous to any residence
district, no building shall be erected, enlarged, moved, expanded
or reconstructed and no land or building or part thereof shall be
used unless in conformity with the following additional provisions:
A.
There shall be provided and properly maintained along such contiguous
lot lines such planting strip as may be required by the Town Board
as a condition of its approval of the site plan showing such building
or land, under § 120 herein.
B.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this ordinance, no building or
structure shall be located at any point less than 50 feet from any
such contiguous residence district line.
A.
The following signs, and no other, shall be permitted in an E District:
(1)
Institutional identification signs, placed upon a building wail or
on a lot, provided that all such signs appear on and are approved
as part of the site plan approved under § 120 hereof.
(2)
Informational signs, directional or traffic signs which are placed
and maintained for the general welfare, provided that there is no
advertising thereon and that no such sign shall exceed five square
feet in area.
(5)
Building contractor's subcontractor's, architect's or engineer's
signs, maintained on buildings only while the same are under construction,
provided that there is only one such sign not exceeding four square
feet in area.
B.
Sign prohibitions. The following signs shall be prohibited in any
E District:
(1)
Any sign erected on the roof of any building or structure.
(2)
Any sign painted on the surface of a wall or roof of any building
or structure.
(3)
Any sign constructed of cloth, oil cloth, paper or any other destructible
material.
(4)
Any sign which is placed in any required yard or in any street.
(5)
Any billboard, outdoor advertising or display sign which directs
attention to a business, service, entertainment or commodity conducted,
sold or offered elsewhere than upon the premises.
(6)
Any sign attached to any tree, fence or utility pole.
(7)
Any ground or detached sign which exceeds 15 feet in height from
the mean level of the ground to the topmost point of the sign.
(8)
Any sign or part thereof which directs, emits, radiates or reflects
any beam, ray or glare of light away from the lot.
(9)
Any sign or part thereof which is in motion by any means.
(10)
Any sign or part thereof which contains flashing or intermittent
illumination or lighting of changing degrees of intensity or string
of lights.
For the purposes of furthering desirable planning and development,
stimulating coordinative site layout and building design and encouraging
amenities harmonious with the intent and nature of an E District,
the following provisions shall apply to any lot:
A.
No permit shall be issued for the alteration, erection or use of
any building or structure or the use of any lot or premises in an
Edu-Cultural District unless and until a site plan of the premises
has been approved by the Town Board in the manner and upon the considerations
provided in § 305 of this ordinance.
B.
Any applicant for such permit shall submit a site plan to the Town
Board for approval, such site plan to be drawn to scale and include,
as a minimum, property dimensions, proposed layout, use and location
of buildings and structures, uses of land, improvements, streets,
parking, fences and planting strips, landscaping and other physical
features of the site, and relation of such plan to the surrounding
properties and the neighborhood.
C.
An applicant shall be deemed to be the owner of the property involved
or an authorized agent of the owner or a person, firm or corporation
under bona fide contract to purchase the property.
D.
In its decision on said site plan, the Town Board shall be guided
by the following, in addition to the considerations specified in § 305
of this ordinance:
(1)
The plan is in harmony with and appropriate to the surrounding properties,
the neighborhood and the Town.
(2)
The plan contributes to the proper growth and development of the
Town and to the general welfare.
(3)
The plan is not hazardous, conflicting or incongruous with the surroundings,
neighborhood or town by reason of excessive traffic or undue assembly
of persons or vehicles.
(4)
The plan will not hinder or discourage the appropriate use and development
of nearby lands or impair the values thereof.
(5)
The plan will not be objectionable to or in conflict with the residential
character of adjoining residential areas by reason of the location
and size of proposed uses, the nature and intensity of the uses involved
or by reason of street layout, noise, lights, traffic or other factors
of impact.
(6)
The purposes of zoning set forth in the Town Law of the State of
New York are observed.
(7)
The considerations spelled out in § 267C(2) are observed.
