[Added 6-6-2006 by L.L. No. 18-2006]
The purpose of this zoning use district is to provide for the
development of manufacturing, assembly, warehousing, research and
development, processing and packaging of goods or products from raw
materials in which the goods produced are generally of high value
in relation to bulk and which do not generate offensive noise, vibration,
glare, dust, smoke, gas or other nuisances. It is a further goal of
the Light Industrial Zoning Use District to encourage the development
of employment-creating enterprises within buildings in an industrial
park setting in accordance with modern development standards.
No building or premises shall be used and no building shall
be erected, reconstructed, altered or added to except for the following
permitted or accessory uses:
A.
C.
Accessory uses: those uses customarily incidental and subordinate
to and in furtherance of any of the aforementioned principal uses.
Accessory uses shall be for the sole use of the employees, tenants
and guests of the principal use and not for the use by the general
public and shall include the following:
(1)
Cafeterias, not including diners, luncheonettes, drive-in and
fast-food facilities, for the use of executives, employees and visitors
of the principal use.
(2)
Indoor and outdoor recreation facilities.
(3)
In-service training schools for employees of the principal use.
(4)
Auditoriums.
(5)
Day-care facilities.
(6)
Banks, automatic teller machines.
(7)
Private garages for the storage and service of motor vehicles
owned by the owner of the principal use or the executives or employees
thereof, or visitors thereto.
(8)
Heating and power plants accessory to the principal use and
the service of all structures on the premises.
(9)
Fully enclosed storage facilities incidental to the principal
use.
(10)
Maintenance and utility shops incidental to the principal use.
(11)
The owner or lessee of property in the Light Industrial Zoning
Use District may, as part of site plan approval and when necessary,
be granted a runway use agreement consistent with the rules and regulations
on the use of the runway as adopted and/or amended from time to time.
No buildings shall be erected nor any lot or land area utilized
unless in conformity with the Zoning Schedule[1] incorporated into this article by reference and made part
hereof with the same force and effect as if such requirements were
herein set forth in full as specified in said schedule, except as
may be hereafter specifically modified.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Light Industrial (LI) District Schedule of Dimensional Regulations is included as an attachment to this chapter.
The following design standards shall apply to all uses within
the Light Industrial Zoning Use District:
A.
Building design. The exterior appearances of buildings shall complement
the character of existing development in the surrounding area. The
objective of the building design standards is to provide overall high
quality and complementary design of industrial and office buildings.
Special emphasis is placed upon methods that tend to reduce the large-scale
visual impact of buildings and to encourage imaginative design for
individual buildings.
(1)
Building mass. Solid and unarticulated buildings are discouraged.
The mass and scale of buildings shall be reduced by staggered building
walls or other architectural treatments at least every 150 feet to
provide architectural interest and reduce the visual scale of a building.
Buildings shall include the following elements:
(a)
The use of variations in height, rooflines and grade definition
is encouraged to reduce the perceived height and mass of a building.
(b)
Building entries shall be readily identifiable through the use
of canopies, marquees and architectural treatment.
(c)
Where possible, buildings with smaller or multiple structures
instead of one large building are preferred to reduce massive appearance.
(d)
Clusters of mature landscaping and berms shall be provided along
the building facade. The landscaping clusters shall include a variety
of trees and tall shrubs.
(e)
Wall texture changes shall be provided.
(f)
Small-scale elements, such as planter walls and hedges, shall
be clustered around building entrances.
(2)
Materials.
(a)
One dominant material shall be selected and used through each
building on a site.
(b)
It is encouraged that the front and two side elevations of all
buildings and/or structures be constructed of brick, architectural
block or architectural precast concrete. Painted or natural utility
concrete panels or masonry units should be confined to rear elevations
and in loading dock areas.
(c)
Roof design shall be as aesthetically pleasing as possible (e.g.,
color, material, grouping).
(d)
Glass windows or some similar architectural treatment shall
occupy at least 10% of the front elevation of a building.
B.
No more than 10% of the required parking shall be located in the
front yard setback area.
C.
All service and loading areas shall be screened from the view from
streets by a combination of walls, fencing, vegetation or berms.
D.
The front and side facades shall be constructed with masonry materials.
At least 50% of the linear width of the front facade shall consist
of transparent windows. Metal and prefabricated buildings are prohibited.
E.
Building shape, massing and siding shall reflect the prevalent character
of surrounding buildings on the block.
A.
All development subject to the provisions of Article 6 of County
Sanitary Code shall meet the applicable requirements of the Suffolk
County Department of Health Services.
B.
All development shall be connected to the appurtenances of the Calverton
Sewer District.
C.
All development shall comply with the provisions of Articles 7 and
12 of the Suffolk Sanitary Code.
D.
All development involving significant discharges to groundwater and
located proximate to public water supply wells shall require measures
to mitigate impacts upon water quality as required under Article 17
of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law. The Suffolk
County Department of Health Services' guidelines for private wells
should be used for private wellhead protection.
E.
Development proposals for sites containing or abutting freshwater wetlands shall be separated by a nondisturbance buffer area which shall be in accordance with Article 24 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law, the Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers Act and Chapter 295, Wetlands, of the Code of the Town of Riverhead, whichever is most restrictive. Distances shall be measured horizontally from the wetland edge as mapped by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, field delineation or local ordinance. Stricter buffer areas may be established for wetlands as appropriate. Buffer areas shall be delineated on development plans with conditions imposed to assure the preservation of the freshwater wetland resource. Said conditions shall be set forth in a declaration of covenants, conservation easement or similar instrument.
F.
Development proposals for sites within the regulated area of the
New York Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers Act shall conform to
the standards of the Act. Variances from the Act shall meet all requirements
imposed by the State of New York in order to be deemed to have met
the requirements of this standard. Additional relief from the Town
of Riverhead Zoning Board of Appeals shall not be required.
G.
All stormwater generated by development shall be recharged on site
unless surplus capacity exists in an off-site drainage system. In
the review of development plans, the Town Board shall encourage the
use of natural recharge areas or drainage system design which results
in minimal disturbance of native vegetation with the use of natural
swales and depressions as an alternative to excavated recharge basins
where feasible. Development plans should include the use of ponds
only if such ponds are designed to retain stormwater and are not merely
constructed for aesthetic purposes. Adequate measures should be employed
to control soil erosion and stormwater runoff during construction,
as per guidelines promulgated by the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation.
H.
No more than 65% of the LI District shall be cleared pursuant to the Central Pine Barrens Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Article XLI, Pine Barrens Overlay District, of this chapter. The applicable clearance percentage shall be calculated over the entire parcel, including but not limited to public highways, roadways, building sites, parking areas, drainage structures and recharge areas. Development plans shall delineate the existing naturally vegetated areas, shall calculate those portions of the site that are already cleared due to previous activities, and shall contain calculations for the amount of disturbances of native vegetation and indicate the clearing limits thereof.
I.
Land subdivision maps and site plans shall be designed to encourage
the preservation of large unbroken blocks that provide for contiguous
open spaces to be established when adjacent parcels are developed.
Applications for subdivision and site plan shall contain calculations
for clearing, and these limits shall become part of the filed map
or approved drawings.
J.
Development projects shall place no more than 15% of the entire site
in fertilizer-dependent vegetation. Development designs shall consider
native planting suggestions made part of the plan.
K.
Development which will have a significant negative impact upon a
habitat essential to those species identified on the New York State
maintained lists as rare, threatened or of special concern, or upon
the communities classified by the New York State Natural Heritage
Program as G1, G2 or G3 or as S1, S2 or S3 or upon any federal listed
endangered or threatened species, appropriate mitigation measures,
as determined by the state, county or local government agency, shall
be imposed to protect such species.
L.
Development projects shall minimize disturbance of the natural grade
and/or natural vegetation where slopes exceed 10%. Construction in
areas with slopes exceeding 10% may be approved if the site design
incorporates adequate soil stabilization and erosion control measures
so as to mitigate negative environmental impacts. Where applicable,
nondisturbance buffers shall be placed on those portions of the site
where slopes exceed 10%. Development plans shall include a slope analysis
depicting existing slopes in the ranges of 0% to 10%, 11% to 15% and
15% or greater. Erosion and sediment control plans and details of
retaining walls and erosion control structures shall be required for
construction in areas where slopes exceed 15% and for roads and driveways
traversing slopes of 10%.
M.
Prior to construction, soil erosion and sediment control plans shall
be prepared and approved which achieve the following objectives:
N.
In order to provide for orderly development and the efficient provision
of infrastructure, applications for development projects depicting
either open space or reserve areas shall specify the conditions of
ownership and the use of such lands, and such conditions shall be
set forth in the deed of dedication, declaration of covenants, conservation
easement or similar instrument.
O.
Where applicable, development pursuant to the provisions of Article LIII, Subdivision Regulations, of this chapter shall be encouraged to preserve open spaces.
P.
Any existing, expanded or new activity involving agricultural production
or horticulture shall comply with best management practices as set
forth in the plan, as may be amended from time to time.
Q.
Development plans shall indicate established recreational and educational
trails and trail corridors, active recreational sites, scenic corridors,
roads, vistas and viewpoints, sites of historical or cultural significance,
including historic districts, sites on the State or National Register
of Historic Places and historic structures listed on the State or
National Register of Historic Places, or recognized by local law or
statute, sensitive archaeological sites as identified by the New York
State Historic Preservation Officer or the New York State Museum,
within 500 feet of the proposed development, and shall provide adequate
measures to protect such natural resources. The use of existing natural
buffers or the restoration of degraded buffer areas, the use of signs
or other man-made structures, consistent in style and scale with the
community character, or other similar measures shall be taken to protect
roadside areas as well as scenic and recreational resources.
R.
All commercial or industrial development shall comply with the applicable
provisions of the Suffolk County Sanitary Code and all other applicable
federal, state or local laws.
S.
A buffer of 1,000 feet and no more than 50% disturbance shall be
permitted around verified endangered species breeding ponds pursuant
to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)
freshwater wetlands permit requirements.
T.
Development within the LI District shall comply with Chapter 251, Article I, Noise, of the Code of the Town of Riverhead, which limits such noise levels from commercial and industrial properties to neighboring properties to 65 dBA between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., and 50 dBA between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. [see § 251-5L(2)]. In the event that such noise levels are exceeded, such additional noise abatement measures, including increasing such setbacks or the provision of noise walls or the provision of berms, fences, vegetation and the like, shall be provided for.[1]
