[Added 6-20-1978]
[Amended 7-18-2006 by L.L. No. 24-2006; 8-16-2022 by L.L. No. 14-2022]
It is the purpose of this article to implement the recommendations
of the Master Plan to permit the new construction, reconstruction
or renovation of existing structures for the uses set forth below.
This use district designation is to be applied consistent with the
standards set forth below in transitional areas between intensive
business development and residential development, primarily along
major arteries. This use district designation may be imposed by the
Town Board in conjunction with or to the exclusion of all other use
districts shown upon the Official Map of the Town of Riverhead.
[Amended 9-18-1984; 10-6-1992; 7-18-2006 by L.L. No. 24-2006]
In the Business PB District, no building, structure or premises
shall be used or arranged or designed to be used and no building or
structure shall be hereafter erected, reconstructed or altered or
occupied, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except for one
or more of the following uses or accessory uses:
A.
Permitted uses:
[Amended 8-16-2022 by L.L. No. 14-2022]
(1)
Professional offices of:
(a)
Accountants.
(b)
Architects.
(c)
Artists.
(d)
Attorneys.
(e)
Audiologists.
(f)
Bookkeepers.
(g)
Chiropractors.
(h)
Dentists.
(i)
Draftsmen.
(j)
Dwelling, one-family.
(k)
Engineers.
(l)
Income tax preparers.
(m)
Insurance agents or brokers.
(n)
Interior decorators.
(o)
Journalists.
(p)
Medical doctors.
(q)
Optometrists.
(r)
Osteopaths.
(s)
Podiatrists.
(t)
Photographers.
(u)
Physical therapists.
(v)
Real estate agents or brokers.
(w)
Surveyors.
(x)
Veterinarians.
B.
Special permit uses. All special permit uses set forth herein shall be subject to the approval of the Town Board pursuant to the definition of "special permits" in § 301-3 of this chapter. Special permit uses are as follows:
C.
Accessory uses. Accessory uses shall include those uses customarily
incidental to any of the above permitted or special permitted uses
when located on the same lot and specifically granted by the Town
Board as accessory to the permitted or special permitted uses.
No building shall be erected nor any lot or land area utilized
unless in conformity with the Zoning Schedule[1] incorporated into this chapter by reference and made a
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 Zoning Schedule is included as an attachment to this chapter.
A.
There shall be a protective planting strip or buffer, not less than
10 feet in width, along any lot line abutting a residential district
or use. No structure, storage or parking or other uses shall be permitted
within this strip or buffer. Said buffer or strip will be planted
with evergreens or similar vegetation which, when planted, shall be
at least six feet tall and when mature shall be maintained at a height
of not less than eight feet, so as to provide an effective natural
screen between districts. The maintenance of this strip or buffer,
any parking area or any green area shown on a site plan submitted
as a part of an application for a special permitted use under this
article during the continuance of said use is hereby a condition of
said special use, and the failure to maintain said areas shall operate
to revoke said special permit in addition to all other penalties provided
by this chapter.
B.
Signage shall be provided in accordance with § 301-254J of this chapter. Such sign shall have a maximum area of eight square feet and may be located on the building wall or in the front yard, provided that it is set back not less than 25 feet from any sideline, that it is set back not less than 15 feet from the front lot line and that it is not more than six feet above the natural ground at its location.
[Amended 5-19-2009 by L.L. No. 33-2009]
C.
The site plan shall show, in addition to all other requirements of
this chapter, the following:
(1)
The proposed method of collection and disposal of stormwater, designed
so as not to interfere with adjoining properties or burden public
facilities.
(2)
The proposed lighting facilities for the safety of pedestrian and
vehicular traffic, with exterior spot lighting of buildings or grounds
to be from shaded sources and located so that the light beams are
not directed toward any lot in a residential district or toward a
public highway.
(3)
The method of water supply and of sewage disposal, conforming to
Health Department requirements.
D.
Parking shall be provided in conformity with the Parking Schedule[1] and § 301-231 of this chapter. For each parking space required, there shall be provided 30 square feet of landscaped island or green area. Such areas shall not be less than eight feet in width, measured on the shortest side. Such areas shall be contained by curbs conforming to the Town of Riverhead highway specifications. Said areas shall be landscaped in accordance with § 301-236D of this chapter. Said areas shall be maintained as set forth in Subsection A above.
[Amended 7-7-1987]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Parking Schedule is included as an attachment to this chapter.
E.
No building, structure, premises or lot in the Business PB District
shall be used or occupied for any of the following uses:
