No nonresidential use shall hereafter be established, altered,
moved or expanded unless it complies with the performance standards
set forth in this chapter. Continued conformance with such standards,
once applicable, shall be a requirement for the continuance of any
certificate of occupancy. Central utility systems serving three or
more dwelling units, including but not limited to systems providing
heat, water, air conditioning or electrical power, shall be deemed
to be nonresidential uses for the purposes of this chapter.
Consistent with the general purposes of this chapter, performance
standards shall set specific controls on potentially objectionable
external aspects of such nonresidential uses so as to:
A. Reduce to a reasonable minimum the dissemination of smoke, gas, dust,
odor or other atmospheric pollutant outside the building in which
the use is conducted.
B. Control noise and light perceptible beyond the boundaries of the
site of the use.
C. Prevent the discharge of untreated wastes into any watercourse.
D. Prevent the dissemination of vibration, heat or electromagnetic interference
beyond the immediate site on which the use is located.
E. Prevent physical hazard by reason of fire, explosion, radiation or
any similar cause.
F. Regulate and control the generation and flow of vehicular traffic
so as to prevent hazardous conditions, traffic congestion and excessive
noise in the streets.
No land use shall be permitted which emits any discernible obnoxious odor outside the lot on which the use is conducted. (Exception, see Chapter
20, Farm Life, Right to.)
No use shall be permitted which will cause any dissemination
whatsoever of toxic or noxious matter outside the building in which
the use is conducted.
The handling, storage or disposal of radioactive materials or waste by-products, whether or not licensed by the Atomic Energy Commission, shall be conducted only in accordance with the standards established in Title 10, Chapter
1, Part 20, Code of Federal Regulations, Standards for Protection Against Radiation, as amended, and in accordance with any other applicable laws or regulations.
No operation shall be permitted which produces any perceptible
electromagnetic interference with normal radio or television reception
in any area within or without the town.
No storage, utilization or manufacture of solid materials or
solid products which burn actively and support combustion easily or
which have a low ignition temperature, a high rate of burning or create
great heat under ordinary temperature conditions shall be permitted.
There shall be no emission of heat which would cause a temperature
increase in excess of 1° F. along any adjoining lot line, whether
such change be in the air, in the ground or in any watercourse or
water body.
The discharge of any or all wastes shall be permitted only if
in complete accordance with all standards, laws and regulations of
the Livingston County Health Department, New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation or any other regulatory agency having
jurisdiction. Facilities for the storage of solid waste shall be so
located and designed as to be screened from the street or from any
adjoining property and so as to discourage the breeding of rodents
or insects.
For the purpose of preventing congestion in the streets; promoting
the safe and efficient utilization of public transportation facilities;
protecting air quality; promoting fuel conservation; and otherwise
protecting the public health, safety and welfare, the following specific
traffic standards are hereby established to serve as a guide for town
officials and agencies in the review of applications for development
approvals:
A. No decision shall be made to approve the construction of any development
which would contain in excess of 20,000 gross square feet of new nonresidential
floor space or 50 or more new residential dwelling units if the approving
agency, acting on the advice of a qualified traffic engineer, determines
that the result of such development will be to create one or more
of the following peak-hour traffic impacts within two miles of any
vehicular access point to the subject site during the first year of
operation of the proposed project or, in the case of phased construction,
during the first year of operation of any phase for which approval
is sought:
(1) Allowance must also be made for traffic which is expected to be generated
by other projects already approved or under construction within the
town or within neighboring communities, as well as an additional allowance
for general regional traffic volume changes.
(2) Estimated traffic generation must be distributed throughout the access
network in accordance with clearly stated distribution assumptions
determined acceptable by the approving agency.
(3) The capacity analysis of the intersections or mainline-highway section
roadway system shall be calculated both with and without site-generated
traffic. In analyzing such capacity, the applicant shall use methods
generally recognized by national authorities, such as the Transportation
Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences and/or methods
accepted by the New York State Department of Transportation. Traffic
capacity estimates may take into account improvements planned by the
applicant or by others, provided that, in either case, a specific
commitment to construct such improvements has been made.
Provisions shall be made for the safe and adequate circulation
of pedestrians and vehicles within and adjoining the subject property.
The width of all aisles providing direct access to individual parking
stalls shall be in accordance with the standards established in Table
B.
Table B
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Minimum Aisle Width
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Parking Angle
(degrees)
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(Feet)
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One-Way
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Two-Way
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0 (parallel parking)
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12
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18
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30
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15
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18
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45
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18
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20
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60
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18
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20
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90 (perpendicular)
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25
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25
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Parking stalls shall have a minimum area of 200 square feet
of space, which shall measure 10 feet in width and 20 feet in length.