In an ORM Office/Research/Manufacturing District, no building
or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall
be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be
or used in whole or in part for any uses except as specified herein.
All permitted uses, whether principal or accessory, including storage,
shall be carried out in a fully enclosed building. Such provisions
shall not apply to off-street parking for registered vehicles, outdoor
loading or other service activities.
A.
Any use of an industrial nature is permitted which involves only
the processing, assembly, compounding or packaging of previously prepared
or refined materials, provided that at no time shall such use result
in or cause:
(1)
Dissemination of dust, smoke, smog, observable gas fumes or odor
or other atmospheric pollution, objectionable noise, glare or vibration
that will be evident beyond the property line.
(2)
Hazard of fire or explosion or other physical hazard to any adjacent
building or any land area adjacent to the site of the use.
(3)
Violation of applicable standards or regulations adopted and enforced
by any federal, state, county or Town environmental or health agency
or legislative body. Violation of such standards shall result in the
revocation of an existing certificate of occupancy and/or certificate
of compliance and the immediate cessation of operations. The correction
of the violation and new certificates shall be a prerequisite to the
resumption of such industrial operations.
B.
The following uses are indicative of those which are intended to
be permitted:
(1)
Manufacture of machinery such as cash registers, calculators, software
products, computers and other high-tech products and other office
machines.
[Amended 6-25-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
(2)
Fabrication of metal products, such as baby carriages, bicycles,
metal foil, tin, aluminum, gold, etc., metal furniture, musical instruments,
sheet metal products and toys.
(3)
Fabrication of paper products, such as bags, book bindings, boxes
and packaging materials, office supplies and toys.
(4)
Fabrication of wood products, such as bolts, boxes, cabinets and
woodworking, furniture and toys.
(5)
Food and associated industries, such as bakeries, bottling of food
and beverages, food and cereal mixing and milling, food processing,
food sundry manufacturing, ice cream manufacturing and manufacturing
of spirituous liquor.
(6)
The warehousing or storage of goods and products, such as building
materials, farm supplies and the like, which may be sold from the
premises to the general public. The bulk storage of fuel for resale
from the premises is prohibited; however, such storage is permitted
for resale off the premises upon the following conditions:
[Amended 11-9-2000 by L.L. No. 6-2000]
(a)
The total capacity (including unusable buffer capacity) of tanks(s)
used for bulk fuel storage shall not exceed 110,000 United States
gallons.
(b)
Any fuel storage facility or tank shall be no more than 40 feet
in height, located at least 500 feet from any residential structure
and adequately screened from view of such structure, located 500 feet
from any public right-of-way and at least 25 feet from any property
line.
(c)
Any fuel storage facility or tank, upon cessation of use for
off-site resale of fuel, shall be emptied of all contents.
C.
Permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
(1)
Office buildings for executive, engineering and administrative purposes.
(2)
Scientific or research laboratories devoted to research, design and/or
experimentation and processing and fabricating incidental thereto.
(3)
The compounding and processing of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.
(4)
Commercial storage buildings providing space for rent.
(5)
Warehousing and distribution facilities.
(6)
Other uses which, in the opinion of the Town Board, are similar in
nature and scale to those permitted above. Prior to making such a
determination, the Town Board shall request an advisory opinion from
the Planning Board.
[Added 5-11-1995 by L.L.
No. 2-1995]
Residential uses in lawful existence as of the date of the adoption of this chapter may be continued as of right. Such uses may be modified so long as such modifications conform to the provisions set forth in Article IX of this chapter and related sections. Such residential uses and lots shall be exempt from the limitations set forth in Article XX of this chapter, except in the case of abandonment as specified in § 300-168.
[Amended 5-11-1995 by L.L. No. 2-1995]
Permitted accessory uses shall be as follows:
A.
Private garages and storage buildings that are necessary to store
any vehicles, equipment or materials on the premises and that are
used in conjunction with a permitted use.
B.
Off-street parking, loading and unloading facilities and signs, fences
and landscaping subject to the provisions of this chapter.
D.
Other business uses that, in the opinion of the Town Board, are similar
in nature and scale to those permitted above. Prior to making such
a determination, the Town Board shall request an advisory opinion
from the Planning Board.
The dimensional requirements for this district are specified
in Zoning Schedule I, which is a part of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule I is included as an attachment to
this chapter.
[Amended 5-11-1995 by L.L. No. 2-1995]
The following uses may be permitted consistent with the provisions of Article XXI, provided that a special use permit is approved by the Town Board.
A.
Essential services, excluding power plants.
B.
Motor vehicle service stations and auto repair shops.
C.
Planned business centers.
D.
Above- and below-ground off-street parking.
E.
Commercial recreation, high-density.
F.
Commercial recreation, low-density.
G.
Solid waste landfills.
[Added 2-24-2005 by L.L.
No. 4-2005]
H.
Camping grounds.
[Added 6-14-2012 by L.L.
No. 4-2012]
The following other provisions and requirements shall regulate
uses in the ORM District:
A.
Residential uses shall be prohibited, except as provided in § 300-92.
[Amended 2-24-2005 by L.L. No. 4-2005; 6-25-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
B.
Incidental storage out of doors may be permitted, provided that such
materials are shielded from view from public streets and adjacent
off-street parking areas by fencing, landscaping or other appropriate
measures.
C.
All uses permitted shall set aside not less than 20% of the lot area
to be devoted to seeding, planting, retention of tree cover or other
landscaping. This area shall be used for no other purposes.
D.
Each use shall provide truck loading and unloading areas in an amount
sufficient to permit the transfer of goods and products in other than
a public street, off-street parking area or front yard.
E.
Parking areas may be located in any of the required yard areas, provided
that they are not less than 75 feet from a right-of-way line or 30
feet from any other property line.
F.
The gross aggregate floor area of all buildings on a single parcel
of land shall not exceed two times the area of the lot on which such
building(s) is located.
