In the Light Commercial District, the following regulations
shall apply:
A.
Intent. To provide areas within the Town for commercial uses serving
the day-to-day shopping and personal service needs of a neighborhood
area, for professional offices, and to ensure compatibility with surrounding
residential development. This district may also serve as a buffer
between residential districts and general commercial or industrial
districts.
B.
Permitted structures and uses. Permitted structures and uses are
set forth in Schedule A and are as follows:
(1)
Principal uses.
(a)
Apparel repair and alterations and shoe repair shop.
(b)
Art, dance, or music studios.
(c)
Banks.
(d)
Beauty, hair salon, or barber shop.
(e)
Commercial recreation activities.
(f)
Custom manufacturing shop for sale of product on premises, provided
that the use does not produce offensive odors, noise, vibration, heat,
glare, or dust.
(g)
Day-care center, nursery and other private schools.
(h)
Electrical and household appliance repair services.
(i)
Exercise studio or gym.
(j)
Finance, insurance, real estate services and travel agencies.
(k)
Grocery store.
(l)
Hardware, plumbing, lawn, garden, or other home improvement
sales, or services.
(m)
Legal, engineering, architectural, educational/scientific research,
accounting, auditing and bookkeeping, and community planning services.
(n)
Medical and other health services.
(o)
Motel or hotel.
(p)
Office building and offices.
(q)
Stores, including for bakery and confectionery shops (and manufacture
if primarily for on-site sale); apparel, jewelry, and accessories;
home furnishings; drugstore; liquor; antiques and secondhand goods;
book and stationery; sporting goods and bicycles; home garden items;
laundromat, cleaning and dyeing; photo supply, printing, and/or photocopying;
florist; tobacco products; newspapers and magazines; gifts, novelties
and souvenirs; optical goods; hardware.
(s)
Veterinarian or small animal hospital.
(t)
Wholesale sales.
(u)
Automobile, farm equipment and trailer sales, rental, repair
and services, including motor vehicle washes, with a special use permit
and site plan approval.
(v)
Bar, tavern, or restaurant, with a special use permit and site
plan approval.
(w)
Business services, including sign company, window cleaning and
other dwelling and building services and equipment sales and rental,
with a special use permit and site plan approval.
(x)
Funeral parlors and mortuaries, with attendant or owner apartment,
with a special use permit and site plan approval.
(2)
Accessory uses.
(a)
Outdoor display of merchandise, provided that:
[1]
Seasonal fruit and vegetable sales stands requiring a structure
shall require a building permit.
[2]
Seasonal fruit and vegetable sellers, hawkers, or peddler-type
use, including holiday-related sales, operated from a vehicle or trailers,
shall be required to obtain a license as required under the Town Code.
(b)
Signs as permitted and regulated by this chapter.
(c)
Storage of goods and processing operations clearly incidental
to the principal uses.
(d)
Solar energy facilities, with a special use permit and site
plan approval pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.
C.
Design regulations for principal and accessory structures and uses
are set forth in Schedule B to this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule B is included as an attachment to this chapter.
D.
Outdoor retail sales not related to the primary use shall require
a special use permit.
In the General Commercial District, the following regulations
shall apply:
A.
Intent. To provide areas within the Town for the location of commercial
uses that serve community-wide needs for general and specialized goods
and services, comparison shopping, and transportation-oriented commercial
uses. Such uses may require larger land areas and generate large volumes
of traffic and evening activity.
B.
Permitted uses. Principal and accessory uses allowed in this district
are set forth in Schedule A to this chapter and are as follows:
(1)
Principal uses.
(a)
All principal uses allowed by right and by special use permit
in the Light Commercial District. No residential uses shall be permitted.
(b)
Farm, lawn, and garden supply outlets and nursery facilities.
(c)
Funeral parlors and mortuaries, with attendant or owner apartment.
(d)
Lumber and other building materials and services.
(e)
Newspaper printing.
(f)
Gas station, with a special use permit and site plan approval.
(g)
Tire, battery, and accessories store, with a special use permit
and site plan approval.
C.
All special use permits obtained pursuant to this section shall be
issued by the Town Board for a period of up to two years. The permit
may be renewed by the Town Board upon written request to the Town
Clerk by the applicant and after inspection by the Town's Code Enforcement
Officer, Building Inspector, or designee to determine compliance with
the conditions in the permit.
D.
Design regulations for principal and accessory structures and uses
are set forth in Schedule B to this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule B is included as an attachment to this chapter.
E.
Outdoor retail sales not related to the primary use shall require
a special use permit.
A.
Lighting. Lighting system design standards shall be as follows:
(1)
Exterior lighting shall be designed, sized, and located to prevent
glare and hazardous light intrusion upon adjoining properties or streets,
and to prevent impacts of the same upon persons or pedestrians using
them. Lighting shall be limited to the extent necessary to ensure
public safety.
(2)
Lighting shall not be used for the purpose of advertising or attracting
attention to the principal use.
(3)
Lighting fixture height above grade shall not exceed 12 feet in or
adjacent to a residential district or use, and in no instance shall
it exceed 15 feet above grade.
B.
Enclosure of waste materials. All waste materials, including garbage
and trash, shall be stored in covered containers in a screening or
enclosure at least as tall as the trash containers they store. Gates
on enclosures shall be kept closed at all times except for when trash
is being removed.
C.
All development in the LC and GC Districts shall comply with Town Code Chapter 182, Flood Damage Prevention, as applicable.
D.
All uses except signs, landscaping, and off-street parking, loading,
and stacking must be completely enclosed.
