In the Office Building OB Zone, all uses shall be subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board. All permitted buildings, structures and paved areas shall be at least 100 feet from the right-of-way of any public street or any residential zoning district. All permitted buildings, structures and paved areas shall be set back 50 feet from any nonresidential zoning district and from other property boundaries. No wall of any building shall exceed 40% in height of the distance between it and its closest point to any street or property line.
A.
Permitted principal uses.
(1)
Churches, synagogues, parish houses or buildings for Sunday school or for religious education.
(2)
Municipal uses.
(3)
Private or cooperative limited-membership community centers, recreation centers or clubhouses.
(4)
Executive business, sales, accounting and general offices and research laboratories, subject to the following conditions:
(a)
Except as related to permitted accessory uses, there shall be no display or sale of goods at retail.
(b)
No machinery or equipment shall be installed and no labor engaged for manufacturing purposes except as provided under accessory uses, and all mechanical and other apparatus and manual services employed in such use shall be devoted to scientific research, experimentation and development.
(c)
Except as related to permitted accessory uses, there shall be no commercial manufacture on the premises of articles for sale, except with respect to small quantities of test, experimental or trial products, models or prototypes which may be produced in accordance with the provisions of this chapter related to accessory uses and except prototype items which may be called for specifically in development contracts undertaken for government or commercial agencies where such development contracts call for the delivery of such prototypes to confirm or exhibit the development work conducted.
(d)
No offensive noises, gases, fumes, odors, vibrations or radio, electric or electronic emanations shall emanate from such use and no waste products shall be discharged therefrom of a character to create a nuisance.
(e)
No radioactive materials shall be kept or used on the premises except experimental quantities, the keeping and use of which shall be licensed by and shall conform to all applicable governmental regulations.
(5)
Training schools for the training of management, sales, research, financial or other executive office personnel and for the performance of historical, economic and other research not of a biological or technological character.
(6)
Telephone exchanges.
(7)
Conferences centers. No conference center will be permitted within the OB Zone unless a compatible use permit is obtained from the Village of Tarrytown Board of Trustees. A “conference center” for the purposes of this section shall mean a hotel, motel or inn which provides meeting rooms, recreation facilities and/or dining facilities which may be open to the general public for catering activities. Furthermore, any compatible use permit for a conference center will have the following conditions:
[Added 11-2-2009 by L.L. No. 9-2009]
(a)
At least 60% of the meeting space shall be dedicated as "single purpose conference space" to be used exclusively for meetings, retreats and conferences. This space is not to be used for ancillary food and beverage functions of a social or public nature;
(b)
At least 60% of the total revenue from guest rooms, meeting space, food and beverage, conference technology (audio and video) and conference services shall be derived from corporate conferences, retreats, association and other group activities;
(c)
The average conference group shall be 75 or less participants;
(d)
The conference center shall offer and actively promote package plans which includes conference rooms, guest rooms, three meals, continuous refreshment services, conference services and conference technology;
(e)
The conference center shall have dedicated conference rooms which are separate from the living (guest room), dining and leisure areas, and said conference rooms shall contain unobstructed interior views;
(f)
The conference center shall have at least one dedicated conference room which contains a minimum of 1,000 square feet and three additional dedicated conference rooms which do not have movable walls;
(g)
The conference center shall have a staffed business services desk and shall host upper-level management meetings and educational and training seminars;
(h)
All guest rooms shall be separate from the conference and leisure areas;
(i)
The conference center shall maintain central refreshment break stations separate from traditional dining rooms and/or restaurants for all conference attendees and these are to be located in fixed general access areas for multiple/different conference events;
(j)
The conference center shall maintain at least 1,000 square feet of natural features per guest room. Natural features shall include but shall not be limited to landscaping, gardens, lawns, trees, shrubbery, plantings and/or such items of a natural quality. These areas should be readily accessible for guests of the conference center.
B.
Accessory uses.
(1)
Permitted accessory uses.
(a)
The raising of ornamental and food crops for use only by occupants of such property.
(b)
Noncommercial greenhouses for personal use only, on any lot in excess of 6,000 square feet in the rear yard only, provided that they do not exceed 2% of the lot area in ground coverage.
(c)
The keeping of dogs and cats as household pets, provided that the total number of such pets shall not exceed five animals over the age of six months.
(d)
The keeping of not more than two boarders or lodgers by a resident family or person.
(e)
Customary incidental home occupations conducted solely by persons residing on the premises.
(f)
Professional offices or studios of artists, architects, dentists, doctors or engineers residing on the premises.
(g)
Accessory private garage space.
(h)
Organized child-care facilities, including but not limited to nursery schools and day-care centers, designed and licensed by the State of New York to conduct the care and feeding of children of preschool and elementary school age, subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board.
(n)
Other accessory structures, such as toolhouses, a child's playhouse, wading pools, outdoor fireplaces or drying yards, not to be located in any front yard or to be nearer to any side or rear lot line than the distance specified by the yard requirements, provided that they shall not exceed 1% of the total lot area in ground coverage.
(o)
Within the principal structure, restaurants, barbershops, beauty parlors, newsstands, vehicle parking and private garage space, as further regulated herein, for the use of executives, employees, visitors and invitees to the principal structure or use. Parking shall be permitted in the basement levels and in the lower two levels or stories of any permitted principal use. All such parking shall be completely indoors and substantially enclosed other than for ventilation purposes, and no unenclosed parking shall be permitted on rooftops.
(p)
Overnight lodging for visitors. Where lodging is provided, not more than two persons shall be accommodated in any bedroom.
(q)
Recreation facilities for the exclusive use of employees and their families, provided that all facilities are at least 200 feet from any property line.
(r)
Parking lots and garage spaces for executives, employees and visitors and invitees thereto, provided that none shall be closer than 50 feet to any street or property line.
(s)
In-service training schools for employees.
(t)
On lots of 10 or more acres having thereon three or more principal buildings, a central heating and power plant accessory to the principal use and service of all structures on the premises, provided that the chimney thereof shall be of such height and design as may be certified by a qualified engineer as in accord with accepted engineering practices.
(u)
Maintenance and utility shops and storage facilities incidental to the principal use.
(v)
Assembly halls for meetings incidental to the business of the principal use or for civic meetings, provided that no rental charge is made therefor, and provided further that at the time of such use for any meeting there shall be available parking space for all persons in attendance at any such meeting.
(w)
Accessory single-family dwellings, provided that each such dwelling shall be situated on a clearly defined portion of the principal lot shown on the site plan and shall have an area of not less than 10,000 square feet and shall front on an access driveway having a width of not less than 20 feet which shall provide access to a public street, and provided further that the space between any two such dwellings shall be not less than 40 feet at any point and that no accessory profession or home occupation shall be permitted therein, and provided further that at least two off-street parking spaces or parking bays shall be provided convenient to each such dwelling and that no parking of any vehicles on any access drive shall be permitted at any time unless such drive has a width of 30 feet, and then only on one side thereof.
(x)
On lots of 10 or more acres under a single use, residential facilities for training purposes.
(y)
Restaurants and cafeterias for supplying meals only to employees and guests of the principal use.
(2)
Additional provisions.
(a)
All accessory uses shall be at least 150 feet away from any street or property line, except as noted elsewhere in this section.
(b)
The total gross square feet of floor area allowed for any and all purposes shall not exceed that area arrived at by multiplying the percentage of building coverage by the lot area and multiplying the results by the permitted number of stories. This shall be known as the "gross floor area." The sole exception shall be for parking within the structure, which shall be unlimited except as set forth in the provisions of this chapter. The maximum coverage of all buildings, structures and paved areas shall be 45% of the buildable site area. Buildable site area shall be determined by subtracting from the total lot area 50% of the area of the wetlands and steep slopes (25% or greater) on the site. The maximum total coverage of all buildings and structures shall be 12% of the buildable site area, as defined above. Building coverage may be increased up to 17%, at a ratio of an additional 1% of building coverage for each additional 5% of parking enclosed in garages exceeding the minimum of 20% as shown below:
Percentage of Parking Enclosed | Permitted Building Coverage | |
|---|---|---|
20% | 12% | |
25% | 13% | |
30% | 14% | |
35% | 15% | |
40% | 16% | |
45% | 17% |
(c)
In connection with the principal use of any lot for a research laboratory, the operation of what are customarily known as "pilot experimental facilities" for processing or assembling units or products resulting from research, experimental and developmental work on one premises of such laboratory or for the assembly of other related units or tools incidental thereto shall be permitted, provided that:
[1]
The processing or assembling thereof requires the participation primarily of the technical staff of such laboratory.
[2]
Such assembled or processed experimental units shall consist only of small quantities of test or trial products, models or prototypes of newly developed or redesigned products for the purposes of testing the characteristics and qualities of such products and/or their consumer acceptance or of determining the technical feasibility of using the product design or assembly process on a full-scale repetitive production basis.
[3]
Such pilot assembly or processing facilities shall not occupy an area greater than 10% of the total area of the lot.
C.
Uses requiring compatible use permits.
D.
Minimum lot area: 435,600 square feet.