The provisions of this article shall apply to a Business A District.
A building may be erected, altered or used, and a lot or premises may be used, for any of the purposes set forth in this section when authorized by the Board of Appeals pursuant to the provisions of Article
IX, §
175-87A(1), and for no other:
A. Retail store for the storage, sale or distribution of ice, wood,
used lumber, used household equipment or materials, used automotive
parts, equipment or supplies, or motor vehicles.
B. Automobile service station, public garage, automobile repair shop, subject to the provisions of Article
VII, §
175-73.
C. Parking space for the parking, storage and sale of automobiles.
E. Any use of the same general character as any of the uses hereinbefore
specifically permitted.
There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be not
less than 20 feet.
Unless otherwise provided in an adjoining parking district,
provisions shall be made for the parking of vehicles as follows:
A. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the
following minimum number:
Use
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Required Number of Spaces
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Library, museum, art or historical building, school
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1 per 4 seats or persons who can be legally accommodated
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Post office, recreation area or building, utility company office,
and water pumping station
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1 per 300 square feet of floor area
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Semipublic uses operated and maintained by a nonprofit organization
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1 per 4 seats or persons who can be legally accommodated
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Retail purposes
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5, plus 1 per 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000
square feet of floor area
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Office building, medical center, financial institution, bank,
professional or business offices
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1 per 200 square feet of floor area
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All other service establishments
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5, plus 1 per 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000
square feet of floor area
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Commercial-recreational uses
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1 per 4 seats or persons who can be legally accommodated
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Industrial uses
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5, plus 1 per 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000
square feet of floor area
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Repair shops
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5, plus 1 per 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 3,000
square feet of floor area
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Hotel, motel, restaurant
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1 per room, plus 1 per 4 seats or persons who can be legally
accommodated, plus 1 per employee
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Hospital, nursing home
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1 per bed, plus 1 per employee
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Medical or dental clinic
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1 per 200 square feet of floor area
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Telephone exchange
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1 per 200 square feet of building area
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Research laboratory
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1 per 300 square feet of floor area
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Animal hospital, automobile show rooms, gasoline service stations,
radio and TV studios
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1 per 250 square feet of floor area
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All other uses
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Same requirements as for use which Board of Trustees deems is
of same character
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Residential
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1 per residential unit; reduction of required parking may be
as approved by the Board of Trustees for parcels within 500 feet of
a municipal parking lot or a private off-street lot with demonstrated
capacity for shared parking and executed and enforceable shared parking
agreement.
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B. Paving. Any parking area and access driveways shall be paved with
a hard, dustless surface and maintained in such condition as to eliminate
dust, dirt and mud.
C. Parking spaces. Each parking space shall have an area of at least
nine feet by 18 feet, accessible by a driveway or aisle at least 16
feet in width if used in a one-way direction and 23 feet in width
if used for two-way circulation, and shall be located on the same
lot with the use to which it is appurtenant and have direct access
to a public street.
D. Illumination. Each parking area shall be provided with low shielded
(mushroom) lighting, so arranged as to direct light away from adjoining
lots or streets.
E. Drainage. Adequate drainage shall be provided so that surface water
will not drain onto or across any sidewalk, curb, street or abutting
property.
F. Any off-street parking area located in a rear or side yard, which
is adjacent to any residence district, shall provide a thick-growth
planting screen, between six feet and eight feet in height and at
least five feet in depth, sufficient to form a protective buffer.
The Board of Appeals may permit suitable fencing or walls or any variation
in the landscaping if deemed appropriate or desirable by reason of
topography or other site conditions.
G. Notwithstanding any contrary provision contained in this Article
IV, the off-street parking spaces required under this §
175-46 shall be deemed satisfied with respect to any proposed change in the use or occupancy of any building or structure located in any Business A District to another use or occupancy permitted under this article, provided that:
(1) The floor area of the buildings and structures on the relevant lot do not exceed the floor area thereof as it exists at the date of adoption of this Subsection
G;
(2) The number of off-street parking spaces on such lot are not fewer than the number of off-street parking spaces on such lot as of the date of adoption of this Subsection
G; and
(3) The lot, since the date of adoption of this Subsection
G, has not been the subject of a subdivision, lot line alteration or adjustment or other action that alters the lot area.
H. The Board of Trustees shall be authorized to reduce the required
amount of off-street parking spaces and the required drive aisle widths
when, upon review and consideration of proposed uses, peak parking
demands, vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation, the Board
determines that such reduction is consistent with the public health,
safety and welfare, and with such conditions that the Board of Trustees
deems appropriate to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any parcel that, at the effective date
of this provision, is the subject of a conditional zoning variance
with respect to parking granted by the Village Board of Appeals for
a term hereafter scheduled to expire unless extended upon application
to the Board of Appeals, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the
Board of Appeals, and not the Board of Trustees under this section,
with respect to any proposed extension of such parking variance.
Off-street loading and unloading of vehicles shall be provided
for by adequate space on the premises. Any building with more than
15,000 square feet of floor area shall provide at least one off-street
loading-unloading space on the premises, with each such space to measure
at least 10 feet in width, 25 feet in length, and 15 feet in height
clearance.
All proposed buildings not connected with municipal sewerage
shall be equipped with an independent sewerage system and disposal
facilities approved by the Nassau County Department of Health.