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Village of Ardsley, NY
Westchester County
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[Amended 3-18-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
A. 
All plans for the use, erection, enlargement or alteration of any building or property in a B-2 District shall be subject to site plan approval by the Board of Trustees. In addition, any proposed change of use which would increase the requirement for off-street parking or loading spaces shall be similarly subject to site plan approval by the Board of Trustees.
B. 
The following uses are permitted in all B-2 Districts: All uses not otherwise prohibited by law, except that no residential use shall be permitted, other than one apartment in each building for occupancy by custodial personnel only.
A. 
The following trades, industries or uses are specifically prohibited:
Acetylene gas manufacture and/or storage
Acid manufacture (hydrochloric, nitric, picric, sulphuric, sulphurous, carbolic, etc.)
Alcohol manufacture
Ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacture
Amusement area, pony ride, baseball or golf driving ranges, etc.
Arsenal
Asphalt manufacture or refining
Auto wrecking
Blast furnace
Boiler or tank works
Brewery or malt house
Brewing or distilling of beverages
Brick, pottery, tile or terra-cotta or masonry block manufacture
Camps
Car wash
Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture
Central mixing plant for cement, mortar, plaster or paving materials
Coal distillation
Coal yard
Coke ovens
Commercial garage
Creosote treatment or manufacture
Cutting, curing, tanning or storage of raw hides and skins
Dead animal and offal reduction
Diner (lunchwagon)
Disinfectant, insecticide or poison manufacture
Distillation of bones, petroleum, refuse, grain, tar, coal or wood
Explosives, fireworks and gunpowder manufacturing or storage
Fat rendering and grease, lard or tallow manufacture or refining of fats
Fertilizer manufacture
Fish smoking or curing
Flour or feed mill
Forge plant
Foundry or metal fabricating plant
Freight terminal or freight yard
Gas (illuminating or heating) manufacture or storage
Gasoline station (See Supplementary Regulations)[1]
Glass manufacture
Glucose manufacture
Glue, size or gelatin manufacture
Hog farm
Hotel
Hydrocarbon or material, reclaiming, distilling and refining
Incineration, reduction, storage or dumping of slaughterhouse refuse, rancid fats, garbage, dead animals or offal
Insecticide manufacture
Laundry plant, steam or wet wash
Lime, cement or plaster of paris manufacture
Linoleum manufacture
Linseed oil, paint oil, shellac, turpentine or varnish manufacture
Livery stable, corral, riding academy or livestock barn
Manufacture, development or operation of any kind that may tend to produce atomic or ionizing radiation
Meatpacking
Milk bottling or central distributing station
Motel
Oilcloth or linoleum manufacture
Oiled or rubber goods manufacture
Ore reduction
Outdoor drive-in theatre[2]
Paint, oil shellac, turpentine, varnish or enamel manufacture
Paper or pulp manufacture
Petroleum or kerosene refining, distillation or derivation of byproducts and/or storage
Pickles, sauerkraut or vinegar processing
Planing mill
Plaster manufacture
Plastics manufacture
Potash works
Poultry killing or dressing
Power forge (riveting, hammering, punching, chipping, drawing, rolling or tumbling of iron, steel, brass or copper, except as a necessary incident of manufacture of which these processes form a minor part, and which are carried on without objectionable noise outside the plant)
Pyroxylin plastic manufacture or manufacture of products thereof
Railroad yards
Reduction, canning, processing or treatment of fish or animal products
Residences
Rock crusher
Rolling mill
Scrap iron or junk storage
Scrap paper or rag storage, sorting, processing or baling
Slaughtering of animals
Smelting
Soap manufacture
Soda and washing compound manufacture
Stable
Starch, glucose or dextrine manufacture
Steam plant
Steel furnace, blooming or rolling mill
Stock yards
Stone cutting or monument works
Stone quarry, mill or crusher
Storage yards
Structural steel or pipe works
Swimming pool
Tar distillation or manufacture
Tar roofing, waterproofing or treatment
Trailer
Tourist home
Yeast plant
Any other trade, business purpose or use that is declared by the Zoning Board of Appeals to be noxious or offensive by reason of hazard or the emission of odor, dust, refuse matter, wastes, smoke, gas or noise, or to be detrimental to the comfort, peace, enjoyment, health or safety of the community, or to tend to become so, is prohibited and shall cease forthwith upon notice of such declaration, if already in operation or existence.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 36, Planning Board.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 36, Planning Board.
B. 
If it can be proved to the satisfaction of the Zoning Board of Appeals that any of the foregoing uses is neither objectionable, noxious or offensive by reason of hazard or the emission or creation of odor, dust, fumes, smoke, gas, noise, glaring lights, vibration or similar substances or conditions equal in aggregate amount to that of any use specified, nor detrimental to the comfort, peace, enjoyment, health or safety of the community, then, upon the posting of an adequate bond, that proposed use, at the discretion of the Zoning Board of Appeals and after a public hearing, may be granted a special permit to operate upon such terms and conditions as the Zoning Board of Appeals shall deem reasonable, provided that the special permit shall be revoked, such bond forfeited and occupancy of said structure shall immediately cease in the event of violation of any of the terms and conditions upon which such permit was granted.
C. 
Quick service eating and drinking establishments.
[Amended 3-18-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
(1) 
No quick service eating and drinking establishment shall be permitted without first obtaining a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(2) 
Quick service eating and drinking establishments shall be permitted only when located in multitenanted buildings, and no such establishment shall be located closer than 1,000 feet to another such establishment.
(3) 
The Zoning Board of Appeals shall, in each individual case, consider the potential traffic impact of the proposed quick service eating and drinking establishment on the adjoining road system. Where said Board determines that such traffic may have a significant, adverse impact, it may deny the application or it may allow the applicant to improve the road system or require such reduction in scale or other modification of the size and nature of the proposed use as, in the opinion of said Board, will be adequate to reduce the estimated traffic impact to an acceptable level.
(4) 
All waste materials shall be stored in rodentproof containers which shall be kept in a screened or enclosed location and shall be removed from the premises daily, with the exception of Sundays and holidays.
(5) 
In addition to all other applicable standards and requirements, the Zoning Board of Appeals may, as a condition of approval of the special permit, establish any other additional standards, conditions and requirements, including limitations on hours of operation, signage, lighting and so forth, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to promote the public health, safety and welfare and to otherwise implement the intent of this chapter.
(6) 
The off-street parking requirement for quick service eating and drinking establishments shall be a minimum of one parking space for each 35 square feet of floor area.
(7) 
Prior to scheduling a public hearing, the Board of Appeals shall refer any application for the establishment of a quick service eating and drinking establishment to the Planning Board for its report and recommendation thereon. The Planning Board shall report said recommendation within 45 days of the date of its referral, unless such time limit is extended by the Zoning Board of Appeals, in which case it may be extended to not more than 90 days without the consent of the applicant.
[Amended 11-21-2005 by L.L. No. 6-2005]
No building or structure shall be erected to a height in excess of 45 feet nor shall it exceed three stories above the grade plane.
The minimum lot area for the principal building in a B-2 District shall not be less than 5,000 square feet.
A. 
Each lot shall have a front yard not less than 25 feet in depth.
B. 
There shall be a side yard along the sides of every lot in a B-2 District of not less than 10 feet; provided, however, that any lot bordering a residence district on a side yard shall have a side yard of a width not less than the minimum width as required in said adjacent resident district.
C. 
There shall be a rear yard on every lot in a B-2 District of not less than 25 feet in depth.
Access to any lot or building in a B-2 District shall be had only from a business street. As used herein, "business street" means a public highway, road, street or thoroughfare entirely within or abutting on one side upon a B-2 District and, in either event, not extending into or through any residential district within 300 feet of any part of the lot or building, access to which is in question, and which public highway, road, street or thoroughfare provides or forms part of a route from the boundary line of the Village to the lot or building, access to which is in question, without passing through any residential district of the Village.
[Amended 3-18-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required in § 200-71.
[Amended 12-17-1990 by L.L. No. 16-1990]
All plans, uses and conditions permitted in a B-2 District shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees after public hearing. The criterion to be used by the Board of Trustees are the same as those used by the Zoning Board in § 200-97.