[Added 1-10-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989[1]]
The purpose of the Light Industrial Park/Planned
Office Park (LIO) District is to provide opportunity for the location
of business and professional offices, research facilities, industrial
uses and similar activities in an open, campus-like setting in areas
which are not appropriate for commercial activity or low-density residential
development. In this area, such uses can be established in an attractive
environment and serve both as a means of preserving the open qualities
of an area and providing an area adjacent to hamlet areas where such
uses can be appropriately developed with suitable protection for ground-
and surface waters. All uses must conform to Suffolk County Health
Department standards.
In the LIO 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 used, in
whole or in part, for any purpose except the following:
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted uses and, except for those uses permitted under Subsection A(1) hereof, are subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board:
[Amended 5-9-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989; 11-29-1994 by L.L. No.
26-1994; 4-28-1997 by L.L. No. 6-1997]
(1)
The agricultural operations and accessory uses, including
irrigation, the raising of field and garden crops, vineyard and orchard
farming, the maintenance of nurseries and the seasonal sale of products
grown on the premises, the keeping, breeding, raising and training
of horses, domestic animals and fowl, barns, storage buildings, greenhouses
and other related structures to the same extent and subject to the
same conditions allowed in the AC Zone.
(2)
Buildings, structures and uses owned or operated by
the Town of Southold, school districts, park districts and fire districts.
(3)
Wholesale businesses, private warehousing and public
warehousing, and building material storage and sale, but excluding
storage of coal, coke, fuel oil or junk.
[Amended 11-19-2002 by L.L. No. 7-2002]
(4)
Building, electrical and plumbing contractors' businesses
or yards.
(5)
Cold storage plants, baking and other food processing
and packaging plants that are not offensive, obnoxious or detrimental
to neighboring uses by reason of dust, smoke, vibration, noise, odor
or effluent.
(6)
Office buildings for businesses, governmental and
professional uses, including administrative training, data processing,
publication, financial and sales offices.
(7)
Telephone exchanges.
(8)
Wineries as regulated by § 280-48A(11).
(9)
Tourist camp.
(11)
Standard regulation golf course.
(12)
Food catering facility.
(13)
Machine and equipment workshop.
(14)
Boat building, boat servicing and boat storage
facilities, excluding retail sales of boats and accessories.
(15)
Light industrial uses, subject to the following
conditions:
(a)
No such process or operation shall involve the
handling, storage or discharge of explosives or permit upon the premises
any virus or other type of infectious organisms identified with diseases
of animals or humans.
(b)
No offensive noises, gases, fumes, smoke, odors,
dust, effluent or vibrations shall emanate from such use and no waste
products shall be discharged therefrom of a character to create a
nuisance or to be injurious to health or to negatively impact groundwater.
(c)
Such processes shall involve the use of only
oil, gas or electricity for fuel.
(16)
Printing and publishing plants.
(17)
Land-based aquaculture operations, including research and development,
which meet the following standards:
[Added 9-22-2015 by L.L.
No. 8-2015]
(a)
Any land-based aquaculture operation shall take place in a fully
enclosed structure.
(b)
Any land-based aquaculture operation shall be entitled to a retail
area not more than 10% of the gross floor area of the structure in
which the land-based aquaculture takes place for the direct marketing
of its products.
(18)
Recreational facility, minor.
[Added 7-30-2019 by L.L.
No. 12-2019]
B.
Uses permitted by special exception of the Board of Appeals. The following uses are permitted as a special exception by the Board of Appeals as hereinafter provided, except Subsection B(10), which may be permitted as a special exception by the Planning Board, and all such special exception uses except Subsection B(11) shall be subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board:
[Amended 5-23-1989 by L.L. No. 7-1989; 4-28-1997 by L.L. No. 6-1997; 11-12-1997 by L.L. No. 26-1997; 2-12-2013 by L.L. No.
2-2013; 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 7-2014; 12-5-2017 by L.L. No. 20-2017; 5-22-2018 by L.L. No. 4-2018; 6-7-2022 by L.L. No. 5-2022]
(1)
Research, design or development laboratories, provided
that any manufacturing shall be limited to prototype and products
for testing.
(2)
Laundry or dry-cleaning plants, subject to the following
conditions:
(3)
Conference facilities, subject to the following conditions:
(a)
Where rooms are provided for conference attendees, said rooms are permitted as set forth and regulated by § 280-35B(4) of the Resort Residential (RR) District.
(4)
Public utility structures and uses, except that wireless communication facilities must obtain approval pursuant to Article XVII.
(5)
Truck or bus terminals (garages, parking facilities,
loading docks, etc.).
(6)
Food processing and packaging plants, not including
fish processing plants.
(7)
Repair of boats and marine items.
(8)
Basic Utility Stage II airport, subject to the following
conditions:
(a)
Minimum parcel size shall be 100 acres.
(9)
Retail
sale of items manufactured, assembled, processed and produced on site,
subject to the following conditions:
(a)
The premises is located within a designated hamlet locus (HALO) zone;
(b)
Retail floor area shall be no more than 15% of the gross floor area
of the building, including all areas having public access, not to
exceed 2,000 square feet;
(c)
Adequate on-site parking must be available for the retail sales area as determined by the Planning Board and as set forth in § 280-78;
(d)
Resale of items produced off site is prohibited;
(e)
Should a site contain multiple LIO uses, such uses may utilize a
single retail sales area. In such instances, the single retail floor
area shall be no more than 15% of the total combined gross floor area
of all such uses, including all areas having public access, not to
exceed 2,000 square feet;
(f)
Outdoor storage and display of retail items is prohibited.
(10)
Commercial solar energy production system, subject to the following
criteria:
(a)
The commercial solar energy system shall not be on a parcel
of less than five acres.
(b)
Solar energy production facilities shall be permitted only on
those lands previously cleared and/or disturbed on or before January
1, 2018. No additional clearing shall be permitted, except that the
removal of shrubs, underbrush and trees under six inches in diameter
shall be permitted and shall not be deemed clearing.
(c)
All ground-mounted panels shall not exceed the height of eight
feet.
(d)
All mechanical equipment of the commercial solar energy system,
including any structure for batteries or storage cells, shall be completely
enclosed by a minimum eight-foot-high fence with a self-locking gate.
(e)
Notwithstanding any requirement in § 280-59 of this chapter, the total surface area of all ground-mounted and freestanding solar collectors, including solar photovoltaic cells, panels, and arrays, shall not exceed 80% of the total parcel area.
(f)
A minimum twenty-five-foot perimeter buffer, consisting of natural
and undisturbed vegetation, supplemented with evergreen plantings,
as needed, shall be provided around all mechanical equipment and solar
panel arrays to provide screening from adjacent residential properties
and Town, county and state roads.
(g)
A minimum setback for a solar energy production facility and
the equipment used in conjunction with the solar energy production
facility shall be located at least 100 feet from any residential dwelling
or zone.
(h)
All solar energy production systems shall be designed and located
in order to prevent reflective glare toward any habitable buildings
as well as streets and rights-of-way.
(i)
All on-site utility and transmission lines shall be, to the
extent feasible, placed underground.
(j)
A clearly visible warning sign concerning voltage must be placed
at the base of all pad-mounted transformers and substations.
(k)
The system shall be designed and situated to be compatible with
the existing uses on adjacent and nearby properties.
(l)
In approving a special exception, the Planning Board may waive
or modify any of the above criteria if it finds that there is no detriment
to public health, safety and welfare.
(m)
Any special exception approval granted under this article shall
have a term of 20 years, commencing from the grant of the special
exception, which may be extended for additional five-year terms upon
application to the Planning Board.
(n)
Decommissioning/removal:
[1]
Any commercial solar energy production system that is not operated
for a continuous period of 24 months shall be deemed abandoned. At
that time, the owner of the commercial solar energy production system
or the owner of the property where the commercial solar energy production
system is located shall remove all components thereof within 90 days
of such deemed abandonment or will be in violation of this section.
In the case of a commercial solar energy production system on preexisting
structures, this provision shall apply to the commercial solar energy
production system only. If the commercial solar energy production
system is not removed within said 90 days, the Building Inspector
may give the owner notice that unless the removal is accomplished
within 30 days, the Town will cause the removal at the owner's expense.
All costs and expenses incurred by the Town in connection with any
proceeding or any work done for the removal of a commercial solar
energy production system shall be assessed against the land on which
such commercial solar energy production system is located, and a statement
of such expenses shall be presented to the owner of the property,
or if the owner cannot be ascertained or located, then such statement
shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises. Such assessment
shall be and constitute a lien upon such land. If the owner of the
system and the owner of the property upon which the system is located
shall fail to pay such expenses within 10 days after the statement
is presented or posted, a legal action may be brought to collect such
assessment or to foreclose such lien. As an alternative to the maintenance
of any such action, the Building Inspector may file a certificate
of the actual expenses incurred as aforesaid, together with a statement
identifying the property in connection with which the expenses were
incurred and the owner of the system and the owner of the property
upon which the system is located, with the Assessors, who shall, in
the preparation of the next assessment roll, assess such amount upon
such property. Such amount shall be included in the levy against such
property, shall constitute a lien and shall be collected and enforced
in the same manner, by the same proceedings, at the same time and
under the same penalties as are provided by law for the collection
and enforcement of real property taxes in the Town of Southold.
[2]
This subsection is enacted pursuant to § 10 of the
Municipal Home Rule Law to promote the public health, safety and general
welfare of Town citizens through removal provisions to ensure the
proper decommissioning of commercial solar energy production systems
within the entire Town. The removal reduction provision of this chapter
shall supersede any inconsistent portions of Town Law § 64,
Subdivision 5-a, and govern the subject of removal of commercial solar
energy production systems in this chapter.
(11)
Conversion of an existing building to apartments as set forth in and regulated by § 280-38B(6) of the Residential Office District.
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted as accessory uses and, except for residential accessory uses and signs, which are governed by Article XIX, are subject to site plan review:
[Amended 5-9-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989]
(1)
Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any permitted or special exception use and not involving
a separate business.[1]
(2)
Fully enclosed storage facilities incidental to the
principal use.
(3)
Open storage as set forth in and regulated by § 280-48C(2) of the General Business District.
(4)
Indoor and outdoor recreation facilities for the exclusive
use of executives and employees of the principal use and their families.
(5)
In-service training schools for employees of the principal
use.
(6)
Private garages for the storage and service of motor
vehicles owned by the owner of the principal use or the executives
or employees thereof, or visitors thereto, including the sale of them,
but not to the public generally of gasoline, oil and minor accessories.
(7)
Central heating and power plants accessory to the
principal use and the service of all structures on the premises.
(8)
Maintenance and utility shops incidental to the principal
use.
(9)
Off-street parking and loading. Said areas shall not
be nearer than 50 feet to any lot line or street and, if generally
adjacent to any street or any residence district, shall be suitably
screened by a landscaped strip of at least 10 feet in width.
D.
A transfer station may be permitted, subject to a special permit obtained from the Town Board pursuant to § 233-6 of the Town Code. The transfer station shall also be subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board based on the following criteria and requirements:
[Added 5-22-2007 by L.L. No. 13-2007]
(1)
The plan shall include the precise location of all
buildings, structures, employee and truck parking, loading, unloading,
and traffic areas, internal circulation, container storage areas,
storage areas for recycling, and any other information deemed pertinent
to an adequate review of the proposal.
(2)
A minimum lot area of 120,000 square feet and the
right to require a greater lot area. Such requirement shall be based
on the scale of operation as measured by the size of the buildings
proposed for the site, the volume of solid waste handled on a daily
basis, and the requirements for vehicle parking and movement or a
finding that the operation cannot be adequately screened from adjoining
property.
(3)
A minimum distance of 400 feet from a property zoned
for residential use measured from the two closest points of the parcel
boundary or located within 600 feet of an existing residential structure
measured from the closest point of the residential structure to the
parcel boundary.
(4)
Submission of a route plan to indicate that traffic
generated by the facility will have a minimal impact on residential
streets.
(5)
Provision of adequate lanes for vehicles entering
the facility.
(6)
All sorting, baling, processing, crushing, and similar
intensive activity associated with the facility, including the storage
of all containers containing recyclable and waste material, shall
be contained inside a completely enclosed building with an impervious
floor surface.
(7)
Outdoor use of the property shall be restricted to
the parking and maneuvering of vehicles, the washing of vehicles,
scales necessary for the operation of the transfer station, and the
storage of empty containers.
(8)
The storage of said empty containers shall be restricted
to locations specifically identified on the site plan. This equipment
shall be located and screened in such a manner so as not to be visible
from the street or from adjoining properties.
(9)
On-street parking of vehicles, containers, or any
other equipment or materials in any way connected with the facility
shall be prohibited.
(10)
Where feasible, truck loading and unloading
areas shall not face the street.
(11)
All toxic and hazardous materials shall be prohibited.
(12)
The maximum height of the facility shall not
exceed 35 feet.
(13)
A minimum of 20 feet of landscaped buffers,
including street trees, shall be planted and maintained along all
street frontages. Landscaped buffers shall be entirely located within
the subject parcel boundaries.
(14)
A six-foot-high fence shall be installed and
maintained behind said landscaped buffers. Fence color and materials
shall be approved by the Planning Board.
(15)
Hours of operation shall be demonstrated by
the applicant to be limited to minimize impact on surrounding properties.
No building or premises shall be used and no
building or part thereof shall be erected or altered in the LIO Light
Industrial Park/Planned Office Park District unless the same conforms
to the Bulk Schedule and Parking and Loading Schedules incorporated
into this chapter by reference, with the same force and effect as
if such regulations were set forth herein in full.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Bulk Schedule is included as an attachment to this chapter, and the Parking and Loading Schedules are in §§ 280-78 and 280-79.
[Added 8-22-1995 by L.L. No. 18-1995]
A.
Structures shall be set back at least 100 feet from
the right-of-way.
B.
There shall be an exception to Subsection A if the adjacent parcels are developed, in which case the minimum front yard setback shall be the average of the setbacks of the adjacent parcels.
C.
A project shall be divided into separate structures
so that no single structure shall have more than 60 linear feet of
frontage on one street, except that this requirement shall not apply
to parcels located outside a designated hamlet locus (HALO) zone.
Where buildings are permitted to have greater than 60 linear feet
of frontage on a street, the building must be set back 100 feet (or
at least 50 feet in cases where there are adjacent buildings providing
an average setback) from that street and screened with a vegetated
buffer.
[Amended 5-22-2007 by L.L. No. 13-2007; 9-11-2018 by L.L. No. 12-2018]
D.
The setbacks of multiple structures on a parcel may vary, provided
that the average setback of the structures meets the setback required
above.
[Added 9-11-2018 by L.L.
No. 12-2018]
