It is the intent of the Local Business (B-1)
Use District to provide for business uses which are less dense and
concentrated than General Business District uses, and to provide for
convenience to nearby residential areas, while allowing for viable
business drawing from the general public, as well as to provide for
business uses which are compatible with and enhance nearby residential
areas. Aesthetic appearances, including landscaping, are emphasized.
No building, structure or lands within the Local
Business (B-1) Use District shall be constructed, erected or used
for other than one of the following specified purposes:
A.
Medical offices, churches and clinics.
B.
Professional offices.
C.
Insurance and real estate offices.
D.
Banks and lending institutions.
E.
Institutional uses other than hospitals.
F.
Beauty and barber shops.
G.
Shoe repair shops.
H.
Apparel repair and alteration shops.
I.
Printing and photocopying establishments.
J.
Photographic shops.
K.
Laundromats, dry-cleaning outlets.
L.
Art, dance and photographic studios.
M.
Bakeries.
N.
Craft shops and collectible shops.
O.
Apparel stores.
P.
Book and stationary stores.
Q.
Drugstores.
R.
Florists shops.
S.
Jewelry stores.
T.
Bicycle and sporting goods stores.
U.
Restaurants, sit-down.
V.
Veterinary offices and clinics.
[Amended 5-5-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
The following uses may be permitted upon obtaining
a special use permit:
A.
Other retail uses which are principally directed to
servicing the day-to-day convenient shopping and personal needs of
the area.
B.
Restaurants, with drive-ups or drive-through capabilities.
C.
Funeral homes.
D.
Day-care and nursery centers.
E.
Business uses involving outdoor activities.
F.
Private clubs.
G.
Fire halls, rescue squad and public safety buildings.
H.
Hotels and motels.
I.
Liquor stores.
J.
Convenience stores.
K.
Outdoor display or sales areas for nurseries, lawn
furniture, garden supplies and restaurant patios or decks, or building
supplies, provided that such displays do not encroach upon required
parking. Such displays shall not diminish required open space or setback
requirements.
L.
Doggy day-care centers.
[Added 11-6-2016 by L.L.
No. 5-2016]
M.
Structures consisting of mixed local business (B-1) permitted uses
and dwellings, with no more than a quardruplex-dwelling residential
unit allowed, with said dwelling being restricted to the rear or upper
level of the structure.
[Added 11-6-2016 by L.L.
No. 5-2016]
N.
Retail storage facilities, provided that such facilities shall not
be allowed within 300 feet of any main/major road or street.
[Added 9-6-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
Uses allowed in the B-1 District shall be subject
to the following restrictions:
A.
Enclosure. Except for vending and ATM machines, and
except as provided in the special use section of this chapter, all
uses, principal and accessory, including storage, except signs, landscaping
and off-street parking, loading and stacking, shall be conducted within
completely enclosed structures. No outdoor storage or display of goods,
merchandise or materials shall be permitted.
B.
Noise. No use shall be permitted that shall cause
the sound level, as measured at the edge of a lot, which is produced
by mechanical, electrical, vehicular operations or other means on
the lot, to exceed the average intensity of the street traffic noise
as measured at the setback of the nearest residential use, or which
shall cause sounds having intermittence, volume, beat, frequency or
shrillness characteristics which may cause annoyance to residents
in the area. Except for security/fire alarm systems, no business shall
utilize any exterior loudspeaker or paging system, or play exterior
music.
C.
Odor. No use shall be permitted which shall cause
the emission of noxious odors.
D.
Fire protection. Every use shall provide, designate
and maintain fire lanes between the public street and any building
for firefighting purposes.
[Amended 1-9-2019 by L.L.
No. 1-2019]
Dimensional requirements are established as
follows:
|
Dimension
|
Requirement
|
|---|---|
|
Lot area
|
25,000 feet
|
|
Lot width
|
125 feet
|
|
Lot depth
|
200 feet
|
|
Front setback (minimum)
|
75 feet
|
|
Front setback (maximum for at least one principal
use)
|
100 feet
|
|
Corner lots from each street
|
75 feet
|
|
Side yard setback
|
10 feet
|
|
Side yard setback adjacent to AR, MHP, R-1,
ADR or R-2 District
|
100 feet
|
|
Rear setback
|
10 feet
|
|
Rear setback adjacent to AR, MHP, R-1, ADR or
R-2 District
|
100 feet
|
|
Total building square feet (maximum)
|
15,000 square feet
|
|
Height
|
35 feet
|
|
Green space
|
25% of lot
|
|
Percent of lot covered by structures (maximum)
|
30%
|
A.
Landscaping. All allowed uses shall include and provide
street trees, parking lots, trees, screening and landscaping as set
out in the dimensional requirements.
B.
A planting aisle at least 12 feet in width from the
right-of-way edge shall be provided along the entire length of every
street, excluding driveways for ingress or egress to parking or loading
areas. Trees, indigenous to the area, with an expected mature height
of at least 30 feet and with a minimum height at planting of 12 feet,
shall be planted within the planting aisle at not greater than thirty-foot
intervals. In the event that the planting aisle lies under overhead
power lines, trees with an expected mature height at planting of 12
feet, with intervals no greater than 20 feet, may be substituted,
but the Planning Board may require additional landscaping to compensate.
C.
One shade tree shall be provided for each 3,500 square
feet of vehicle accommodation area. Each tree shall be located in
a planting area, which has at least 50 square feet of natural surface
from which it can receive water and nutrients. Trees shall meet the
planting standards for street trees set out above.
D.
Whenever a side or rear yard abuts a residential district,
screening shall be provided in such side or rear yard that will effectively
block the view between any structures, parking or loading area or
driveways on the nonresidential lot and the residential lots. The
screening shall extend the entire length of any such property line,
except that portion which must remain open for traffic safety reasons,
and shall include one or more of the following, subject to Planning
Board approval:
(1)
A brick or parged block wall at least six feet in
height; or
(2)
A landscaped earthen berm with a height of at least
six feet on which is planted shrubs, indigenous to the area, with
an expected mature height of at least four feet, at intervals so that
the branches will touch at maturity and with a minimum height at planting
of at least two feet; or
(3)
A landscaped buffer area with a width of at least
50 feet in which are planted two staggered rows of trees having a
minimum height at time of planting of six feet; or
(4)
A combination of such fencing and plantings, buffers
and berms affording an aesthetically pleasing view from the residential
side.
