[Added 3-2-2004 by L.L. No. 8-2004;
amended 1-14-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008]
The provisions of this article shall apply in
the Waterfront Development Districts.
A.
Permitted uses. No building or premises shall be used
and no building shall hereafter be erected, altered or added to, unless
otherwise provided in this article, except for one or more of the
following uses:
(1)
Governmental and municipal purposes.
(2)
Banks and financial institutions.
(3)
Stores and shops for conducting the following retail,
wholesale and service businesses: grocery, fruits and vegetables,
delicatessen, barbershop, beauty parlor, shoe repair, liquor package
store, hardware, meat market, drug, bakery, tobacco, newspaper and
magazines, ice cream and confectionery, custom tailoring, dressmaking
and millinery, clothing, dry goods, furniture appliances, decorator
goods, paints, stationery, books, furs, fur storage, florist, toys,
floor coverings, and hand laundry.
(4)
Sale at retail, or repair of jewelry, watches, clocks
or optical goods; musical, professional or scientific instruments;
radios, televisions, record players, and recorders.
(5)
Telephone exchange, public utility, or undertaking
establishment.
[Amended 1-14-2008 by L.L. No. 2-2008]
(6)
Shop for carpenters; hand cabinetmaking; furniture
repair; upholstering; electrical work; tinsmith; new and used plumbing;
gas, steam or hot-water fittings; bicycle repair; glazier, paperhanger,
and painter.
(7)
Dry-cleaning establishment, newspaper or job printing
and book binding, greenhouse and nursery, and motor vehicle repair
shop.
(8)
Offices, including medical/professional offices and
medical/professional buildings.
(9)
Restaurant, but not including the type of restaurant commonly known as "drive-in," "diner" and/or "lunch wagon," or those prohibited in Subsection C.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(9), regarding
manufacturing or industrial operations was repealed 1-14-2008 by L.L.
No. 2-2008. This local law also renumbered former Subsection A(10)
through (12) as Subsection A(9) through (11), respectively.
(10)
Theaters.
(11)
Incidental or accessory uses in connection with
any of the permitted uses authorized under this section.
C.
Prohibited uses. Whether or not listed above as a
permitted use, any use which is noxious or offensive by reason of
emission of odor, dust, vibration, noise, smoke, gas, fumes, glare
or radiation, or which presents any hazard to public health or safety,
is prohibited.
[Amended 1-14-2008 by L.L. No. 2-2008]
A.
No building or structure shall exceed two stories,
with a maximum height of 30 feet, nor shall the highest point of any
building or structure exceed elevation + 48 (Nassau County datum).
B.
The following exceptions to the height limitation set forth in Subsection A of this section shall be permitted.
(1)
Parapets, not exceeding three feet in vertical distance
from base to the highest point.
(2)
Penthouses for stairways or elevators, chimneys and
heating and air-conditioning apparatus, not exceeding 12 feet in vertical
distance from base to the highest point and not exceeding, in total,
10% of the building area.
C.
In no event may the finished floor of the first story
be lower than elevation + 12 (Nassau County datum). In no event may
the finished floor of a garage, storage or utility area or the finished
grade of an outdoor parking area be lower than + 10.5 (Nassau County
datum).
B.
Lot area. No building or other structure (with the
exception of retaining walls when, in the opinion of the Building
Superintendent, same is required for the safety of the persons and
property in the vicinity, which determination may be appealed to the
Board of Trustees) shall be erected on a lot containing an area of
less than 30,000 square feet or having a street frontage of less than
125 linear feet.
[Amended 7-19-2022 by L.L. No. 6-2022]
C.
Front yard.
(1)
A front yard with a depth of not less than 20 feet
shall be required along each street upon which the lot fronts.
(2)
Off-street parking areas, loading areas or any paved
areas other than access driveways or pedestrian walks shall be prohibited
within 20 feet of the front line of the lot.
(3)
For each foot or fraction thereof that the highest point of a building or structure (exclusive of those exceptions to the height limitations enumerated in Subsection B hereof) is more than 36 feet above curb level, the minimum front yard required by Subsection C(1) of this section shall be increased by three feet.
D.
Side yards.
(1)
On interior lots, a building shall have two side yards,
one on each side of the building. Neither side yard shall be less
than 12 feet in width.
(2)
On corner lots, a building shall have one side yard
abutting an interior lot adjacent thereto. Said yard shall be opposite
the front yard having the greater street frontage and shall have a
minimum width of 12 feet.
E.
Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of 15 feet. Except as provided in Subsection F, the rear yard may be used for the purposes of off-street parking and loading.
F.
Off-street loading.
(1)
All loading and unloading shall take place entirely
on the lot, not nearer than 20 feet to any street line or residence
district boundary.
(2)
Off-street loading spaces shall be provided as follows:
(a)
Industrial uses: one space 12 feet by 35 feet
for the first 10,000 square feet of floor area, plus one such space
for each additional 50,000 square feet of area or major fraction thereof.
(b)
Commercial uses: one space 12 feet by 35 feet
for the first 10,000 square feet of building floor area, plus one
such space for each additional 100,000 square feet of floor area or
major fraction thereof.
G.
Landscaping. The entire lot, with the exception of
areas covered by buildings or surfaced as parking or service areas,
shall be suitably landscaped. All landscaping shall be maintained
throughout the life of any use on any lot. A landscaping plan prepared
by a qualified architect or landscape architect shall be submitted
as part of the site plan for review by the Planning Board.
