[Added 4-16-1981 by L.L. No. 4-1981]
In a Business Office District, the following
regulations shall apply:
A.
Permitted uses. No building shall be erected, altered
or used, and no lot or premises shall be used, except for one or more
of the following types of offices:
(1)
Administrative office: executive functions concerned
with managing the affairs of a business organization.
(2)
Accounting services: billing and related financial
and recordkeeping services, statistical services and electronic data
processing.
(3)
Cafeterias for tenant use: an eating service area,
containing tables and chairs, in which food, variously priced, is
displayed on counters or available from vending machines, and patrons
serve themselves.
(4)
Engineering services, including drafting and surveying.
(5)
Government services.
(6)
Investment broker services.
(7)
An insurance office.
(8)
Legal services.
(9)
Real estate broker and appraisal services.
(10)
Banking services.
(11)
A church or other place of worship, provided that a special use permit has been issued for such use by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Article XXIX of this chapter.
[Added 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
(12)
The office of a medical doctor, chiropractor, dentist, optometrist,
optician, podiatrist or other licensed healthcare provider.
[Added 3-6-2014 by L.L. No. 4-2014]
B.
Prohibited uses. A building, lot or premises shall
not be used for any of the following:
[Amended 3-20-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997; 3-6-2014 by L.L. No.
4-2014]
A.
There shall be a front yard with a depth of not less
than 40 feet, a rear yard the depth of which shall not be less than
20 feet, a side yard on every other side of the lot, the depth of
which side yard shall not be less than 25 feet, except that any yard
that abuts a residential zoned property shall not be less than 50
feet.
B.
There shall be a front lawn area with a depth of 40
feet and a length equal to at least 50% of the lot width or the length
of the building, whichever is greater, except that appropriate access
paths and driveways may be permitted. No parking spaces are to be
located to the front of the building except with the approval of the
Planning Board.
C.
Parking and buffer areas may be permitted in minimum
yards unless otherwise specifically prohibited or restricted by this
article.
A minimum buffer area of five feet shall be
maintained along all property lines, except that adjoining the lot
line or lines nearest any adjacent lot or lots that are zoned for
residential uses, there shall be a buffer strip at least 15 feet in
width within which there shall be an evergreen planting of such type,
height and density as will provide a screening of the business development
from said adjacent residential area. Such buffer planting may be supplemented
by a wall or solid fence sufficient to block the light from headlights
of cars. Such buffer planting shall be maintained in good condition.
The total coverage for buildings and structures
shall not exceed 50% of the plot area. The remaining area of the plot
area may be used for the accessory parking of vehicles, loading and
unloading spaces and buffer planting area. Except for parking areas,
driveways and sidewalks, as approved on the site plan hereinafter
provided, all other areas shall be lawn and landscaped areas. Required
plantings shall be properly trimmed and maintained throughout the
continuance of the use on the lot, as a condition of the certificate
of occupancy.
No building shall exceed five stories with a
maximum height of 54 feet, except that the height limitation shall
not apply to ventilators, skylights, water tanks, bulkheads or similar
features and necessary mechanical appurtenances usually carried above
the roof level. Such features shall only be erected to a height necessary
to accomplish the purpose it is intended to serve, but in no case
more than 14 feet above its lowest point of contact with the roof.
The total area covered by such features exempted from the height limit
shall not exceed, in cross-sectional area, 25% of the roof area on
which they are located.
All buildings not provided with municipal sewage
disposal facilities shall be equipped with an independent sewage disposal
plant approved by the Nassau County Department of Health.
It is specifically provided that Article XXXI, Comprehensive Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations, shall be applicable in this district not only with uses hereafter erected, enlarged, created or extended, as provided in said Article XXXI, but also upon the initial use of any property in this district.
[Amended 7-30-1985 by L.L. No. 5-1985; 2-5-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987]
The Planning Board may, on its own initiative,
propose a general or specific site plan for a particular area where
site development plan approval may be required in the future, using
the requirements of this chapter as a guide.
