Within the industrial districts, a building, structure, lot
or lands shall only be utilized in conformance with the provisions
of this chapter. In addition, such use shall also comply with all
other applicable provisions of this chapter.
The related uses purpose of this district is to provide for
a wide range of light industrial and which can meet a high level of
performance standards.
In an L Industrial 1 District, no building, structure or premises
shall be used or occupied and no building or part thereof shall be
so erected or altered, except for one or more of the following purposes:
A. Agricultural or nursery use, including the retail sale of products
raised on the premises.
B. Assembly and social recreation hall.
D. Commercial laundry establishment.
J. Manufacturing, only within a building.
L. Nonmotorized recreational activities.
O. Places of worship, parish house or rectory.
Q. Research and development facility.
S. Veterinary hospital, provided that all activities take place within
the building.
[Amended 11-18-2021 by L.L. No. 21-2021, effective 11-30-2021]
U. All uses identified as incentive uses within the Transitional Area
Overlay District established in connection with the Montauk Highway
Corridor Study Land Use Plan for Mastic and Shirley Phase II.
The following special permit uses, when authorized by the Town Board, shall be subject to the criteria as set forth in Article
VI, §
85-67, in addition to the criteria contained herein:
A. Adult uses, including adult entertainment establishments, adult bookstores,
adult motels, adult theaters, massage establishments, and peep shows.
C. Anaerobic digester facilities.
D. Electric generating facilities.
The following special permit accessory uses, when authorized by the Town Board, shall be subject to the criteria as set forth in Article
VI, §
85-67, in addition to the criteria contained herein:
A. Private parking garage as an accessory use to a permitted principal
use.
The following special permit uses, when authorized by the Planning Board, shall be subject to the criteria as set forth in Article
VIII, §
85-107, in addition to the criteria contained herein:
A. Automobile parking field.
B. Bar, tavern or nightclub.
C. Commercial bus storage facility.
D. Heavy, construction vehicles and equipment dealership, subject to
design standards contained herein.
F. Kennels, provided that all activities are contained within the building.
H. Motor vehicle repair, with or without a depot as may be required by Chapter
66, Towing Businesses.
I. Non-degree-granting instruction/programs.
[Amended 2-14-2019 by L.L. No. 4-2019, effective 2-25-2019]
L. Public, private school or parochial school, with or without dormitory
facilities.
M. Retail sales, provided it is limited to only those goods that are
generated by the principal use on the premises and does not occupy
more than 5% of the total gross floor area of the building or more
than 10,000 square feet, whichever is less.
P. Fuel cell facility connected to the public electric grid
in order to sell electricity to a public utility entity.
[Added 1-17-2019 by L.L.
No. 1-2019, effective 1-28-2019]
Q. Cannabis
retail sales establishment.
[Added 8-5-2021 by L.L. No. 15-2021, effective 8-17-2021]
R. Cannabis
indoor smoking establishment.
[Added 8-5-2021 by L.L. No. 15-2021, effective 8-17-2021]
The following special permit accessory uses, when authorized by the Planning Board, shall be subject to the criteria as set forth in Article
VIII, §
85-107, in addition to the criteria contained herein:
A. Drive-through facility as an accessory use to a bank.
B. Fueling station as an accessory use to a commercial bus storage,
trucking terminal, or warehouse.
[Amended 1-17-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019, effective 1-28-2019]
C. Motor vehicle repair shop as an accessory use to a commercial bus
storage, trucking terminal, or warehouse.
[Amended 1-17-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019, effective 1-28-2019]
D. Outdoor or overnight parking of registered vehicles as an accessory
use to a permitted principal use.
E. Outdoor storage as an accessory use to a permitted principal use.
F. Restaurant, take-out restaurant and delicatessen as an accessory
use to a permitted principal use.
G. Tasting room as an accessory to a permitted principal farm brewery,
cidery, distillery, or winery use.
H. Cannabis
indoor smoking establishment as an accessory use to a cannabis retail
sales establishment.
[Added 8-5-2021 by L.L. No. 15-2021, effective 8-17-2021]
All uses not expressly permitted are prohibited. Nothing herein
contained shall be construed to permit the erection, addition, maintenance
or use of any premises of either a business or industrial operation
which shall provide outdoor storage, outside service, outside display,
outside counter or window service or drive-in or drive-up counter
or window service, except as authorized by this chapter.
Except as otherwise provided in §
85-569, Special permit criteria, the following dimensional criteria are applicable:
A. Minimum lot area.
(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the minimum required lot area
shall be 40,000 square feet.
(2) The minimum required lot area for a bank with a drive-through facility
shall be 65,000 square feet.
(3) The minimum required lot area for a parcel located within a designated
hydrogeologic sensitive zone shall be 120,000 square feet.
(4) The minimum required lot area for a permitted principal use with
an accessory restaurant use shall be three acres.
(5) The minimum required lot area for a commercial bus storage facility
shall be three acres.
(6) The minimum requirement for lot area for an electric generating facility
shall be 20 acres.
(7) The minimum requirement for lot area for a nonmotorized recreational
activity shall be five acres.
(8) The minimum requirement for lot area for an anaerobic digester facility
shall be 60 acres.
B. Minimum road frontage.
(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the minimum required road frontage
shall be 100 feet.
(2) The minimum required road frontage for a bank with a drive-through
facility or for a permitted principal use with an accessory restaurant
use shall be 150 feet.
(3) The minimum required road frontage for a parcel within a designated
hydrogeologic sensitive zone, or for an electric generating facility
shall be 200 feet.
[Amended 1-17-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019, effective 1-28-2019]
(4) The minimum required road frontage for an anaerobic digester facility
shall be 400 feet.
C. Minimum front yard setback.
(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the minimum required front yard
setback shall be 50 feet.
(2) The minimum required front yard setback for parcels five acres or
more in size shall be 100 feet.
D. Minimum side yard setback.
[Amended 1-17-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019, effective 1-28-2019]
(1) Except
as otherwise provided herein, the minimum required side yard setback
for a permitted use shall be 10 feet, with a total side yard setback
of 30 feet.
(2) The
minimum required side yard setback for a bank with a drive-through
facility or for a permitted principal use with an accessory restaurant
use shall be 25 feet.
(3) The
minimum required side yard setback for parcels five acres or more
in size shall be 50 feet.
(4) The
minimum required side yard setback for an electric-generating facility
shall be 50 feet.
(5) The
minimum required side yard setback for an anaerobic digester facility
shall be 75 feet.
(6) The
minimum required side yard setback for a fuel cell facility connected
to the public electric grid in order to sell electricity to a public
utility entity shall be 50 feet.
E. Minimum rear yard setback.
(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the minimum required rear yard
setback shall be 50 feet.
(2) The minimum requirement for a rear yard setback for an electric generating
facility shall be 100 feet.
F. Maximum permitted floor area ratio (FAR).
(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the maximum permitted FAR shall
be 35%.
(2) The maximum permitted FAR for a parcel within a designated hydrogeologic
sensitive zone shall be 30%.
(3) The maximum permitted FAR for an electric generating facility shall
be 25%.
G. Maximum permitted height.
(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the maximum permitted height
for all structures shall be 50 feet or three stories.
H. Minimum buffer.
(1) The minimum buffer for a nonmotorized recreational activity shall
be 100 feet, consisting of natural and undisturbed vegetation, supplemented
as needed to provide screening from adjacent parcels.
(2) A minimum seventy-five-foot buffer, consisting of natural and undisturbed
vegetation, supplemented as needed, shall be provided between an anaerobic
digester facility and all adjacent residential zones or use.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all development shall meet
or exceed the minimum standards contained within the Town Code of
the Town of Brookhaven, including, but not limited to, the Subdivision
and Land Development Regulations.
In addition to the criteria set forth within Article
VI, §
85-67, or Article
VIII, §
85-107, the following special permit criteria shall be required for the uses so indicated:
A. Adult uses, including adult entertainment establishments, adult bookstores,
adult motels, adult theaters, massage establishments, and peep shows.
(1) The above uses are prohibited within a five-hundred-foot radius of
any area zoned for residential use.
(2) The above uses are prohibited within a one-mile radius of another
such use.
(3) The above uses are prohibited within 1,000 feet of the lot line of
any premises used for a school, church or other place of religious
worship, park, playground, or playing field, library, hospital or
similar public or semi-public place of general congregation, or non-degree-granting
instruction/programs, including self-defense, dance, swimming, gymnastics,
and other sports.
(4) No more than one adult use shall be located on any lot.
B. Anaerobic digester facility.
(1) There shall be no anaerobic digester facility within an historic
district or historic district transition area.
(2) There shall be no anaerobic digester facility within 150 feet of
freshwater or tidal wetlands.
C. Commercial bus storage facility.
(1) Loading bay doors shall be screened from visibility from adjoining
residentially zoned or residentially developed properties and from
public streets to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Planning,
Environment and Land Management.
(2) The minimum required vegetated perimeter buffer shall be 50 feet
adjacent to any residential use or zone and along all street frontages.
(3) In addition, storage of vehicles shall be screened from the street
by means of a berm, fence, and/or landscaping as deemed appropriate
by the Planning Board.
(4) Idling of vehicles shall be limited to five minutes.
D. Electric generating facilities.
(1) The maximum permitted stack height shall be 125 feet.
(2) The minimum required stack setback shall be 150% of the height of
the stack from any lot line.
(3) The minimum required percentage of lot to remain natural and undisturbed
shall be 30%.
(4) The minimum required vegetated perimeter buffer shall be 500 feet
along all lot boundaries that abut residentially zoned property.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection
D(1), the maximum permitted structure height shall be 50 feet.
(6) Electric generating facilities shall demonstrate compliance with the exterior lighting standards in §
85-862 through
85-873.
E. Fueling station as an accessory use to a trucking terminal, commercial
bus storage facility or warehouse.
(1) Fueling station shall be for private use only by vehicles owned and
operated by the principal use.
(2) Fueling station shall be located on the same lot as the principal
use and prohibited within 500 feet from any lot line bounding a residential
zone or use, or an area of public assembly.
(3) All activities associated with the fueling, traffic circulation,
queuing, and parking of vehicles shall take place on site.
F. Heavy construction vehicles and equipment dealership.
(1) All storage and display shall be located within the rear yard and
shall be set back a minimum distance of 100 feet from any roadway.
(2) All outdoor storage shall be screened from view with fencing and/or
landscaping in accordance with a site plan, which shall be subject
to the review and approval of the Planning Board.
G. Mini-storage facility.
(1) Storage shall be limited to dead storage only. The storage of explosives,
flammable, toxic or otherwise hazardous chemicals and/or other materials
shall be prohibited.
(2) Architectural elevations shall be submitted for review and approval
to the Commissioner of Planning, Environment and Land Management.
Exterior signage and building siding material shall be of flat finishes
only; bright, vivid and/or reflective colors shall be prohibited.
Walls exceeding one story in height, which are visible from off site,
shall be architecturally enhanced with pilasters, corbelled cornices,
or similar ornamentation to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of
Planning, Environment and Land Management.
(3) Storage unit doors shall be screened from visibility from adjoining
residentially zoned or residentially developed properties and from
public streets to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Planning,
Environment and Land Management.
(4) A minimum natural or landscaped area of 50 feet shall be maintained
adjacent to all road frontages.
(5) All paved areas, including parking and parking aisle areas, shall
be screened from view with landscaping or natural areas and/or decorative
fencing to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Planning, Environment
and Land Management.
(6) Decorative walls or fencing shall be provided along all setback lines;
decorative opaque walls and/or fencing shall be provided along all
site property lines which are contiguous with residentially developed
and/or zoned properties; other types of fencing may be permitted elsewhere
on site subject to Planning Board review and approval.
(7) Parking stalls and loading areas adjacent to storage buildings may
encroach on interior roadway 30 feet or wider, exclusive of required
parking stalls, for office(s) or living quarters.
H. Motor vehicle repair.
(1) All repair work shall take place within the building. All repair
work, excluding emergency service, shall be conducted only between
the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
(2) An area of sufficient size, as determined by the Board, shall be required for the outdoor, overnight parking of registered vehicles with the issuance of a special permit, subject to criteria specified herein. Said area shall be in addition to any depot required by Chapter
66, Towing Businesses.
(3) Overhead doors shall not face the street or any residentially zoned
or used property.
I. Non-degree-granting instruction/programs, indoor recreation and outdoor
recreation.
[Amended 2-14-2019 by L.L. No. 4-2019, effective 2-25-2019]
(1) The above uses are prohibited within 1,000 feet of the lot line of
any adult use.
J. Outdoor or overnight parking as an accessory use to a permitted principal
use.
(1) Outdoor or overnight parking of registered vehicles shall be set
back a minimum distance of 50 feet from any roadway.
(2) All outdoor or overnight parking of registered vehicles shall be
screened from view with fencing and landscaping in accordance with
a site plan, which shall be subject to the review and approval of
the Planning Board.
(3) There shall be no outdoor or overnight parking of registered vehicles
within the primary or secondary front yard.
K. Outdoor storage.
(1) The minimum lot size shall be 80,000 square feet, except within a
designated hydrogeologic sensitive zone, where it shall be 120,000
square feet.
(2) Outdoor storage shall be limited to a specific list of materials,
items or equipment to be stored, as determined by the Planning Board.
(3) A minimum one-hundred-foot buffer shall be provided to all adjacent
residentially zoned or use properties.
(4) A minimum twenty-five-foot buffer shall be provided to any adjoining
industrially zoned or use properties.
(5) The combined total area of the principal buildings or structures,
impervious areas, and the outdoor storage areas shall not exceed 65%
of the lot area.
(6) Maximum permitted height of outdoor storage shall be 15 feet. Posts
with permitted storage height marked thereon shall be installed within
the outdoor storage areas.
(7) Outdoor storage of compost, manure, sand, concrete, aggregate, junk
cars, auto parts, tires, chemicals, fertilizer and uses permitted
exclusively in an L Industrial 2 Zone shall not be permitted.
(8) All outdoor storage shall comply with dimensional regulations of
this article.
(9) There shall be no outdoor storage permitted within 150 feet of freshwater
or tidal wetlands.
(10)
There shall be no outdoor storage permitted within a designated
historic or historic transition district.
(11)
All outdoor storage shall be screened from adjoining property
lines and adjoining roadways with a double row of evergreen plantings
seven feet high and five feet on center and a solid tongue-and-groove
fence with no gaps between slats or higher quality barrier; specific
species of plantings and fence materials shall be determined by the
Planning Board.
(12)
The potential for generation of fugitive dust shall be mitigated
as determined by the Planning Board.
L. Outdoor storage as an accessory use to a permitted principal use.
(1) A minimum lot area of two acres shall be required for outdoor storage.
(2) All outdoor storage shall be located within the rear yard only. Outdoor
storage within the primary or secondary front yard shall be prohibited.
No outdoor storage shall be visible from any street frontage.
(3) All outdoor storage shall be screened from visibility from adjoining
roadways with landscaping and/or decorative fencing in accordance
with Town standards and require a site plan, which shall be subject
to the review and approval of the Planning Board.
(4) All outdoor storage shall be set back a minimum distance of 50 feet
from any roadway and 25 feet from any side or rear property line.
(5) Outdoor storage shall be limited to only those goods that are generated
or manufactured by the principal use on the premises, and shall be
located on the same lot as the principal use, and prohibited within
500 feet from any lot line bounding a residential use or zone.
(6) Outdoor storage shall have all activities associated with the outdoor
storage area, such as loading, delivery, pick up, traffic circulation,
queuing, and parking, take place on site.
(7) No outdoor storage shall be permitted above legal fence height.
M. Restaurant, take-out restaurant and delicatessen as an accessory
use to a permitted principal use.
(1) The restaurant, take-out restaurant or delicatessen use may occupy
a maximum of 5% of the total gross floor area of the building and
shall not exceed a maximum of 3,000 square feet gross floor area.
(2) The restaurant, take-out restaurant or delicatessen use shall be
located within the building of the permitted principal use.
(3) A maximum of one accessory restaurant, delicatessen or take-out restaurant
use shall be permitted per site.
(4) Freestanding restaurants, or take-out restaurants or delicatessen
uses shall be prohibited.
N. Fuel cell facility connected to the public electric grid
in order to sell electricity to a public utility entity.
[Added 1-17-2019 by L.L.
No. 1-2019, effective 1-28-2019]
(1) The
maximum permitted height for all structures and appurtenant equipment
shall be 50 feet.
(2) A
fuel cell facility shall provide a "proof of concept letter" from
the local electric corporation acknowledging that the fuel cell facility
will be interconnected to the utility grid to sell electricity to
the electric corporation.
(3) All
applications for a fuel cell facility shall be accompanied by a decommissioning
plan to be implemented upon abandonment, or cessation of activity,
or in conjunction with removal of the facility. Prior to issuance
of a building permit, the owner or operator of the facility shall
post a performance bond or other suitable guarantee in a face amount
of not less than 150% of the estimated cost, as determined by the
Town Engineer, to ensure removal of the facility. The form of the
guarantee must be reviewed and approved by the Town Engineer and Town
Attorney, and the guarantee must remain in effect until the system
is removed. Review of the guarantee by the Town Engineer and Town
Attorney shall be paid from an escrow established by the applicant.
Prior to removal of a facility, a demolition permit for removal activities
shall be obtained from the Town of Brookhaven.
O. Cannabis
retail sales establishments and cannabis indoor smoking establishment.
[Added 8-5-2021 by L.L. No. 15-2021, effective 8-17-2021]
(1) The
above uses are prohibited within a five-hundred-foot radius of any
residential use or zone.
(2) The
above uses are prohibited within a one-mile radius of another such
use.
(3) The
above uses are prohibited within 1,000 feet of the lot line of any
premises used for a school, church or other place of religious worship,
park, playground, or playing field, library, hospital or similar public
or semi-public place of general congregation, or non-degree-granting
instruction/programs, including self-defense, dance, swimming, gymnastics,
and other sports.
(4) No
more than one cannabis retail sales establishment and one cannabis
indoor smoking establishment may be located on any lot.
(5) For
a cannabis indoor smoking establishment, proof of adequate ventilation
and air filter system must be provided.
Buildings, structures and premises may be used for any lawful
purpose whatsoever, except for: gasoline filling stations, commercial
centers, personal service shops, retail sales establishments, residential
uses of any kind, hotels and motels and those uses which are only
authorized by special permit in this zoning district.
The following special permit uses are permitted in the L Industrial 2 District only and in no other district, and shall be subject to the criteria as set forth within Article
VI, §
85-67, in addition to the criteria contained herein:
B. Acetylene, natural or any type of gas manufacture and the storage
thereof.
C. Asphalt manufacture or refining.
D. Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture.
E. Concrete batching or manufacture, precast manufacture or concrete
products.
F. Chemical works and manufacture.
G. Explosives manufacture or storage.
J. Garbage, offal or dead animals reduction, dumping or incineration.
K. Gas manufacture of all types.
Q. Scrap processors, as defined in Chapter
42 of the Code of the Town of Brookhaven.
R. Shredding, crushing or grinding of concrete, concrete products, cement,
cement products, asphalt, construction or demolition debris, automobiles,
scrap metal or other metallic substances.
S. Smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ores.
In addition to the criteria set forth within Article
VI, §
85-67, the following special permit criteria shall be required for the uses so indicated:
A. Transfer station. In addition to such conditions and safeguards as
may be imposed by other review agencies, the following minimum standards
shall apply:
(1) All material shall be stored, handled, unloaded, loaded and/or transferred
indoors on an impervious floor surface, including the storage of containers
containing recyclable or other materials.
(2) All toxic and hazardous materials shall be prohibited.
(3) Periodic inspections by the Commissioner of the Department of Recycling
and Sustainable Materials Management of the Town of Brookhaven and
its designated employees shall be permitted by the applicant and/or
owner.
[Amended 6-29-2017 by L.L. No. 16-2017, effective 7-13-2017]
(4) The applicant must demonstrate that adequate on-site parking is provided
so vehicles waiting to load or unload will not park on public highways.
(5) Any structure located on the site shall be a minimum distance of
750 feet from property zoned for residential use.
(6) The applicant shall submit a route plan to indicate that traffic
generated by the facility will have a minimal impact on residential
streets. Said plan shall state the number and frequency of trips to
and from the facility.
(7) Outdoor use of the property shall be limited to the parking and maneuvering
of vehicles and the storage of empty containers. All storage areas
shall be suitably screened and indicated on the site plan.
(8) On-street parking of vehicles, containers or any other equipment
or materials in any way connected with the facility shall be prohibited.
(9) The maximum height of the facility shall not exceed 40 feet.
(10)
Any application pursuant to this section shall be a Type I action
in accordance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review
Act.
(11)
Storage of construction or demolition debris within a transfer
station shall not exceed three calendar days, including holidays,
unless the Commissioner of the Department of Recycling and Sustainable
Materials Management has issued an emergency extension at the request
of the permittee.
[Amended 6-29-2017 by L.L. No. 16-2017, effective 7-13-2017]
(12)
The geographic sources of the construction and demolition debris
as well as the manner in which it is to be disposed must be identified.
(13)
The owner or operator of a transfer station shall not accept
construction and demolition debris from, nor transfer construction
and demolition debris to, any open truck, trailer or other container,
unless said truck, trailer or container has a cover, tarpaulin or
other device of a type and specification approved by the New York
State Commissioner of Transportation which completely encloses the
opening on said truck, trailer or container, so as to prevent water
from mixing with the construction and demolition debris and to prevent
the falling of any construction and demolition debris therefrom.
(14)
Transfer stations shall be permitted only for the purpose of
transferring and sorting construction and demolition debris from collection
vehicles to other transportation units for movement to a solid waste
management facility or for movement to a purchaser of recycled materials.
(15)
The permittee shall file quarterly reports and an annual report
with the Commissioner of the Department of Recycling and Sustainable
Materials Management detailing the nature and volume of construction
and demolition debris handled at the transfer station. Reports shall
be submitted within 30 days after each quarter and year of operation.
[Amended 6-29-2017 by L.L. No. 16-2017, effective 7-13-2017]
(16)
The Commissioner of the Department of Recycling and Sustainable
Materials Management may designate additional items commonly found
in construction and demolition debris as permissible to be processed
at a particular site upon written request of the applicant.
[Amended 6-29-2017 by L.L. No. 16-2017, effective 7-13-2017]
In computing the required yard setbacks, the following shall
be included:
A. All contiguous residential property owned by the applicant, provided
that said applicant shall duly execute and record in the Suffolk County
Clerk's office a restrictive covenant prohibiting the erection of
all buildings and structures on such property, except as described
in the preceding section.
B. Any property owned by the applicant and dedicated to the Town of
Brookhaven or any other municipal corporation, body, agency, authority
or special improvement district for recreational or similar public
purposes.
C. Any property owned by the applicant and dedicated to the Town of
Brookhaven for a scenic easement.