The following regulations shall apply in the
R-R Rural Residential District:
A. Permitted principal uses:
(1) One-family dwellings, provided that the average floor
area of the unit not be less than 920 square feet, exclusive of garage
and basement space.
(2) Churches and other similar places of worship, parish
houses, convents, cemeteries and other such facilities of recognized
religious groups.
(3) Public schools, private schools and nursery schools.
(4) Municipal parks, playgrounds and recreation areas
and buildings; public library and government buildings or uses deemed
necessary and appropriate by the Town Board.
(5) County, state or federal parks, forests, recreation
areas and buildings.
(7) Farms and related farming activities. The bulk storage
of fuel for resale is specifically excluded from the intent of this
permitted use.
(8) Greenhouses and nurseries.
(9) New two-family dwellings and two-family dwellings
created from existing structure on an established lot of not less
than one acre, provided that the total floor area of each unit therein
shall not be less than 720 square feet and that all requirements of
Erie County Board of Health be complied with before building permit
or certificate is issued.
[Amended 5-1-1978 by L.L. No. 1-1978; 4-13-1983 by L.L. No.
1-1983]
B. Permitted accessory uses:
(2) Customary residential storage structures.
(3) Animal shelters for domestic house pets.
(4) Other customary residential structures, such as private
swimming pools, fireplaces, trellises, lampposts and the like.
(5) Customary farm buildings for the storage of products
or equipment located on the same parcel as a farm.
(7) Home professional occupations.
C. Special permit uses:
(3) Outdoor quasi-public and commercial recreation areas.
(5) Animal kennels or hospitals.
(8) Business and professional offices.
(9) Those uses allowed in §
161-13A and situated
in the waterfront area as defined in the Town's LWRP which exceed
one or more of the following thresholds:
[Added 8-11-1987 by L.L. No. 3-1987]
(a)
The use requires 10 or more parking spaces or
loading docks or any combination thereof which totals 10 or more spaces
or docks.
(b)
The use results in the improvements to or changes
in use of land totalling 1.5 acres or more.
The following regulations shall apply in the
R-1 Medium-Density Residential District:
A. Permitted principal uses.
[Amended 9-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
(1) One-family dwellings, provided that the average floor
area of the unit shall not be less than 920 square feet, exclusive
of garage and basement.
(2) Churches and other similar places of worship, parish
houses, convents, cemeteries and other such facilities of recognized
religious groups.
(3) Public schools, private schools and nursery schools.
(4) Municipal parks, playgrounds and recreation areas
and buildings; public library and government buildings and uses deemed
necessary and appropriate by the Town Board.
(5) County, state or federal parks, forests, recreation
areas and buildings.
(7) Farms and related farming activities. The bulk storage
of fuel for resale is specifically excluded from the intent of this
permitted use.
(8) Greenhouses and nurseries.
(9) Two-family dwellings on a lot of not less than one
acre, provided that the average floor area of each unit shall not
be less than 720 square feet, exclusive of garage and basement space,
and that all the requirements of the Erie County Board of Health shall
be complied with before a building permit or certificate is issued.
B. Permitted accessory uses:
[Amended 9-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
(2) Customary residential storage structures.
(3) Animal shelters for domestic household pets.
(4) Other customary residential structures, such as private
swimming pools, fireplaces, trellises, lampposts and the like.
(5) Customary farm buildings for the storage of products
or equipment located on the same parcel as a farm.
(7) Home professional occupations.
C. Special permit uses:
(3) Boarding- and rooming houses.
(4) Cluster residential developments.
The following regulations shall apply in the
R-2 Seasonal Residential District:
A. Permitted principal uses:
[Amended 9-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
(1) One-family dwellings, provided that the average floor
area of the unit shall not be less than 920 square feet, exclusive
of garage and basement.
(2) Churches and other similar places of worship, parish
houses, convents, cemeteries and other such facilities of recognized
religious groups.
(3) Public schools, private schools and nursery schools.
(4) Municipal parks, playgrounds and recreation areas
and buildings; public library and government buildings and uses deemed
necessary and appropriate by the Town Board.
(5) County, state or federal parks, forests, recreation
areas and buildings.
(7) Farms and related farming activities. The bulk storage
of fuel for resale is specifically excluded from the intent of this
permitted use.
(8) Greenhouses and nurseries.
(9) New two-family dwellings and two-family dwellings
created from an existing structure on an established lot of not less
than one acre, provided that the total floor area of each unit therein
shall not be less than 720 square feet and all requirements of the
Erie County Board of Health shall be complied with before the building
permit or certificate is issued.
B. Permitted accessory uses:
[Amended 9-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
(2) Customary residential storage structures.
(3) Animal shelters for domestic household pets.
(4) Other customary residential structures, such as private
swimming pools, fireplaces, trellises, lampposts and the like.
(5) Customary farm buildings for the storage of products
or equipment located on the same parcel as a farm.
(7) Home professional occupations.
C. Special permit uses:
(3) Cluster residential developments.
(4) Those uses allowed in Subsection
A and situated in
the Town's waterfront area, as defined in the Town's LWRP, which exceed
one or more of the following thresholds:
[Added 8-11-1987 by L.L. No. 3-1987]
(a)
The use requires 10 or more parking spaces or
loading docks or any combination thereof which totals 10 or more spaces
or docks.
(b)
The use results in the improvements to or changes
in the use of land totalling 1.5 acres or more.
The following regulations shall apply in the
A Agricultural District:
A. Permitted principal uses:
[Amended 9-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
(1) One-family dwellings, provided that the average floor
area of the unit shall not be less than 920 square feet, exclusive
of garage and basement.
(2) Churches and other similar places of worship, parish
houses, convents, cemeteries and other such facilities of recognized
religious groups.
(3) Public schools, private schools and nursery schools.
(4) Municipal parks, playgrounds and recreation areas
and buildings; public library and government buildings and uses deemed
necessary and appropriate by the Town Board.
(5) County, state or federal parks, forests, recreation
areas and buildings.
(6) Farms and related farming activities. The bulk storage
of fuel for resale is specifically excluded from the intent of this
permitted use.
(7) Greenhouses and nurseries.
(8) New two-family dwellings and two-family dwellings
created from an existing structure on an established lot of not less
than one acre, provided that the total floor area of each unit therein
shall not be less than 720 square feet and all requirements of the
Erie County Board of Health shall be complied with before the building
permit or certificate is issued.
B. Permitted accessory uses:
[Amended 9-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
(2) Customary residential storage structures.
(3) Animal shelters for domestic household pets.
(4) Other customary residential structures, such as private
swimming pools, fireplaces, trellises, lampposts and the like.
(5) Customary farm buildings for the storage of products
or equipment located on the same parcel as a farm.
(7) Home professional occupations.
(8) Retailing and/or wholesaling of products directly
from the production of agricultural, greenhouses and/or nursery operations.
D. Within the Agricultural District, an existing structure
on an established lot of not less than one acre can be renovated and
modified to construct a two-family dwelling, provided that each unit
shall not be less than 720 square feet and that all requirements of
the Erie County Board of Health will be complied with before a building
permit or certificate is issued.
[Added 5-1-1978; amended 4-13-1983 by L.L. No. 1-1983]
The following regulations shall apply in the
C Commercial District:
A. All permitted uses and special permit uses in this
district shall be governed by the approval site development plan required
in §§
161-67 and
161-68.
B. Permitted principal uses:
(1) Retail and general business establishments, such as
but not limited to the following:
(a)
Stores selling groceries, meats, baked goods
and other such items.
(b)
Drugstores and pharmacies.
(c)
Stationary and variety stores.
(d)
Hardware, small appliance, radio and television
stores.
(e)
Clothing and personal assundry shops.
(f)
General or department stores.
(g)
Restaurants or other establishments serving
food and/or beverages, except that no drive-in restaurant or other
eating place shall be a permitted use.
(h)
Hotel, motel or lodging or boarding houses.
(i)
Indoor commercial recreation uses and theaters.
(2) Personal service establishments, such as but not limited
to the following:
(a)
Business, banking, financial and professional
offices.
(b)
Barber- and beauty shops.
(d)
Tailor shops, dry-cleaning shops and self-service
laundries.
(e)
Repair shops and services accessory to those
uses permitted in §
161-17B(1).
(3) Other business uses which, in the opinion of the Planning
Board, are similar in nature to those permitted above.
(4) Mixed dwelling and nondwelling uses, provided that
in every case where a dwelling unit or dwelling units are located
in the same building with a nondwelling use, said dwelling unit or
units shall have:
(a)
Two means of egress from such buildings for
all such units not located on the ground floor.
(b)
Available for use to each unit or units, one
off-street parking space.
(c)
On the lot and accessible to each dwelling unit
or units, 200 square feet of usable open space for each such dwelling
unit.
(5) Churches and other similar places of worship, parish
houses, rectories, convents or other such facilities of recognized
religious groups.
(6) Commercial off-street parking areas.
(7) Meeting halls or auditoriums and membership clubs.
(8) Single-family dwellings, provided that the lot size
is not less than 22,500 square feet and the front yard not less than
150 feet and the total floor area not less than 920 square feet and
that all requirements of the Erie County Board of Health are complied
with before a building permit or certificate of occupancy is issued.
[Added 5-1-1978 by L.L. No. 1-1978]
C. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Off-street parking and loading areas.
(2) Garages for commercial vehicles.
(3) Customary accessory uses to a permitted principal
use or approved special permit use.
D. Special permit uses:
(1) Multifamily dwellings, provided that not fewer than
10 units are included in such structures and that special provisions
of §§
161-67 and
161-68 are complied with.
(2) Motor vehicle, service or filling stations.
(4) Wholesale businesses, provided that such business
is conducted entirely within an enclosed structure.
(7) New and used car sales lots and showrooms.
The following regulations shall apply in the
I Industrial District:
A. All permitted uses and special permit uses in this
district shall be governed by the approved site development plan required
in §§
161-67 and
161-68.
B. Permitted principal uses:
(1) Light industrial uses. Any use of a light industrial
nature is permitted which involves only the processing, assembly or
packaging of previously prepared or refined materials, provided that
at no time will such use result in or cause:
(a)
Dissemination of dust, effluent, smoke, smog,
radiation, observable gas, waste products, fumes or odors or other
atmospheric pollution, objectionable noise, glare or vibration or
other objectionable environmental conditions beyond the boundaries
of the lot.
(b)
Hazard of fire or explosion or other physical
hazard to any adjacent building or to any plant growth on any land
adjacent to the site of the use.
(2) The following uses are indicative of those which are
intended to be permitted:
(a)
Manufacture of machinery, such as carburetor
and small machine parts, cash registers, sewing machines and typewriters,
calculators and other office machines, etc.
(b)
Fabrication of metal products, such as baby
carriages; bicycles, metal foil, tin, aluminum, gold, etc.; metal
furniture; musical instruments; sheet metal products and toys; etc.
(c)
Fabrication of paper products, such as bags,
book bindings, boxes and packaging material, office supplies and toys,
etc.
(d)
Fabrication of wood products, such as boats,
boxes, cabinets and woodworking, furniture and toys, etc.
(e)
Food and associated industries, such as bakeries,
bottling of food and beverages, food and cereal mixing and milling,
food processing, food sundry manufacturing, ice cream manufacturing
and manufacturing of spiritous liquor, etc.
(f)
The warehousing or storage of goods and products,
such as building materials, farm supplies and the like, which may
be sold from the premises to the general public. The bulk storage
of fuel for resale is specifically excluded from the intent of the
above.
(3) Office buildings for executive, engineering and administrative
purposes.
(4) Scientific or research laboratories devoted to research,
design and/or experimentation and processing and fabricating incidental
thereto.
(5) The manufacturing and processing of pharmaceutical
and cosmetic products.
(6) Wholesale businesses, contractors' yards, exterior
storage, lumberyards and laundry and dry-cleaning establishments.
(7) Farms and related farming activities.
(8) One-family dwellings, subject to the same area, lot
and bulk requirements as one-family dwellings in the R-R Rural Residential,
District, and provided that no parcel of land existing at the time
of adoption of this chapter shall be subdivided into four or more
new parcels intended to be used as one-family dwelling lots.
C. Permitted accessory uses:
(1) Retail sales areas accessory uses to a permitted principal
use.
(2) Customary accessory uses to a permitted principal
use or approved special permit use.
(3) Private garages and storage buildings which are necessary
to store any vehicles, equipment or materials on the premises.
D. Special permit uses:
(3) Veterinarian offices or animal kennels or hospitals.
(4) Junkyard, including automobile junkyard (except that
no junkyard or automobile junkyard shall be a permitted use in that
southwestern portion of the Industrial District lying between the
two principal railroad tracks).
[Added 4-12-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988;
amended 10-10-2006 by L.L. No. 4-2006]
(5) Adult use and entertainment establishments, subject
to supplementary regulations set forth in §§
161-37,
161-38,
161-39 and
161-40.