The following regulations shall apply in all
Business A Districts.
[Amended 11-28-1966; 12-18-1967]
The following uses are permitted:
A.
All uses permitted in any Residence AA, Residence
A and Business AA Districts (except residential).
B.
Stores and shops for conducting any of the following
retail and service businesses: grocery, fruits and vegetables, delicatessen,
barbershop, beauty parlor, shoe repair, liquor package store, hardware,
meat market, drug, bakery, tobacco, newspapers and magazines, tailor,
bank, offices, clubs and lodges, ice cream, confectionery, luncheonette
and restaurants; subject, however, to the following conditions:
[Amended 4-24-1978 by L.L. No. 13-1978]
(1)
All goods or products manufactured or processed on
the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises.
(2)
Not more than 10 persons shall be employed in manufacturing
or processing such goods or products at any one time.
[Amended 4-24-1978 by L.L. No. 13-1978]
(3)
Individual motors used in connection with such manufacturing
or processing shall not have greater capacity than one horsepower
per motor, and the aggregate capacity of the motors used for such
purposes shall not exceed four horsepower. The limitations herein
imposed do not apply to such motors as are used in the operation of
duly approved apparatus in providing refrigeration and air conditioning.
(4)
No merchandise shall be displayed or sold from any
setback area or sidewalk.
(5)
All nonresidential uses, with the exception of banks,
offices, clubs or lodges, shall be limited to the first or ground
floor of the building.
[Amended 12-18-1967; 2-19-1968; 8-20-1973]
A.
The following uses are prohibited:
(1)
Any use which may be obnoxious or offensive by reason
of the emission of odor, gas, smoke or dust, or because of its nature,
such as refuse or garbage, or because of noise or other reason inimical
to the comfort, peace, health, welfare or safety of the community,
or that tends to create public disturbance or annoyance.
(3)
Stores and shops for conducting any of the following
retail and service businesses:
[Amended 6-27-1977 by L.L. No. 12-1977]
(a)
Bars and grills, discotheques, nightclubs, cabarets
or any other commercial establishment which supplies entertainment
and/or dancing to live or recorded music.
[Amended 4-24-1978 by L.L. No. 13-1978]
(b)
Shooting galleries, penny or picture arcades
wherein coin-operated machines such as pool tables, pong machines,
pinball machines or other similar coin-operated and amusement game
machines are maintained, except that the above-described machines
may be permitted in any established business as permitted in the district
as follows: Each store or location with a square footage of 10,000
square feet or less shall be permitted two amusement devices, and
one additional amusement device shall be allowed for each additional
10,000 square feet of store space. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
liquor-dispensing establishments licensed by the New York State Liquor
Authority shall be permitted one amusement device for each 500 square
feet of store space.
[Amended 4-28-1980 by L.L. No. 4-1980; 8-11-1980 by L.L. No.
14-1980]
(4)
Gasoline service stations.
(5)
Tattoo parlors.
[Added 5-23-1983 by L.L. No. 11-1983]
B.
All other uses not herein specifically permitted are
prohibited.
A.
All buildings and structures shall be limited to 50
feet in height, except that no dwelling shall have a height of more
than 35 feet nor have more than three stories.
B.
These provisions shall not apply to restrict the height
of a church spire, tower or belfry or of a monument, flagpole, water
tank, elevator, bulkhead or stage tower or any noncommercial television
or radio aerial.
No one-family dwelling shall be erected on a
lot whose area is less than 5,000 square feet.
No building, together with all other appurtenant
structures, shall occupy more than 60% of the area of its lot, except
that a one-family dwelling shall not occupy more than 35% of the lot
plus an additional 10% for the erection of a garage as provided for
in the Residence A District.
There shall be a minimum average floor area
of 800 square feet per family in one-family houses.
For all nonresidential uses of plots that abut
directly on a Residence Apartment District or more highly restricted
district, there shall be provided a yard of at least 10 feet in depth
along the line where it abuts on such more highly restricted district.
Such yard shall not be used for vehicular access, vehicle storage
or parking and shall remain open, unobstructed and unencumbered.
Every nonresidential building hereinafter erected
on a lot the area of which is in excess of 5,000 square feet shall
provide a means of vehicular access to the rear or side or into the
building for loading and unloading purposes.
