A. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Town of Babylon to provide a protective zoning classification for a park-like development of industry that is based on the performance of an industry as well as on the type of industry.
B. It is the purpose of this Article and the regulations contained herein to provide a favorable operating environment for industry and to further provide for the protection and safeguard of such industry from the encroachment of uses which are incompatible and adverse to the operation and expansion of such industry.
C. In addition, this Article is designed to minimize the impact of industries on surrounding nonindustrial land uses, to minimize traffic flow problems and, in general, to help to promote the health, safety, comfort and welfare of the present and future workers of the district and residents and workers of the surrounding neighborhood.
A. Unless otherwise stated expressly, the following words and expressions, where used in this Article, shall have meanings as follows:
ACCESSORY BUILDING - A building subordinate to the main building on a lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the main building.
BUILDING AREA - The area of the maximum horizontal cross section of the building on a lot.
CORNER LOT - A lot having a street line along two (2) streets forming an angular or curved corner.
DATE OF ADOPTION - The date that the Zoning Ordinance is formally adopted by resolution of the Town Board and entered in its minutes.
DEPTH OF A LOT - The average of the distance from the street line of the lot to its opposite rear line, measured in the general direction of the sidelines of the lot.
DOUBLE FRONT LOT - A lot having a street line at both ends of the lot.
DWELLING - A building designated for and occupied exclusively as a home or residence for one (1) or more families.
EFFECTIVE DATE - The tenth day after said Article is published in a newspaper in the town and posted in accordance with the provisions of § § 264 and 265 of the Town Law of the State of New York.
FENCE - Vertically inserted redwood-slatted chain link or a fence fabric approvable, by the Planning Board of a specifically designated height to be established by the Planning Board.
FRONT YARD - The required open space extending along the street line of any street on which the lot abuts.
FRONT BUILDING LINE - The line across the entire frontage of the lot at the required front setback distance. Also any part of a building facing the front street line shall be considered the front of the building.
GROUND STORY OR FIRST STORY - The lowest story of a building entirely above the level of the ground in front of a building.
HEIGHT OF A BUILDING - The distance measured from the mean average grade of the ground surrounding the building to a point midway between the highest and lowest points of the roof, provided that chimneys, spires, towers, elevator penthouses, tanks and similar projections shall not be included for the purpose of determining the height.
LOT AREA - The area of a lot on which a building and its accessories may be located as permitted by the Town Board, exclusive of land in the bed of any street.
MINOR GARAGE - A building, not a private garage, used for the. storage only of noncommercial vehicles, and a building, not a private garage, used for the storage of commercial vehicles only for a purpose accessory to the permitted use of the lot.
OFF-STREET PARKING AREA - The area of a lot or a building used or designed to be used for the purpose of accessory parking of vehicles. Such area shall be on or part of the same lot on which the principal use is located.
PARKING SPACE - The space required for each motor vehicle intended or required to be parked in an off-street parking area.
PREMISES - The land and all buildings and structures thereon.
PUBLIC GARAGE - A building, other than a private or a minor garage, used for the housing, storage or repair of trucks, trailers and automobiles, whether or not accessory or incidental to another use.
REAR YARD - The required open space extending along the rear lot line (not a street line) throughout the whole width of the lot.
SIDE YARD - The required open space extending along the side lot line from the front yard to the rear yard.
SIGN - Includes every kind of billboard, signboard and other shape or device or display arranged, intended, designed or used to advertise, announce, direct or otherwise inform, including any text, symbol, marks, letters or figures painted on or incorporated in the composition of the exterior surface of a building or structure.
STREET LINE OR FRONT PROPERTY LINE The dividing line between the street and a lot.
STRUCTURE - A combination of materials other than a building forming a construction that is safe and stable, and includes fences over four (4) feet in height and signs; the word "structure" shall be construed as though followed by the words "or part thereof."
TENANT - One who holds property by lease or rent.
WIDTH OF A LOT - The average width measured at right angles to the direction of its average depth.
B. Words used in the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; the word "building" includes the word A "structure," the word "lot" includes the word "plot" and the word "shall" is always mandatory. All other words or phrases not expressly defined herein shall take on the definition included in Black's Law Dictionary.
A. No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained, except for one (1) or more of the following uses. All of the following operations and activities shall be carried on within fully enclosed structures, and there shall be no outdoor storage of materials, equipment or vehicles, other than as expressly stated in § 213-328 of this Article, entitled "Outside storage and display; vehicle storage."
(1) Light industrial use: light industrial establishments in which the principal activity shall be the manufacture, intermediate processing or assembly of goods or similar operations which conform to the performance standards contained in § 213-341 of this Article.
(2) Research and development design laboratories.
(3) Warehousing and distribution use: warehousing and distribution plants, but not including coal, petroleum or petroleum products.
(5) Banks.
(6) Broadcasting station.
B. All other requirements of the Planned Industrial Park District shall apply.
C. All uses other than those expressly listed above are to be considered as prohibited uses.
In the PIP-1 District, no building or structure hereafter erected or altered shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height, except as designated by the Town Board, whereby the height shall not exceed fifty (50) feet.
In the PIP-1 District, no building shall be erected or altered on a lot having an area of less than one and one-half (1 ) acres [sixty-five thousand three hundred forty (65,340) square feet] or upon a lot having a street frontage of less than one hundred fifty (150) feet.
