The regulations set forth in this article or set forth elsewhere in this chapter and applicable to the C-1 Office-Residence District are intended to encourage office development of a high character compatibly mixed with residence uses, principally for areas in which a similar pattern of use has occurred or for areas in which an office-residence pattern is appropriate between high-intensity commercial districts and residential neighborhoods.
**Webmasters Note: The previous sections, 198-21.1E(5) through the previous paragraph of 198-22, have been amended as per a supplement dated 2/20/01.
A. Use regulations. In the C-1 Office-Residence District, a building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Any use permitted in the R-80, R-15 and R-5 Residence Districts.
(2) Business and professional offices, medical offices and office buildings, provided that no building may be constructed or altered to provide a show window, display window or storefront. There shall be no display of products in windows nor any storage of merchandise on the premises or in the building.
(3) Undertaking business or establishment or funeral home, provided that no off-street parking area shall be allowed in front of the building or within a yard which lies between the side of the building and the street if on a corner lot. All accessory vehicles shall be garaged when not in use.
(4) Studios for an artist, musician, photographer or sculptor, including the teaching of art, music or other artistic instruction.
(5) Accessory buildings and uses, including identification signs as regulated in Article XIV.
(6) [Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 8-2000] Day-care centers when in fall compliance with all state and county regulations for such use.
(a) If an outdoor exercise area is contemplated it must be fenced and no closer than five (5) feet to a property line nor ten (10) feet from a parking area; and
(b) An adequate (at the discretion of the Planning Board, during site plan review) dropoff/pickup area must be shown on the plan.
B. Off-street parking and loading regulations. See Articles VII and VIII.
C. Height, area and bulk regulations. See Article IX.
D. Supplementary use regulations and conditionally permitted uses. See Article XI.
E. Supplementary height, area and bulk regulations. See Article IX.
F. Site development plan. Any and all building and site development plans for a proposed use shall be submitted to the Planning Board before an application for a building permit is made. The Planning Board shall review such plans and act thereon as specified and limited in Article XVII, and no building permit may be issued until the plans have been approved. [Added 12-4-1991 by Ord. No. 91-ZC-266]
G. Security gates within the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. [Added 7-11-1995 by Ord. No. 95-ZC-198]
(1) The installation of exterior security gates on the front exterior of business storefronts, restaurants and offices, including both display windows and entrance doors, is prohibited in that area of the Town of Huntington within the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. Any exterior security gates legally installed prior to May 23, 1995, at any above-described premises must be removed immediately upon any change of ownership of said commercial premises or upon any change of tenancy at said commercial premises, whichever shall occur first.
(2) Interior security gates and security gates on garage doors and building loading entrances shall not be prohibited.
(3) Prohibited security gates may be appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals but may only be granted on a finding by said Board of extreme financial and/or security hardship caused to the owner and/or tenant of the premises by the lack of said gates at said premises.
[Amended 7-10-1973 by Ord. No. 73-ZC-1945; 2-15-1994 by Ord. No. 94-ZC-193]
The C-2 Office Building District is to provide for moderate intensity office/research and development district, situated primarily as a transitional zone between districts allowing industrial and higher intensity office uses and residential zoning districts.
**Webmasters Note: The previous sections, 198-22 through the previous paragraph of 198-23, have been amended as per a supplement datd 8-1-2000.
A. Use regulations. In the C-2 Office Building District, a building or premises may be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Office buildings.
(2) Institutions engaged in research and testing of electronic, electrical and mechanical devices, including ancillary laboratories and related activities, provided that:
(a) No noise or vibration from accessory machinery is discernible by human senses at any lot line.
(b) No odor, dust or dirt is transmitted to the exterior of the building.
(3) Accessory uses and buildings, including employee cafeteria, auditorium, day-care facility, storage of records and materials incidental to the permitted use, off- street parking and loading, signs as regulated in Article XIV. Incidental sale of products is permitted. All storage shall be within a building.
B. Prohibited uses.
(1) Outdoor storage and sales of products or materials.
C. Off-street parking and loading regulations. See Articles VII and VIII. In addition, the following regulations shall apply:
(1) No parking area shall be located within twenty (20) feet of a front property line; within fifteen (15) feet of any other street side property line; within ten (10) feet of an interior lot line; nor within twenty (20) feet of a residence district boundary.
(2) Buffers surrounding parking areas shall be appropriately landscaped.
(3) Overnight parking for fleet vehicles shall be indicated on the site plan. Such an area shall not be situated in a required front yard or within a required street side yard.
D. Off-street parking and loading regulations. See Articles VII and VIII. In addition, off-street loading areas shall be located only at the side or rear of the lot, but no such area shall occupy a side yard which adjoins either a street or a -residence district boundary, and no loading area shall be located within twenty (20) feet of such boundary.
E. Supplementary height, area and bulk regulations. See Article IX.
F. Supplementary use regulations and conditionally permitted uses. See Article XI.
G. Site development plan. Building and site development plans for a proposed use shall be submitted to the Planning Board before an application for a building permit is made. The Planning Board shall review such plans and act thereon as specified and limited in Article XVII, and no building permit may be issued until the plan has been approved.
H. Security gates within the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. [Added 7-11-1995 by Ord. No. 95-ZC-8]
(1) The installation of exterior security gates on the front exterior of business storefronts, restaurants and offices, including both display windows and entrance doors, is prohibited in that area of the Town of Huntington within the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. Any exterior security gates legally installed prior to May 23, 1995, at any above-described premises must be removed immediately upon any change of ownership of said commercial premises or upon any change of tenancy at said commercial premises, whichever shall occur first.
(2) Interior security gates and security gates on garage doors and building loading entrances shall not be prohibited.
(3) Prohibited security gates may be appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals but may only be granted on a finding by said Board of extreme financial and/or security hardship caused to the owner and/or tenant of the premises by the lack of said gates at said premises.
Purpose. The C-3 Special Business District is set aside for personal and neighborhood services, oriented toward the local community and appropriate for locations in close proximity to residential development, and not otherwise appropriate for high intensity commercial development. [Added 12-17-1996 by L.L. No. 14-1996]
A. Use regulations. In the C-3 Special Business District, a building or premises may be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Single-family and two-family dwellings.
(2) Personal service shops to include barbers, hair stylists, nail salons, dog grooming, opticians, custom dressmaking and tailoring, millinery, shoe repair, watch repair and jewelers, camera repair, the repair of small household appliances, dance studios, martial arts studios and day-care centers. [Amended 8-19-1975 by Ord. No. 75-ZC-58; 12-17-1996 by L.L. No. 14-1996]
(3) Neighborhood service shops to include photographic studios, confectioneries, bookstores, stationery and newspapers, video rental, retail bakery outlets (excluding on-premises baking), gift shops, laundry or dry cleaning pick-up stations (excluding on-premises cleaning or laundering), liquor stores, shoe and clothing stores, including the rental of formal wear, print shops, pharmacies, hardware stores and pet stores, provided that no single neighborhood service shop contain more than 2,000 square feet of gross floor area. [Amended 8-19-1975 by Ord. No. 75-ZC-58; 12-17-1996 by L.L. No. 14-1996]
(4) Antique shops and decorators' shops, furniture repair and custom cabinetry and woodworking. [Amended 12-17-1996 by L.L. No. 14-1996]
(5) Undertaking business or establishment or funeral home.
(6) Florist, including garden shop or greenhouse accessory thereto.
(7) Business, educational and professional offices, office buildings, banks and post offices. [Amended 12-17-1996 by L.L. No. 14-1996]
(8) A use of the same general character as those specifically permitted in this section, when authorized as a special exception by the Board of Appeals under the provisions of Article XI and XVI.
(9) Accessory uses and buildings, including off-street parking and loading areas, but not including outdoor display of merchandise offered for sale other than nursery stock; identification signs as regulated in Article XIV.
(10) Houses of worship. [Added 12-17-1996 by L.L. No. 14-1996]
(11) Mixed use structures containing up to two dwelling units, in addition to any permitted use, subject to all of the conditions as outlined in §198-2 of this code and any other conditions that the authorized board, in approving such an application, deems appropriate. [Added 12-17-1996 by L.L. No. 14-1996]
B. [Added 12-17-1996 by L.L. No. 14-1996] Conditional uses. (See Articles XI and XVI.) In addition, the following conditionally permitted uses shall be allowed subject to the issuance of a special use permit by the Board authorized to approve such permits pursuant to §198-66:
(1) Delicatessen and or food shop; provided that the following are met:
(a) Food shops are defined as limited in §198-2, except that all dining activities shall be conducted inside the building.
(b) No such delicatessen or food shop shall contain more than 1,500 square feet of gross floor area.
(c) No building housing such uses shall be located within 35 feet of a residence district boundary.
(d) A dense evergreen landscaped buffer of no less than 25 feet shall be provided along all adjoining residence district boundaries.
(e) When provided, any shopping center containing three or more establishments shall have no more than two delicatessens or two food shops or one of each for a total of two such establishments.
(f) No dumpster enclosure or compactor shall be located within 50 feet of a residence district boundary.
(g) Any exhaust fans shall be directed away from residence districts.
(2) Laundry or dry-cleaning pickup stations, including on-premises cleaning or laundering, but excluding self-service establishments.
(3) Animal hospitals, clinics, professional offices of a veterinarian and the practice of veterinary medicine, but not including open kennels, fenced runs or similar outside enclosures.
C. Off-street parking and loading regulations. See Articles VII and VIII.
D. Height, area and bulk -regulations. See Article IX.
E. Supplementary use regulations and conditionally permitted uses. See Article XI.
F. Supplementary height, area and bulk regulations. See Article IX.
G. Site development plan. Any and all building and site development plans for a proposed use shall be submitted to the Planning Board before an application for a building permit is made. The Planning Board shall review such plans and act thereon as specified and limited in Article XVII, and no building permit may be issued until the plans have been approved. [Added 12-4-1991 by Ord. No. 91-ZC- 266]
H. Security gates within the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. [Added 7-11-1995 by Ord. No. 95-ZC-8]
(1) The installation of exterior security gates on the front exterior of business storefronts, restaurants and offices, including both display windows and entrance doors, is prohibited in that area of the Town of Huntington within the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. Any exterior security gates legally installed prior to May 23, 1995, at any above-described premises must be removed immediately upon any change of ownership of said commercial premises or upon any change of tenancy at said commercial premises, whichever shall occur first.
(2) Interior security gates and security gates on garage doors and building loading entrances shall not be prohibited.
(3) Prohibited security gates may be appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals but may only be granted on a finding by said Board of extreme financial and/or security hardship caused to the owner and/or tenant of the premises by the lack of said gates at said premises.
