[Added 10-26-1982 by Ord. No. 82-ZC-118]
A. Use regulations. In a Cultural Center District a building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Theaters and concert halls.
(2) Museums and art galleries.
(3) Radio and television studios.
(4) Accessory structures and uses including off-street parking and loading areas as regulated in Articles VIII and IX and identification signs as regulated in Article XIV, provided that there shall be not more than one (1) directly or indirectly illuminated identification sign on each of two (2) frontages of a main building, and provided farther that no such sign shall be more than four (4) feet in vertical dimension, nor more than thirty (30) square feet in area.
(5) Accessory restaurants and bars, provided that such uses shall be conducted only within the main building and shall be subordinate to the principal use.
B. Supplementary use regulations. See Article XI.
C. Supplementary height, area and bulk regulations. See Article IX.
D. Height, area and bulk regulations.
(1) The minimum lot in a Cultural Center District shall not be less than five (5) acres.
(2) Not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the lot shall be covered by buildings.
(3) No building shall exceed forty-five (45) feet in height.
(4) The minimum lot width shall be four hundred (400) feet, and the minimum frontage shall be two hundred (200) feet.
(5) Minimum yard requirements shall be as follows:
(a) Front yard setback: one hundred (100) feet.
(b) Side yards [two (2)]: fifty (50) feet.
(c) Rear yard: fifty (50) feet.
E. Other requirements.
(1) Required landscaping and screening shall be provided and maintained along side and rear property lines, and any required planting screen shall not be less than ten (10) feet in width.
(2) Parking areas and driveways may be located within a required lot area, but shall not be located within ten (10) feet of a side or rear line. No parking area shall be located within fifty (50) feet of the street line. Where a side or rear line abuts a residence district boundary, no parking area or driveway shall be located within twenty-five (25) feet thereof.
F. Site plan approval. 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. Said Board shall review such plans and act thereon as specified and limited in Article XVII, and no building permit shall be issued until the plans have been approved.
G. 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.
[Added 9-25-1984 by Ord. No. 84-ZC-133]
A. Purpose. The purpose of the Commercial Recreation District is to provide opportunity within the Town of Huntington for certain recreational activities not normally provided within the town recreation programs, but necessary and desirable to the provision of a comprehensive recreation program for the citizens of the town.
B. Use regulations. In the C-14 Commercial Recreation District a building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Bowling alleys.
(2) Racquetball and tennis facilities, provided that all game courts are within an enclosed building.
(3) Skating rinks.
(4) Accessory off-street parking.
C. Off-street parking. Off-street parking shall be provided as required in Article VII. Designated off-street loading spaces shall not be required.
D. Location. Commercial Recreation Districts shall have frontage on a major street as defined in the Comprehensive Town Plan, and no access to any such district shall be through a residentially zoned or residentially developed area, or over minor residential streets.
E. Height, area and bulk regulations.
(1) Minimum lot area: three (3) acres.
(2) Minimum lot width: two hundred (200) feet.
(4) Front, side and rear yard setbacks: fifty (50) feet, or twice the height of the building, whichever is greater.
(5) Wherever a Commercial Recreation District abuts residentially zoned land there shall be a perimeter planting buffer not less than twenty-five (25) feet in width, to be fenced with a six-foot-high sapling fence erected on galvanized posts set in concrete, and landscaped in accordance with a plan approved by the Planning Board.
(6) Maximum coverage of lot by building: twenty-five percent (25%).
F. Site development plan. Building and site development plans for proposed use shall be submitted to the Planning Board before an application or 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. In addition to its general review authority, the Planning Board shall have the authority to review and regulate:
(1) Construction material on the building exterior.
(2) Signs and exterior lighting access.
(3) Screening and landscaping.
G. 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.
