Angola City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Zoning District Regulations
§ 245-8 R-1 One-Family Residential District.
A.
Permitted principal uses:
(1)
Single-family dwellings.
(2)
Churches and other similar places of worship, parish houses, convents, and other such facilities of recognized religious groups.
(3)
Municipal parks, playgrounds and recreation areas deemed necessary and appropriate by the Village Board.
(4)
Professional offices and home occupation uses, provided that they are carried on in conjunction with a residential use on the property.
(5)
Farms and related farming activities, provided that no storage of odor- or dust-producing substances shall be permitted within 100 feet of an adjoining lot line.
(6)
Public buildings, libraries, museums, and public and nonprofit private schools accredited by the State Education Department.
B.
Permitted accessory uses:
(1)
Private garages.
(2)
Customary residential storage structures.
(3)
Animal shelters for domestic pets of the household.
(4)
Other customary residential structures, such as private swimming pools, fireplaces, trellises, lampposts, and the like.
(5)
Noncommercial greenhouses and customary farm buildings for the storage of products or equipment located on the same parcel as the principal use.
(6)
Signs, in accordance with the following:
(a)
One nameplate sign situated within the property line and not exceeding one square foot in area on either of two sides and illuminated by any light whose source is not visible from the street or adjoining premises. Professional offices and home occupation uses may be identified with a second sign not to exceed one square foot, indirectly lighted with a nonflashing illumination.
(b)
One sign, which may be illuminated but nonflashing, identifying a church, public building, or other permitted use which is situated on the property to which it relates, not less than 25 feet from the right-of-way line and not less than 20 square feet in area on either of two sides.
(c)
One real estate for-sale or for-rent sign not exceeding 10 square feet in area. Such signs shall be removed immediately upon sale or rental of the real estate.
§ 245-10 R-3 Multiple-Family Residential District.
§ 245-11 B-1 Central Business District.
A.
Permitted principal uses:
(1)
Retail business establishments which are clearly of a community service characteristic, such as but not limited to the following:
(a)
Stores selling groceries, meats, baked goods, and other such food items.
(b)
Drugstores.
(c)
Stationery, tobacco, and newspaper stores, luncheonettes, and confectionery stores.
(d)
Hardware, radio and television stores.
(e)
Clothing, accessory, and jewelry stores.
(f)
Restaurants and drinking places.
(g)
Automotive supply stores.
(2)
Retail business establishments, as herein listed:
(a)
Department and general merchandise stores.
(b)
Automotive equipment, sales and service.
(c)
Hotels and motels.
(d)
Dry-cleaning and laundry service shops, provided that only items of customer supply shall be serviced on the premises. Service of any product or item from collection points or pickup stations (other than retail customer route trucks) shall be prohibited.
(e)
Furniture and appliance stores.
(f)
Used car lots.
[Added by L.L. No. 4-1978]
(g)
Paint stores.
(h)
Drive-in eating and drinking establishments.
(i)
Indoor theaters and assembly halls.
(j)
Commercial recreation areas.
(3)
Personal service establishments which are clearly of a community service character, such as but not limited to the following:
(4)
Other business uses which, in the opinion of the Board of Appeals, are similar in nature and scale to those permitted above.
(5)
Single- and multiple-family residences. Single- and multiple-family residences are permitted within the Central Business District, provided that they are constructed on the second floor of any existing building within the Central Business District or in the rear of the ground floor of any existing building within the Central Business District, provided that the construction of the same does not interfere with the use and occupancy of the building or storefront for business purposes.
[Added 6-10-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
B.
Permitted accessory uses:
(1)
Signs to identify a permitted business use which are located on the same property as the permitted use and which meet the following requirements:
(a)
One sign may be placed or inscribed upon the front of a building for each permitted use or activity. Said sign shall not exceed an area equal to 2 1/2 square feet for each linear foot of building use or length and shall not exceed 60 square feet in total area for single-face signs or 30 square feet for double-face signs.
(b)
No sign shall be permitted to project closer than to within four feet of any curb face.
(c)
Signs may be internally or externally illuminated so long as no direct light is directed on or visible from any other lot or from any thoroughfare.
(d)
Signs which move, simulate movement, or flash shall not be permitted.
(e)
One nonilluminated nameplate of two square feet at the main entrance of a building in which the occupant has no street frontage.
(2)
Application for permit. An application for a building permit for a sign shall be made to the Code Enforcement official and provided further that the following information be included:
[Added 1-10-2022 by L.L. No. 1-2022]
(a)
The name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
(b)
The written consent of the owner of the building, structure or property upon which the sign is to be erected in the event the applicant is not the owner thereof.
(c)
Two copies of rendering exhibiting:
[1]
The proposed lettering and pictorial matter of the sign;
[2]
The dimensions of the sign and proposed lettering;
[3]
The construction details of the sign structure and mounting devices;
[4]
A location plan of the position of the sign on the building or property and such other information as the Code Enforcement official may require;
[5]
An application for a sign permit for a sign on an awning shall show the location, size and construction of the awning and the lettering or pictorial material to appear thereon.
(d)
An application for a temporary sign shall be permitted for three months with a maximum one-time extension.
(e)
No sign permit shall be issued in the B-1, B-2 and Industrial Districts except upon review and approval by the Planning Board.
(f)
Upon closure of a business, it shall be the responsibility of the owner to remove any signage within 30 days, or the cost of removal shall be levied onto the following year's property tax bill.
§ 245-11.1 B-2 Business District.
[Added 5-12-2008 by L.L. No. 2-2008]
§ 245-12 I Industrial District.
A.
Permitted principal uses:
(1)
Any use of a light industrial nature is permitted which involves only the processing, assembly, packaging or storage of previously created or refined materials, provided that at no time will such use result in or cause:
(2)
The following uses are indicative of those which are intended to be permitted:
(a)
Manufacture of machinery, such as but not limited to 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 materials, 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, canning, and freezing, food sundry manufacturing, and ice cream manufacturing, 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.
B.
Permitted accessory uses:
(1)
Signs shall be permitted, for advertising industrial activities on the premises, which shall not exceed, in aggregate, 15% of the area of the front facade of the building. Such signs may be illuminated but shall not be of the flashing type.
(2)
Private garage and storage buildings which are necessary to store any vehicles, equipment, or materials on the premises.
(3)
Off-street parking space for the use of employees and visitors.
C.
Other provisions and requirements:
(1)
One off-street parking space shall be provided for each employee on the maximum shift or one space for every 300 square feet of total floor area, whichever is greater.
(2)
Parking areas may be located in any of the required yard areas, provided that they are not less than 50 feet from a street line or 20 feet from a property line.
(3)
Each use located in this district shall provide truck loading and unloading space on the same lot and in other than the required front yard so as to permit the transfer of goods in other than a public street.
(4)
Each use established in this district shall set aside 15% of the tract for seeding and landscaping and use this area for no other purpose.
(5)
All industrial processes shall take place within an enclosed building. Incidental storage of materials out-of-doors shall be permitted. Industrial uses shall be located so as to be a minimum of 25 feet from any property line abutting a nonindustrial district. This twenty-five-foot buffer strip shall be perpetually maintained with plant material to provide a visual screen between the industrial use and the adjoining nonindustrial use.
§ 245-13 Schedule of Area, Yard, Height and Coverage Regulations.
The following schedule, entitled "Schedule A," sets forth in outline form the permitted principal uses, minimum lot sizes, minimum yard required, maximum building height, maximum lot coverage and minimum floor area. In case of conflict, the provisions of the various sections of this chapter shall supersede the provisions of this Schedule, which is included herein for quick reference.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Schedule is included at the end of this chapter.