Caledonia Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
B-3 Highway Business District
§ 130-27 Purpose.
The B-3 Highway Business Districts are established for the purpose of providing areas for business uses which are mainly oriented to highway traffic.
§ 130-28 Conditional uses.
In the B-3 Highway Business District, the following uses and buildings and other structures shall be permitted uses, subject to Planning Board approval under the provisions of Article XI, Site Development Plan Review, unless otherwise stated as being exempt from such review:
A.
All those uses permitted in the B-2 General Business District, except dwellings, churches and schools.
B.
Animal hospital, veterinary clinic or kennel, provided that any structure or area used for such purposes, including pens or exercise runs, shall be at least 100 feet distant from any residence district.
C.
Commercial greenhouses and plant nurseries, including offices and sales yards, provided that no building for any such use shall have a heating plant, ventilating flue or other opening, except stationary windows, within 50 feet of any residence district.
D.
Farm implement or contractor's equipment display, rental and sales establishment, service or part repair shops, provided that no portion of a building used for repair shall have any opening, other than stationary windows, within 50 feet of any residence district.
E.
Ice storage and/or vending three tons or less in capacity.
F.
Sales lot for mobile homes, recreational vehicles and products similar in nature.
G.
Freight or trucking terminal.
§ 130-29 Prohibited uses.
The following uses are prohibited in the B-3 Highway Business District:
A.
All uses prohibited in § 130-25 and not specifically authorized by § 130-28.
B.
All uses permitted and all uses prohibited in I-2 Heavy Industrial District.
§ 130-30 Area, yard and height regulations.
In addition to the specific restrictions established in connection with permitted uses listed in § 130-28 and the requirements listed in Article XII, the following regulations apply to all other uses permitted in B-3 Highway Business Districts:
A.
Area and lot dimensions. The minimum net land area per establishment shall be 50,000 square feet, and the minimum width of the lot at the front building line shall be 200 feet. Construction of a group of establishments in accordance with an integrated site and architectural plan approved by the Town of Caledonia Planning Board shall be allowed. The minimum land area for such a group shall be five acres with a minimum width of 400 feet at the front building line.
B.
Front yards. There shall be a minimum front yard of 80 feet from the street or right-of-way line into which space there shall be no encroachment of structures other than a fence, wall or sign not larger than 20 square feet and no encroachment of commercial usage other than parking space for not more than 10 cars.
C.
Side yards. No building shall be placed closer to a side property line than 30 feet, and no automobile parking space shall extend nearer to a side property line than 15 feet.
D.
Rear yards. No building shall be placed closed to a rear property line than 50 feet.
E.
Height. No building or structure shall exceed 50 feet. For each foot the height of a building exceeds 30 feet, the offset from the side and rear property lines shall be increased by two feet.
§ 130-31 Entrances and exits on public thoroughfares.
There shall be no more than two curb cuts per 400 feet of frontage onto a public thoroughfare, and the distance between the center lines of the curb cuts shall not be less than 100 feet, nor shall the curb cuts be wider than 40 feet each.