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Clifton Park City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

Neighborhood Business Districts B-3

§ 208-36 General provisions.

The Neighborhood Business Districts B-3 are primarily for the accommodation of neighborhood businesses and related structures and uses.

§ 208-37 Permitted uses.

In Neighborhood Business Districts B-3, no building or other structure or land shall be used and no building or other structure shall be built for any purpose other than:
A. 
A use permitted in Residential Districts R-1 and Conservation Residential or Business Districts B-1 and B-2.
[Amended 10-16-2006 by L.L. No. 14-2006; 6-8-2015 by L.L. No. 7-2015]
B. 
The following uses:
[Amended 6-8-2015 by L.L. No. 7-2015; 12-14-2015 by L.L. No. 14-2015]
Animal-care facilities, provided that any structure or area used for such purposes, including pens or exercise runnings, shall be at least 100 feet distant from any residential district
Artists' studios and shops
Arts and crafts
Bait and tackle shops
Bakery with baking on premises
Bank or savings-and-loan association
Bicycle sales and repair shops
Bowling alley
Church or other place of worship
Convenience food store
Day-care center
Dry-cleaning establishment, where not more than five persons are employed and where no flammable cleaning fluids are used
Emergency ambulance facilities if and only as long as, these facilities are under contract to the Town of Clifton Park to provide general health services to the Town
Federal, state, county or Town municipal building
Hardware store
Interior design and decorator
Meat markets (no processing facilities)
Music shops
Newstands
Office supplies
Personal service establishments
Photographic and art galleries
Print shops
Restaurant; restaurant, drive-in or fast-food; or barroom, provided that no portion of the portion of a building occupied by such uses shall be located within 300 feet of the boundary line of any residential district
Shoe repair
Shopping center, subject to the provisions of § 208-89
Sporting goods
Tier 1 solar energy system
[Added 10-18-2021 by L.L. No. 6-2021]
Wine and liquor stores
C. 
Other uses and other buildings and structures as provided for by the following sections:
(1) 
Only the following special uses shall be considered pursuant to § 208-79 et seq.:
(a) 
Commercial recreation facility, subject to the provisions of § 208-94.
(b) 
Car wash.
(c) 
Public library.
(d) 
Excavation and removal of stone, sand and gravel.
(e) 
Electrical substation, gas district governor station, telephone exchange or other public utility building, structure or use.
(f) 
Storage of LP gas in excess of 1,100 gallons.
(g) 
Timbering (See Chapter 184 of this Code.)
(2) 
Section 208-96, Temporary uses and structures.

§ 208-38 Space and bulk standards.

A. 
Residential buildings. All buildings intended for residential use, in whole or in part, shall conform to the space and bulk standards of Residential Districts R-1, § 208-11.
B. 
Area and lot dimensions. Unless otherwise provided in § 208-37 or § 208-38A above, the minimum net land area per establishment shall be 40,000 square feet and the minimum width of the lot at the front building line shall be 150 feet.
C. 
Front yards. There shall be a minimum front yard of 80 feet, into which space there shall be no encroachment of structures other than a fence, a wall or a sign not larger than 20 square feet and no encroachment of commercial usage other than parking space. There shall be no parking allowed within 30 feet of the front lot line. Building setbacks specifically established by § 208-98 shall take precedence over the above.
D. 
Side yards. No building shall be placed closer to a side property line than 20 feet, and no automobile parking space shall extend nearer to a side property line than 20 feet.
E. 
Rear yards. No building shall be placed closer to a rear property line than 50 feet if the adjacent district is a residential district or closer to the rear property line than 30 feet with no encroachment by structures or parking if the adjacent district is any other class of district.
F. 
Height. For each foot the height of a building exceeds 35 feet, the offset from the side and rear property lines shall be increased by two feet.
G. 
Green space shall be 35%.
H. 
When abutting a residential zone, a minimum buffer of 100 feet shall be maintained and supplemented as deemed appropriate by the Planning Board.

§ 208-39 Entrances and exits upon public thoroughfares.

There shall be not more than one entrance and one exit per establishment upon any individual public thoroughfare, and the distance between the entrance and exit center lines, if separated, shall be not less than 100 feet.

§ 208-40 Landscaping.

The property margins at the sides from the front building line to the rear property line shall be planted with trees and shrubs for a width of not less than 10 feet.

§ 208-41 Group of establishments.

It shall be allowable to construct a group of establishments in accordance with an integrated site and architectural plan. Minimum land area for such consideration shall be five acres, with a minimum width of 400 feet at the building line.

§ 208-42 Other applicable requirements.

See Article XIV, Exceptions and Special Provisions, for other applicable requirements.