Concord City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVIII
M General Industrial District Regulations
§ 150-98 Permitted uses and structure.
Permitted uses and structures shall be as follows:
Principal uses and structures. This list is not exclusive. If the applicant wishes to institute a use not listed, a petition must be made to the Concord Town Planning Board.
Research and development activities, including laboratories, testing, small-scale experimental and pilot plant operations and production operations incidental to research and development practice and techniques.
The manufacture, compounding and assembly of products from previously prepared materials, including:
Electrical and electronic components and equipment.
Musical, scientific, medical, dental and photographic equipment and supplies.
Pharmaceutical products, cosmetics and toiletries.
Recreation equipment and toys.
Clothing and other textile products.
Printing, publishing and engraving.
Furniture and furnishings for household and office related wood and metal products.
Food and beverage products.
Warehousing and wholesale distribution when conducted within a completely enclosed building.
Adult uses.
[Amended 1-9-2026 by L.L. No. 1-2026]
It has been acknowledged by communities across the nation that state and local governments have a special concern in regulating the operation of such businesses under their jurisdiction to ensure that these adverse secondary effects will not contribute to the blighting or downgrading of adjacent neighborhoods nor endanger the well-being of the youth in their communities. The special regulations deemed necessary to control the undesirable secondary effects arising from these enterprises are set forth below.
The primary purpose of these controls and regulations is to preserve the integrity and character of residential neighborhoods and important natural and human resources of the Town of Concord, to deter the spread of blight and to protect minors from objectionable characteristics of these adult uses by restricting their proximity to houses of worship, schools, parks, historic and scenic resources, civic and cultural facilities and residential areas.
The operation of adult uses may have serious operational characteristics and damaging effects upon their surroundings as a result of their siting and concentration within the facilities. Special regulations pertaining to these uses are necessary to ensure adverse effects will not contribute to the blighting/downgrading of the surrounding neighborhood. These regulations will help ensure that adverse effects on the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience and general welfare are mitigated.
The development and proliferation of adult uses without regulation as to siting and concentration may result in the deterioration of residential and business neighborhoods. If placed near schools and other youth-related facilities, adult uses may adversely impact upon the welfare and morals of minors residing within the Town of Concord.
Location of adult uses. The following provisions shall apply to the location of adult uses:
Adult uses shall be permitted in the M General Industrial District on approval of a special use permit.
No adult use shall be permitted within 1,000 feet of the following:
The boundaries of any zoning district which is zoned for residential use.
A school or nursery school.
Religious institution or house of worship.
A public or private park, playground or public recreation facility; this distance shall be 300 feet for recreational trails.
Historic or scenic resource, civic or cultural facility.
For measurement purpose, the distance between an adult use and any such other named uses shall be measured in a straight line without regard to intervening structures or objects from the closest structural wall of such adult use to the boundary line of such residential district, school, nursery school, religious institution, house of worship, public park, playground or public recreational facility, historic or scenic resource, civic or cultural facility.
Not more than one adult use shall be located in the same building or upon the same lot or parcel of land.
No adult use shall be located within a one-thousand-foot radius of another adult use.
All building openings, including doors and windows, shall be coated, covered or screened in such a manner as to prevent a view into the establishment from any public street, sidewalk or parking area.
No loudspeakers or sound equipment shall be used by adult uses that can be heard by the public from outside the establishment.
As a condition of approval of any adult use, there shall be a restriction that no person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted into or on the premises.
Registration. No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall lease, rent, maintain, operate, use or allow to be operated or used any business or establishment, any part of which contains an adult use, without first complying with the provisions of this subsection as follows:
In addition to any and all other necessary licenses and permits, no form of adult use shall be allowed to operate or be allowed to continue to operate until a certificate of registration is filed with the Clerk of the Town of Concord, containing:
The name and address of the owner(s) of the premises and name and address of the beneficial owner(s) if the property is in a land trust.
The address of the premises.
The name of the business or the establishment subject to the provisions of this section.
The names, business and home addresses and business and home phone numbers of all owners of the business or establishment subject to the provisions of this section.
The date of the initiation of the adult use.
The exact nature of the adult use.
If the premises or the building in which the business containing the adult use is located is leased, a copy of the lease is required.
If there occurs any change in the information required for the certificate of registration, the Clerk of the Town of Concord shall be notified of such change, and a new or amended certificate shall be filed within 30 days of such change.
The processing fee for each such certificate of registration or amendment thereto shall be as set by the Town Board from time to time.
No certificate of registration issued under the provisions of this section shall be transferable to any person other than the registrant, nor shall a certificate of registration be transferable for use at any premises, building or location other than stated in the certificate of registration.
The owner, manager or agent of any adult use shall cause a copy of the certificate of registration issued under the provisions of this section to be prominently displayed on the premises, building or location for which it is issued.
Any knowingly false statement or any statement which the registrant or applicant should reasonably have known to be false which is provided in the certificate of registration or any document or information supplied therewith shall be grounds for the rejection, suspension or revocation of the certificate of registration.
It is a violation of this section for the owner or person in control of any property to establish or operate thereon or to permit any person to establish or operate an adult use without having in force a certificate of registration complying with this section.
Additional sign requirements. In addition to the sign regulations of Article XXV of this chapter the following provisions shall apply to signs erected or maintained in connection with an adult bookstore or an adult motion-picture theater:
No off-site signs shall be permitted.
Advertisements, displays or promotional materials shall not be shown or exhibited so as to be visible to the public from pedestrian sidewalks or walkways or from other ares public or semipublic, and such displays shall be considered signs.
Not more than one business wall sign shall be permitted for an adult use an such sign shall be permitted only on the front façade.
Sign messages shall be generic in nature, shall not contain advertising material and shall only identify the business that is being conducted.
Such sign shall be reviewed by the Town Board in conjunction with the special use application and shall conform to all signage requirements of this chapter.
Prohibition regarding public observation. No adult use shall be conducted in any manner that permits the observation of any material depicting, describing or relating to specific sexual activities or specific anatomical areas from any public way or from any property not registered as an adult use. This provision shall apply to any display, decoration, sign, show window, screen or other opening.
The following uses by special use permit authorized by the Planning Board.
Wind energy conversion systems (WECS).
Limitations on uses in the M District.
No use of land, building or structure shall be permitted the operation of which normally results in any:
No unneutralized refuse material shall be discharged into sewers, streams or ditches.
All side and rear lot lines abutting any lot in any R District or C-1 District shall be fenced or screened.
Unless otherwise provided, required side and rear yards shall be used only for landscaping and/or off-street parking.
§ 150-99 Minimum lot size.
Minimum lot size shall be 100 feet in width.
§ 150-100 Required setbacks.
[Amended 1-9-2026 by L.L. No. 1-2026]
Unless otherwise provided, the minimum required setbacks and other open spaces shall be as specified in this section.
Front setback: 40 feet, except that, when opposite any R District boundary or when used for accessory parking, it shall be not less than 50 feet.
Side setbacks: two required.