The purpose of this district is to provide areas in the Town for large-scale retail sales and business enterprises, on highways designed to handle large volumes of traffic, for well-planned and well-designed commercial uses and parking areas which primarily serve the motoring public and which are generally compatible with each other and which are not detrimental to adjoining uses, community aesthetics, aquifer protection or the orderly flow of on-site and off-site pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

In addition to the requirements of this article, compliance with the applicable provisions of Article X, Aquifer Protection District, is required.

Permitted uses subject to site plan approval shall be as follows:

Upon determination by the Zoning Officer that a specific use originally permitted within this district is to be changed so that it involves a separate, different and distinct service, use, process or product, or involves a new operator, an application for a conditional permit must be made to the Planning Board. Prior to authorizing issuance of the conditional permit, the Planning Board may require the correction of any and all phases of the operation which may become or have become detrimental to the neighborhood.

Residential:

Religious institutions:

Educational institutions:

Recreational facilities and social activities:

Health, medical, and care services:

Commercial garages and automotive repair shops.

Car wash operations.

Outdoor and drive-in restaurants.

Motor vehicle leasing facilities.

Outdoor sales of:

Animal hospitals.

Used car sales.

Transportation and utility uses:

Any combination of residential, sales establishment, commercial, warehouse and office uses.

Lot area. The minimum lot area shall be appropriate to accommodate the necessary structures and comply with this chapter, as well as other Town requirements.

Floor area. Any separate commercial, retail, professional or business use, owned or leased, shall not exceed 100,000 square feet in floor area without first obtaining a conditional permit.

Outside storage. The outside storage of any equipment, products, raw materials, waste or similar materials in this district, as well as disabled vehicles, parts thereof, vehicles not qualifying for a New York State automobile inspection sticker, wrecked vehicles and parts thereof, and junk of any kind is prohibited, except for equipment, products and materials incidental to business use and sales, provided that such equipment, products, and materials are not detrimental to nearby residential uses, adjacent districts, community aesthetics or aquifer protection as determined by the Planning Board.

Mines of any type.