Elmsford City Zoning Code
§ 335-12
Limited Office Use District uses.
[Added 3-3-1980 by L.L. No. 2-1980; amended 5-4-1981 by L.L. No. 3-1981; 6-15-1981 by L.L. No. 6-1981; 6-16-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986; 6-22-1987 by L.L. No. 6-1987]
A.
The purpose of establishing the Limited Office Use District in the Village of Elmsford is to allow and encourage the development of the type of high-quality office buildings which are constructed in other communities along the Route I-287 corridor across Central Westchester, including, in particular, the Town of Greenburgh, of which the Village is a part. It is intended that this district will be applied only to sites with frontage on state highways and only when located within 1/2 mile of an interchange with Route I-287. It is further intended that this district, by strictly limiting the type of nonresidential uses permitted and by requiring extensive landscaping, low lighting, adequate off-street parking and site plan review will upgrade the quality of existing nonresidential development along such state highways and will function as a transition between major commercial arteries and neighboring residential and open space areas.
B.
The Zoning Map is hereby revised and amended to show within the Limited Office Use District the following property: Block 908 on the Tax Map of the Village of Elmsford, Lots 6 through 10, and Block 909, Lots 33, 34 and a portion of Parcel P6, Sheet 22, of approximately three acres, located at the intersection of Knollwood Road (New York Route 100A) and Knollwood Drive, opposite the end of Old Tarrytown Road; such portion of said parcel being more particularly described as follows.[1]
(1)
Uses permitted. No building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall be erected which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for any purpose except the following:
(a)
Any use permitted in Residence R-O, R-1 and R-2 Districts.
(b)
An office building for business and professional offices and, on the same lot, uses accessory to permitted office building developments, provided that such uses shall be located entirely within a building. Such accessory uses shall be limited to incidental research, design and development laboratories, but only outpatient medical care shall be permitted.
(c)
Self-storage facilities.
[Added 4-8-2024 by L.L. No. 4-2004]
(2)
Lot size and road frontage. No lot shall have an area of less than 10,000 square feet nor a frontage along a state highway of less than 80 feet.
(3)
Bulk and dimensional standards.
(a)
No building shall be erected to a height in excess of six stories or 72 feet. Height limitations of this section do not apply to ventilators, skylights, water tanks, bulkheads, building chimneys, cooling towers, necessary mechanical appurtenances and similar features usually carried above the roof level.
(b)
Land coverage. The maximum permitted coverage of the land with buildings shall not exceed 20% of the area of the lot on which it is located.
(c)
Every building shall have a front yard of not less than 50 feet in mean depth.
(d)
Every building shall have a rear yard of not less than 20 feet in mean depth.
(e)
A side yard shall be provided on each side of each building. Each side yard shall be not less than 15 feet in width, except where adjoining off-street parking in an adjacent residence district, and the sum total of the widths of both side yards shall be not less than 30 feet. The required side yard abutting a street shall be equal to the required front yard.
(4)
Approval of site plans. All site plans for the proposed development of limited office use properties shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees.
(5)
Off-street parking. The off-street parking requirement for office buildings in the Limited Office Use District shall be one parking unit for each 400 square feet of gross floor area. The required parking may, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, be provided on adjacent land within any residence district subject to such parking being located within a distance of 300 feet from the boundary of the limited office use property which it serves and further subject to such land being held in common ownership, common leasehold or common control of the owner of the limited office use site. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall have the right to vary or modify the application of any of the regulations or provisions of the Village Code regulating mandatory parking pursuant to § 335-19E of this Code.
(6)
Landscaping, lighting and drainage.
(a)
Landscaping. The entire lot, except areas covered by buildings or surfaced as parking or service areas, shall be suitably landscaped with grass, shrubs, trees, ground cover and pedestrian walkways in such a manner as to minimize erosion and stormwater runoff and harmoniously blend the uses on the site with the character of the neighborhood. Where lot lines coincide with residence district boundaries, there shall be planted evergreen trees of such type and spacing as may be required by the Village Board of an initial height of not less than five feet and adequate ultimately to screen all activity on the lot from the view of existing single-family residences in the adjoining residence district. A wall or fence of location, height, design and materials approved by the Village Board may be substituted for part or all of the required landscaped screening. The Village Board may waive or modify the landscaped screening requirements of this chapter where existing topography, landscaping and/or land uses already provide adequate screening and separation. All required landscaping shall be properly maintained throughout the life of any use which they were designed to serve. If said landscaping is not maintained as required, the Building Inspector shall give 30 days' written notice by certified mail, addressed to the owner of record of such premises as shown on the most recent assessment roll. If said notice is not complied with, the Village Board may authorize the necessary maintenance and assess the cost of such against the property on which the landscaping is located. Any costs so incurred shall be certified to the Tax Assessor and shall become a municipal lien against the property if not paid.
(b)
Lighting. All exterior lighting shall be so located and so shielded that the source of the light and any objectionable glare therefrom is not visible from any neighboring single-family residence. The height, intensity, spacing and design of all exterior lighting fixtures shall be such that they will be in character with the area in which they are located. The level of lighting shall be limited to that necessary for safety and security purposes. The lighting system design shall be subject to approval by the Village Board as a part of the required limited office use site plan.
(c)
Drainage. The stormwater drainage system shall be designed so that the rate of runoff during a one-hundred-year storm will not exceed that which would have occurred prior to the site's development.
(7)
Uses prohibited.
(a)
No use of any premises shall be permitted which will cause the emanation therefrom of offensive or noxious odors, vapors, fumes, glare, dust, smoke, gas, vibration, noise or radiation, nor shall any premises be used in such a manner as to cause injury, offense or disturbance to any of the surrounding properties or their owners or occupants.
(b)
No manufacturing of any kind, other than that of laboratory prototypes, retail sales of any kind and bulk storage of manufactured products shall be permitted on the premises.
(c)
The specific type and intensity of use permitted on any premises may be limited by the Village Board to the extent determined necessary by them in order to prevent the impact of the traffic generated thereby from causing the operation of any intersection adjacent to the site from being decreased in its level of service below Level D as defined by the Institute of Traffic Engineers. In making such determination, the Village Board shall take into consideration any proposed traffic improvements designed to mitigate the impact of such traffic conditions.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said description is available for inspection in the Village offices.