Gloversville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE V
Industrial Park Zone
§ 300-15 Applicability.
The use regulations and planning and design standards hereinafter set forth shall apply to the Industrial Park Zone described in § 300-5 of the Gloversville City Code.
§ 300-16 Purpose.
The standards for planning and design set forth herein are to guide development for sites and buildings within the industrial park, as well as to protect the adjoining areas. These standards are in addition to the other general zoning controls and are adopted to ensure the continuing stability of land values by:
Providing ample, uncongested space and circulation for all lessees or purchasers.
Protecting each lessee or purchaser so that he may obtain maximum convenience, safety, economy, view, identity and amenity in relation to adjacent sites and in relation to the area location as a whole.
Providing maximum flexibility for expansion, changes in use and adaptation to individual needs of the lessee or purchaser.
§ 300-17 Land coverage and building ratio.
The aim of a standard of land coverage is to provide adequate space for access, parking, off-street loading, internal circulation, landscaping and utilities and adequate space protection for light and air, for insulation from noise and vibration and for fire and police protection in relation to adjacent sites.
§ 300-18 Open space requirements.
The purpose of open space and setback requirements is to provide necessary protection for light, air, noise insulation, fire and other safety from building to building and, in addition, to ensure amenity and individual identity for each building user and to eliminate congestion.
Setback and open space requirements should, however, be applied without creating monotony and the kind of lessee or purchaser.
No parking, paving, outdoor storage or truck maneuvering areas will be allowed on open space setback areas, except that driveways and access routes onto a property may be paved.
Of primary importance is the open space between major highways and buildings and between buildings. Setbacks shall be as follows:
Type of Area | Required Building Minimum Setback (fee) |
|---|---|
Front yard | 30 |
Side yard | 20 |
Rear yard | 30 |
Exterior boundary | 50 |
§ 300-19 Off-street parking and loading facilities.
All parking and loading shall be provided on the site, with on-street parking and loading not permitted. Parking and loading areas are to be paved to provide dust-free, all-weather surfaces. To ensure adequate overall parking facilities, space for parking should be related to both the size of the building and the number of expected employees. In addition, adequate space must be allocated to permit the expansion of parking areas upon conversion of use.
Parking spaces with 25 feet of rear maneuvering space, shall be provided as follows: one space for each 1.5 employees, computed on the basis of combined employment of the largest and second largest shifts; or one space for each 3,000 square feet of gross floor area used for warehousing; or one space for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area used for manufacturing, plus one space for each company-owned truck or vehicle, plus one visitor parking space for each 1,000 square feet of office space.
All loading docks shall be properly screened from access roads, highways and boundary property.
There shall be one truck loading space for the first 10,000 feet of floor space and one more for each succeeding 20,000 feet of floor space.
§ 300-20 Building design and landscape treatment.
The architecture and quality of materials of buildings shall be passed upon by the City of Gloversville Planning Board, so that all buildings, including those adjoining the highways, will enhance the prestige of the park.
Height of structures: three stories or 35 feet.
Signs. No billboards or advertising signs, other than those identifying businesses and products, will be permitted. The location, size and construction of such signs will be in keeping with the character of the industrial park and will be passed upon by the City of Gloversville Planning Board.
Outside storage. All bulk commodities shall be confined to screened locations approved by the City of Gloversville Planning Board.
Landscape treatment. The appropriateness and quality of materials and their location for aesthetic and safety concerns shall be passed upon by the City of Gloversville Planning Board.
All sites shall be attractively landscaped.
Trees may be substituted for shrubs or shrubs may be substituted for trees, but in no case shall more than 25% of the required number of substituted and only with the approval of the City of Gloversville Planning Board.
All disturbed areas not paved shall be loamed and seeded.
§ 300-21 Permitted uses.
There are no uses permitted by right within the Industrial Park Zone.
Uses subject to site plan review shall include all types of office and industrial activities, otherwise permitted by this chapter, employing people, except:
Uses considered dangerous or unsafe, such as explosives.
Uses considered objectionable or a nuisance by reason of odor, dust, fumes, smoke, noise, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried waste.
Uses considered objectionable by reason of adverse effects on adjoining units, such as junk or salvage yards.
Warehouses, unless as an accessory use to an industrial or manufacturing use.
Junkyards or automobile wrecking yards, scrap iron, scrap paper or rag storage.
Residence buildings and dwellings.
The keeping, storing, maintaining or pasturing of horses.