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Hamlin City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

Industrial Districts

§ 520-20 I District (Industrial).

A. 
The Industrial District established in this section is designed to provide a suitable character and stable environment for the establishment and maintenance of manufacturing and industrial uses within the Town and to promote and protect the public health, safety and general welfare. The purpose of this district includes, among others, the following specific goals:
(1) 
To provide sufficient space, in appropriate locations, for anticipated economic growth within the Town, for all appropriate types of manufacturing and industrial activities.
(2) 
To provide that such space will be available for manufacturing uses and other industrial activities and to protect nearby residential areas by separating and/or buffering them from these activities as much as possible and by prohibiting the use of such space for new residential developments.
(3) 
To protect adjacent residential and commercial areas by restricting and controlling those manufacturing activities which involve danger of fire, explosions, toxic and noxious matter or other safety and environmental hazards, offensive noise, vibration, smoke, odors, heat, humidity, glare and other objectionable influences.
(4) 
To provide for access of light and air to windows, to provide for privacy as much as possible, and to provide for adequate fire protection by controlling the spacing, location and heights of buildings and other structures, and to provide for adequate access to sunlight and to wind for solar energy and wind-powered devices or structures.
(5) 
To provide for the proper review and consideration by the Planning Board and Town Board of proposed developments in certain areas of the Town and for certain types of uses.
(6) 
To provide for the ordered economic growth and development of the Town through the establishment of viable industrial activities and uses which are appropriate for the existing development patterns within the Town, that will contribute to employment opportunities within the Town and will help protect the Town's tax revenue base.
B. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses permitted subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board:
(a) 
Municipally owned and operated buildings or structures and other strictly governmental uses or activities.
(b) 
Public utility buildings or structures, including electrical substations.
(c) 
Scientific research or experimental development of materials, methods or products, including engineering and laboratory research.
[Amended 2-10-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(d) 
Administrative, educational and other related activities and facilities in conjunction with another permitted principal use.
(e) 
Manufacture and assembly of electronic or optical instruments, components or devices such as laboratory instruments, surgical instruments or temperature recording instruments.
(f) 
Light manufacturing, assembly, fabricating or packaging of products from previously prepared materials such as cloth, plastic, paper, leather, metals or stone.
(g) 
Manufacture of food items, pharmaceuticals and similar products, but excluding the actual production of fish, meat or dairy products or fermented foods such as sauerkraut, vinegar, etc., or the rendering of fats or oils.
(h) 
Regional or district offices of various types of companies such as insurance companies.
(i) 
Tool and die operations, machine and sheet metal shops, press operations, welding and monument works.
(j) 
Printing, lithographing, engraving, publishing or bookbinding operations.
(k) 
Confectioners.
(l) 
Creameries, milk condensing and dairy plants, and dairy equipment manufacturing.
(m) 
Cold storage plants and meat processing.
(n) 
Bottling plants.
(o) 
Pottery and ceramics manufacturing or assembly.
(p) 
Laundries, cleaning or dyeing works, carpet and rug cleaning operations.
(q) 
Furniture manufacturing or assembly and woodworking shops.
(r) 
Lumberyards and building materials yards.
(s) 
Contractor's equipment/storage yards and repairs.
(t) 
Wholesale businesses, warehouses or public storage facilities.
(u) 
Gasoline service stations, including self-service gasoline stations, subject to the provisions of § 520-50 and car washes, muffler shops, transmission shops or other vehicle repair services or facilities.
[Added 9-20-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994]
(v) 
Industrial parks.
[Added 9-20-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994]
(w) 
High-tech/light manufacturing uses that are completely contained within a building and emitting no external noise, odor, vibration, smoke, dust, heat or glare that would impact adjacent uses.
[Added 2-10-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
(2) 
Principal uses permitted subject to special use permit approval by the Planning Board:
[Amended 9-20-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994]
(a) 
Other uses not specifically listed above but deemed by the Planning Board to be similar in nature and compatible with the purposes of the I District.
(b) 
Kennels.
[Added 7-13-2015 by L.L. No. 6-2015]
(3) 
Accessory uses:
(a) 
Fencing, subject to the restrictions in § 520-29.
(b) 
Sheds, cabanas or similar accessory structures, subject to the restrictions in § 520-31.
(c) 
Radio, television or citizens band antennas, subject to the restrictions in § 520-33.
(d) 
Windmills, wind turbines, wind chargers or similar wind energy conversion systems (WECS), subject to the restrictions of § 520-35.
(e) 
Small-scale solar energy systems subject to the specific provisions set forth in § 520-36 of this chapter.
[Amended 5-8-2017 by L.L. No. 3-2017]
(f) 
Signage, subject to the restrictions in § 520-37.
(g) 
Dumpsters or other refuse containers or enclosures, subject to the restrictions in § 520-48.
(h) 
Off-street parking, subject to the restrictions of § 520-44.
(i) 
Aboveground or underground storage tanks, subject to the restrictions in § 520-54.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Original Subsection A(3)(j), Bed-and-breakfast operations, added 3-4-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 9-20-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994.
(4) 
Prohibited uses:
(a) 
Auto wrecking.
(b) 
Acetylene gas and oxygen manufacture.
(c) 
Celluloid manufacture.
(d) 
Disinfectant or insecticide manufacture.
(e) 
Asphalt manufacture or refining.
(f) 
Coal or tar distillation, including manufacture or treatment.
(g) 
Boiler making.
(h) 
Steel furnace or blast furnace.
(i) 
Blooming or rolling mill.
(j) 
Soap manufacture.
(k) 
Chlorine or hydrochloric, nitric, picric or sulfuric acid manufacture, or its derivatives.
(l) 
Smelting operations.
(m) 
Manufacture or storage of explosives.
(n) 
Glue, size or gelatin manufacture, where the process includes refining or recovery of products of fish, animal refuse or offal.
(o) 
All residential uses, including group homes and nursing homes.
(p) 
Garbage, rubbish or refuse dumps other than municipally owned and/or operated dumps.
(q) 
Bulk storage of gasoline or other fuels.
(r) 
Cemeteries.
(s) 
Excavation or quarrying operations.
(t) 
Other uses similar to the prohibited uses listed above which are deemed by the Planning Board as incompatible with the purposes of the I District, as determined during the special use permit approval process.
[Amended 3-12-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
C. 
Dimensional requirements.
[Amended 9-20-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994; 2-10-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
(1) 
These parameters will be based on information that the Town Board may require to be supplied by the project sponsor concerning the scope and use of the parcel. Failure of project sponsor to provide this information, deemed necessary by the Board, shall be grounds for project rejection.
(2) 
Minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks shall be approved by the Town Board prior to the site plan and/or special use permit approval process.
(3) 
Maximum building height.
(a) 
Maximum height for principal buildings or structures in the I District shall not exceed 45 feet.
(b) 
Maximum height for accessory buildings or structures in Subsection B(3) above shall not exceed 15 feet, with the exception of antennas and windmills which are subject to height restrictions in §§ 520-33 and 520-35.
(4) 
Maximum lot coverage with impervious surface shall be 75%.
D. 
Additional regulations and requirements.
(1) 
Landscaping and buffering between principal uses and between industrial districts which border commercial or residential districts shall be required in accordance with the provisions of § 520-45.
(2) 
Preexisting nonconforming lots are subject to the provisions of § 520-46.
(3) 
(Reserved)[3]
[3]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection D(3), which provided that only one principal building would be allowed per lot in the I District, as amended, was repealed 5-28-2014 by L.L. No. 2-2014.
(4) 
All principal uses permitted within an Industrial District shall be subject to the following restrictions and/or additional requirements:
(a) 
Any of the uses permitted in this section that require the use of an area other than within an enclosed building for their best utilization may be conducted in whole or in part outside of such building subject to special use permit approval by the Planning Board.
[Amended 9-20-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994]
(b) 
No offensive odor, noise, vibration, smoke, dust, heat or glare that impacts neighboring property shall be produced on the premises at any time.
(5) 
All publicly accessible establishments will comply with regulations promulgated under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which is effective January 26, 1992.