Farming, floriculture, nurseries and greenhouses and dairies.

Laboratories for scientific and industrial research, testing and development.

Office buildings and banking institutions, provided that such banking institutions are located within or constitute a portion of the structure of an office building and do not occupy more than twenty (20%) percent of the gross floor space of such structure.

Cold storage plant, pasteurizing plant or creamery.

Warehousing and distributing plant, but not including the outdoor storage of goods or materials and not including the storage or sale of lumber, ice, coal, petroleum or petroleum products as a principal use.

Light industrial uses in which the principal activity shall be the manufacture, intermediate processing or assembly of goods for consumer use as follows:

Municipal or Town use permitted in a residence district.[1]

Uses clearly accessory and incidental to a permitted use, including but not limited to the following:

Day-care centers, where said use occupies no less than five thousand (5,000) square feet and is in compliance with the Suffolk County Department of Health and Services and all applicable state and county laws and with the following:

Business or trade schools.

Radio, recording, television or motion-picture production studios and stations, provided that antenna towers shall be set back from all property lines a distance at least equal to the height of the tower plus fifty (50) feet.

Libraries, museums and art galleries.

No parking area shall be located within fifty (50) feet of a residence district boundary or within twenty-five (25) feet of side and rear lot lines.

No parking area shall be located within a required front yard, except that space for not more than ten (10) automobiles may be so located, provided that such space shall not be within fifty (50) feet of a front lot line.

No off-street loading area shall be located within a required front yard nor within fifty (50) feet of a residence district boundary.

No building other than a detached accessory dwelling shall be located within one hundred (100) feet of a residence district boundary.

Side and rear yards for detached accessory dwellings shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet.

Notwithstanding § 198-55 of the Town Code, in order to make accommodations for heating, air-conditioning, electrical and ventilation systems, as well as computer network equipment and wiring between floors, the Planning Board may approve a building in the I-1 Light Industry District with a maximum height of no more than fifty-eight (58) feet above the finished grade as measured from the base of the building. This provision shall accommodate no more than four (4) stories within the specified height and in no way increase the gross floor area or building lot coverage that could otherwise be achieved. Any building proposed to be greater than forty-five (45) feet in height, whether existing or new, must be one hundred and fifty (150) feet or more from any and all residence district boundaries.

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 198-55, for buildings that meet all of the following criteria in the I-1 Light Industrial District, the number of stories shall be increased from four (4) to six (6) stories and the maximum height from fifty-eight (58) feet above the finished grade as measured from the base of the building to ninety (90) feet above the finished grade as measured from the base of the building.

Concert halls and centers for the performing arts, provided that:

Commercial athletic recreation and training facilities, including but not limited to bowling alleys; racquetball, tennis and handball courts; swimming and diving pools; skating rinks; velodromes; gymnastics arenas; and soccer, baseball, softball, climbing and handball facilities; but not to include miniature golf or golf facilities, game centers or other places of amusement or outdoor go-cart or similar outdoor mechanized sports tracks, provided that:

Restaurants, bistros, and food shops (but not to include drive-thru windows); personal service shops limited to hair cutting, nail salons, shoe repair, tailoring or dry-cleaning pickup stations; the retail sales of newspapers and magazines; card stores; candy (confectionery) stores; and health and racquet clubs, provided that:

Restaurants, but not to include drive-thru windows in industrial buildings, provided the following:

The installation of exterior security gates on the front exterior of business storefronts, restaurants and offices, including both display windows and entrance doors, is prohibited in that area of the Town of Huntington within the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. Any exterior security gates legally installed prior to May 23, 1995, at any above-described premises must be removed immediately upon any change of ownership of said commercial premises or upon any change of tenancy at said commercial premises, whichever shall occur first.

Interior security gates and security gates on garage doors and building loading entrances shall not be prohibited.

Prohibited security gates may be appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals but may only be granted on a finding by said Board of extreme financial and/or security hardship caused to the owner and/or tenant of the premises by the lack of said gates at said premises.

The Town Board is committed to the creation of a Melville Town Center that will provide a robust mix of retail, office, commercial service, residential uses and community public space that will support the economic and social well-being of the locality.

To further that stated objective, the Town Board has established the Melville Town Center Overlay (MTCOD) district. It is the expressed intent of the Town Board that properties within the MTCOD will have frontages oriented towards the major roadways within the subject district, namely Maxess Road, Baylis Road, Melville Park Road or Corporate Center Drive.

The Town Board will pause the acceptance of new applications after the submission of the first application(s) totaling four-hundred (400) residential units in the Melville Town Center, and thereafter each successive submission of application(s) totaling four-hundred (400) units in the Melville Town Center, to assess the cumulative impact of the developments on traffic conditions, fire/emergency and educational services. The total number of residential units in the Melville Town Center shall not exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) units.

Is of high quality and visually appealing from adjacent streets and surrounding areas, with an emphasis on building placement and orientation that complements adjoining properties.

Has an appropriate mix of uses as defined in the Permitted Uses Schedule (C) of this Chapter.

Has open spaces, parking areas, pedestrian walks, signs, lighting, landscaping and utilities that are well related to the site and arranged to achieve a safe, efficient and contextually sensitive development.

When appropriate, contributes to a central public gathering space that may be used for community events.

Shows high inter-connectivity between proposed uses and adjacent areas to the rear and all sides.

Promotes walkability, pedestrian scale lighting and ground floor activity among business and residential uses.

Mixed use buildings or sites shall consist of up to seventy-five (75) percent residential use and at least twenty-five (25) percent but no more than forty (40) percent professional office use or commercial uses such as retail, personal service shops, food shops, bistros, bars, restaurants and day care. The first floor of buildings fronting on Maxess Road, Baylis Road, Melville Park Road or Corporate Center Drive are limited to retail, commercial or office use, residential uses are expressly prohibited. In the event a building contains residential equity ownership units such as condominiums or cooperatives, then these units are excluded from the mixed-use building calculation. Limited equity cooperatives are considered rental units and will not be excluded from the mixed-use building calculation. Multiple buildings may be permitted on a single lot. Vape/cannabis stores, drive-through windows, self-storage facilities, manufacturing and warehousing facilities (except as set forth in (C)(2) below) are expressly prohibited.

Breweries, brewpubs, wineries, and distilleries where the products are manufactured, warehoused, and/or served on premises, and commercial athletic, recreation, and training/educational facilities may also serve as commercial uses in building.

Required parking may be provided in basements, underground, or in structured parking. All structured parking garages shall be located, designed, and/or screened in order to improve their appearance and minimize their visibility from neighboring streets.

All required area, parking and bulk regulations of the underlying industrial zoning shall be adhered to unless alternate requirements are provided for below.

Height of the building is limited to fifty (50) feet consisting of no more than four (4) stories of occupied space. Minimum building height is twenty-five (25) feet and two (2) stories of occupied space.

Maximum percent of lot covered by building shall not exceed ninety (90) percent.

Minimum fifteen (15) percent of the site shall be comprised of useable civic, recreational, and/or open space that is available to the general public, including but not limited to: trails, paths, parks, sidewalks, plazas, public art or gathering spaces. Such space may be provided within required yard setbacks.

Floor Area Ratio shall not exceed 3.6.

Parking for residences shall be calculated at one (1) space per studio or one (1) bedroom unit and .5 spaces for each additional bedroom.

Properties on Maxess Road, Baylis Road, Melville Park Road or Corporate Center Drive must front on these roads and buildings must be set back thirty (30) feet from the property line. Areas of properties within the MTCOD that do not directly front on Maxess Road, Baylis Road, Melville Park Road or Corporate Center Drive shall not be developed until such time that the front areas of the property are developed and should be developed as complementary buildings oriented towards the main street development. Zero-foot side yard setbacks are permitted.

Minimum residential unit sizes shall be 600 sq. ft. for a studio unit, 700 sq. ft. for a 1-bedroom unit, and 800 sq. ft. for a 2-bedroom unit.

No commercial tenant space shall exceed 20,000 sq. ft. in size.

Applicants are required to pay a one-time fee with seventy-five (75) percent directed to a fund established by the Town to support the creation and operation of Town Center Parks within the overlay district and twenty-five percent (25) directed to the Fire/Ambulance District to cover the increased costs associated with additional development. The total fee shall be calculated as follows:

In the alternative, applicants may have the option of meeting the fee requirement for the creation of Parkland by dedicating property to the Town that furthers the objective of creating Town Center Parks. The Town Board has full discretion as to whether the property dedication meets the fee requirement.

It is the intention of the Town Board to protect the health, safety and welfare of those residing in neighboring properties and the community-at-large and from the impacts of land development, and to facilitate the expeditious processing of applications by providing the Planning Department and Engineering Services with a mechanism by which they can seek the assistance of outside professionals and/or commission independent studies at the applicant's expense to assist in evaluating any matter involving an application to the Town Board for inclusion in the Melville Town Center Overlay District. In order to accomplish these goals, the Town Board is exercising its police power and authority under § 10(1)(ii)(a)(6), (11) & (12) and § 10(1)(ii)(d)(3) of the Municipal Home Rule Law; the New York State Constitution; § 64(23) and § 130(15) of the Town Law, and any other applicable provision of law now or hereinafter enacted so as to require full payment of all such fees as a condition of approval of a permit to allow development in the Melville Town Center Overlay District, and the issuance of a building permit or other Town approval.

As a condition of processing any matter over which it has jurisdiction, and except as otherwise set forth in Chapter 194 for Wireless Telecommunications Facilities, the Town Board may, at any time, require an applicant to pay for the reasonable costs of such independent studies and/or outside consultants as may be reasonably related to the matter under review. All such costs shall be paid by cash or certified check and are in addition to any other required fee. Within thirty (30) days of the date on the written request for payment, the applicant shall submit to the Department of Audit & Control a fee determined by The Town Board, or its designee, and the fee shall be deposited into an account to be utilized by the Town to pay for such services during the review process. Upon request, the applicant shall be provided with copies of invoices submitted to the Town for the work of outside consultants and studies. In the event the sum initially deposited by the applicant is not sufficient and additional funds are necessary, the applicant shall pay such additional sums within twenty (20) days of the date on the written request for payment. After all reasonable charges have been paid to the vendor(s) by the Town, any balance remaining on deposit in the account shall be returned to the applicant. In the event an application is withdrawn at any stage by the applicant any unused portion of the sums on deposit shall be returned to the applicant.

In its discretion the Town Board may adopt or reject, in whole or in part, the findings and determinations of any consultant or study commissioned by the Board or the applicant.

The Zoning Board shall hold a pending application in abeyance, if, in the course of processing such application, it becomes necessary to rescind, modify, vary, or interpret a covenant, condition or restriction imposed by the Town Board. In such event, the applicant shall be directed to file an application with the Town Board for such interpretation, variance or modification, and such Town Board determination shall be made before the Zoning Board can proceed with the application before it.

Uses permitted in the I-1 Light Industry District.

No parking area shall be located within fifty (50) feet of a residence district boundary.

No parking area shall be located within a required front yard, except that space for not more than ten (10) automobiles may be so located, provided that such space shall not be within twenty (20) feet of a front lot line.

No off-street loading area shall be located within a required front yard nor within fifty (50) feet of a residence district boundary.

No building other than a detached accessory dwelling shall be located within one hundred (100) feet of a residence district boundary.

Side and rear yards for detached accessory dwellings shall not be less than twenty five (25) feet.

Notwithstanding § 198-55 of the Town Code, in order to make accommodations for heating, air-conditioning, electrical and ventilation systems, as well as computer networking equipment and wiring between floors, the Planning Board may approve a building in the I-2 Light Industry District with a maximum height of no more than fifty-eight (58) feet above the finished grade as measured from the base of the building. This provision shall accommodate no more than four (4) stories within the specified height and in no way increase the gross floor area or building lot coverage that could otherwise be achieved. Any building proposed to be greater than forty-five (45) feet in height, whether existing or new, must be one hundred and fifty (150) feet or more from all residence district boundaries.

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 198-55, for buildings that meet all of the following criteria in the I-2 Light Industrial District, the number of stories shall be increased from four (4) to six (6) stories and the maximum height from fifty-eight (58) feet above the finished grade as measured from the base of the building to ninety (90) feet above the finished grade as measured from the base of the building.

Commercial athletic recreation and training facilities as identified and limited in § 198-34F(2)(a) through (d) inclusive.

The installation of exterior security gates on the front exterior of business storefronts, restaurants and offices, including both display windows and entrance doors, is prohibited in that area of the Town of Huntington within the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. Any exterior security gates legally installed prior to May 23, 1995, at any above-described premises must be removed immediately upon any change of ownership of said commercial premises or upon any change of tenancy at said commercial premises, whichever shall occur first.

Interior security gates and security gates on garage doors and building loading entrances shall not be prohibited.

Prohibited security gates may be appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals but may only be granted on a finding by said Board of extreme financial and/or security hardship caused to the owner and/or tenant of the premises by the lack of said gates at said premises.

Uses permitted in the I-1 Light Industry District.

No parking area shall be located within twenty (20) feet of a residence district boundary.

No parking area shall be located within a required front yard, except that space for not more than ten (10) automobiles may be so located, provided that such space shall not be within twenty (20) feet of a front lot line.

No off-street loading area shall be located within a required front yard nor within twenty (20) feet of a residence district boundary.

No building other than a detached accessory dwelling shall be located within fifty (50) feet of a rear lot line where such line abuts a residence district boundary.

Side and rear yards for detached accessory dwellings shall not be less than twenty five (25) feet.

Commercial athletic recreation and training facilities as identified and limited in § 198-34F(2)(a) through (d) inclusive, provided that all such uses are confined to the interior of a building. No athletic activities shall be conducted outside a building, in this district because of the minimum lot size and proximity to residential development.

The installation of exterior security gates on the front exterior of business storefronts, restaurants and offices, including both display windows and entrance doors, is prohibited in that area of the Town of Huntington within the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. Any exterior security gates legally installed prior to May 23, 1995, at any above-described premises must be removed immediately upon any change of ownership of said commercial premises or upon any change of tenancy at said commercial premises, whichever shall occur first.

Interior security gates and security gates on garage doors and building loading entrances shall not be prohibited.

Prohibited security gates may be appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals but may only be granted on a finding by said Board of extreme financial and/or security hardship caused to the owner and/or tenant of the premises by the lack of said gates at said premises.

Uses permitted in the I-1 Light Industry District as specified and limited in § 198-34.

Lumberyards, furniture and cabinet manufacture, but not general woodworking mills.

Laundries, dry-cleaning establishments and dyeing works, subject to the issuance of a special use permit by the Board of Appeals on findings by the Board pursuant to § 198-66.

No off-street loading area shall be located within a required front yard.

Towers and penthouses for the enclosure of machinery may be erected to a height not exceeding fifty (50) feet but shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet of ground area covered in any case.

Commercial athletic recreation and training facilities as identified and limited in § 198-34F(2)(a) through (d) inclusive, provided that all such uses are confined to the interior of a building. No athletic activities shall be conducted outside a building, in this district because of the minimum lot size and proximity to residential development.

The installation of exterior security gates on the front exterior of business storefronts, restaurants and offices, including both display windows and entrance doors, is prohibited in that area of the Town of Huntington within the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. Any exterior security gates legally installed prior to May 23, 1995, at any above-described premises must be removed immediately upon any change of ownership of said commercial premises or upon any change of tenancy at said commercial premises, whichever shall occur first.

Interior security gates and security gates on garage doors and building loading entrances shall not be prohibited.

Prohibited security gates may be appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals but may only be granted on a finding by said Board of extreme financial and/or security hardship caused to the owner and/or tenant of the premises by the lack of said gates at said premises.

Uses permitted in the I-1 Light Industry District.

Municipal storage and repair garages, municipal animal shelters, municipal incinerators.

Warehousing, wholesaling and storage yards, including lumberyards, building material and supply yards or contractors' equipment yards, provided that no storage or display of materials or goods shall be permitted in a required front yard nor within five (5) feet of any other property line or ten (10) feet of a residence district boundary. No storage shall extend above the height of the building nor shall it be greater than eight (8) feet in height when within twenty-five (25) feet of any residence district boundary. Storage containers shall provide the same setbacks as required for buildings pursuant to §§ 198-38 and 198-58F, whichever may be greater. No storage of any kind shall be allowed within twenty-five (25) feet of a front property line that is across the street from residential uses, and a dense evergreen buffer shall be required along such a property line(s). Landscaping along all other property lines shall be required in accordance with the Subdivision Regulations and Site improvement Specifications, by the Planning Board, during site plan review and approval.

Retail business establishments where permitted as a special exception by the Board of Appeals on findings pursuant to § 198-66.

Public utility facilities and installations, but not including generating stations.

Industrial uses not specifically mentioned elsewhere in this section, subject to the issuance of a special use permit by the Board of Appeals on findings pursuant to § 198-66. Such uses may include generally the storage and distribution of goods and the manufacturing, compounding, processing or packaging of products from raw materials processed elsewhere, provided that no nuisance or hazard shall be exerted upon residential districts by reason of fire or explosion, toxic or corrosive fumes, gas, smoke, odor, radioactivity or offensive noise, vibration or effluent.

Automobile wrecking and the baling, storage or processing of junk, scrap metal, paper and similar material where permitted as a special exception by the Board of Appeals upon findings by the Board pursuant to § 198-66.[1] No such activity shall be conducted within two hundred (200) feet of a residence district boundary and the entire premises devoted to such use shall be enclosed within a solid fence or planting screen not less than eight (8) feet in height. All baling and compressing shall be conducted indoors.

Advertising signs as regulated in Article XIV.

Accessory buildings and uses, including but not limited to storage buildings, identification signs as regulated in Article XIV, retail outlets accessory to a permitted industrial use, off-street parking and loading areas.

No parking area shall be located within twenty (20) feet of a residence district boundary.

No off-street loading area shall be located within a required front yard nor within twenty (20) feet of a residence district boundary.

A principal building may exceed forty-five (45) feet in height, provided that the depth of all required yards shall be increased two (2) feet for each foot of height in excess of forty-five (45) feet, but no building shall exceed seventy-five (75) feet in any case.

The installation of exterior security gates on the front exterior of business storefronts, restaurants and offices, including both display windows and entrance doors, is prohibited in that area of the Town of Huntington within the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. Any exterior security gates legally installed prior to May 23, 1995, at any above-described premises must be removed immediately upon any change of ownership of said commercial premises or upon any change of tenancy at said commercial premises, whichever shall occur first.

Interior security gates and security gates on garage doors and building loading entrances shall not be prohibited.

Prohibited security gates may be appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals but may only be granted on a finding by said Board of extreme financial and/or security hardship caused to the owner and/or tenant of the premises by the lack of said gates at said premises.

Generation of electrical energy, including facilities and appurtenances for the transmission and distribution thereof in the Town of Huntington and to other places, by a corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission of the State of New York.

Municipal uses and buildings.

Accessory buildings and uses, including but not limited to the storage of fuel and dock facilities for the receiving and discharge thereof, off-street parking and loading areas. All accessory buildings and uses, including the storage of fuel and dock facilities for the receiving and discharge of fuel and off-street parking and loading areas, shall be solely for the use of the operator of the generating facility and for no other purpose.

Marine biological laboratory for the propagation and cultivation of oysters and other shellfish, including pure and applied research and experimental production in the science of aquiculture. For the purpose of this section, a marine information center and museum operated in conjunction with the marine laboratory and in the same building, open to the public for a reasonable number of hours not less than six (6) days a week, of which no more than two (2) days shall be for group tours, shall be permitted as an accessory use.

Athletic fields, including soccer, baseball, lacrosse fields, etc., where no paved surfaces are required. Sufficient area shall be provided for parking and it shall be located on a designated area that is not paved with an impervious surface. At a minimum, forty (40) parking spaces per playing field shall be required. Drainage shall take place naturally, without catch basins or curbing, provided that a grading plan can be provided that will ensure that runoff will not cause erosion or flooding. Spectator seating may also be provided; however, such seating may not be visible from any adjacent residential zoned district. Accessory structures, including but not limited to storage shed (containers), bathroom facilities, irrigation facilities, refuse storage facilities, etc. shall be permitted. All such activities may take place no closer than one hundred (100) feet or more from any residence district boundary.

Whenever a peripheral screening area or buffer strip shown on an approved site plan of a premises in a Generating Station District is zoned for residential purposes and such buffer strip is owned by a corporation described in the use regulations of this section or by the Town of Huntington or any other municipal corporation, body, agency, authority or special improvement district thereof, such buffer strip shall be included in computing the required yards and building setbacks.

No building or premises shall be located within two hundred (200) feet of a property line or residence district boundary, except as provided in this section.

The installation of exterior security gates on the front exterior of business storefronts, restaurants and offices, including both display windows and entrance doors, is prohibited in that area of the Town of Huntington within the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. Any exterior security gates legally installed prior to May 23, 1995, at any above-described premises must be removed immediately upon any change of ownership of said commercial premises or upon any change of tenancy at said commercial premises, whichever shall occur first.

Interior security gates and security gates on garage doors and building loading entrances shall not be prohibited.

Prohibited security gates may be appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals but may only be granted on a finding by said Board of extreme financial and/or security hardship caused to the owner and/or tenant of the premises by the lack of said gates at said premises.