Islandia City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
Use District Regulations: Office and Industrial Districts
§ 177-71 Intent.
A.
The intent of the Office District is to promote the orderly and harmonious development of land for high quality office uses and for service activities which support and add value to such uses in accordance with the objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan of the Village of Islandia, to discourage the development of retail or industrial related uses which may detract from the quality of such development or interfere with the functioning of the district and to ensure a high level of design and site development standards. The Village's potential growth is limited by its geographic location, the proximity of highly travelled major arteries, its limited fiscal resources and the limited physical capacity of its infrastructure. The Village intends to prevent excessive traffic on the streets of the Village and to reduce and control off-site traffic circulation.
B.
The intent of the Office/Industry District is to continue the orderly mixed-use development consisting of high quality, nonintensive light industrial and warehouse uses along with office development in accordance with appropriate standards of design and site development.
C.
The intent of the Industrial District is to allow for the development of more intensive industrial developments according to more permissive design and site development standards, but mindful of the need to protect the Village from adverse environmental impacts and safeguard the public health, safety and general welfare. Included among the specific objectives are the following:
(1)
To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations to meet the needs of the Village's expected future economy for all types of industrial and related activities, with due allowance for the need for the choice of sites.
(2)
To prohibit the development of residential or residentially related uses within the district and to provide adequate separation, transitional land uses and buffering where industrial districts are adjacent to residential districts.
(3)
To ensure industrial development which is free from danger of fire, explosions, toxic and noxious matter, radiation and other hazards and from offensive noise, vibrations, smoke, dust and other particulate matter, odorous matter, heat, humidity, glare and other objectionable influences by permitting such development in areas where this chapter restricts the emission of such nuisances without regard to the industrial products and process enveloped.
(4)
To protect adjacent residential and other areas and to protect the labor force in other establishments engaged in less offensive types of industry and related activities by restricting those activities which involve danger of fire, explosions, toxic and noxious matter, radiation and other hazards or create offensive noise, vibrations, smoke and other particulate matter, odorous matter, heat, humidity, glare and other objectionable influences to those limited areas which are appropriate therefor.
(5)
To protect existing industrial districts and neighboring districts from traffic congestion, noise, glare, vibration, odors, air pollution and unsightly views by incorporating sound standards of site development and design by placing limits on the size, location and configuration of site development elements, including buildings, loading, on-site circulation, off-street parking and storage.
(6)
To promote the most desirable use of land in accord with a well-considered plan, to promote stability of industry and related development, to strengthen the economic base of the Village, to protect the character of the district and its particular suitability for particular uses and to conserve the value of land and buildings.
§ 177-72 Office and Industrial Districts: Table of Use Regulations.
This table is provided at the end of this chapter.
§ 177-73 Prohibited uses in Office and Industrial Districts.
[Amended 3-4-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008]
B.
In an Office District, Office/Industry District or Industrial District, the following uses are prohibited:
(1)
One-family dwelling.
(2)
Two-family dwelling.
(3)
Apartment house, Townhouse.
(4)
Boardinghouse or rooming house.
(5)
Nursing home, convalescent home.
(6)
Retail stores.
(7)
Wholesale/retail uses.
(8)
Game room.
(9)
Indoor- or outdoor movie theatre.
(10)
Rest home, hospital, independent out-of-hospital health facility, nursing home or other residential health-care facility and institutional dispenser of controlled substances or sanatorium, philanthropic institution, penal or correctional institution, mortuary or undertaking parlor or mobile home park.
(11)
The following heavy industrial uses shall also be prohibited.
(a)
Abattoirs or stockyards and poultry slaughterhouses or live storage of poultry.
(b)
Acetylene gas manufacturing.
(c)
Ammonia, chloride, or bleaching powder manufacturing.
(d)
Ammonia, bleaching powder or other chemical plants emitting corrosive or toxic fumes carrying beyond the limits of premises.
(e)
Asphalt plants, including plants for the mixing and stabilization of bituminous road material or similar activities.
(f)
Assaying, other than gold or silver.
(g)
Bag cleaning.
(h)
Blast furnaces.
(i)
Blooming or rolling mill.
(j)
Brick, tile or terra-cotta manufacturing.
(k)
Celluloid manufacture.
(l)
Cement, lime gypsum, plaster or plaster of paris manufacture.
(m)
Chlorine or hydrochloric, nitric, picric or sulfuric acid manufacture or storage.
(n)
Crematory.
(o)
Creosote manufacture or pressure or steam treatment of products with creosote.
(p)
Disinfectant or insecticide manufacture.
(q)
Distillation of coal, petroleum, tar, refuse, grain, wood or bones, except when conducted in a laboratory for research or analysis purposes.
(r)
Duck farms.
(s)
Dumping of dead animal offal, garbage or rubbish.
(t)
Dyestuff manufacturing, dyeing, textile converting and finishing plants.
(u)
Electric central station power plant.
(v)
Emery cloth manufacturing or sandpaper manufacturing.
(w)
Explosives manufacture.
(x)
Fertilizer manufacturing.
(y)
Foundries, boiler shop.
(z)
Glue, sizing or gelatin manufacturing.
(aa)
Lampblack manufacturing.
(bb)
Linoleum or oilcloth manufacturing.
(cc)
Meat packing, distillation of bones, fat rendering and manufacture of tallow, greases, oils, lard or associated products, fertilizer manufacture, hair manufacture, offal or dead animal.
(dd)
Ore reduction or the smelting of iron, copper, tin, zinc, lead or any other metal.
(ee)
Oxygen manufacture.
(ff)
Paint, oil, varnish, turpentine, shellac, printing ink or enamel manufacture.
(gg)
Paper manufacture.
(hh)
Petroleum or kerosene refining, cracking or washing or distillation of derivative by-products.
(ii)
Pickle, sauerkraut or vinegar manufacture.
(jj)
Piggery, pigpens, pigsty or pig farm.
(kk)
Producing, processing, extraction or temporary or permanent storage of radioactive materials.
(ll)
Rubber or gutta-percha manufacturing from crude or scrap materials or the synthetic manufacture thereof.
§ 177-74 Office and Industrial Districts: Schedule of Dimensional Regulations.
This table is provided at the end of this chapter.
§ 177-76 Accessory uses in the Office and Industrial Districts.
A.
The following uses shall be permitted when located on the same lot as the authorized use:
[Amended 3-4-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008]
District | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Use Classification | O | OI | I |
Building for storing products, merchandise or vehicles incidental or accessory to the authorized use. | -- | P | P |
Signs as permitted and regulated under Article XIII. | P | P | P |
Outdoor storage of vehicles incidental to the use of the structure or site. | -- | P | P |
Other customary accessory uses, structures and buildings, provided that such uses are clearly incidental to the principal use and do not include any activity commonly conducted as a business. | SP | P | P |
Flagpoles as regulated under § 177-76B. | P | P | P |
Accessory service uses intended to complement any of the permitted uses and are designated to be for the primary use of employees, visitors and/or clients of the office occupants. Possible uses include: barber shop, beauty salon, draft service, quick reproduction service, cafeteria and/or coffee shop or snack bar, apothecary, communications facilities, recreational facilities for use by employees only and other such uses as determined by the Village Board to be in keeping with the spirit and intent of this section. | SP | SP | SP |
KEY: | |
P | Permitted |
SP | Special permit from Village Board after public hearing |
-- | Not permitted |
B.
Flagpoles are subject to the following restrictions:
(1)
The height of a flagpole shall not exceed 60 feet. If placed in the front yard, it shall have a required setback of either 20 feet or one-half (1/2) the height of the pole, whichever is greater, from the front yard property line. The size of the flag shall conform with the provisions of the Metal Flagpole Manual published by the National Association of Architectural Metal Manufacturers (NAAMM).
(2)
Only a banner, flag, pennant or insignia of a governmental institution can be flown. No other banner, flag, pennant or insignia can be flown.
(3)
The flag etiquette shall conform with the Public Law as amended on July 7, 1976, by the 94th Congress of the United States and any subsequent amendments thereto.
C.
Any accessory building shall be located on the same lot with the principal building, and no accessory building shall be constructed on a lot until the construction of the principal building has actually been commenced, and no accessory building shall be used unless the principal building on the lot is completed and used.
D.
Whenever a use has been authorized by a special permit, no accessory use shall be permitted unless the same shall have been specifically authorized by that board that authorized the use.
[Amended 2-1-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
E.
Accessory service uses permitted when intended to complement any of the permitted uses and designated to be for the primary use of employees, visitors and/or clients of the office occupants are subject to the following additional criteria:
(1)
The premises provided for such accessory service uses shall be included within the principal buildings and shall not be located in a separate or attached building, except for outside playing fields for recreational purposes.
(2)
Not more than 10% of the gross floor area of any principal office building may be occupied by accessory service uses.
(3)
No accessory service use shall have an individual outside entrance nor shall there be any display of advertising signs or merchandise visible from outside the building.
§ 177-77 (Reserved) [1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 177-77, Adult uses, as amended, was repealed 8-26-2008 by L.L. No. 4-2008.