Islandia City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Use District Regulations: Professional District
§ 177-67 Purpose.
It is the purpose of this article to permit the construction and reconstruction or renovation of existing structures for the uses set forth below. This use district designation is to be applied consistent with the standards set forth below in transitional areas adjacent to residential development along Motor Parkway and the service roads of the Long Island Expressway. This use district designation may be imposed by the Village Board in conjunction with or to the exclusion of all other use districts shown upon the Official Map[1] of the Village of Islandia.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Official Map is located at the end of this chapter.
§ 177-68 Permitted uses.
In a Professional District (P), no building, structure or premises shall be used or occupied and no building or part thereof or other structure shall be so erected or altered except for one or more of the following purposes:
A.
Professional office of:
(1)
Accountants.
(2)
Architects.
(3)
Artists.
(4)
Attorneys.
(5)
Audiologists.
(6)
Bookkeepers.
(7)
Chiropractors.
(8)
Dentists.
(9)
Draftsmen.
(10)
Engineers.
(11)
Income tax preparers.
(12)
Insurance agents or brokers.
(13)
Interior decorators.
(14)
Journalists.
(15)
Medical doctors.
(16)
Optometrists.
(17)
Osteopaths.
(18)
Podiatrists.
(19)
Photographers.
(20)
Physical therapists.
(21)
Real estate agents or brokers.
(22)
Surveyors.
B.
Professional offices of a person or persons determined by the Village Board of Appeals to be engaged in a profession similar to those set forth in subsection A above.
C.
Single-family detached dwelling.
D.
Accessory uses. Accessory uses shall include those uses customarily incident to any of the above uses when located on the same lot .
§ 177-69 Schedule of Dimensional Regulations.
This table is provided at the end of this chapter.
§ 177-70 Additional requirements.
For all permitted uses other than a single-family detached dwelling, the following additional requirements shall apply.
A.
No curb cuts or access shall be permitted to any residential streets, but only to the service roads of the Long Island Expressway, Motor Parkway or Old Nichols Road.
B.
There shall be a protective planting strip or buffer not less than 10 feet in width, when across the street from a residential zone and not less than 25 feet abutting a residential district use. No structure, storage or parking or other uses shall be permitted within this strip or buffer. Said buffer or strip shall be planted with evergreens or similar vegetation which, when planted, shall be at least six feet tall and when mature shall be maintained at a height of not less than eight feet so as to provide an effective natural screen between districts.
[Amended 2-1-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
C.
No signs shall be permitted upon any land or structure within the Professional District (P) with the exception of one sign per lot which shall bear only the name and occupation of the resident. Such sign shall have a maximum area of eight square feet and may be located on the building wall or in the front yard, provided that it is set back not less than 25 feet from any side line, that it is set back not less than 15 feet from the front lot line and that it is not more than six feet above the finished grade at its location.
D.
The site plan shall show, in addition to all other requirements of this chapter, the following:
(1)
The proposed lighting facilities for the safety of pedestrian and vehicular traffic with exterior spotlighting of buildings or grounds to be from shaded sources and located so that the light beams are not directed toward any lot in a residential district or toward a public highway.
E.
The maintenance of landscaped areas and parking areas shall be ensured through a covenant on the property.
F.
No building, structure, premises or lot in the Professional District (P) shall be used or occupied for any of the following principal or accessory uses: