Islip City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIV
Use District Regulations: General Service C District
§ 68-181 Legislative intent.
[Amended 2-25-1992; 4-8-1997; 7-12-2022]
These provisions are intended to provide for appropriate locations for inpatient care for emergency medicine and the Town's aging population. Sites in the General Service C District are optimally placed on or in very close proximity to nonindustrial arterial highways, downtowns and/or recreational areas with the goals of minimizing response time for medical emergencies and offering recreational and social interaction for the patients, residents, and visitors of the listed permitted uses.
§ 68-181.1 Permitted uses.
[Added 7-12-2022]
In a General Service C District, 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:
§ 68-182 through § 68-183. (Reserved) [1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 68-182, Uses permitted by special permit from Town Board after public hearing, as amended 9-18-1973 and 8-27-1974, was repealed 11-1-1988. Former § 68-183, Uses permitted as special exception by Board of Appeals after public hearing, amended 11-1-1988, was repealed 4-8-1997.
§ 68-184 Accessory uses.
[Amended 4-8-1997]
Customary accessory uses, structures and buildings, provided that such uses are clearly incidental to the principal use and do not include activity commonly conducted as a business.
§ 68-184.1 Prohibited uses.
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 3-23-1999]
All uses not expressly permitted are prohibited.
§ 68-185 Height.
[Amended 4-8-1997; 9-11-2001; 9-19-2017]
A.
No building or structure shall be erected or altered to a height in excess of 35 feet or two stories.
B.
A hospital, skilled nursing facility, assisted-living facility, or continuum-care facility may be erected to a height in excess of 35 feet or two stories with the approval of the Town Board after due public hearing, and provided that the portion of the building which is erected in excess of 35 feet shall be set back one additional foot for each additional foot of height with relation to front yards, rear yards and side yards.
C.
Flagpoles shall not exceed 35 feet in height.
D.
No accessory building shall be erected or altered to a height in excess of 18 feet.
§ 68-186 Percentage of lot occupancy.
[Amended 11-1-1988; 7-20-2021]
The total building area, including all buildings, shall not exceed an FAR of 0.45.
§ 68-187 Area density.
[Amended 4-8-1997; 7-12-2022]
The minimum required lot area for a hospital, nursing home or skilled-nursing facility, adult home or assisted-living facility, or life-care community or continuum-care facility shall be 120,000 square feet. The minimum required lot area for other permitted uses shall be 30,000 square feet.
§ 68-188 Width of lot.
A.
The minimum required width of lot for all permitted uses shall be 150 feet throughout.
[Amended 4-8-1997]
B.
Exception. A lot need not have the required width throughout, so long as:
(1)
Said lot has the required width as measured parallel to and 40 feet back from the front property line, and
(2)
Said lot has frontage on a cul-de-sac or curvilinear road where the side lines of the lot are straight but not parallel, and has a minimum width of 50 feet at the front property line, and
(3)
Said lot otherwise complies with all requirements of this ordinance.
§ 68-189 Front yard.
A.
The minimum front yard setback for a hospital shall be 100 feet, unless arterial highway setback is greater (see Article XXXII). The minimum front yard setback for other permitted uses shall be 40 feet, unless arterial highway setback is greater.
[Amended 4-8-1997]
B.
Corner lots. All main buildings hereafter erected on a corner lot in a General Service C District shall also have a front yard facing the side street. This front yard shall be a minimum of 30 feet, unless arterial highway setback is greater (see Article XXXII).
§ 68-190 Side yards.
A.
Permitted buildings. All main buildings hereafter erected in a General Service C District shall have a side yard along each lot line other than a street or rear line. The sum of the width of the two side yards shall be 50 feet with a minimum width of either of such side yards of 25 feet. The required space of a side yard shall remain open and unobstructed except for permitted encroachments or other features of a strictly landscape or ornamental character or nature.
§ 68-191 Rear yard.
A.
All main buildings in a General Service C District shall have a minimum rear yard of 35 feet.
§ 68-192 Permitted encroachments.
The following encroachments are hereby permitted:
§ 68-193 Exterior site improvements, land clearing and parking.
[Amended 4-8-1997; 4-5-2005]
A.
The exterior site improvements and land clearing of property shall be regulated under the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations and Article XXXI of this chapter.
B.
A minimum buffer area of 25 feet in width, in accordance with Town standards, shall be provided and maintained adjacent to any residential zone or use.
§ 68-194 Fences.
(See Article XXX.)