(a)

Statement of purpose. The purpose of the low density residential district, herein called the R-1 district, shall be to:

(1)

Recognize and protect those developing, developed and underdeveloped areas of the town where conventionally built single-family residential uses are in accordance with the master plan.

(2)

Implement the master plan by encouraging the development of single-family dwellings in these areas.

(3)

Promote and encourage a suitable environment for family life where children are members of most families.

(4)

Provide for adequate light and air for structures on contiguous properties.

(5)

Allow for construction of single-family dwellings.

(6)

Prohibit all activities of a commercial nature, except customary home occupations where approved by the board of trustees.

(b)

Uses permitted.

(1)

Single-family, detached dwellings;

(2)

Additional dwelling units in accordance with article XII of this chapter;

(3)

Accessory buildings and uses; and

(4)

Public utilities (Mains, transmission and distribution lines, substations and exchanges only).

(c)

Uses permitted subject to a public hearing before the planning and zoning commissions and approval by the board of trustees.

(1)

Child care centers;

(2)

Home occupations;

(3)

Public schools, libraries, parks, playgrounds and recreational areas;

(4)

Private schools;

(5)

Churches, synagogues, chapels and temples; and

(6)

Private golf courses, tennis clubs and country clubs.

(d)

Site plan requirements. Site plans shall be required for all developments in this district, other than single-family detached dwellings, pursuant to this chapter, and shall be submitted in accordance with article VI of this chapter.

(e)

Minimum area of site per dwelling unit: 6,000 square feet.

(f)

Maximum density: 5.8 dwelling units per acre.

(g)

Minimum lot width.

(1)

Per detached building: 60 feet.

(2)

The minimum frontage of 60 feet may be reduced to a minimum of 50 feet if the location of the lot is situated on a cul-de-sac or similarly curved frontage, provided that, at the required front yard setback line, the width of the lot shall be at least equal to the specified minimum frontage of 60 feet.

(h)

Minimum front yard (also see section 16-89).

(1)

Principal buildings: 25 feet;

(2)

Accessory buildings shall not extend beyond the front of the principal building located thereon; and

(3)

Utility sheds: prohibited in front yard.

(i)

Minimum side yard:

(1)

Principal buildings: five feet on each side, except when abutting a street, then 15 feet;

(2)

Accessory buildings: five feet on each side, except when abutting a street, then 15 feet; and

(3)

Utility sheds: none, except if a utility shed is within six feet of another structure, in which case a minimum setback of five feet shall apply.

(j)

Minimum rear yard (also see section 16-90).

(1)

Principal buildings: 25 feet;

(2)

Accessory buildings: five feet on each side, except when abutting a street, then 15 feet; and

(3)

Utility sheds: none.

(k)

Floor area ratio: not to exceed 0.4.

(l)

Minimum open space: 30 percent of lot area.

(m)

Building and/or structure height:

(1)

Maximum:

a.

Principal buildings: 35 feet;

b.

Accessory buildings: no higher than principal building; and

c.

Utility sheds: ten feet.

(2)

Minimum: one story above ground.

(Prior zoning regs., § 301; Code 1992, § 16-51; Ord. No. 1-1992, § 1; Ord. No. 6-2024, § 2, 4-23-2024; Ord. No. 1-2025, § 2, 2-11-2025)

(a)

Statement of purpose. The purpose of the medium density residential district, herein called the R-2 district, shall be to:

(1)

Recognize and protect those developing, developed and underdeveloped areas of the town where both single-family and multiple-family residential uses are in accordance with the master plan.

(2)

Implement the master plan by encouraging the development of both single-family and multiple-family dwellings in these areas.

(3)

Promote and encourage a suitable environment for family life where children are members of many families.

(4)

Make available a housing type which will appeal to those persons desiring to live in low to moderate density living conditions with an adequate amount of useable open space.

(5)

Provide for adequate light and air for structures on contiguous properties.

(6)

Encourage the location of these districts so that they will act as a transition in density between the R-1, R-3 and commercial or compatible industrial areas and so that they will help reinforce the economic viability of the central business district (CBD).

(7)

Prohibit all activities of a commercial nature, except customary home occupations where approved by the board of trustees.

(b)

Uses permitted.

(1)

Any uses permitted in the R-1 district;

(2)

Attached single-family dwellings;

(3)

Two-family dwellings; and

(4)

Multiple-family dwellings.

(c)

Uses permitted subject to a public hearing before the planning and zoning commissions and approval by the board of trustees.

(1)

Any uses permitted subject to a public hearing in the R-1 district; and

(2)

Roominghouses and boardinghouses.

(d)

Site plan requirements. Site plans shall be required for all developments pursuant to this chapter and shall be submitted in accordance with article VI of this chapter.

(e)

Minimum area of site per dwelling unit.

(1)

Single-family dwelling: 5,000 square feet;

(2)

Two-family dwelling: 5,000 square feet; and

(3)

Multiple-family dwelling.

a.

Three bedrooms or over: 5,000 square feet;

b.

Two bedrooms: 3,500 square feet; and

c.

One bedroom or efficiency: 2,500 square feet.

(f)

Maximum density: 8.7 dwelling units per acre.

(g)

Minimum lot width.

(1)

Single-family dwelling: 50 feet;

(2)

Two-family dwelling: 75 feet; and

(3)

Multiple-family dwelling: 100 feet.

(h)

Minimum front yard (also see section 16-89):

(1)

Principal buildings: 25 feet;

(2)

Accessory buildings: shall not extend beyond the front of the principal building located thereon; and

(3)

Utility sheds: prohibited in front yard.

(i)

Minimum side yard.

(1)

Principal buildings: five feet on each side, except when abutting a street, then 15 feet;

(2)

Accessory buildings: five feet on each side, except where abutting a street, then 15 feet; and

(3)

Utility sheds: none, except if a utility shed is within six feet of another structure, in which case a minimum setback of five feet shall apply.

(j)

Minimum rear yard (also see section 16-90).

(1)

Principal buildings: 25 feet;

(2)

Accessory buildings: five feet on each side, except where abutting a street, then 15 feet; and

(3)

Utility sheds: none.

(k)

Floor area ratio: not to exceed 0.5.

(l)

Minimum open space: 25 percent of the total development.

(m)

Building and/or structure height.

(1)

Maximum:

a.

Principal buildings: 35 feet;

b.

Accessory buildings: no higher than principal building;

c.

Utility sheds: ten feet.

(2)

Minimum: one story above ground.

(Prior zoning regs., § 302; Code 1992, § 16-52; Ord. No. 1-1992, § 1)

(a)

Statement of purpose. The purpose of the high density residential district, herein called the R-3 district, shall be to:

(1)

Recognize and protect those developing, developed and underdeveloped areas of the town where high density single-family and multiple-family residential uses are in accordance with the master plan.

(2)

Implement the master plan by encouraging the development of high density single-family and multiple-family dwellings in these areas.

(3)

Promote and encourage a suitable environment for family life where children may be members of many families.

(4)

Make available a housing type which will appeal to those persons desiring to live in moderate to high density living conditions with an adequate amount of useable open space.

(5)

Provide for adequate light and air for structures on contiguous properties.

(6)

Encourage the location of these districts in a position so that they will act as a transition in density between R-1/R-2 and commercial and compatible industrial areas, and so that they will help reinforce the economic viability of commercial development.

(7)

Prohibit all activities of a commercial nature, except customary home occupations where approved by the board of trustees.

(b)

Uses permitted. Any uses permitted in the R-1 and R-2 districts; all uses permitted in the R-1 and R-2 districts must conform to the requirements set forth in section 16-51 or 16-52, respectively.

(c)

Uses permitted subject to a public hearing before the planning and zoning commissions and approval by the board of trustees.

(1)

Any uses permitted subject to a public hearing in the R-1 or R-2 district.

(2)

Hospitals, sanitariums, philanthropic, and eleemosynary institutions, provided that no such use shall be established or permitted on a parcel of land less than two acres in area, and provided that no main building shall be less than 100 feet from the property line of any other lot in a residential district.

(3)

Nursing or rest homes, provided that 200 square feet of defined outside recreational space shall be supplied and maintained for each two beds of the maximum bed capacity of the building, which required space shall be in addition to required off-street parking area and minimum setback area.

(4)

Medical clinics.

(5)

Institutions for higher education.

(d)

Site plan requirements. Site plans shall be required for all developments pursuant to this chapter and shall be submitted in accordance with article VI of this chapter.

(e)

Minimum area of site per dwelling unit: 2,000 square feet.

(f)

Density.

(1)

Minimum: 8.7 dwelling units per acre; and

(2)

Maximum: 14 dwelling units per acre.

(g)

Minimum lot width: 90 feet.

(h)

Minimum front yard (also see section 16-89):

(1)

Principal buildings: 25 feet;

(2)

Accessory buildings: 25 feet; and

(3)

Utility sheds: prohibited in front yard.

(i)

Minimum side yard.

(1)

Principal buildings: ten feet on each side, except when abutting a street, then 15 feet;

(2)

Accessory buildings: ten feet on each side, except where abutting a street, then 15 feet; and

(3)

Utility sheds: none, except if utility shed is within six feet of another structure, in which case a minimum setback of five feet shall apply.

(j)

Minimum rear yard (also see section 16-90).

(1)

Principal buildings: 25 feet;

(2)

Accessory buildings: five feet on each side, except where abutting a street, then 15 feet; and

(3)

Utility sheds: none.

(k)

Floor area ratio: none.

(l)

Minimum open space: 25 percent of the total development.

(m)

Building and/or structure height.

(1)

Maximum: 50 feet; and

(2)

Minimum: one story above ground.

(n)

Landscaping. Planting and landscaping suitable to the planning and zoning commissions and the board of trustees shall be provided in areas required as setback under the provisions of this chapter, and in accordance with subsections (h) and (i) of this section and section 16-92.

(Prior zoning regs., § 303; Code 1992, § 16-53; Ord. No. 1-1992, § 1)

(a)

Statement of purpose. The central business district is intended to reinforce downtown as the center of the commercial activity in the town. It is directed toward pedestrian-oriented business.

(b)

Uses are permitted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and shall be submitted in accordance with article VI of this chapter.

(1)

Retail uses, except for those outlined in subsection (d) of this section;

(2)

Financial offices;

(3)

Professional and general business offices;

(4)

Medical and dental clinics;

(5)

Personal service shops; and

(6)

Residential uses of a density of 15 units per acre or greater, or when they are provided in conjunction with a commercial use, are designed as a unified complementary whole, and are functionally integrated to the use of vehicular and pedestrian access and parking areas.

(c)

Uses permitted subject to a public hearing before the planning and zoning commissions and approval by the board of trustees.

(1)

Membership clubs;

(2)

Schools and cultural facilities;

(3)

Hotels and motels;

(4)

Theaters, night clubs, bars, taverns and lounges;

(5)

Public utilities;

(6)

Restaurants;

(7)

Boardinghouses and roominghouses;

(8)

Amusement and recreation facilities;

(9)

Any drive-up facility where occupants of a vehicle may make use of the service or retail business without leaving their vehicles;

(10)

Any uses allowed by right and any uses permitted subject to a public hearing in the R-1, R-2 or R-3 district.

(d)

Retail uses not permitted in the central business district zone. The following land intensive commercial uses shall not be permitted within the central business district zone:

(1)

New and used car sales;

(2)

Trailer sales;

(3)

Building material sales; and

(4)

Junkyard and salvage operations.

(e)

Site plan requirements. Site plans shall be required for all developments pursuant to this chapter and shall be submitted in accordance with article VI of this chapter.

(f)

General requirements.

(1)

Goods sold shall consist primarily of new merchandise, and any goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises unless otherwise permitted herein for special uses.

(2)

Processes and equipment employed and goods processed or sold shall be limited to those which are not objectionable by reason of odor, junk, dust, smoke, cinders, gas, noise, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried wastes, as determined by the board of trustees.

(g)

Minimum lot area: none.

(h)

Minimum lot width: none.

(i)

Minimum front yard: none, unless frontage of one side of a street between two intersecting streets is zoned partly as residential and partly as business, then the setback requirement of 25 feet shall apply.

(j)

Minimum side yard: none, unless one side of a street between two intersecting streets is zoned partly as residential and partly as business, then a setback requirement of 25 feet shall apply.

(k)

Minimum rear yard: none.

(l)

Maximum building and/or structure height: 50 feet.

(m)

Landscaping. Planting and landscaping suitable to the planning and zoning commissions and the board of trustees shall be provided in areas required as setback under the provisions of this chapter, and in accordance with subsections (h) and (i) of this section and section 16-92.

(n)

Storage. No outside storage of any kind shall be allowed, except items arranged and displayed for sale.

(Prior zoning regs., § 304; Code 1992, § 16-54; Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1)

(a)

Statement of purpose. The commercial district is intended to ensure the provision of essential retail services to the town, while differentiating between the function of outlying commercial areas and the central business district. The commercial district is directed toward auto-oriented business.

(b)

Uses permitted pursuant to provisions of this chapter and shall be submitted in accordance with article VI of this chapter.

(1)

Public utilities.

(2)

Nurseries and greenhouses.

(3)

Public and private schools.

(4)

Police and fire stations.

(5)

New and used car sales.

(6)

Trailer sales.

(7)

Building material sales.

(8)

Any drive-up facility where occupants of a vehicle may make use of the service or retail business without leaving their vehicle.

(c)

Uses permitted subject to a public hearing before the planning and zoning commissions and approval by the board of trustees.

(1)

Membership clubs.

(2)

Hotels and motels.

(3)

Theaters, nightclubs, bars, taverns and lounges.

(4)

Retail uses.

(5)

Financial offices.

(6)

Professional and general business offices.

(7)

Medical and dental clinics.

(8)

Restaurants.

(9)

Schools and cultural facilities.

(10)

Personal service shops.

(11)

Amusement and recreation facilities.

(12)

Boardinghouses and roominghouses.

(13)

Small animal hospitals or clinics.

(14)

Gasoline sale and servicing stations.

(15)

Repair and servicing facilities such as vehicles, appliances, etc.

(16)

Flea markets, pawnshops or any facility for the sale of secondhand merchandise, excluding used vehicles.

(17)

Any uses allowed by right and any uses permitted subject to a public hearing in the R-1, R-2 or R-3 district.

(d)

Uses not permitted in the commercial district zone. Junkyard and salvage operations.

(e)

Site plan requirements. Site plans shall be required for all developments pursuant to this chapter and shall be submitted in accordance with article VI of this chapter.

(f)

General requirements.

(1)

Goods sold shall consist primarily of new merchandise, and any goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises unless otherwise permitted herein for special uses.

(2)

Processes and equipment employed and goods processed or sold shall be limited to those which are not objectionable by reason of odor, junk, dust, smoke, cinders, gas, noise, vibration. refuse matter or water-carried wastes, as determined by the planning and zoning commissions.

(g)

Minimum lot area: none.

(h)

Minimum lot width: 50 feet.

(i)

Minimum front yard (also see section 16-89): 25 feet.

(j)

Minimum side yard.

(1)

None, except when abutting street, then 25 feet;

(2)

Interior side yard: None, except between commercial and residential zoned districts, then 25 feet.

(k)

Minimum rear yard (also see section 16-90).

(1)

None, except when abutting street, then 25 feet;

(2)

Between commercial and residential zoned districts, then 25 feet.

(l)

Maximum floor area.

(1)

Per unit for motels and hotels: 300 square feet;

(2)

Per occupant for roominghouses and boardinghouses: 200 square feet; and

(3)

All other permitted uses: 300 square feet.

(m)

Maximum building and/or structure height: 50 feet.

(n)

Landscaping. Planting and landscaping suitable to the planning and zoning commissions and the board of trustees shall be provided in areas required as setback under the provisions of this chapter, and in accordance with subsections (h) and (i) of this section and section 16-92.

(o)

Storage. No outside storage of any kind shall be allowed, except items arranged and displayed for sale.

(Prior zoning regs., § 305; Code 1992, § 16-55; Ord. No. 1-1992, § 1; Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1; Ord. No. 6-2004, § 1)

(a)

Statement of purpose. The light industrial district is intended for storage and warehousing of goods assembled at a heavy industrial site or the manufacture of parts without the use of heavy equipment.

(b)

Natural medicine businesses in accordance with article XIII of this chapter.

(1)

The manufacture of parts without the use of heavy equipment.

(2)

Sale at wholesale or storage. The sale at wholesale, the warehousing and/or storage of any commodity, except live animals, junkyards, salvage operations, commercial explosives or aboveground bulk storage of flammable liquids or gases, unless and only to the extent that such storage of liquids or gases is directly connected to energy or heating devices on the premises or to serve adjacent railroad locomotives.

(3)

Sale at retail. The sale at retail of hardware; any commodity manufactured, processed, fabricated or warehoused only on the premises, equipment, supplies and materials (except commercial explosives) for agriculture, mining, industry, business transportation, building and other construction, except junkyards and salvage operations.

(4)

Repair, rental and servicing. The repair, rental and servicing of any commodity.

(5)

Laboratory.

(6)

Office.

(7)

Parking or storage of operable motor vehicles; need not be enclosed but any unenclosed portion shall meet all specifications for maintenance of off-street parking space.

(8)

Railroad facilities need not be enclosed. This does not include shop facility areas.

(9)

Telephone exchange.

(10)

Ambulance service.

(c)

Uses permitted subject to a public hearing before the planning and zoning commissions and approval by the board of trustees.

(1)

Any uses permitted or uses permitted subject to a public hearing in the commercial district.

(2)

Restaurant.

(3)

Small animal hospital, clinic or kennel.

(4)

Any uses allowed by right and any uses permitted subject to a public hearing in the R-1, R-2 or R-3 district.

(d)

Site plan requirements. Site plans for utilization of I-1 zoned lots shall be required, shall conform to this chapter and shall be submitted in accordance with article VI of this chapter, with the following additions (also see subsection (n) of this section):

(1)

A landscape plan, pursuant to the requirements of this chapter, and in accordance with subsection (j) of this section and section 16-92.

(2)

Documentation of mitigation procedures for vibration, heat, glare and fumes, pursuant to subsection (e)(2) and (3) of this section.

(e)

Limitations on external effect of uses. Every use in the I-1 district shall be made to comply with the following limitations:

(1)

Enclosure of uses. Every use, unless expressly exempted by this section, shall be operated in its entirety within a completely enclosed structure or screened area; the exemption of a use for the requirement of enclosure will be indicated by the phrase "need not be enclosed" appearing after any use exempted.

(2)

Vibration generated. Every use shall be operated so that the ground vibration inherently and recurrently generated is not perceptible, without instruments, at any point of any boundary line of the zone lot on which the use is located.

(3)

Emission of heat, glare, radiation and fumes. Every use shall be so operated that it does not emit any obnoxious or dangerous degree of heat, glare, radiation or fumes beyond any boundary line of the zone lot on which the use is located.

(4)

Outdoor storage and waste disposal shall be prohibited.

(f)

Maximum gross area in structures. The sum total of the gross floor area of all structures on a zone lot in an I-1 district, excluding the gross floor area of off-street parking garage space, shall not exceed one-half of the zone lot on which the structures are located.

(g)

Maximum building and/or structure height: 50 feet. Exception: There shall be no height restrictions for any building/structure in an I-1 district if said building/structure lies 1,000 feet or more from a residentially zoned parcel, or ground measured by a straight line drawn from the nearest zone lot line. Nothing contained in this exception shall abrogate those applicable requirements found in the building code as adopted by the town.

(h)

Approach drives. Curb cuts for approach drives or for other purposes in I-1 districts will not be allowed on streets which separate residential zones from industrial zones.

(i)

Setbacks. The space resulting from the following setbacks shall be open and unobstructed in I-1 districts, except for provisions of subsection (j) of this section:

(1)

Minimum front yard: 25 feet.

(2)

Minimum side yard.

a.

None, except when abutting street, then 25 feet; and

b.

Interior side yard: none, except between industrial and residential zoned districts, then 25 feet.

(3)

Minimum rear yard: None, except when abutting a street or between industrial and residential zoned districts, then 25 feet.

(j)

Landscape requirements. Planting and landscaping suitable to the planning and zoning commissions and the board of trustees shall be provided in areas required as setback under the provisions of this chapter, and in accordance with subsections (i)(1) and (2) of this section and section 16-92.

(k)

Accessory uses permitted. Incidental only to a permitted use, any use which complies with all of the following conditions may be operated as an accessory use in the I-1 district:

(1)

Is clearly incidental and customary to and commonly associated with operation of the permitted use;

(2)

Is operated and maintained under the same ownership, or lessees or concessionaires thereof, and on the same zone lot as the permitted use;

(3)

Does not include structures or structural features inconsistent with the permitted use;

(4)

Does not include residential occupancy, except for caretakers or watchmen;

(5)

If operated partially or entirely in detached structures, such detached structures shall be limited to a gross floor area of not more than ten percent of the area of the zone lot on which the permitted use is located; and

(6)

If operated partially or entirely within the structure containing the permitted use, the gross floor area within such structure utilized by accessory uses (except garages, loading docks and company dining rooms) shall not be greater than ten percent of the gross floor area of the structure.

(l)

Public utilities. Public utility facilities may be constructed and maintained in any industrial district.

(m)

Noise. Every use in the I-1 district shall be so operated that the volume of sound inherently and recurrently generated does not exceed the following conditions as measured from any point of the boundary line of the zone lot on which the use is located:

(n)

Additional requirements. The application for the I-1 district use shall be accompanied by the following additional information:

(1)

Location of storage areas and waste disposal area.

(2)

Plans for disposal of sewage or other wastes.

(3)

Plans for water supply.

(4)

Plans showing drainage and drainage facilities.

(5)

Architectural elevations of any proposed buildings.

(6)

Proposed number of shifts to be worked and maximum number of employees per shift.

(Prior zoning regs., § 306; Code 1992, § 16-56; Ord. No. 1-1992, § 1; Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1; Ord. No. 3-2025, § 2, 2-11-2025)

(a)

Statement of purpose. The heavy industrial district is intended for the manufacture or assembly of goods with heavy equipment which omits noise or pollution.

(b)

Uses permitted. All uses are subject to a public hearing. See subsection (c) of this section.

(c)

Uses permitted subject to a public hearing pursuant to this chapter and submitted in accordance with article VI of this chapter and article XIII of this chapter in the case of natural medicine business uses. A lot, parcel or tract of land may be used, and/or buildings or structures may be erected, altered or remodeled and used for a use that is determined by the planning and zoning commissions and approved by the board of trustees. This use shall not be injurious and offensive to the occupants of adjacent premises by reason of emission or creation of excessive noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter, toxic, noxious materials, radiation, odors, fire or explosive hazards, glare or heat, and shall be in compliance with all other ordinances and/or codes of the town.

(d)

Site plan requirements. Site plans for utilization of I-2 zoned lots shall be required, shall conform to this chapter, and shall be submitted in accordance with article VI of this chapter, with the following addition (also see subsection (n) of this section):

(1)

A landscape plan, pursuant to the requirements of this chapter, and in accordance with subsection (j) of this section and section 16-92.

(2)

Documentation of mitigation procedures for vibration, heat, glare and fumes pursuant to subsection (e)(2) and (3) of this section.

(3)

Documentation of outdoor storage and waste disposal measures pursuant to subsection (e)(4) of this section.

(e)

Limitations on external effects of uses. Every use in the I-2 district shall be made to comply with the following limitations:

(1)

Enclosure of uses. Every use, unless expressly made exempt by this section, shall be operated in its entirety within a completely enclosed structure or screened area; the exemption of a use for the requirement of enclosure will be indicated by the phrase "need not be enclosed," appearing after any use exempted.

(2)

Vibration generated. Every use shall be operated so that the ground vibration inherently and recurrently generated is not perceptible, without instruments, at any point of any boundary line of the zone lot on which the use is located.

(3)

Emission of heat, glare, radiation and fumes. Every use shall be so operated that it does not omit any obnoxious or dangerous degree of heat, glare, radiation or fumes beyond any boundary line of the zone lot on which the use is located.

(4)

Outdoor storage and waste disposal.

a.

No highly inflammable or explosive liquids, solids or gases shall be stored in bulk above ground. Tanks or drums of fuel directly connected with heating devices or appliances located on the same lot on which the tanks or drums of fuel are excluded from this provision.

b.

All outdoor storage facilities for fuel, raw materials and products shall be enclosed by a fence or wall adequate to conceal such facilities from adjacent property.

c.

No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a zone lot in such form or manner that they may be transferred off the zone lot by natural causes or forces.

d.

All materials or wastes which might cause fumes or dust, which constitute a fire hazard, or which may be edible by or otherwise be attractive to rodents or insects shall be stored outdoors only in closed containers.

(f)

Maximum gross area of structures. The sum total of the gross floor area of all structures on a zone lot in an I-2 district, excluding the gross floor area of off-street parking garage space, shall not exceed one-half of the zone lot on which the structures are located.

(g)

Maximum building and/or structure height: 50 feet. Exception: There shall be no height restrictions for any structure in an I-2 district if said structure lies 1,000 feet or more from a residentially zoned parcel or ground measured by a straight line drawn from the nearest zone lot line. Nothing contained in this exception shall abrogate those applicable requirements found in the building code as adopted by the town.

(h)

Approach drives. Curb cuts for approach drives or for other purposes in I-2 districts will not be allowed on streets which separate residential zones from industrial zones.

(i)

Setbacks. The space resulting from the following setbacks shall be open and unobstructed in I-2 districts, except for provisions of subsection (j) of this section:

(1)

Minimum front yard: 25 feet.

(2)

Minimum side yard.

a.

None, except when abutting street, then 25 feet; and

b.

Interior side yard: none, except between industrial and residential zoned districts, then 25 feet.

(3)

Minimum rear yard: none, except when abutting a street or between industrial and residential zoned districts, then 25 feet.

(j)

Landscape requirements. Planting and landscaping suitable to the planning and zoning commissions and the board of trustees shall be provided in areas required as setback under the provisions of this chapter, and in accordance with subsections (i)(1) and (2) of this section and section 16-92.

(k)

Accessory uses permitted. Incidental only to a permitted use, any use which complies with all of the following conditions may be operated as an accessory use in the I-2 district:

(1)

Is clearly incidental and customary to and commonly associated with operation of the permitted use.

(2)

Is operated and maintained under the same ownership, or lessees or concessionaires thereof, and on the same zone lot as the permitted use.

(3)

Does not include structures or structural features inconsistent with the permitted use.

(4)

Does not include residential occupancy except for caretakers or watchmen.

(5)

If operated partially or entirely in detached structures, such detached structures shall be limited to a gross floor area of not more than ten percent of the area of the zone lot on which the permitted use is located.

(6)

If operated partially or entirely within the structure containing the permitted use, the gross floor area within such structure utilized by accessory uses (except garages, loading docks and company dining rooms) shall not be greater than ten percent of the gross floor area of the structure.

(l)

Public utilities. Public utility facilities may be constructed and maintained in any industrial district.

(m)

Noise. Every use in the I-2 district shall be so operated that the volume of sound inherently and recurrently generated does not exceed the following conditions as measured from any point of the boundary line of the zone lot on which the use is located:

(n)

Additional requirements. The application for the I-2 district use shall be accompanied by the following additional information:

(1)

Location of storage areas and waste disposal area.

(2)

Plans for disposal of sewage or other wastes.

(3)

Plans for water supply.

(4)

Plans showing drainage and drainage facilities.

(5)

Architectural elevations of any proposed buildings.

(6)

Proposed number of shifts to be worked, and maximum number of employees per shift.

(Prior zoning regs., § 307; Code 1992, § 16-57; Ord. No. 1-1992, § 1; Ord. No. 3-2025, § 3, 2-11-2025)

(a)

Statement of purpose. The parks and open space district is intended for large open land areas which, by reason of topographic features, proximity to a natural drainage course, or other natural or manmade features, may be either unsuitable for customary density of construction or use, or suitable for preservation as a park or as an open space area.

(b)

Uses permitted.

(1)

Public parks, playgrounds and recreational areas; and

(2)

Public and private open space areas.

(c)

Uses permitted subject to a public hearing before the planning and zoning commissions and approval by the board of trustees:

(1)

Any open uses intended to provide amusement, entertainment or recreation on the payment of a fee or admission charge;

(2)

Plant husbandry and sale of produce and plants raised on the premises;

(3)

Plant and tree nurseries and greenhouses;

(4)

Governmental reservations;

(5)

Campgrounds;

(6)

Cemeteries, crematories, mausoleums and columbariums;

(7)

Riding academies; and

(8)

Accessory uses. All uses which are incidental only to the permitted use and which comply with all of the following conditions, may be operated as an accessory use in any parks and open space district.

a.

Is clearly incidental and customary to and commonly associated with the permitted use;

b.

Is operated and maintained under the same ownership and on the same building site as the permitted use;

c.

Does not include structures or structural features inconsistent with the permitted use; and

d.

Does not include residential occupancy except by domestic employees employed on the premises.

(d)

Minimum area of site: two acres.

(e)

Minimum lot width: 175 feet.

(f)

Minimum front yard: 25 feet.

(g)

Minimum side yard: 25 feet.

(h)

Minimum rear yard: 25 feet.

(i)

Maximum building and/or structure height: 35 feet.

(Prior zoning regs., § 308; Code 1992, § 16-58; Ord. No. 1-1992, § 1)

(a)

Statement of purpose. The agricultural district is intended for agricultural uses which are compatible with surrounding uses. The district encourages low intensity development on the periphery of the town to provide a transition between rural and urban uses.

(b)

Uses permitted.

(1)

Crop production;

(2)

Grazing;

(3)

Greenhouse;

(4)

Nursery;

(5)

Sod (turf) farming;

(6)

Truck farming;

(7)

Storage of farm products and farm equipment appurtenant to the agricultural use;

(8)

Farm dwelling or building appurtenant to the agricultural use;

(9)

Single-family detached dwellings; and

(10)

Parks and open space.

(c)

Uses permitted subject to a public hearing before the planning and zoning commissions and approval by the board of trustees.

(1)

Small animal hospitals, clinics or kennels;

(2)

Public utilities; mains, transmission and distribution lines, substations and exchanges only;

(3)

Single-family attached dwellings;

(4)

Public and private schools;

(5)

Home occupations;

(6)

Two-family dwellings;

(7)

Multiple family dwellings; and

(8)

Child care centers.

(d)

Site plan requirements. Site plans shall be required of all uses subject to a public hearing before the planning and zoning commissions, shall conform to this chapter, and shall be submitted in accordance with article VI of this chapter, with the exception of home occupations which requires no site plan.

(e)

Livestock limitations.

(1)

It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain more than one head of livestock per one-quarter acre of area held in single ownership.

(2)

The maximum number of livestock provided for in this section may be increased by the natural increment of each animal maintained thereon, and the offspring of such animal so quartered may be kept to the age of seven months.

(f)

Minimum area of site and site per dwelling: five acres.

(g)

Minimum lot width: 175 feet. The minimum lot width of 175 feet may be reduced to a minimum of 60 feet if the location of the lot is situated on a cul-de-sac or similarly curved frontage, provided that at the required front yard setback line, the width of the lot shall be at least equal to the specified minimum frontage of 175 feet.

(h)

Minimum front yard (also see section 16-89): 50 feet.

(i)

Minimum side yard: 25 feet, except on corner lots, then 50 feet from the principal building.

(j)

Minimum rear yard (also see section 16-90): 25 feet.

(k)

Maximum building and/or structure height: 35 feet.

(Prior zoning regs., § 309; Code 1992, § 16-59; Ord. No. 1-1992, § 1)

(a)

Statement of purpose. The planned unit development is intended to allow land to be designed and developed as a unit by taking advantage of modern site planning techniques in order to produce an environment of stable, desirable character which will be in harmony with existing or potential development of the surrounding neighborhood.

(b)

Zoning regulations. The zoning regulations governing the area included in a planned unit development district are contained in article VI of chapter 17.

(Prior zoning regs., § 310; Code 1992, § 16-60; Ord. No. 1-1992, § 1)