Macedon City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
ORM Office/Research/Manufacturing District
§ 300-90 General use regulations.
In an ORM Office/Research/Manufacturing District, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be or used in whole or in part for any uses except as specified herein. All permitted uses, whether principal or accessory, including storage, shall be carried out in a fully enclosed building. Such provisions shall not apply to off-street parking for registered vehicles, outdoor loading or other service activities.
§ 300-91 Permitted principal uses.
A.
Any use of an industrial nature is permitted which involves only the processing, assembly, compounding or packaging of previously prepared or refined materials, provided that at no time shall such use result in or cause:
(1)
Dissemination of dust, smoke, smog, observable gas fumes or odor or other atmospheric pollution, objectionable noise, glare or vibration that will be evident beyond the property line.
(2)
Hazard of fire or explosion or other physical hazard to any adjacent building or any land area adjacent to the site of the use.
(3)
Violation of applicable standards or regulations adopted and enforced by any federal, state, county or Town environmental or health agency or legislative body. Violation of such standards shall result in the revocation of an existing certificate of occupancy and/or certificate of compliance and the immediate cessation of operations. The correction of the violation and new certificates shall be a prerequisite to the resumption of such industrial operations.
B.
The following uses are indicative of those which are intended to be permitted:
(1)
Manufacture of machinery such as cash registers, calculators, software products, computers and other high-tech products and other office machines.
[Amended 6-25-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
(2)
Fabrication of metal products, such as baby carriages, bicycles, metal foil, tin, aluminum, gold, etc., metal furniture, musical instruments, sheet metal products and toys.
(3)
Fabrication of paper products, such as bags, book bindings, boxes and packaging materials, office supplies and toys.
(4)
Fabrication of wood products, such as bolts, boxes, cabinets and woodworking, furniture and toys.
(5)
Food and associated industries, such as bakeries, bottling of food and beverages, food and cereal mixing and milling, food processing, food sundry manufacturing, ice cream manufacturing and manufacturing of spirituous liquor.
(6)
The warehousing or storage of goods and products, such as building materials, farm supplies and the like, which may be sold from the premises to the general public. The bulk storage of fuel for resale from the premises is prohibited; however, such storage is permitted for resale off the premises upon the following conditions:
[Amended 11-9-2000 by L.L. No. 6-2000]
(a)
The total capacity (including unusable buffer capacity) of tanks(s) used for bulk fuel storage shall not exceed 110,000 United States gallons.
(b)
Any fuel storage facility or tank shall be no more than 40 feet in height, located at least 500 feet from any residential structure and adequately screened from view of such structure, located 500 feet from any public right-of-way and at least 25 feet from any property line.
(c)
Any fuel storage facility or tank, upon cessation of use for off-site resale of fuel, shall be emptied of all contents.
C.
Permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
(1)
Office buildings for executive, engineering and administrative purposes.
(2)
Scientific or research laboratories devoted to research, design and/or experimentation and processing and fabricating incidental thereto.
(3)
The compounding and processing of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.
(4)
Commercial storage buildings providing space for rent.
(5)
Warehousing and distribution facilities.
(6)
Other uses which, in the opinion of the Town Board, are similar in nature and scale to those permitted above. Prior to making such a determination, the Town Board shall request an advisory opinion from the Planning Board.
§ 300-92 Existing lawful residential uses.
[Added 5-11-1995 by L.L. No. 2-1995]
Residential uses in lawful existence as of the date of the adoption of this chapter may be continued as of right. Such uses may be modified so long as such modifications conform to the provisions set forth in Article IX of this chapter and related sections. Such residential uses and lots shall be exempt from the limitations set forth in Article XX of this chapter, except in the case of abandonment as specified in § 300-168.
§ 300-93 Permitted accessory uses.
[Amended 5-11-1995 by L.L. No. 2-1995]
Permitted accessory uses shall be as follows:
A.
Private garages and storage buildings that are necessary to store any vehicles, equipment or materials on the premises and that are used in conjunction with a permitted use.
B.
Off-street parking, loading and unloading facilities and signs, fences and landscaping subject to the provisions of this chapter.
D.
Other business uses that, in the opinion of the Town Board, are similar in nature and scale to those permitted above. Prior to making such a determination, the Town Board shall request an advisory opinion from the Planning Board.
§ 300-94 Dimensional requirements.
The dimensional requirements for this district are specified in Zoning Schedule I, which is a part of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule I is included as an attachment to this chapter.
§ 300-95 Special uses.
[Amended 5-11-1995 by L.L. No. 2-1995]
The following uses may be permitted consistent with the provisions of Article XXI, provided that a special use permit is approved by the Town Board.
A.
Essential services, excluding power plants.
B.
Motor vehicle service stations and auto repair shops.
C.
Planned business centers.
D.
Above- and below-ground off-street parking.
E.
Commercial recreation, high-density.
F.
Commercial recreation, low-density.
G.
Solid waste landfills.
[Added 2-24-2005 by L.L. No. 4-2005]
H.
Camping grounds.
[Added 6-14-2012 by L.L. No. 4-2012]
§ 300-96 Other provisions and requirements.
The following other provisions and requirements shall regulate uses in the ORM District:
A.
Residential uses shall be prohibited, except as provided in § 300-92.
[Amended 2-24-2005 by L.L. No. 4-2005; 6-25-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
B.
Incidental storage out of doors may be permitted, provided that such materials are shielded from view from public streets and adjacent off-street parking areas by fencing, landscaping or other appropriate measures.
C.
All uses permitted shall set aside not less than 20% of the lot area to be devoted to seeding, planting, retention of tree cover or other landscaping. This area shall be used for no other purposes.
D.
Each use shall provide truck loading and unloading areas in an amount sufficient to permit the transfer of goods and products in other than a public street, off-street parking area or front yard.
E.
Parking areas may be located in any of the required yard areas, provided that they are not less than 75 feet from a right-of-way line or 30 feet from any other property line.
F.
The gross aggregate floor area of all buildings on a single parcel of land shall not exceed two times the area of the lot on which such building(s) is located.