Oneida City Zoning Code
ARTICLE II
Establishment of Districts
§ 190-6 Purpose.
In support of those general purposes outlined above, it is the objective of these regulations to define various appropriate categories of residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural districts in such a manner as to recognize the existing character and quality of development and natural features throughout the City and in accord with the findings and objectives of the City Comprehensive Plan.
§ 190-7 Districts.
[Amended 4-18-2006 by Ord. No. 06-01]
A.
For these purposes, the City of Oneida is divided into the following districts:
[Amended 5-5-2009 by Ord. No. 09-03]
A Agricultural | |
R-1 Residential-1 | |
R-2 Residential-2 | |
R-3 Residential-3 | |
N-C Neighborhood Commercial | |
D-C Downtown Commercial | |
C General Commercial | |
C-S Community Services | |
L-I Light Industrial | |
M-I Manufacturing-Industrial |
B.
Intent of districts.
(1)
Agricultural District (A): This district is designed to protect agricultural and related uses while permitting other uses compatible with rural life such as residential uses.
(2)
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(2), Rural Residential (R-R), was repealed 5-5-2009 by Ord. No. 09-03.
(3)
Residential-1 (R-1): This district is designed to preserve and extend existing single-family residential neighborhoods. The intent is to provide for larger lots, spacious living units and wide streets.
(4)
Residential-2 (R-2): This district is designed to maintain the integrity of existing traditional two-family-unit residential neighborhoods by discouraging the continued conversion of one-, and two-family residences into multifamily dwellings. The district also provides for select public and institutional uses that will support and enhance but not conflict with residential uses.
(5)
Residential-3 (R-3): The regulations for this district are designed to maintain appropriate existing housing densities while discouraging the conversion of larger residences into multifamily dwellings and encouraging the de-densification of others. This district provides for the City's well-established, three-family residences and for select public and institutional, service and retail uses serving the neighborhood and compatible within predominantly residential areas.
(6)
Neighborhood Commercial (N-C): This district is designed to provide for integration of commercial development of small-scale retail, service and professional office uses, and to promote new residential development within the district, in a manner which is architecturally compatible with existing adjacent residential neighborhoods.
[Amended 5-5-2009 by Ord. No. 09-03]
(7)
Downtown Commercial (D-C): This district is designed to maintain the historical architecture and downtown streetscape of the City's central business district while encouraging a broad range of uses that serve the local and regional community. Development is intended to reflect the surrounding structures and be pedestrian-oriented with a strong emphasis on a safe and attractive streetscape.
(8)
General Commercial (C): This district is designed to provide for a broad range of commercial development. The district allows a full range of retail, office and service uses with a local or regional market. Development is expected to be generally auto-oriented. The district's development standards promote attractive development, an open and pleasant street appearance, and compatibility with adjacent uses. Development is intended to be aesthetically pleasing for motorists, transit users, pedestrians, and the businesses themselves.
(9)
Community Services (C-S): This district provides for the compatible institutional and community services in this area. It focuses on the potential expansion of the hospital and the surrounding area's public school, public safety and other community service properties. It is intended to allow for hospital expansion and expansion of related health care uses (laboratories, medical professional offices, assisted living, etc.) while also allowing for often needed amenities nearby for regional visitors to the medical facilities.
(10)
Light Industrial L-I: This district is intended to provide areas of the City that are suitable for industrial uses and compatible with adjacent commercial and residential uses. The district serves to buffer heavy manufacturing uses from commercial and residential areas. The district is suitable for warehousing, wholesaling, and light manufacturing processes that are not hazardous and do not create undue amounts of noise, dust, odor, vibration, or smoke. The district is also suitable for retail sale of products manufactured, assembled, packaged or wholesaled on the site.
(11)
Manufacturing-Industrial (M-I): The purpose of this district is to provide areas of the City that are suitable for light industrial uses and also for a wide range of heavier manufacturing and processing activities. Open storage will be allowed in this district, provided that such storage conforms to defined architectural, landscape, and environmental design standards.
C.
Provision is also made for creation of the following planned development districts:
R-P Residential-Planned | |
MD-P Mobile Dwelling-Planned |
D.
Provision is also made for the creation of an overlay zone:
RM Resource Management (Overlay) |
(1)
Intent of district.
(a)
Resource Management (RM) Overlay: This district is designed to protect land from current development where soil, water and access conditions make beneficial development possible only under special conditions. The characteristics of the topography, drainage, floodplains, floodways and other natural characteristics of land in this zone may cause damage to buildings or structures and possible danger to health due to the processes of nature. All development of the land within this district shall be reviewed on an individual basis in order to ensure that the land is capable of supporting the proposed development and to further ensure that the environment is protected before such proposed development commences.
§ 190-8 Standard and conditional uses.
[Amended 4-18-2006 by Ord. No. 06-01]
A.
The standard and conditional uses permitted in each of the above established districts, and a summary of the standards applicable thereto are set forth in the Zoning Schedule A, which is hereby made a part of these regulations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Zoning Schedule A is included at the end of this chapter.
B.
Uses not listed as standard or conditional uses in Zoning Schedule A shall be deemed to be prohibited. Specifically, no building or use shall be permitted, except as listed under "standard uses" or "conditional uses" in Zoning Schedule A, according to the respective district and in accord with the process and regulations hereinafter specified, with the following exception:
(1)
A conditional use permit shall be required for any use in a Manufacturing-Industrial (M-I) or Light-Industrial (L-I) District zone.
C.
A building or use considered accessory to the principal building or use may be erected or placed on the same parcel in accord with the definition of such building or use and the additional provisions of the regulations.
§ 190-9 Zoning Maps.
The above established districts are delineated on Zoning Maps entitled "Zoning Map No. 1 - Outside Corporation District, City of Oneida, New York" and "Zoning Map No. 2 - Inside Corporation District, City of Oneida, New York" included herein. These maps, with all subsequent amendments thereto, are hereby made a part of these regulations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Maps are on file in the office of the City Clerk.