Oneonta Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IXA
ID-2 Industrial Park District Regulations
[Added 4-11-1990]
§ 103-34.1 Purpose and intent.
A.
The Town Board of the Town of Oneonta does hereby establish a second industrial zone to provide areas in the Town of Oneonta where clean industrial uses, needed and beneficial to the community, may locate within an environment designed and intended for their use.
B.
It is the intent of the Town Board, in enacting this chapter, to permit a mixture of existing residential and new industrial uses within the zone, subject to the specifications and standards outlined below. New residential development and commercial on-site service to the public are to be discouraged.
§ 103-34.2 Permitted and prohibited uses; prohibited processes.
A.
Permitted. All uses in this district are subject to site plan review as described in Article XVI of this chapter. The permitted industrial uses include but are not limited to manufacturing and processing; contractor's yard; warehouse; freight or trucking terminal; slaughterhouse, scientific or research laboratory, including pilot plants in connection thereto; reproduction or publishing; and any executive office, corporate headquarters, subsidiary or satellite office used for administrative and/or clerical operations that do not involve on-site service to the public (e.g., insurance claim or credit card processing center); together with uses accessory thereto, are permitted if they conform to the standards of performance set out herein. "Accessory uses" shall be interpreted to mean enterprises primarily engaged in providing related services to the basic uses. Customary on-site employee services shall be permitted.
B.
Prohibited. The following uses shall be prohibited: transportation, storage or distribution of solid, hazardous, infectious or radioactive waste; junkyard or auto wrecking yard; commercial laundry; auto body shop; recreation and entertainment; new residential uses, except as provided below; forge plants; fuel storage yards; sawmills; rock crushing, washing or screening plants; sand, gravel or clay pits; rock or stone quarry; stockyards; grease, lard, fat or tallow rendering or refining or reduction; petroleum refining; the tanning or curing of rawhides; and paper mills (the manufacture of paper from timber).
C.
Prohibited processes. The manufacture of acetylene, ammonia, chlorine, animal black, lamp black, asphalt, celluloid, disinfectant, insecticides, explosives, gas for heating or illuminating, glue or gelatin (involving the recovery of products from fish or animal refuse), matches, paint, shellac, varnish, potash, rubber reclaiming, shoe polish, corrosive acids such as sulfuric or nitrate, tallow or lard, tar roofing or other tar products, paper (from raw materials) and plastic (from raw material).
§ 103-34.3 General district regulations.
The following regulations apply to all uses permitted in this district:
A.
Minimum lot requirements.
Requirement | Standard |
|---|---|
Minimum lot area (square feet) | 20,000 |
Minimum frontage (feet) | 125 |
Minimum front yard (feet) | 30 |
Minimum side yard (feet) | 30 |
Minimum rear yard (feet) | 30 |
B.
Increasing yard depth.
(1)
Increasing front yard depth. Front yard depth along collector and arterial roads shall increase to 50 feet, except where existing development occurred prior to the enactment of this chapter. In those cases, the front yard depth may be the average of the front yard depth for 250 feet on both sides of the proposed use along the contiguous street line, but no less than 30 feet.
(2)
Increasing side yard depth. On a corner lot, the minimum side yard requirement shall increase to 50 feet for the side yard between the street line and the building on the side street.
(3)
Increasing yard depth when abutting a residential lot or district. Where a new industrial use develops next to an existing residence or where a lot in an industrial district abuts a lot in a residential district, a yard shall be provided at least 50 feet in width in the industrial district. Said yard shall not be utilized for roadways or parking or storage of any materials or goods. The owner or occupant of the industrial property shall provide and maintain a wall, fence or hedge at least six feet but not more than eight feet in height for the full dimension of the abutting lots, except that where a driveway exists, such hedge shall begin at a point not more than 20 feet from the front lot line.
C.
Maximum lot coverage. The gross area covered by buildings or structures shall be no more than 50% of the gross site area, and the aggregate total of buildings, structures, parking lots, storage areas and loading areas shall not exceed 80% of the gross site area.
D.
Parking. Parking and loading areas in this district shall be supplied as designated in Article XIII of this chapter. No open or enclosed parking or loading areas shall encroach on any required front yard. Open parking and loading areas may encroach on a side or rear yard to within three feet of a side or rear lot line, except as provided in Subsection B(2) and (3).
E.
Signs and displays. See the Town of Oneonta Sign Ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 76, Signs.
F.
Building height. No building shall be erected to a height in excess of 60 feet except upon the granting of a variance by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
G.
Accessory buildings. All accessory buildings in this district must meet those standards established in this Article for the principal land use. Such buildings shall be on the same lot as the principal building or on an adjacent lot so long as it is within an industrial district and meets all other requirements of this chapter.
H.
Residential uses. Residential uses in existence in an ID-2 zone at the time of its designation by the Town Board shall be deemed conforming uses. Modifications and additions to and replacements of existing residential uses are permitted on residential lots, but must conform to the general district regulations established in § 103-18 of Article IV of the Code of the Town of Oneonta. For purposes of this chapter, "residential use" is defined as a single- or two-family dwelling.
I.
Contractor's workyards.
(1)
The Town Board recognizes the need to provide places for contractors and workers, and contractors' workyards are permitted in an ID-2 zone. However, it is the intent of the Town Board that contractors store their equipment in a fully enclosed area or provide adequate screening, in order to avert industrial blight.
(2)
In an ID-2 zone, the contractor shall either provide fully enclosed storage or shall provide and maintain a wall, fence or hedge at least six feet in height around the perimeter of the storage area. During the site plan review by the Planning Board, contractors shall specifically address their intentions to provide enclosed storage or screening for their equipment and supplies. Section 103-72J shall apply to the storage of material and supplies.
J.
Family. For any existing permitted nonconforming residential uses, the provisions of § 103-14H of the Town Code of the Town of Oneonta shall apply, and reference is hereby made to such provision as if more fully set forth below.
[Added 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997]
§ 103-34.4 Conflict with other provisions.
In any proceeding regarding the administration of this chapter, the Planning Board, the Code Enforcement/Zoning Officer and the Board of Appeals must weigh the intent of the Town Board when creating this zone and establishing these regulations.
