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Onondaga City Zoning Code

§ 285-13 Neighborhood Shopping

Nedrow District, NS-N.

NS-N Districts shall have a total area of not less than two acres and a frontage of not less than 400 feet. The following regulations shall apply in NS-N Districts:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Banks without drive-in windows.
(2) 
Restaurants serving customers only within doors.
(3) 
Retail businesses.
(4) 
Offices.
(5) 
Religious uses.
(6) 
Public and private elementary or secondary schools.
(7) 
Public libraries.
(8) 
Home occupations.
(9) 
Funeral homes.
B. 
Permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
Off-street parking and off-street loading space, pursuant to § 285-33.
(2) 
Private swimming pool, provided that such pool is located in the rear yard and that no related pool wall, walk or equipment shall be located any closer to the rear lot line than a distance equal to 10% of the required or actual lot width (whichever is greater) nor any closer to the side lot line than the main building side yard width, and provided further that lights used to illuminate the pool or pool area shall be shielded or installed so as to prevent said lights from shining directly upon any adjacent property.
[Amended 5-7-2001 by L.L. No. 6-2001]
(3) 
Signs, pursuant to § 285-34.
C. 
Special permit uses, as provided in § 285-39.
(1) 
Indoor recreation facilities.
(2) 
Highway vehicle service stations. (See § 285-26.)
(3) 
One-family dwellings, in accordance with the dimensional regulations of the R-3 District. (See § 285-11.)
(4) 
Vocational schools.
(5) 
Private residential noncommercial towers, including but not limited to radio transmitting and radio receiving towers, television towers and wind turbines. [See § 285-39C(1)(m).]
(6) 
Banks with drive-in windows.
(7) 
Parking facilities.
(8) 
Restaurants with drive-in windows.
(9) 
Athletic clubs.
(10) 
Facilities for the delivery of natural gas service, other than containerized natural gas, to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards. Such facilities shall not include those designed for exploration for natural gas deposits, extraction of same from the earth or activities related thereto.
[Amended 3-17-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997; 12-3-2012 by L.L. No. 8-2012]
(11) 
Facilities necessary for the provision of electrical service to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards.
[Amended 3-17-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
(12) 
Facilities, other than towers, necessary for the provision of telephone service to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards.
[Amended 3-17-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
(13) 
Facilities, other than towers, necessary for the provision of cable television service to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards.
[Amended 3-17-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
(14) 
Emergency services facility.
[Added 1-7-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019; amended 8-21-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
(15) 
Vehicle sales.
[Added 9-19-2022 by L.L. No. 5-2022]
D. 
Lot and building requirements.
(1) 
Maximum building height: 35 feet, except as provided in § 285-30.
(2) 
Maximum lot coverage: 30%.
(3) 
Minimum front yard: 35 feet.
(4) 
Minimum rear yard: 35 feet.
(5) 
Minimum side yards along district boundaries: 50 feet each.
(6) 
See also §§ 285-25, 285-28, 285-29 and 285-31.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 35-14, General Business District, GB, as amended, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 8-3-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009.