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Pelham City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XI

Office O-1 District

§ 98-70 Permitted uses.

No building or premises shall be used in whole or in part for any purpose other than the following:
A. 
Principal uses.
(1) 
Office buildings, in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) 
No building shall be erected within 150 feet of the northerly street line of Sparks Avenue.
[Amended 5-6-2003 by L.L. No. 3-2003]
(b) 
No building shall be erected to a height in excess of 60 feet or five stories, except as provided in § 98-102, and except that, within 200 feet of the northerly side of Sparks Avenue, no office building shall be erected to a height in excess of 40 feet or three stories, whichever is the more restrictive.
[Amended 5-6-2003 by L.L. No. 3-2003]
(c) 
There shall be a lot area of not less than 40,000 square feet.
(d) 
There shall be a lot width of not less than 200 feet.
(e) 
The lot coverage shall not exceed 30% of the lot area.
(f) 
There shall be a side yard on each side of the lot having a width of not less than 40 feet.
(g) 
There shall be a yard having a depth of not less than 10 feet along the property line located farthest from Sparks Avenue.
(2) 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(2), which listed private schools or child-care centers, added 10-1-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991, was repealed 7-21-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992.
B. 
Accessory buildings and uses.
(1) 
A restaurant located fully within an office building exclusively for persons employed on the premises.
(2) 
Parking at grade or in a parking structure having not more than two levels above grade, provided that no filling or service station facilities are furnished.

§ 98-71 Uses requiring special permit.

[Amended 6-6-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994]
A. 
The following uses require a special permit by the Board of Appeals:
(1) 
Product assembly and processing, including incidental manufacturing uses, in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) 
Such uses shall be conducted entirely within the building without any external evidence of their existence other than the identification of the establishment by means of signs permitted pursuant to Chapter 77 of the Code of the Village of Pelham. Open storage of materials used on the premises, finished products or any materials used for packing and shipping shall be expressly prohibited.
(b) 
Such uses shall be prohibited from emitting any noise, vibrations, fumes, odors, smoke, dust, glare, heat or electromagnetic radiation beyond the confines of the building within which they are located.
(c) 
Such uses shall meet all federal, state and local environmental laws, regulations and guidelines.
(d) 
Any activity associated with the use, generation, treatment, storage or transportation of hazardous or toxic substances and/or waste [as defined in § 3001 of the Federal Resource Conversation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 and/or NYCRR Part 366] shall conform to the requirements and standards of RCRA and the New York Environmental Conservation Law Article 27, including, as required, proper recordkeeping and reporting, the use of a manifest system to track shipments of hazardous waste and use of proper labels and containers and delivery of wastes to properly permitted treatment, storage and disposal facilities. Any discharge of such substances or waste into the public sanitary sewer system is prohibited.
(e) 
Trucking activities associated with such uses, exclusive of customary mail and parcel delivery services, shall be limited to not more than 10 trucks per day operating exclusively during the period 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.