Piermont Village City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
Business A District
§ 210-62 Uses permitted by right.
[Amended 3-7-1985 by L.L. No. 2-1985]
The following uses shall be permitted by right in the BA District:
A.
Professional and business offices.
B.
Research and development laboratories.
C.
Water-dependent commercial uses.
§ 210-63 Uses permitted by special permit.
[Amended 3-7-1985 by L.L. No. 2-1985]
The following uses shall be permitted in the BA District by a special permit issued by the Board of Trustees and shall be subject to the provisions of Article XIII:
A.
Light industrial uses, including fabrication, processing, reprocessing, recycling, converting, altering, assembling, testing or other handling of products. All of the foregoing uses shall be conducted solely within a building or group of buildings and will not cause or result in:
(1)
Dissemination of dust, smoke, observable gas or fumes, odor, noise, vibration or excessive light beyond the immediate site of the building or buildings in which such use in conducted.
(2)
Menace by reason of fire, explosion or other physical hazard, including radiation.
(3)
A harmful discharge of waste materials.
(4)
Traffic hazards or traffic congestion due to the number and type of vehicles required.
(5)
The arrival at or departure of vehicles from a site on a regular basis between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. so as to disturb the tranquility of residential properties abutting and adjacent to the routes of ingress and egress to the site.
B.
Same as the R-40 District.
C.
Same as the WF-2 District.
D.
Wholesaling, warehousing and distribution businesses.
E.
Recording studios for the production or reproduction of music, television and radio studios and the fabrication of products associated with such studios, including but not limited to, audio and video cassette tapes, phonograph records and other similar products.
[Added 6-17-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986]
§ 210-64 Permitted accessory uses.
The following uses shall be permitted accessory uses in the BA District:
A.
Same as the BB District, § 210-58A.
B.
Buildings and uses immediately and exclusively accessory to the uses permitted on the site, including automobile parking, storage of motor vehicles, equipment and other materials, central heating and power plants, offices, training schools for employees, clinics, cafeterias and recreational facilities.
C.
Retailing facilities for the sale of products fabricated on the site or warehouses on the site, provided that such building fronts on a street.
D.
Upon approval of the Board of Trustees, a building may be used for the residence of a superintendent, caretaker or watchman.
§ 210-65 Permitted accessory signs.
The following signs shall be permitted accessory signs in the BA District:
A.
For light industrial and research and development uses, one sign facing each major street from which access to one lot is provided, giving the name of the occupant or occupants of the premises. Any such sign shall not have an area that exceeds 40 square feet, and all such signs shall not have an aggregate area that exceeds 60 square feet. The top of any sign shall not be more than 12 feet above ground level, unless placed on the face of the building, in which case it shall not project above the roof of the building. Such sign may be illuminated but shall not be of the flashing type or lighted by exposed light sources. Necessary directional signs not exceeding five square feet each shall be permitted. All lights shall be directed away from adjacent residences.
B.
For all other uses, the same as WF-2 District.
§ 210-66 Additional use requirements.
The following additional use requirements shall apply in the BA District:
A.
Same as the R-40 District.
B.
Same as the WF-2 District, § 210-54D, E and F.
C.
Same as the BB District, § 210-60B.
§ 210-67 General bulk regulations.
The following bulk regulations shall apply to all permitted uses in the BA District:
A.
Minimum lot area: one acre.
B.
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
C.
Required front yard depth: 100 feet.
D.
Required side yard width: 25 feet.
E.
Total width both required side yards: 50 feet.
F.
Required rear yard depth: 50 feet.
G.
Maximum building height: two stories; 30 feet.