Pound Ridge City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
Landscape Nursery and Garden Center District
§ 113-40 Legislative intent.
This "district" is established for the purpose of allowing an appropriate location in Pound Ridge for the permitted conduct of a "landscape nursery and garden center," which is determined to be a convenience business function closely related to the Town's primary residential land "use" pattern and harmonious with its character.
§ 113-41 Schedules of "use" and bulk regulations.
For convenience in administration and for the better understanding of this chapter and in order to assure that all development is appropriately located on individual lots" so as to achieve the purposes established in Article I of this chapter, the permitted "uses" and bulk requirements for the "Landscape Nursery and Garden Center" "District" have been incorporated into the accompanying schedules entitled "Schedule of Use Regulations, Nonresidential Districts, § 113-41" and "Schedule of Bulk Regulations, § 113-37" and are referred to herein as "Use Schedule" and "Bulk Schedule," respectively.[1]
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Editor's Note: Said Schedule of Use Regulations, Nonresidential Districts, and Schedule of Bulk Regulations are located at the end of this chapter.
§ 113-42 Required open space.
A.
Setbacks. All "buildings," "structures," storage areas and parking facilities shall be set back at least 100 feet from all "street" property lines.
B.
Buffer areas. Where determined necessary or appropriate by the Planning Board as a part of the site plan review process, evergreen-landscaped buffer areas may be required to screen the nonresidential "uses" on the property from neighboring "streets" or residences. Where a landscape buffer is required by the Board, it may consist of nursery stock for sale or display.
C.
Distance between "buildings." Enclosed "buildings" shall be separated by a distance equal to at least 1/2 the average "height" of the "buildings" at their point of closest proximity, but in no case less than 10 feet.
§ 113-43 Site plan approval.
A.
Site plan approval by the Planning Board is mandatory for any expansion or change in a "landscape nursery and garden center" which would result in an increased intensity of "use," as measured by the amount of off-"street" "parking space" required and for the construction of any new or expanded "buildings" or any significant change in the traffic and parking pattern or any relocation or increase in the area of any outdoor storage, sales or display areas or any other modification of a site plan previously approved by the Planning Board.
B.
Where site plan approval is required, no permit or certificate shall be issued by the Building Inspector in connection therewith until and unless a plan shall have been reviewed and approved by the Planning Board. All site development and "use" of the property shall be fully in conformance with the approved site plan and such additional standards and safeguards as are imposed on such property as a condition of site plan approval. Continued conformance with the approved site development plan shall be required as a condition of the continuance of the certificate of conformance and certificate of occupancy. Failure to so maintain or continue conformance shall be cause for the revocation or removal of any such certificate of conformance and certificate of occupancy and the immediate discontinuance of the approved "use."