Rockville Centre City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVI
Business A District
§ 340-82 Uses.
A.
In Business A District, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered for any other than one or more of the following uses:
(1)
Store for the sale of goods at retail or performance of customary personal services, or services clearly incidental to retail sales, but no fabrication or manufacturing except incidental to and on the same premises with such retail sale.
(2)
Business, professional, banking or post office.
(3)
Restaurant, nightclub, cabaret, cafe or other place serving food or beverages, provided; however, that no nightclub, cabaret, or other similar use otherwise permitted by law shall be operated in any portion of a building or premises which is below street level, and no nightclub, cabaret, or other similar use shall be permitted on any premises without the prior consent of the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 7-9-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007]
(4)
Advertising signs; provided, however, that the same shall in all cases conform to the requirements set forth in other ordinances of the Village.
(5)
Railway or bus passenger station.
(6)
Telegraph office, express office.
(7)
Funeral home or parlor.
(8)
Hotel or motel.
(9)
Printing office and shop.
(10)
Private school.
(11)
Public garage, automobile service or gas filling station, taxi or motor vehicle station, used car lot, dry-cleaning establishment, amusement park, miniature golf course, bowling alley, shooting gallery, billiard or pool parlor and business of a similar nature, subject however, to the consent and permit of the Board of Appeals as provided in this chapter; provided, however, that the Board of Appeals will not give its consent or issue any permit for any activity which would include mechanical rides of any type.
(12)
Parking lot area for transient motor vehicles.
(13)
Plumbing shop, tinsmith shop.
(14)
Storage warehouse.
(15)
Theater, provided that a special use permit is obtained from the Board of Appeals.
[Amended 7-9-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007]
(16)
Wholesale store for the sale of goods.
(17)
Wholesale sample room.
(18)
Light manufacturing; provided, however, the consent and permit of the Board of Appeals is first obtained; and further provided that the noise caused by the operation of the machinery, the emission of odors, stenches, dust, smoke, gas or noise are confined within the building or premises where such manufacturing or assembling of articles is carried on.
(19)
Carpet or rug cleaning; provided, however, that the consent and permit of the Board of Appeals as provided in this chapter is first obtained; and provided further that the process or operation of cleaning carpets and rugs does not employ the use of flammables of any nature whatsoever, that the operation or process is completely performed within the building where such business is carried on and that the noise caused by the operation or process of cleaning and the emission of odors, stenches, dust, smoke or gas are confined within the building where such cleaning is carried on.
(20)
Exterior drive-through window; provided, however, that the consent of the Board of Appeals as provided in this chapter is first obtained.
(a)
When an application for an exterior drive-through window is made to the Board of Appeals, the Board must consider and be guided by the general provisions contained in Article XXVII of this chapter, including the health, safety and general welfare of the community. In addition, and as a basis for determining such an application, the Board of Appeals must consider the impact of the proposed use of the exterior drive-through window, as it relates to each of the following factors, as well as additional factors relevant to the particular application, by considering:
[1]
Hours of operation for such use.
[2]
Use, noise and placement of microphones.
[3]
Placement of signs.
[4]
Location of driveways.
[5]
Location of window.
[6]
Impact on traffic, and emissions from traffic using the drive-through window.
[7]
Odors from use.
[8]
Installation of fencing and screening to protect abutting residential property.
[9]
Lighting from the signage of the drive-through window.
(b)
In addition, the applicant, where required by the Board of Appeals, will provide a report from a traffic expert acceptable to the Board of Appeals on the impact of the exterior drive-through window upon traffic flow and safety.
(c)
Notwithstanding anything in this Village Code to the contrary, when granting any variance or permit or consent or other form of approbation, the Board of Appeals may impose reasonable conditions and restrictions that relate to the use, ownership, manner of use, duration of relief granted or any other condition which to the Board of Appeals may seem just and proper in the circumstances.
§ 340-83 Building area.
[Amended 8-6-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]
The building area shall not exceed 90% of the lot area.
§ 340-83.1 (Reserved) [1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 340-83.1, Density, added 5-22-2006 by L.L. No. 4-2006, was repealed 8-6-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007.
§ 340-84 Building height.
[Amended 8-6-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]
No building shall be raised and no such building or part thereof shall be erected or altered to be greater in height than the lesser of 36 feet or three stories.
§ 340-85 Front yards.
[Amended 8-6-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]
A setback of at least 10 feet from the front property line on interior lots shall be required.
§ 340-86 Side yards.
[Amended 8-6-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]
No side yards are required, except that where abutting any residential district a ten-foot setback is required.
§ 340-87 Rear yards.
[Amended 8-6-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]
A rear yard of at least 10 feet is required, except where the rear property or lot line of any lot constitutes the common boundary line between such lot and municipally owned land or premises designed and actually used for public parking spaces for motor vehicles, in which case no rear yard setback is required.
§ 340-88 Corner plots.
§ 340-89 Parking requirements.
A.
Parking space requirements are set forth in Chart IV of the Rockville Centre Zoning Code. Chart IV is entitled "Schedule of Minimum Required Off-Street Parking."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Chart IV is included as an attachment to this chapter.
B.
Parking shall be provided for and continuously maintained within 200 feet of the premises for funeral homes and parlors, theaters, bowling alleys, hotels and motels, office buildings and buildings used for the sale of goods at retail or services clearly incidental to retail sales, and light manufacturing.
[Amended 8-6-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]