Town Of Boston City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVI
M-1 Industrial Park Research and Development District
§ 123-85 Permitted uses and structures.
Uses and structures permitted in the M-1 District are as follows:
A.
Principal uses and structures:
(1)
Office buildings and other administrative, professional or executive offices.
(2)
Medical and/or dental buildings, clinics and laboratories.
(3)
Trade or industrial schools, provided that such activity is conducted wholly within an enclosed building.
(4)
Research and development activities, including laboratories, testing, small-scale experimental and pilot plant operations and production operations incidental to research and development practice and techniques, provided that all necessary safeguards are employed to prevent hazard or annoyance to the community.
(5)
The manufacture, compounding and assembly of products from previously prepared materials including:
(a)
Electrical and electronics components and equipment.
(b)
Musical, scientific, medical, dental and photographic equipment and supplies.
(c)
Pharmaceutical products, cosmetics and toiletries.
(d)
Recreational equipment and toys.
(e)
Clothing and other textile products.
(f)
Printing, publishing and engraving.
(g)
Furniture and furnishings for households and offices and related wood and metal products.
(h)
Food and beverage products.
(6)
Warehousing and wholesale distribution when conducted within a completely enclosed building.
(7)
Lumberyards.
(8)
Repair of trucks and licensed commercial vehicles, including fabrication of miscellaneous parts and accessories.
B.
Uses subject to special permit.
(3)
Radio or television transmission facilities and/or receive-only antennas and mountings having a combined weight exceeding or equal to 50 pounds, subject to the conditions and limitations of § 123-48B(1).
[Added 4-17-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991]
C.
Accessory uses and structures:
(1)
Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to permitted principal uses.
(2)
Retail stores and services, restaurants and commercial recreation occupying not more than 15% of the gross floor area of the principal structure when incidental to the principal uses and planned and developed as an integral part of the principal structure.
(3)
Truck dispatch and transfer incidental to permitted principal use, provided that no vehicle loading, unloading or parking shall be permitted in a public right-of-way.
D.
Limitations on permitted uses in the M-1 District:
(2)
No unneutralized refuse materials shall be discharged into sewers, streams or ditches.
(3)
Storage of flammable liquids shall be entirely underground and in storage tanks approved by the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. Safety containers shall be used within any building or structure in which flammable liquids are handled.
(4)
All side and rear lot lines abutting any lot in any R District or a C-1 District shall be fenced and screened by plantings. Unless otherwise provided, the fence shall be of a solid material approved by the Town Board. Such fence shall not be more than 10 feet in height and shall not project into any required front yard.
(5)
Unless otherwise provided, required side and rear yards shall be used only for landscaping and/or off-street parking of employees,' customers' and visitors' cars.
§ 123-86 Minimum lot size.
§ 123-87 Maximum height of buildings.
Unless otherwise provided, the maximum height of buildings in the M-1 District shall be as specified in this section.
A.
Maximum: 30 feet, except on special permit by the Town Board.
§ 123-88 Required yards.
Unless otherwise provided, the minimum required yards and other open spaces in the M-1 District shall be as specified in this section.
§ 123-89 Off-street parking reference.
For applicable off-street parking regulations, see Article XVIII.