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Valley Stream City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XIV

C-3 District

§ 99-1401 Permitted uses.

[Amended 1-14-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013; 12-19-2022 by L.L. No. 5-2022]
A. 
Retail uses, including production of goods for retail sale on the same lot.
B. 
Business office uses.
C. 
Professional uses.
D. 
Personal service uses.
E. 
Wholesale uses.
F. 
Contractors' and trade persons' offices and shops and trade storage yards related thereto.
G. 
Warehouse uses.
H. 
Expanded manufacturing uses.
I. 
Schools of general and special instruction.
J. 
Philanthropic and charitable associations.
K. 
Upon obtaining special use permit approval from the Board of Appeals:
(1) 
Restaurants/taverns, except as defined under Article II of this chapter.
(2) 
Theaters.
(3) 
Dance halls.
(4) 
Bowling alleys.
(5) 
Cabaret-type entertainment.
(6) 
Health, tennis, swimming clubs.
(7) 
Clubhouses or lodges.
(8) 
Places of public assembly.
(9) 
Animal hospitals.
(10) 
Gasoline stations.
(11) 
Limited automotive repair and maintenance facilities.
(12) 
Automotive accessory installation facilities.
(13) 
Major automotive repair and maintenance facilities.
(14) 
Auto body repair, collision and painting facilities.
(15) 
Medical clinics.
(16) 
Motor vehicle dealerships with showroom parking and storage within an enclosed structure.
(17) 
Laboratory and research facilities.
(18) 
Commercial storage garage; there shall be no other use permitted in conjunction with this use.
(19) 
Public garage.
(20) 
Public parking facilities.
(21) 
Storage parking facilities.
(22) 
Hotels.
L. 
Parks and parklands, municipal uses and facilities for police, fire, ambulance, public parking and public recreational activities.
M. 
Buildings, structures or uses accessory to permitted uses within the district.
N. 
On the obtaining of a special permit from the Board of Appeals as provided in Article XXV of this chapter, any use found by said Board to be similar in character to the foregoing uses.

§ 99-1402 Lot requirements.

A. 
For all uses.
(1) 
Coverage: maximum coverage of lot by aggregate building area of all buildings thereon: 80%.
(2) 
Minimum frontage and area: no requirement.

§ 99-1403 Height requirements.

A. 
For buildings.
(1) 
Maximum stories: four.
(2) 
Height: 50 feet.
B. 
For accessory buildings and structures.
(1) 
Private garages: 15 feet.
(2) 
All other accessory buildings and structures: 10 feet, unless otherwise specified by this chapter.

§ 99-1404 Yard requirements.

A. 
Buildings, structures or accessory buildings or structures.
(1) 
Front setback: seven feet, but where a building, structure or accessory building or structure exceeds one story in height, each story above the first shall be progressively set back from the property line five feet greater than the story below it. Alternatively, a building may be set back uniformly, without regard to the number of stories, 10 feet from any property line abutting a street. Where a proposed county street widening encroaches into or beyond such required setback area, the required setback area shall be measured from the proposed county widening line. In any circumstance, this setback shall be planted and maintained with low-growing evergreen shrubs spaced at not more than five feet apart.
(2) 
Rear and side setbacks.
(a) 
No portion of any building, structure or accessory building or structure shall be located nearer than 10 feet from any rear or side property line which is located on or within a zoning district boundary line; or any zoning district boundary line where the side and/or rear property line is beyond a zoning district boundary line.
(b) 
Where such rear and/or side property line is within or adjacent to an adjoining C-1, C-2 or C-3 District, no portion of any building, structure or accessory building or structure shall be located nearer than five feet from any rear or side property line.
B. 
For all other uses: none required.

§ 99-1405 Screening.

A. 
Screening shall be required along any lot line of a premises used for nonresidential purposes and around off-street parking areas of multiple-family dwellings where such premises abuts a residential district boundary, including all such lot lines facing a residential district boundary across a street. Screening shall be:
(1) 
A strip of densely planted shrubs or evergreen trees at least three feet above grade at the time of planting. Such plantings shall form a year-round dense screen at least six feet high within three years for lots adjacent to the boundary of a residential use district and at least four feet high for lots situated across a street from a residential district or along any portion of an abutting residential front yard; or
(2) 
A wall or solid wood or commercial grade slatted chain link fence, six feet high for lots adjacent to a residential district boundary and four feet high for lots situated across a street from a residential district or along any portion of an abutting residential front yard.
B. 
Screening shall be maintained in good condition at all times by the owner of the property or successors in interest or assignees.
C. 
Entrances and exits may interrupt screening.
D. 
No signs or advertisements shall be attached to the side of the screening facing any residential district other than traffic or caution signs.

§ 99-1406 Parking and loading requirements.

A. 
Off-street parking: see Article XXII.
B. 
Off-street loading: see Article XXIII.

§ 99-1407 Supplementary regulations.

[Amended 12-19-2022 by L.L. No. 5-2022]
A. 
Supplementary height, area and bulk requirements: see Article XV.
B. 
Supplementary accessory uses, buildings or structures: see Article XVI.
C. 
Signs: see Article XVII.
D. 
Fences: see Article XVIII.
E. 
Special use permit: see Article XX.
F. 
Corner sight triangle: see Article XXX.
G. 
Religious uses and educational uses: see Article XXXV.