Westbury City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XX
Business Office District
§ 248-185 Uses.
In a Business Office District, the following regulations shall apply:
A.
Permitted uses. No building shall be erected, altered or used, and no lot or premises shall be used, except for one or more of the following types of offices:
(1)
Administrative office: executive functions concerned with managing the affairs of a business organization.
(2)
Accounting services: billing and related financial and recordkeeping services, statistical services and electronic data processing.
(3)
Cafeterias for tenant use: an eating service area, containing tables and chairs, in which food, variously priced, is displayed on counters or available from vending machines, and patrons serve themselves.
(4)
Engineering services, including drafting and surveying.
(5)
Government services.
(6)
Investment broker services.
(7)
An insurance office.
(8)
Legal services.
(9)
Real estate broker and appraisal services.
(10)
Banking services.
(11)
A church or other place of worship, provided that a special use permit has been issued for such use by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Article XXIX of this chapter.
[Added 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
(12)
The office of a medical doctor, chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, optician, podiatrist or other licensed healthcare provider.
[Added 3-6-2014 by L.L. No. 4-2014]
B.
Prohibited uses. A building, lot or premises shall not be used for any of the following:
[Amended 3-20-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997; 3-6-2014 by L.L. No. 4-2014]
§ 248-186 Yards.
A.
There shall be a front yard with a depth of not less than 40 feet, a rear yard the depth of which shall not be less than 20 feet, a side yard on every other side of the lot, the depth of which side yard shall not be less than 25 feet, except that any yard that abuts a residential zoned property shall not be less than 50 feet.
B.
There shall be a front lawn area with a depth of 40 feet and a length equal to at least 50% of the lot width or the length of the building, whichever is greater, except that appropriate access paths and driveways may be permitted. No parking spaces are to be located to the front of the building except with the approval of the Planning Board.
C.
Parking and buffer areas may be permitted in minimum yards unless otherwise specifically prohibited or restricted by this article.
§ 248-187 Buffer areas.
A minimum buffer area of five feet shall be maintained along all property lines, except that adjoining the lot line or lines nearest any adjacent lot or lots that are zoned for residential uses, there shall be a buffer strip at least 15 feet in width within which there shall be an evergreen planting of such type, height and density as will provide a screening of the business development from said adjacent residential area. Such buffer planting may be supplemented by a wall or solid fence sufficient to block the light from headlights of cars. Such buffer planting shall be maintained in good condition.
§ 248-188 Building area.
The total coverage for buildings and structures shall not exceed 50% of the plot area. The remaining area of the plot area may be used for the accessory parking of vehicles, loading and unloading spaces and buffer planting area. Except for parking areas, driveways and sidewalks, as approved on the site plan hereinafter provided, all other areas shall be lawn and landscaped areas. Required plantings shall be properly trimmed and maintained throughout the continuance of the use on the lot, as a condition of the certificate of occupancy.
§ 248-189 Height.
No building shall exceed five stories with a maximum height of 54 feet, except that the height limitation shall not apply to ventilators, skylights, water tanks, bulkheads or similar features and necessary mechanical appurtenances usually carried above the roof level. Such features shall only be erected to a height necessary to accomplish the purpose it is intended to serve, but in no case more than 14 feet above its lowest point of contact with the roof. The total area covered by such features exempted from the height limit shall not exceed, in cross-sectional area, 25% of the roof area on which they are located.
§ 248-190 Sewage disposal.
All buildings not provided with municipal sewage disposal facilities shall be equipped with an independent sewage disposal plant approved by the Nassau County Department of Health.
§ 248-191 Off-street parking.
It is specifically provided that Article XXXI, Comprehensive Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations, shall be applicable in this district not only with uses hereafter erected, enlarged, created or extended, as provided in said Article XXXI, but also upon the initial use of any property in this district.
§ 248-192 Site development plan approval required.
[Amended 7-30-1985 by L.L. No. 5-1985; 2-5-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987]
§ 248-193 Planning Board initiative.
The Planning Board may, on its own initiative, propose a general or specific site plan for a particular area where site development plan approval may be required in the future, using the requirements of this chapter as a guide.