HomeMy WebLinkAboutB Zoning Dist. 2002VALERIE SCOPAZ, AICP
TOWN PLANNER
P.O. Box 1179
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
Southold, New York 11971-0959
Telephone (631) 765-1938
Fax (631) 765-3136
Valerie. Scopaz~town.southold.ny.us
RECEIVED
OFFICE OF THE TOWN PLANNER
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
8EP 5 2002
Memo ndum
Southold Town ClerJ
To: Joshua Y1 Horton, Supervisor and
Town Board Members
From: Valerie Scopaz, AICP, Town Planner
Re: Proposed Local Laws in relation to Hamlet Business, General Business and Residential
Office districts, Chapter 100, Zoning.
Date: September 3, 2002
The Town Board referred the aforementioned amendments to the Planning Board and staff for
review and comment. Preliminary comments were sent on August 13, 2002 in response to the
public hearing notice. The comments that follow reflect additional concerns that have arisen from
further study.
The proposed amendment would permit (as of right) the construction of single and two family
dwelling units and accessory apartments within the Hamlet Business, General Business and
Residential Office zoning districts as of right.
If the proposed amendments are adopted, the following will apply in the General Business district:
1) One-Family detached dwellings will be moved from a special exception by
ZBA to a permitted use and will be exempt from site plan approval.
2) Two-Family dwellings will be a permitted use and will be exempt from site
plan approval.
3) Accessory Apartments will be permitted within the principal structure subject
to the following requirements:
i. Apartment permit issued by Building Department.
ii. Habitable floor area of at least 350 square feet.
iii. Three apartments maximum in each structure.
iv. Minimum of one off-street parking space per apartment.
Site plan approval needed if construction or remodeling of apartment results in an
increase in square footage.
If the proposed amendments are adopted, the following will apply in the Residential Office district:
1) As a permitted use, two-family dwellings will no longer have to be owner
occupied.
2) Apartments over business and professional offices will be a permitted accessory use
by right.
3) Accessory Apartments will be permitted within the principal structure subject
to the same requirements listed above.
If the proposed amendments are adopted, the following will apply in the Hamlet Business district:
1) One-family detached and two-family dwellings will be permitted uses.
2) Town buildings and school, park, and fire districts buildings will be a permitted use.
3) Multiple dwellings, accessory apartments and apartments over businesses, store, and
offices will be a permitted accessory use by right
4) Accessory Apartments will be permitted within the principal structure subject to the
same requirements listed above.
5) Town houses will be eliminated from the list of permitted uses within Hamlet Business
districts.
As drafted, the amendments are not need to be carried through.
Fishers Island is a unique situation that possibly should be exempt from these changes.
The Board and staff will review this with Fishers Island representatives and report back.
~ Townhouse heading Would need to be deleted from the bulk schedule within the zoning
districts from which those uses are being eliminated.
~ In the bulk schedule, minimum lot areas for B, RO, and HB should be stated. (We do not
recommend a reduction in the current minimum required lot areas.)
~ The definition of Accessory Apartments has to be cladfied to be internally consistent.
The definition "Apartment" sets a 450 square foot minimum, while the proposed local law
sets a 350 square foot minimum for"Accessory Apartments".
Since the legislative intent of this proposed amendment was not stated, these subsequent
comments are based on the following assumptions, which may or may not be correct.
The purposes of the amendment are:
to reintroduce single*family and two-family dwelling units within the General and Hamlet
Business Zoning districts, as of right, and
***o to encourage the creation of accessory apartments within General and Hamlet Bu$iness
and Residential Office districts by removing Planning Board oversight of site plans where
existing structures are renovated.
o',o To eliminate townhouses from Hamlet Business districts.
A reading of the proposed amendment raises the following questions:
Will a home occupation continue to be permitted within the principal dwelling in
addition to the accessory apartment (si?
The Bulk Schedule for the Hamlet and General Business districts and the
Residential Office distdct does not indicate whether a principal dwelling with an
accessory apartment will be considered a Single-Family, a Two-Family or a
Multiple dwelling. Accordingly, it is not clear which set of bulk, area and parking
schedules will apply. A separate column is needed for a single family dwelling
with an accessory apartment, as well as for a two family dwelling.
The proposed legislation does not indicate whether an accessory apadment is
permitted within a two family house; nor whether each family is permitted an
accessory apartment,
The definition for an ACCESSORY APARTMENT states that it is a "dwelling unit
created in a presently existing one-family dwelling pursuant to Section 100-31 B
(14)." The proposed amendments would create apartments that are not
described by this definition.
The definition for APARTMENT states that no such unit may contain less than
450 square feet. The proposed amendments call for a reduction in the size of
ACCESSORY APARTMENTS of 100 square feet. The Code also defines an
APARTMENT HOUSE (See below for definition), but it Js not clear if it permits the
use in any zoning district,
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Neither APARTMENT nor the proposed amendments for ACCESSORY
APARTMENTS define a maximum square footage for this type of dwelling unit.
The definition for APARTMENT HOUSE states that it is a "building arranged,
intended or designed to be occupied by two (2) or more families living
independently of each other in apartments." Note that nothing is said about the
form of ownership or rental.
The definition for DWELLING, TWO FAMILY states that it is a "detached building
containing two (2) dwelling units only.
The definition for DWELLING, MULTIPLE provides for a "building or portion
thereof containing three (3) or more dwelling units. DWELLING UNITS are
defined as a" building or self-contained portion thereof consisting of a minimum
living area of eight hundred fifty (850) square feet..."
The proposed amendments do not indicate how the creation of two or more
accessory apartments within a structure will differ from an APARTMENT HOUSE
as currently defined.
The requirement of one additional parking space per apartment is felt to be too
Iow. Two additional parking spaces per accessory apartment should be required.
Further, the parking spaces should be located off-strset, either on the premises
or in a municipal parking lot located within 200 feet of the premises provided that
sufficient parking exists within that lot for the additional use. This
recommendation flows from written observations made by the Suffolk County
Planning Commission based on problems that have resulted in other
communities that introduced accessory apartments into the business districts
without providing for adequate off-street parking. For instance, in addition to
adding to road congestion and a reduction of parking for customers of the
business districts, cars parked on the streets overnight hamper snow clearing
and storm cleanup crews.
The proposed amendment must address the location of the additional parking
lest entire front yards be paved over for parking spaces. Currently, the code
permits no fewer than four parking spaces within the front yard within residential
zoning districts. Since these parking spaces would be created within business or
residential office districts, and the spaces would impact the flow of traffic and
street maintenance within the business areas of the town, perhaps the spaces
should comply with the standards set forth in Section 250 Site Plan.
Single family and two family homes should not be encouraged within HB and B
since the town contains a limited amount of HB and B zoning and thus should
reserve it for those uses. Each of these districts was designed for business
uses. Permitting accessory apartments and multiple dwellings within the HB and
B districts makes sense only if the size of these apartments and dwellings is
restricted.
The Residential Office district is perhaps the best suited to the creation of
accessory apartments due to its transitional nature between business and
residential districts.
The proposed amendment should be worded to prohibit more than one single- or
two-family dwelling per lot.
As noted in our earlier report, on proposed amendments to the Affordable Housing law,
the Planning Board supports the creation of small apartments as part of the overall
strategy of creating different housing types within hamlet centers at a mix of affordable
prices. While the proposed amendment could be an effective tool to help achieve this
type of structural and financial diversity, it requires more work. At the least, some size
restrictions (and perhaps rental caps) should be imposed in order to ensure that this
housing stock does not simply become diverted into more seasonal rental units.
Given the Town's goat of maintaining a rural and diverse community, these amendments
deserve a more comprehensive reworking in conjunction with the Affordable Housing
Advisory Committee in order to ensure that a documented need is met.
Cc: Planning Board
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
southoldtown.nor thfork.net
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
August 14, 2002
Thomas Isles, Director of Planning
Department of Planning
County of Suffolk
Post OiTlce Box 6100
Hauppauge, New York 11788-0099
Dear Mr. Isles:
Transmitted are proposed Local Laws In Relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article VII,
Residential Office (RO) District; Article IX, Hamlet Business (HB) District; and General
Business (B) District of the Code of the Town of Southold. Al. so enclosed is the Southold Town
Planning Board's report. Please review and prepare an official report defining your depaxtalent's
recommendations with regard to this proposed local law and fon~ard same to me.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you.
Very truly yours,
Southold Town Clerk
Enclosures
cc: Town Board
Town Attorney
V. Scopaz
G. Newman
Comments made by Jay Applegate to Southold Town Board on August
13, 2002 re proposed changes to Town Code for RO, HB and B districts
relating to accessory apartments:
My name 1s Jay Applegate from Southold
and I am here this afternoon ~n my
capacity as the chairman of the Southold
Town Housing Committee, which was
formed by Supervisor Horton ~n June of
this year, to explore avenues of
education, outreach and funding to
address the urgent need for more
affordable housing, primarily rental
housing, in Southold Town. With this
mandate in mind, our committee has
reviewed the proposed changes to the
Town Code as they relate to the creation
of accessory apartment in the RO, HB
and B zoned area in Southold Town. We
have discussed them with the Supervisor
and consulted with the Town Attorney
for clarification on certain matters and
encourage the Town Board to approve
the changes as a first and
available step toward
immediately
alleviating the
housing crisis. We are also supportive of
additional changes which would further
address the problem and hope that
additional changes may be considered
too. Our only reservation and note of
caution ~s the deletion of the owner-
occupancy requirement in the RO zone as
it relates to the Town's historic buildings,
many of which are located in RO
districts, as the Town Board has not yet'..
adopted proper protective measures for
those buildings.
In anticipation of the passage of the
proposed changes, our committee IS
creating an inventory of structures within
the RO, HB and B zones which would
qualify for modification to accommodate
an accessory apartment in order to
understand how many potential accessory
apartments might be created as a result of
the proposed changes, as we know the
demand is great.
The North Fork
Housing Alliance received 180 inquiries
in the first slx months of 2002 from
people who were unable to find
apartments which they could afford.
Also in anticipation of the Board's
approval of these changes, we have
gathered information from the Building
Depa. rtment on
from
application procedures,
the Assessor's office on the
potential tax consequences of creating an
accessory apartment and from lending
institutions which provide capital to
finance the creation of accessory
apartments and are preparing a pamphlet
to help educate those whose buildings
would be eligible for conversion to
accessory apartments.
its inception one or more of
In addition, since
our
committee members have met with
representatives of the
following
organizations:
Long Island Campaign for Affordable
Rental Housing, The Long Island
Community Foundation, the Long Island
Housing Partnership, and Commum'ty
Housing Innovations. In each case, it
was our intent to learn about actions and
experiences of other communities
addressing their citizens housing needs.
In summary, your actions today could
begin the process of creating more
affordable apartments for citizens of our
Town. We strongly urge you to vote
favor of the proposed changes. Thank
yoH.
of the code committee, presente~ a
ode changes
and
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in
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the ma)ority of suc,h dwellings would
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promoting mixed' use Un Open :~p
housing optiO~ and h~!p..r~¥italize
business areas..
I~ HB, multi- and two-family
dw~!lings would be allowe~ bY right
rather than:spechl excepti4fi. In RO, ·
dwellings with an at,esSo~ ~partment
would no longer h~ve ~o ~ owner-
ocCgpied. .
Town Board members seem favor-
ably disposed to the proposed code
changes, and a public hearing ~hould
be scheduled in the near future,
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John Nickles, Jr., Southold .... I'm pleased to be standing before this board
today to offer support for the proposed legislation that would permit
apartments (as a matter of right) within the Business, Hamlet Business and
Residential Office zones.
With an ever increasing demand for housing on the East End of Long Island,
it is very important that the town recognize the relative short supply of
reasonably priced homes and rental apartments that are available to the year
round residents of Southold Town.
Having a supply of homes and/or rental apartments that are within reach of
our full time population is a major factor in preserving our rural quality of
life. It is time to recognize that our young adults, our working residents and
our retirees are an integral part of keeping Southold... Southold. I believe
that what makes our town so unique is not just the beauty that exists of our
rural landscape, but also the social and economic diversity of our human
landscape.
There are a number of other things that the town could do to recognize the
needs of our year round population, our workforce and our economy. The
town should look at the factors that have increased the cost of living as well
as the cost of doing business in Southold and then decide to make some
positive adjustments to our code and our policies. Indeed, providing these
additional avenues for housing is a good start. But we hope that this is just a
small first step (one of many) that the town believes it should take for the
full time, retired and working residents of Southold Town. Thank you.
WILLIAM WICKHAM
ERiC J BRESBLER
ABIGAILA WICKHAM
LYNNE M GORDON
JAN ET GEASA
LAW OFFICES
WlCKHAM, WlCKHAM E~ BRESSLER, P.C
10315 MAIN ROAD, PO BOX 14Z4
MATTITUCK, LONG ISLAND
NEW YORK 11952
631-298-8353
TELEFAX NO 631-~98 8565
MELVILLE OFFICE
275 BROAD HOLLOW ROAD
MELVILLE, NEW YORK L1747
TELEFAX NO ~31249 9484
August 13, 2002
Town Board Town of Southold
Post Office Box 1179 53095 Main Road
Southold, New York 11971
Re: Proposed Zoning Code Amendments for Accessory Apartments
Gentlemen:
While 1 commend your intention to ease the housing crisis for those of limited means,
I strongly believe the proposed revisions before you tonight xvoutd create a disastrous
effect on our hamlet centers without truly accomplishing their intended purposes.
Specifically, you propose very small apartments, and up to three of them, per building.
The currently permitted size of 450 sq. feet is small, and to reduce it further would create
overcrowding. It would also not meet the need of families for housing - it's just too
small. Further, you propose to remove, as I read the legislation, the jurisdiction of the
Planning Board for site plan review. It would seem imperative that planning
considerations dictate a review of screening, parking, lighting, and perhaps architectural
review. Moreover, the requirement of one parking space per unit is unrealistic. How
many couples do you know that operate with one car? And where will their friends park?
The businesses will not want street parking used, and we have already seen in the Pike
Street, Mattituck, parking lot, for example, a large number of vehicles from nearby
residential uses parking overnight and during the day which take up business customer
space. The situation is manageable now, but our municipal lots are not equipped to
handle this proposed expansion.
The biggest problem ! see, however, is the lack of an owner-occupancy requirement.
Coupled with the removal of the Planning Board review and other restrictions currently
required by the Code, this creates a total lack of control. Our hmnlet centers are noxv very
pleasant places, and are considered by many as a nice place to live. Hoxvever, many
communities further West have seen a marked decline in their downtown areas when they
were opened up to this type of housing density without an owner presence. I do not
believe the owner of the building has to live there, but he should have a physical presence
in the building, as the owner of the business, for instance. Your lawyers will have to
carefully word that requirement to accommodate businesses operated as companies, not
individuals, to include an ownership requirement of the business-operating company.
operating company. However, I think the owner occupancy concept is critical, because
many absentee landlords will not care what type of lifestyle their tenants follow or will
not monitor closely the upkeep of the apartments and the building exteriors. We do not
want to see our hamlets fall victim to overcrowding, litter, crime, and deterioration. I do
not want to sound alarmist, because I do think some provision for apartments in this area
is a good idea, but this legislation goes way too fan
The proposal for the Residential-Office zone should be very carefully considered.
These are usually the buffer areas on the outskirts of the hamlets, and often contain very
nice, well appointed homes, mostly along the Main Road. They were designed to
moderate between the hamlet business areas and the rural areas in between, by providing
professional and other uses which would help maintain value while remaining compatible
with the nearby business areas. To inundate these areas with high ~ensity ~apartment
housing would be a bad-idea.
In summary, the concept of increasing the housing stock by making accessory
apartments available is a good one, but this proposal goes far afield in removing owner
occupancy and permitting too many apartments per parcel, too small, and without the
necessary restrictions and controls.
Very truly yours,
Abigail A. Wickham
AAW/
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cc: Planning Board
PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
BENNETT ORLOWSKI, JR.
Chairman
RICHARD CAGGIANO
WILLIAM J. CREMERS
I~LENNETH L. EDWARDS
MARTIN SIDOR, JR.
P.O. Box 1179
Town Hall, 53095 State Route 25
Southold, New York 11971-0959
Telephone (631) 765-1938
Fax (631) 765-3136
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
MEMORANDUM
To:
F rom:
Re:
Date:
Town Board
Valerie Scopaz, AICP, Town Planner
Local law' changes to B, RO, and HB zoning di%trictg.
August 13, 2002
Following are the comments of the Planning Board and Staff regarding the proposed code
changes to the Business, Residential Office, and Hamlet Business zoning districts. Our
review is based on the assumption that the intent for the changes is to provide
opportunities for the creation of different types of housing near hamlet business centers.
General Business (B)
If the proposed amendments are adopted, the following will apply:
1) One-Family detached dwellings will be moved from a special exception by
ZBA to a permitted use and will be exempt from site plan approval.
2) Two-Family dwellings will be a permitted use and will be exempt from site
plan approval.
3) Accessory Apartments will be permitted within the principal structure subject
to the following requirements:
i. Apartment permit issued by Building Department.
ii. Habitable floor area of at least 350 square feet.
iii. Three apartments maximum in each structure.
iv. Minimum of one off street parking space per apartment.
Site plan approval needed if construction or remodeling of apartment
results in an increase in square footage.
Residential Office (RO)
If the proposed amendments are adopted, the following will apply:
1) As a permitted use, two-family dwellings xvill no longer have to be owner
occupied.
2) Apartments over business and professional offices will be a permitted
accessory use by fight.
3) Accessory Apartments will be permitted within the principal structure subject
to the same requirements listed above.
Hamlet Business (liB)
If the proposed amendments are adopted, the following will apply:
1) One-family detached and two-family dwellings will be permitted uses.
2) Town buildings and school, park, and fire districts buildings will be a
permitted use.
3) Multiple dwellings and townhouses will no longer be a permitted use by a
special exception.
4) Accessory apartments and apartments over businesses, store, and offices will
be a permitted accessory use by right
5) Accessory apartments will be permitted within the principal structure subject
to the same requirements listed above.
Planning Department Comments:
~ Fishers Island is a unique situation that possibly should be exempt from these
changes. The Board and staff will review this with Fishers Island representatives
and report back.
~ Multiple dwelling and townhouse headings need to be deleted from the bulk
schedule.
~ In the bulk schedule, minimum lot areas for B, RO, and HB should be stated. We
do not recommend a reduction in the current minimum required lot areas.
~ The definition of Accessory Apartments has to be clarified to be internally
consistent. The definition "Apartment" sets a 450 square foot minimum, while
the proposed local law sets a 350 square foot nfinimum for "Accessory
Apartments".
~ A typographical change needs to be made in the HB Local Law at 100-90-A.
Uses permitted "under Subsection A(1), A(2), and A(19)..." should now read
"...A(1), A(2), and A(20)" or "A(1), A(2), and A(21)" depending on the intent to
refer to "(20)Bed and Breakfasts" or to "(21)Multiple Dwellings".
NOTIC~ Oil' PUBLIC HEA~ING
NOTICE IS I~,~,EBY GIVEN
~~m~Town
B~ of t~ Town of Somhold, Suffolk
County, New York, on tbe 2nd day of
~w in ~fion ~ ~ne~ B~
~ h Chap~F 1~ of~e C~ of
NO~CE IS ~R~ GIV~ that
the Town Board of the Town of
Sou~old will hold a public being on
Town Hall, 53~5 Main Ro~.
~d, New York, on ~e 13~
A~ ~2 at S:~ p.m. at ~h
~1 [Masted ~ns will ~ ~ven
~nity to ~ heard.
~ pmpo~ 'b ~ ~
Business (B) Disffict of ~ C~e of
Town of S~old is he.by m*nd~
follows:
~CLE X, Gener~ Busines~ (B)
Disffict [Added 1-10-1989 by L.L. No.
1-1989]
(B) Di~ffict is to provide for retail ~d
whol*~e co~erci~ devel~ment ~d
li~d office ~d indnst~
nes~ ~as, gener~ly along ~jor high-
of l~d ~d ~at may involve
to ~ ~, ~ ~le ~ ~ ~, for ~y
uses except ~e follow,g:
A. [Amended ~-9-1989 by LL. No.
~1989] Pe~t~d u~s. ~e foliow~g
· o~ u~s ~iu~ under Sub~ction
A(D, (I 2~ and ~13~ he,of, ~ subj~t to
site plan approval by the Pinnning
(1) Any ~tted u~ ~t f~ ia
~go~d by ~ 1~31A(2) ~d (3) of
(2) Any ~tt~ use ~t foRh in
~let Busings Diet,ct. [A~n~ 2-
(3) Whole~e businesses, w~us-
es and building matedal storage and
s~e, ~t excluding storage of coal,
co~, fuel oil or ju~.
~ f~ ~sing ~ ~
~ ~ m ~g~ng u~ by
~ of dust, smoke, vib~tion, noise,
(6) Wholesale or ~tall sale and
ma[ada[s, ~ppties and pl~ts, including
n~ o~ra~ons, provi~d
outd~r storage or display of pl~
~ur wi~in ~ (3) f~t of the p~r-
ty line.
(7) Wholes~re~l ~verage dis~
ut[on.
(8) Faner~ homes.
(9) T~n ~ bus s~ons.
(10) Tel~ho~ exch~ges.
(11) [Added tl-2~1~ by L,L. No.
2~[~] Wi~fies which ~t ~e fol-
lowing
(a) B s~ ~ a f~ wine~ licen~
excap~on by ~e B~d of Ap~s, as
here[naif ~ovi~, subj~t to site pinn
a~v~ by ~ Pl~n~g Bo~:
(1) Any special exception use as set
forth in and regulated by § 100-31B(2)
to (12), excep~ wineries are not required
to be ia connection with a vineyard.
[Amended 8-1-1989 by L.L, No. 15-
1989]
(2) Hotel or motel uses as set forth in
and regulated by § 100-61B(4) of the
Resort Residential (RR) District. except
that the minimum lot size shall be three
(3) acres, [Amended 8-13-1991 by L.L.
No, 19-1991]
(3) B~-and-lm~akfast enterprises or
bc~'ding and~' tour[at home~ as set
forth ia and regained by § 100-3lB(14)
of ~ A~,K~'[~d ~,-~--
District. except that no site plan
approval is required,
(4) Tourist camps as regulated by
Chapter 88, Tourist and Trailer Camps,
of the TownCede.
(5) Research, design or development
laboratories, provided that any menu-
factoring shall be limited to prototypes
and products for testing.
(6) Fully enclosed commercial
recreation facilities, including but not
limited to tanni~ clubs, skating rinks,
paddle tennis, handball and squash
facilities, dance halls, billiard parlors,
bowling alleys, health spas and clubs
and uses normally aeeessol~ and iuci-
dental to commercial recreailon, such
as locker rooms, eating and th'inking
facilities and retail sale of goods asso-
cia~xl with the particular activity.
(7) Laundry or dry-cleaning plants,
subject to the following conditions:
(a) All processes and storage shall
be carried on within an enclosed build-
ing.
Co) Ali fluids used in processing
shall be recycled, and the ovelall facil-
ity shall be designed, located and oper-
ated to pro~:t surface waters and the
groundwater reservoir from pollution.
(8) Fraternal or social institutional
offices or meeting halls (nonprofit).
(9) Take-out restaurants, provided
that ealing on the premises of tbe take-
out restaurant shall be permitted only
inside the atructore or in ames specifi-
cally designated and properly main=
mined outside of the structure and
where the minimum lot si/g for a free-
standing structu~ is forty thousand
(40,000) square feet. [Amended 5-16-
1994 by LL. No. 9.1994]
(10) D~in¥1ng establishments.
( I 1) Automobile laundries.
(12) Public garage, gasoline s~viee
stations, new and used mot~ vehicle
lots, vehicle sales and ~ntal, including
the sale of torrent[on vehicles and Ira[Ir
ers and boat sales, with accessory
repair facilities, all subject to the fol-
lowing r~luimaents:
(a) Emrance and exit driveways
shall bare an un~,uioted width of not
less than twelve (12) feet and not more
than thi~y (30) feet and shall be locat-
ed no~t less thatt ton (10) feet from any
propony line ned shall be so ldid ant as
to avoid the necessity of any vebic~
backing out across any public right-of-
way.
(b) Sale of used vehicles or beats
~atl b~c~aduc~i only as ~ to
the sale of new vehicles or boats.
(c) Vehicle lira Or pi~ dismantled
in · bdikl~
(d) All sea, ice Or repair of mo~t
vehicles, o~er than such minor servic-
ing as chan~e of ~ Or sale of gaso-
lien or oil, shall be conducted in ·
building.
(e) The ~e of &meal[ne Or flam-
unda'~om~ and not less than thirty-
five (35) feet from any property line
other than the s~teet line.
(f) No gasoline Or fuel pomps or
tanks shall be located less than fiftaen
(15) f~.t from any slr~t or property
line.
(g) No gsaoline service or relair
shops or similar busin~ses a~ to be
locatod within three hundred (300) feet
of · chun:h, public school, library, has=
pimi, o~phannge or Est home.
(13) Partial self-sefvic~ gasoline ser-
vice ate[laos, subject to all of the provi-
sions of § 100-10lB(12) be~ia and the
following additional requirements:
STATE OF NEW YORK)
)SS:
COUJ~ DF SUFF, OLK)
.~'~,o,x/_~,c/~..~',~_.. of Matt[tuck, in said
county, being duly sworn, says that he/she is
Principal clerk of THE SUFFOLK TIMES, a weekly
newspaper, published at Matt[tuck, in the Town of
Southold, County of Suffolk and State of New York,
and that the Notice of which the annexed is a printed
copy, has been regularly publis, hed in said Newspaper
once each week for / weeks succes-
sively~ commenc~ing
of /-/'/.~-U,57~
on the / day
20P.,~-~
~ncipal Clerk
Sworn to before me this / , i
dayo,
LAUPA E, BONDARCHUK
Notary Public, State of New York
No 01B06067958
Qualified in Suffolk County 24, 20
My Commission Expires Dec. --
shall have controh on ail pumps that located within a single freestanding
will permit said pumps to operate only ; sm~utm ~ the sl~ping earner
when a dispensing nozzle is removed site.
(a) Each pmfid serf-service gasoline
facility ~ haw a qualified at. dent
on duty ~ ~ ~on is ~n
for ~i~s. It s~l ~ ~e duty of ~
ment~to~~
customer ~ ~e self-~ice pump
isl~ ~d ~ ~nsing ~uipment ~
of ~ qu~fiM ~. A canal
~l ~ ~ ~h ~l shut off
~y ~mver. including when
be is o~rating ~e diseasing ~uip-
(e) ~e console mgula~ng tbe flow
customer at the self-service pump
(d) ~e ~lf-servi~ pump isled
~ ~ Flea mnrketa. [Added 10-
1%1995 by L.L. No. 21-1995]
C. [Amended 5-9-1989 by L.L. No.
6-1989] Acces~3ry u~es. The following
uses and sigos, which ate governed by
Article XX, a~ subject to site
(1) Accessory usea set fo~h in and
as regulated by § 100-3lC(I) through
(8) and (10) of the Agricultural-
Conservation Distriot, subjcct to the
conditions set forth in § 100-33 thereof.
[Amended I 1-29-1994 by L.L. No. 26-
1994]
~2) Open storage of materials Or
shall be at least twenty-five (25)
(6) feet high and be suitably screened
by a solid fence or other suitable means
of at least six (6) feet in bei~ht.
(3) Apartments are penmttad
the p~cipal atmotm~ subject to the
from its bracket on the pump and the
switch for this pump is manually oger-
ated.
(e) The self-service pump island
shall be protected by an automatic fire-
protection system iq the form of an
approved system of dry powder release
which will act as an automatic fire
extinguisher.
(0 Ho customer shall be permitted
to dispense gasoline unless he shall
possess a valid motor vehicle opera-
(g) There shall be no intch-opon
device on any self-service dispensing
nozzle.
(14) Privata transportation service,
including garage and maintenance
facilities.
(1~) One fumi~7 ~"~ ~
~v~lling0, ~¢t ts ¢~srd ~ (l)
d~,dl~ es ~' ~- [A~'~I 7 1~
L993 kj LJ~ 1'I~ 11
(4~ ( 15~ [Added $- 16-1~94 by L,L
No. 9-1994] Fmmula food restaurante"
located within a shopping e~asr in this
zone, Subject to the following require-
i) The R,~, De~anmen~ i~{mm~
]e~t one (D off s~t ~ing ~.
v) Cons~c~on ~ ~m~ine
t~ ~ed for site pl~ ~v~ ~ fu~
~Bcal~ in s~fion 1~ ~d
b~cle ~V in ~en~] unless such
No building or p~s sh~l ~
sh~ ~ ~d or ~ in ~e B
~ t~ Bulk Seh~le ~d P~ng ~d
~ ~ng Sc~dules i~ ~
f~ ned eff~t ~ if such ~ons
[ 1~-103. Front y~d seth~ks.
[3~ 8-22-1~5 by DL. No. 18-
~t~f-way.
(~) ~ fm of france ~ o~ (1)
BYO~
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been presented to the Town Board of the
Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, on the 2nd day of July 2002 a Local Law
entitled" Local Law in relation to General Business District in Chal~ter 100 of the
Code of the Town of Southold" now, therefore, be it
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will
hold a public heating on the aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 530905
Main Road, Southold, New York, on the 13th day of August 2002 ut 5:04 l~.m. at which
time all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.
The proposed "Local Law in relation to General Business District in Chal~ter 100 of
the Code of the Town of Southold" and, which includes the following:
LOCAL LAW NO. 2002
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
A Local Law in Relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article X, General Business (B)
District of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended as follows:
ARTICLE X, General Business (B) District [Added 1-10-1989 by L.L. No. 1 - 1989EN]
§ 100-100. Purpose.
The purpose of the General Business (B) District is to provide for retail and wholesale
commercial development and limited office and industrial development outside of the
hamlet central business areas, generally along major highways. It is designed to
accommodate uses that benefit from large numbers of motorists, that need fairly large
parcels of land and that may involve characteristics such as heavy trucking and noise.
§ 100-101. Use regulations.
In the B District, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part thereof
shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole or
in part, for any uses except the following:
A. [Amended 5-9-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989] Permitted uses. The following uses are
permitted uses and, except for those uses permitted under Subsection A(1), (12) and (13)
hereof, are subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board:
(1) Any permitted use set forth in and regulated by § 100-3 lA(2) and (3) of the
Agricultural-Conservation District.
(2) Any permitted use set forth in and regulated by § 100-91A(3) to (19) of the
Hamlet Business District. [Amended 2-7-1995 by L.L. No. 3-1995]
(3) Wholesale businesses, warehouses and building material storage and sale, but
excluding storage of coal, coke, fuel oil or junk.
(4) Building, electrical and plumbing contractors' businesses or yards.
(5) Cold storage plants, baking and other food processing and packaging plants that
are not offensive, obnoxious or detrimental to neighboring uses by reason of dust, smoke,
vibration, noise, odor or effluent.
(6) Wholesale or retail sale and accessory storage and display of garden materials,
supplies and plants, including nursery operations, provided that the outdoor storage or
display of plants and materials does not obstruct pedestrian flow or vehicular traffic and
does not occur within three (3) feet of the property line.
(7) Wholesale/retail beverage distribution.
(8) Funeral homes.
(9) Train or bus stations.
(10) Telephone exchanges.
(11) [Added 11-29-1994 by L.L. No. 26-1994] Wineries which meet the following
standards:
(a) It shall be a farm winery licensed under New York State law from which wine
made from primarily Long Island grapes is produced and sold.
(b) It shall obtain site plan approval.
(c) It shall have retail sales on site.
(12) One-family detached dwelling.
(13) Two-family dwelling.
B. Uses permitted by special exception by the Board of Appeals. The following uses
are permitted as a special exception by the Board of Appeals, as hereinafter provided,
subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board:
(1) Any special exception use as set forth in and regulated by § 100-31B(2) to (12),
except wineries are not required to be in connection with a vineyard. [Amended 8-1-1989
by L.L. No. 15-1989]
(2) Hotel or motel uses as set forth in and regulated by § 100-61B(4) of the Resort
Residential (RR) District, except that the minimum lot size shall be three (3) acres.
[Amended 8-13-1991 by L.L. No. 19-1991]
(3) Bed-and-breakfast enterprises or boarding and/or tourist homes as set forth in and
regulated by § 100-31B(14) of the Agricultural-Conservation District, except that no site
plan approval is required.
(4) Tourist camps as regulated by Chapter 88, Tourist and Trailer Camps, of the
Town Code.
(5) Research, design or development laboratories, provided that any manufacturing
shall be limited to prototypes and products for testing.
(6) Fully enclosed commercial recreation facilities, including but not limited to tennis
clubs, skating rinks, paddle tennis, handball and squash facilities, dance halls, billiard
parlors, bowling alleys, health spas and clubs and uses normally accessory and incidental
to commercial recreation, such as locker rooms, eating and drinking facilities and retail
sale of goods associated with the particular activity.
(7) Laundry or dry-cleaning plants, subject to the following conditions:
(a) All processes and storage shall be carried on within an enclosed building.
(b) All fluids used in processing shall be recycled, and the overall facility shall be
designed, located and operated to protect surface waters and the groundwater reservoir
from pollution.
(8) Fraternal or social institutional offices or meeting halls (nonprofit).
(9) Take-out restaurants, provided that eating on the premises of the take-out
restaurant shall be permitted only inside the structure or in areas specifically designated
and properly maintained outside of the structure and where the minimum lot size for a
freestanding structure is forty thousand (40,000) square feet. [Amended 5-16-1994 by
L.L. No. 9-1994]
(10) Drinking establishments.
(11) Automobile laundries.
(12) Public garages, gasoline service stations, new and used motor vehicle lots, vehicle
sales and rental, including the sale of recreation vehicles and trailers and boat sales, with
accessory repair facilities, all subject to the following requirements:
(a) Entrance and exit driveways shall have an unrestricted width of not less than
twelve (12) feet and not more than thirty (30) feet and shall be located not less than ten
(10) feet from any property line and shall be so laid out as to avoid the necessity of any
vehicle backing out across any public right-of-way.
(b) Sale of used vehicles or boats shall be conducted only as accessory to the sale of
new vehicles or boats.
(c) Vehicle lifts or pits, dismantled automobiles, boats and vehicles and all parts or
supplies shall be located within a building.
(d) All service or repair of motor vehicles, other than such minor servicing as change
of tires or sale of gasoline or oil, shall be conducted in a building.
(e) The storage of gasoline or flammable oils in bulk shall be located fully
underground and not less than thirty-five (35) feet from any property line other than the
street line.
(f) No gasoline or fuel pumps or tanks shall be located less than fifteen (15) feet from
any street or property line.
(g)ENNo gasoline service or repair shops or similar businesses are to be located within
three hundred (300) feet of a church, public school, library, hospital, orphanage or rest
home.
(13) Partial self-service gasoline service stations, subject to all of the provisions of §
100-101B(12) herein and the following additional requirements:
(a) Each partial self-service gasoline facility shall have a qualified attendant on duty
whenever the station is open for business. It shall be the duty of the qualified attendant to
control and operate both the console regulating the flow of gasoline to the dispensing
equipment thereafter to be operated by the customer at the self-service pump island and
the dispensing equipment on the other pump islands.
(b) Gasoline shall at no time be dispensed without the direct supervision of the
qualified attendant. A control shall be provided which will shut offthe flow of gasoline to
the dispensing equipment at the self-service pump island whenever the qualified
attendant is absent from the control console for any reason whatever, including when he
is operating the dispensing equipment on the other pump islands.
(c) The console regulating the flow of gasoline to the remote dispensing equipment
thereafter operated by the customer at the self-service pump island shall be situated in
such a manner as to give the qualified attendant controlling said console an unobstructed
view of the operation of said remote dispensing equipment.
(d) The self-service pump island shall have controls on all pumps that will permit
said pumps to operate only when a dispensing nozzle is removed from its bracket on the
pump and the switch for this pump is manually operated.
(e) The self-service pump island shall be protected by an automatic fire-protection
system in the form of an approved system of dry powder release which will act as an
automatic fire extinguisher.
(f) No customer shall be permitted to dispense gasoline tmless he shall possess a
valid motor vehicle operator's license.
(g) There shall be no latch-open device on any self-service dispensing nozzle.
(14) Private transportation service, including garage and maintenance facilities.
(15) One family detached dwellings, not to exceed one (1) d~velling on each lot.
[Added 7 13 1993 by L.L. No. 11 1993]
(15) (15) [Added 5-16-1994 by L.L. No. 9-1994] Formula food restaurants located within
a shopping center in this zone, subject to the following requirements:
(a) There must be sufficient parking as provided for by the Article XIX, Parking and
Loading Areas, of this chapter, and such parking area shall be available within the
shopping center site to accommodate the use.
(b) The operation of the establishment shall not create traffic problems.
(c) There shall be no cotmter serving outdoor traffic via a drive-in, drive-through,
drive-up, drive-by or a walkup window or door.
(d) Exterior signage shall conform in all respects to Article XX, Signs, of this chapter
and, further, may not be lit from within.
(e) Advertisements, including trademark loges, may not be affixed, painted or glued
onto the windows of the business or onto any exterior structure, including waste disposal
receptacles and flags.
(f) The signage must conform to the existing color theme and signage style of the
shopping center.
(g) The existing exterior architectural style of the shopping center building may not
be altered or modified in any way to accommodate the proposed use.
(h) The use must be located within the shopping center's main primary building
complex and may not be located within a single freestanding structure within the
shopping center site.
(17) (16) Flea markets. [Added 10-17-1995 by L.L. No. 21-1995]
C. [Amended 5-9-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989] Accessory uses. The following uses are
permitted as accessory uses and, except for residential accessory uses and signs, which
are governed by Article XX, are subject to site plan review:
(1) Accessory uses set forth in and as regulated by § 100-31C(1) through (8) and (10)
of the Agricultural-Conservation District, subject to the conditions set forth in § 100-33
thereofi [Amended 11-29-1994 by L.L. No. 26-1994]
(2)ENOpen storage of materials or equipment, provided that such storage shall be at least
twenty-five (25) feet from any lot line, not be more than six (6) feet high and be suitably
screened by a solid fence or other suitable means of at least six (6) feet in height.
(3) Apartments are permitted within the principal structure subject to the following
requirements:
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
The Buildin~ Department issuin~ an accessory apartment permit.
The habitable floor area of each apartment shall be at least three hundred
and fifty (350} square feet.
There shall be no more than three (3) apartments created or maintained in
any single structure.
Each apartment shall have at least one (1) off street parkinR space.
Construction and/or remodelin~ of an existing structure to create an
accessory apartment shall not tri~er the need for site plan approval set
forth specifically in section 100-250 and Article XXV in ~eneral unless
such construction or remodeling results in an increase of the square
footaRe of the structure.
§ 100-102. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
No building or premises shall be used and no building or part thereof shall be erected or
altered in the B District unless the same conforms to the Bulk Schedule and Parking and
Loading Schedules incorporated into this chapter by reference, with the same force and
effect as if such regulations were set forth herein in full. EN
§ 100-103. Front yard setbacks. [Added 8-22-1995 by L.L. No. 18-1995]
A. Structures shall be set back at least one hundred (100) feet from the right-of-way.
B. There shall be an exception to Subsection A if the adjacent parcels are developed,
in which case the minimum front yard setback shall be the average of the setbacks of the
adjacent parcels.
C. A project shall be divided into separate structures so that no single structure shall
have more than sixty (60) linear feet of frontage on one (1) street. The setbacks of
multiple structures on a parcel may vary, provided that the average setback of the
structures meets the setback required above and all buildings are at least seventy-five (75)
feet from the right-of-way.
100-104. Severabilitv.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by
any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not effect the
validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be
unconstitutional or invalid.
§ 100-105. Effective date.
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as
provided by law.
Strike-through represents deletion.
Underline represents insertion.
BY ORDER OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF
SOUTHOLD, JULY 2, 2002
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
SOUTHOLD TOWN CLERK
PLEASE PUBLISH ON AUGUST 1, 2002, AND FORWARD ONE (1) AFFIDAVIT
OF PUBLICATION TO ELIZABETH NEVILLE, TOWN CLERK, TOWN HALL, PO
BOX 1179, SOUTHOLD, NY 11971.
Copies to the following:
The Suffolk Times
Town Board Members
Planning Board
Code Committee
Town Attorney
Town Clerk's Bulletin Board
STATE OF NEW YORK)
SS:
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK)
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE, Town Clerk of the Town of Southold, New York being
duly sworn, says that on the ~(~ day of ~}c,.J~ ,
2002,
she
affixed
a
notice
of ~vhich the annexed printed notice is a true copy, in a proper and substantial manner, in
a most public place in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, to wit: Town
Clerk's Bulletin Board, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON:
August 13, 2002, 5:04 pm
"Local Law in relation to General Business District in Chaoter 100 of the Code of
the Town of Southold
F---Elizabeth A. NeVille
Southold Town Clerk
Swom before me ~his.
aO~ day of ~
~ N~otary 2 Iblic~,.,~.._L/fZ~
,2002.
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
southoldtown.northfork.net
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 471 OF 2002
WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
ON JULY 2, 2002:
WHEREAS there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk
County, New York, on the 2nd day of July 2002 a Local Law entitled "Local Law in relation to
General Business District in Chal~ter 100 of the Code of the Town of Southold" now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the
aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 530905 Main Road, Southold, New York, on
the 13th day of Aueust 2002 at 5:04 I~.m. at which time all interested persons will be given an
opportunity to be heard.
LOCAL LAW NO. 2002
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
A Local Law in Relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article X, General Business (B) District of the
Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended as follows:
ARTICLE X, General Business (B) District [Added 1-10-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989EN]
§ 100-100. Purpose.
The purpose of the General Business (B) District is to provide for retail and wholesale
commemial development and limited office and industrial development outside of the hamlet
central business areas, generally along major highways. It is designed to accommodate uses that
benefit from large numbers of motorists, that need fairly large parcels of land and that may
involve characteristics such as heavy trucking and noise.
§ 100-101. Use regulations.
In the B District, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part thereof shall be
erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for any
uses except the following:
A. [Amended 5-9-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989] Permitted uses. The following uses are
permitted uses and, except for those uses permitted under Subsection A(1), (12) and (13) hereof,
are subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board:
(1) Any permitted use set forth in and regulated by § 100-3 lA(2) and (3) of the Agricultural-
Conservation District.
(2) Any permitted use set forth in and regulated by § 100-9 lA(3) to (19) of the Hamlet
Business District. [Amended 2-7-1995 by L.L. No. 3-1995]
(3) Wholesale businesses, warehouses and building material storage and sale, but excluding
storage of coal, coke, fuel oil or junk.
(4) Building, electrical and plumbing contractors' businesses or yards.
(5) Cold storage plants, baking and other food processing and packaging plants that are not
offensive, obnoxious or detrimental to neighboring uses by reason of dust, smoke, vibration,
noise, odor or effluent.
(6) Wholesale or retail sale and accessory storage and display of garden materials, supplies
and plants, including nursery operations, provided that the outdoor storage or display of plants
and materials does not obstruct pedestrian flow or vehicular traffic and does not occur within
three (3) feet of the property line.
(7) Wholesale/retail beverage distribution.
(8) Funeral homes.
(9) Train or bus stations.
(10) Telephone exchanges.
(11) [Added 11-29-1994 by L.L. No. 26-1994] Wineries which meet the following standards:
(a) It shall be a farm winery licensed under New York State law from which wine made from
primarily Long Island grapes is produced and sold.
(b) It shall obtain site plan approval.
(c) It shall have retail sales on site.
(12) One-family detached dwellina.
(13) Two-family dwelling.
B. Uses permitted by special exception by the Board of Appeals. The following uses are
permitted as a special exception by the Board of Appeals, as hereinafter provided, subject to site
plan approval by the Planning Board:
(1) Any special exception use as set forth in and regulated by § 100-31B(2) to (12), except
wineries are not required to be in connection with a vineyard. [Amended 8-1-1989 by L.L. No.
15-1989]
(2) Hotel or motel uses as set forth in and regulated by § 100-61B(4) of the Resort
Residential (RR) District, except that the minimum lot size shall be three (3) acres. [Amended 8-
13-1991 by L.L. No. 19-1991]
(3) Bed-and-breakfast enterprises or boarding and/or tourist homes as set forth in and
regulated by § 100-31B(14) of the Agricultural-Conservation District, except that no site plan
approval is required.
(4) Tourist camps as regulated by Chapter 88, Tourist and Trailer Camps, of the Town Code.
(5) Research, design or development laboratories, provided that any manufacturing shall be
limited to prototypes and products for testing.
(6) Fully enclosed commercial recreation facilities, including but not limited to tennis clubs,
skating finks, paddle tennis, handball and squash facilities, dance halls, billiard parlors, bowling
alleys, health spas and clubs and uses normally accessory and incidental to commercial
recreation, such as locker rooms, eating and drinking facilities and retail sale of goods associated
with the particular activity.
(7) Laundry or dry-cleaning plants, subject to the following conditions:
(a) All processes and storage shall be carded on within an enclosed building.
(b) All fluids used in processing shall be recycled, and the overall facility shall be designed,
located and operated to protect surface waters and the groundwater reservoir from pollution.
(8) Fraternal or social institutional offices or meeting halls (nonprofit).
(9) Take-out restaurants, provided that eating on the premises of the take-out restaurant shall
be permitted only inside the structure or in areas specifically designated and properly maintained
outside of the structure and where the minimum lot size for a freestanding structure is forty
thousand (40,000) square feet. [Amended 5-16-1994 by L.L. No. 9-1994]
(10) Drinking establishments.
(11) Automobile laundries.
(12) Public garages, gasoline service stations, new and used motor vehicle lots, vehicle sales
and rental, including the sale of recreation vehicles and trailers and boat sales, with accessory
repair facilities, all subject to the following requirements:
(a) Entrance and exit driveways shall have an unrestricted width of not less than twelve (12)
feet and not more than thirty (30) feet and shall be located not less than ten (10) feet from any
property line and shall be so laid out as to avoid the necessity of any vehicle backing out across
any public right-of-way.
(b) Sale of used vehicles or boats shall be conducted only as accessory to the sale of new
vehicles or boats.
(c) Vehicle lifts or pits, dismantled automobiles, boats and vehicles and all parts or supplies
shall be located within a building.
(d) All service or repair of motor vehicles, other than such minor servicing as change of tires
or sale of gasoline or oil, shall be conducted in a building.
(e) The storage of gasoline or flammable oils in bulk shall be located fully underground and
not less than thirty-five (35) feet from any property line other than the street line.
(f) No gasoline or fuel pumps or tanks shall be located less than fifteen (15) feet from any
street or property line.
(g)ENNo gasoline service or repair shops or similar businesses are to be located within three
hundred (300) feet of a church, public school, library, hospital, orphanage or rest home.
(13) Partial self-service gasoline service stations, subject to all of the provisions of § 100-
101B(12) herein and the following additional requirements:
(a) Each partial self-service gasoline facility shall have a qualified attendant on duty
whenever the station is open for business. It shall be the duty of the qualified attendant to control
and operate both the console regulating the flow of gasoline to the dispensing equipment
thereafter to be operated by the customer at the self-service pump island and the dispensing
equipment on the other pump islands.
(b) Gasoline shall at no time be dispensed without the direct supervision of the qualified
attendant. A control shall be provided which will shut off the flow of gasoline to the dispensing
equipment at the self-service pump island whenever the qualified attendant is absent from the
control console for any reason whatever, including when he is operating the dispensing
equipment on the other pump islands.
(c) The console regulating the flow of gasoline to the remote dispensing equipment thereafter
operated by the customer at the self-service pump island shall be situated in such a manner as to
give the qualified attendant controlling said console an unobstructed view of the operation of
said remote dispensing equipment.
(d) The self-service pump island shall have controls on all pumps that will permit said pumps
to operate only when a dispensing nozzle is removed from its bracket on the pump and the
switch for this pump is manually operated.
(e) The self-service pump island shall be protected by an automatic fire-protection system in
the form of an approved system of dry powder release which will act as an automatic fire
extinguisher.
(f) No customer shall be permitted to dispense gasoline unless he shall possess a valid motor
vehicle operator's license.
(g) There shall be no latch-open device on any self-service dispensing nozzle.
(14) Private transportation service, including garage and maintenance facilities.
(15) Ono family detached dwollings, not to exceed ono (1) d~velling on each lot. [Added 7 13
1993 byL.L. No. 11 1993]
(!5) (15) [Added 5-16-1994 by L.L. No. 9-1994] Formula food restaurants located within a
shopping center in this zone, subject to the following requirements:
(a) There must be sufficient parking as provided for by the Article XIX, Parking and
Loading Areas, of this chapter, and such parking area shall be available within the shopping
center site to accommodate the use.
(b) The operation of the establishment shall not create traffic problems.
(c) There shall be no counter serving outdoor traffic via a drive-in, drive-through, drive-up,
drive-by or a walkup window or door.
(d) Exterior signage shall conform in all respects to Article XX, Signs, of this chapter and,
further, may not be lit from within.
(e) Advertisements, including trademark logos, may not be affixed, painted or glued onto the
windows of the business or onto any exterior structure, including waste disposal receptacles and
flags.
(f') The signage must conform to the existing color theme and signage style of the shopping
center.
(g) The existing exterior architectural style of the shopping center building may not be
altered or modified in any way to accommodate the proposed use.
(h) The use must be located within the shopping center's main primary building complex and
may not be located within a single freestanding structure within the shopping center site.
(17) (16) Flea markets. [Added 10-17-1995 by L.L. No. 21-1995]
C. [Amended 5-9-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989] Accessory uses. The following uses are
permitted as accessory uses and, except for residential accessory uses and signs, which are
governed by Article XX, are subject to site plan review:
(1) Accessory uses set forth in and as regulated by § 100-31C(1) through (8) and (10) of the
Agricultural-Conservation District, subject to the conditions set forth in § 100-33 thereof.
[Amended 11-29-1994 by L.L. No. 26-1994]
(2)ENOpen storage of materials or equipment, provided that such storage shall be at least
twenty-five (25) feet from any lot line, not be more than six (6) feet high and be suitably
screened by a solid fence or other suitable means of at least six (6) feet in height.
(3) Apartments are permitted within the principal structure subject to the following
requirements:
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
The Building Department issuine an accessory apartment permit.
The habitable floor area of each apartment shall be at least three hundred and fifty
(350) souare feet.
There shall be no more than three (3) apartments created or maintained in any
sinele structure.
Each apartment shall have at least one (1) off street parking space.
Construction and/or remodeling of an existine structure to create an accessory
al~artment shall not tfie~er the need for site plan approval set forth s~eciftcally in
section 100-250 and Article XXV in general unless such construction or
remodeling results in an increase of the s0uare footaee of the structure.
§ 100-102. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
No building or premises shall be used and no building or part thereof shall be erected or altered
in the B District unless the same conforms to the Bulk Schedule and Parking and Loading
Schedules incorporated into this chapter by reference, with the same force and effect as if such
regulations were set forth herein in full. EN
§ 100-103. Front yard setbacks. [Added 8-22-1995 by L.L. No. 18-1995]
A. Structures shall be set back at least one hundred (100) feet from the fight-of-way.
B. There shall be an exception to Subsection A if the adjacent parcels are developed, in
which case the minimum front yard setback shall be the average of the setbacks of the adjacent
parcels.
C. A project shall be divided into separate structures so that no single structure shall have
more than sixty (60) linear feet of frontage on one (1) street. The setbacks of multiple structures
on a parcel may vary, provided that the average setback of the structures meets the setback
required above and all buildings are at least seventy-five (75) feet from the right-of-way.
100-104. Severability.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not effect the validity of this law
as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
§ 100-105. Effective date.
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided
by law.
Strike-through represents deletion.
Underline represents insertion.
Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
V - 471
RESOLUTION
JULY 2, 2002
WHEREAS there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold,
Suffolk County, New York, on the 2nd day of July 2002 a Local Law entitled" Local
Law in relation to General Business District in Chapter 100 of the Code of the Town
of Southold" now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on
the aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 530905 Main Road, Southold, New
York, on th 13a day of August 2002 at 5:04 D.m.at which time all interested persons
will be given an opportunity to be heard.
(text attached)
ARTICI;ISX, General Business ([3) District [Added I 10 1989 byl.l. TNc). I 1989EN]
~ 100-100. Purpose.
Thc pml>osc oi:the General Business lB) District is to provide fbi' retail and wholesale
commercial devdopment ztnd limited el'rice and industrial development outside el' thc
hamlet central business areas, generally along major highways. It is designed to
accommodate oses that benefit Ii'om large munbers el'motorists, that need tktirly large
parcels of land and that may involve characteristics such as heavy wttcking and noise.
~ 100-101. Use regulations.
In the B District, uo building or premises shall be used and no buildiug or part thereof
shall be erected or altered which is ~ged, intended or desired to be used, in whole or
in pa~, for ;my uses except the following:
A. [~ended 5-9-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989] Pe~itted uses. The fbllowing uses ~e
pemfitted uses and, except for those uses pe~itted under Subsection A(1), (12) ~d (13)
hereof, are subject to site pl~ approval by the Plamfing Board:
(1) ~y pe~itted use set foah in and regulated by ~ 100-3 lA(2) trod (3) of the
A~cultural-Conse~ation District.
(2) Any pe~itted use set fo~h in and regulated by ~ 100-91A(3) to (19) of~e
Hamlet Business District. [~ended 2-7-1995 by L.L. No. 3-1995]
(3) Wholesale businesses, warehouses mtd building material storage and sale, but
excluding storage of coal, coke, fuel oil or junk.
(4) Building, electrical and plumbing contractors' businesses or yards.
(5) Cold storage plants, b~ing and other food processing and packaging plants that
arc not offensive, obnoxious or detrimental to neighboring uses by reason of dust, smoke,
vibration, uoise, odor or effluent.
(6) Wholesale or retail sale and accessory storage and display of garden materials,
supplies and plants, including nurse~ operations, provided that the outdoor storage or
display ofpl~ts and materials does not obstruct pedestrian flow or vehicular traffic zmd
does not occur ~vitbin three (3) fect of the propeay line.
(7) Wholesale/retail beverage distribution.
(8) Funeral homes.
(9) Train or bus stations.
(10) Telephone exchanges.
(I 1) [Added 11-29-1994 by L.L. No. 26-1994] Wineries which meet the following
standards:
(a) It shall be a rrm wine~ licensed under New York State law from which wine
made front primarily Long Island grapes is produced m~d sold.
(b) It shall obtain site pl~ approval.
(c) It shall have retail sales on site.
(12) One-fmilv detached dwelling.
(13} Two-f~ilv dwelling.
B. Uses permitted by special exception by the Board of Appeals. The following uses
are pe~itted as a special exception by the Bo~d of Appeals, as hereinalfer provided,
subject to site plan approval by the Plmming Board:
(1) ~y special exception use as set foah in ~d regulated by } 100-3 lB(2) to (12),
except ~vinefies ~e not required to be in co~ection with a vineyard. [Amended 8-1-1989
byL.L. No. 15-1989]
(2) Hotel or motel uses as set fbrth in aud regulated by 3 100-61 t3(4) of thc Resort
Residential (RR) District, except that tho mininmm lot size shall be three (3) acres.
[Amended 8-13-1991 by L.L. No. 19-1991]
(3) Bed-and-breaktXast entc~l~rises or boarding and/or tourist holnes as set IYrth in and
regulated by ~ 100-3 lB(14) of the Agricultural-Conservation District, except that no site
plan approval is required.
(4) Tourist camps as regulated by Chap[er 88, Touris[ aud Trailer Camps, of tim
Town Code.
(5) Research, design or development laboratories, provided that any manuGcturing
shall be limited to protot~es and products for testing.
(6) Fully enclosed con~ercial recreation hcilities, including but not limited to te~is
clubs, skating fi~s, paddle te~is, h~dball ~d squash facilities, d~ce halls, billiard
p~lors, bowling alleys, health spas and clubs and uses no,ally accessow and incidental
to cmmercial recreation, such as locker rooms, eating and driving facilities and retail
sale of goods associated with the pa~icular activity.
(7) Laund~ or d~-cle~ing pl~ts, subject to the follmving conditions:
(a) Ail processes and storage shall be c~ed on within ~ enclosed building.
(b) All fluids used in processing shall be recycled, and the overall hcility shall be
designed, located and operated to protect surface waters and the groundwater rese~oir
from pollution.
(8) Fraternal or social institutional offices or meeting halls (nonprofit).
(9) Take-out restaurants, provided that eating on the premises oFthe take-out
restaurm~t shall be pe~itted only inside the structure or in areas specifically desi~ated
m~d properly maintained outside of the structure and ~vhere the minimmn lot size for a
freestanding structure is forty thousand (40,000) square feet. [~ended 5-16-1994 by
L.L. No. 9-1994]
(10) Drinking establis~euts.
(11) Automobile laundries.
(12) Public garages, gasoline seD'ice stations, new and used motor vehicle lots, vehicle
sales and rental, including the sale of recreation vehicles and trailers m~d boat sales, with
accesso~ repair hcilities, all subject to the followiug requirements:
(a) Entrance and exit driveways shall have an unrestricted width of not less thm~
twelve (12) feet and not more than thi~y (30) feet and shall be located not less than teu
(10) feet from any prope~y line and shall be so laid out as to avoid tim necessity of any
vehicle backing out across any public right-of-xvay.
(b) Sale of used vehicles or boats shall bc conducted only as accesso~7 to the sale of
new vehicles or boats.
(c) Vehicle lifts or pits, dismantled automobiles, boats and vehicles and all parts or
supplies shall be located within a building.
(d) All se~ice or repair of motor vehicles, other th~ such minor se~icing as ch~ge
of tires or sale of gasoline or oil, shall be conducted in a building.
(e) The storage of gasoline or flammable oils in bulk shall be located fully
undergound and not less than thirty-five (35) feet from any prope~y line other than the
street line.
(8 No gasoline or fuel pumps or tanks shall be located less than fifteen (15) feet from
any street or prope~y line.
{g)ENNo gasoline service or repair shops oi' similar businesses arc to be located within
three hnndred (300) lket of a church, public school, library, hospital, orphanage or rest
hon/c.
(13) Partial self-service gasoline service statious, subject to all ol'th¢, provisioas of~
100-101 B(12) herein and the fbllowi ug additional requirements:
(a) Each partial self-service gasoline facility shall have a qualified attendant on duty
whenever the station is opeu for business, It shall bc the duty of the qualilied attendant to
control and operate both the console regulating the flow of gasoline to the dispensing
equipment thereafter to be operated by the customer at the self-service pump ishmd and
the dispensing equipment on the other pump islands.
(b) Gasoline shall at no time be dispensed without the direct supervision of the
qualified attendant. A control shall be provided which will shut off the flow of gasoline to
the dispensing equipment at the self-service pump island whenever the qualified
attendant is absent from the control console for any reason whatever, including when he
is operating the dispensing equipment on the other pump islands.
(c) The console regulating the flow of gasoline to the remote dispensing equipment
therealler operated by the customer at the self-service pump island shall be situated in
such a manner as to give the qualified attendant controlling said console an unobstn~cted
view of the operation of said remote dispensing equipment.
(d) The self-service pump island shall have controls on all pumps that will pem~it
said pumps to operate only when a dispensing nozzle is removed from its bracket on the
pump and the switch for this pump is manually operated.
(e) The self-service pump island shall be protected by an automatic fire-protection
system in the form of an approved system of dry powder release which will act as an
atttomatic fire extinguisher.
(f) No customer shall be permitted to dispense gasoline unless he shall possess a
valid motor vehicle operator's Iicense.
(g) There shall be no latch-open device on any self-service dispensing nozzle.
(14) Prb, ate transportatiou service, including garage and maintenance facilities.
(4-5-)---One f[mgty4~e&~ dwellingsr4mt tc exceed ~)4wel4i-~cm eaelMot.
(16) [Added 5-16-1994 by L.L. No. 9-1994] Fommla tbod restaurants located within a
shopping center in this zone, subject to the following requiremeuts:
(a) There must be sufficient parking as provided for by the Article XIX, Parking and
Loading Areas, of this chapter, and such p~king area shall be available within the
shopping center site to accommodate the use.
(b) The operation of the establistmaent shall not create traffic problems.
(c) There shall be no counter serving outdoor traffic via a drive-in, drive-through,
drivemp, drive-by or a walkup window or door.
(d) Exterior signage shall conform in all respects to Article XX, Signs, of this chapter
and, further, may not be lit from within.
(e) Advertisements, including trademark logos, may not be affixed, painted or glued
onto the windows of the business or onto any exterior stmctx, tre, including waste disposal
receptacles and flags.
(f) The signage must conform to the existing color theme and signage style of the
shopping center.
(g) The cxistmg exterior architectural style of the shopping center building may uot
be altered or modified in any way to accommodate the proposed use.
(h) Thc use nmst be located within tile shopping center's main prin~ary building
complex and may not be located within a single ll-cestanding structmc within thc
shopping ccuter site.
(17) Flea markets. [Added 10-17-1995 by L.L. No. 21-1995]
C. [Amended 5-9-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989] Accessory uses. Thc l'ollowing rises are
pennitted as accessory uses and, except for residential accessory uses and signs, which
are governed by Article XX, are subject to site plan review:
(1) Accessory uses set forth in and as regulated by § 100-3 lC(l) through (8) and (10)
of the Agricultural-Conservation District, subject to the conditions set forth in § 100-33
thereof. [Amended 11-29-1994 by L.L. No. 26-1994]
(2)ENOpen storage of materials or equipment, provided that such storage shall be at least
twenty-five (25) feet from any lot line, not be more than six (6) feet high and be suitably
screened by a solid fence or other suitable means of at least six (6) feet in height.
(3) Apartments are permitted within the principal structure subiect to the following
requirements:
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
The Building Department issuing an accessory al~artment permit.
The habitable floor area of each apartment shall be at least three hundred
and fifty (350) square feet.
There shall be no more than three (3~ apartments created or maintained in
any single structure.
Each apartment shall have at least one (1) off street parking space.
Construction and/or remodeling of an existin~ structure to create an
accessory apartment shall not trigger the need for site plan approval set
forth specifically in section 100-250 and Article XXV in general unless
such construction or remodeling results in an increase of the square
footage of the structure.
§ 100-102. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
No building or premises shall be used and no building or part thereof shall be erected or
altered in tile B District unless thc same conforu~s to the Bulk Schedule and Parking and
Loading Schedules incorporated into this chapter by reference, with the same lbrce and
effect as if such regulations were set forth herein in full.EN
§ 100-103. Front yard setbacks. [Added 8-22-1995 by L.L. No. 18-1995]
A. Structures shall be set back at least one buudred (100) feet from the right-of-way.
B. There shall be an exception to Subsection A if the adjacent parcels are developed,
in which case the minimum front yard setback shall be the average of the setbacks of the
adjacent parcels.
C. A project shall be divided into separate structures so that no single structure shall
have more than sixty (60) linear feet of frontage on one (I) street. The setbacks of
multiple structures on a parcel may vary, provided that the average setback of the
structures meets the setback required above and all buildings are at least seventy-five (75)
feet from the fight-of-way.