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  District Regulations (205 & 206) | Back to Zoning Codes | PDF File
  Article 2: District Regulations
  1. 205.00 R-D Research/Development District
  2. 206.00 E-1 Educational District
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Section 205.00 Research/Development District
  1. Permitted Uses
    1. Facilities for research and/or development.
    2. Offices.
    3. Storage buildings.
    4. Garages.
  2. General Standards
    1. No outdoor storage or display of products or materials and no outdoor manufacturing or servicing of any type shall be permitted. All on-site activities shall be conducted entirely within a building.
    2. Off-street loading areas shall be screened from general off-site view by buildings, walls, fences, barns or plantings.
    3. Access drives shall be at least twenty-five feet wide. There shall be no parking in access drives.
    4. All water and sewer facilities shall be designed and installed according to village standards and be approved by the Department of Public Works or the Director of the Water/Sewer facility.
    5. Storm water drainage systems within the district shall be designed so that the rate of run-off from any site during a 100-year storm will not exceed that rate which would have occurred prior to construction. The calculation of such rates and the design of the drainage system shall be subject to review.
    6. Signs shall conform to Section 305.00 A,B,C, and D3.
  3. C. Site Plan Directives
    1. The Practice of soil stripping shall be limited to incidental filling of areas within the district to bring them up to grade, except insofar as is necessary to excavate for cellars and other structures.
    2. All areas of the plot not occupied by buildings, parking, driveways, or walkways shall be landscaped with lawn, trees, shrubs, or other plant material. Such landscaping shall take into consideration the natural growth presently on the premises, and the nature and condition of the terrain.
    3. A required landscaping buffer area of twenty-five feet shall be provided along all lot lines.
    4. Access by commercial vehicles shall not be allowed from residential streets. A projection of expected vehicular use of village streets, including estimates of traffic volumes, shall be submitted to the Planning Board as part of Site Plan Review.
    5. Placement of off street parking facilities shall be determined by the Planning Board as part of the Site Plan Review process.
  4. Performance Standards
    1. No research/development use shall hereafter be established, altered, moved, or expanded unless it complies with the performance standards set forth in this section. Continued conformance with such standards shall be a requirement for the continuance of any Certificate of Occupancy, Zoning or Building Permit.
  5. Purposes
    Consistent with the general purposes of this Village Law, these standards shall set specific controls on potentially objectionable external aspects of research/development uses so as to:
    1. Reduce to a reasonable minimum the dissemination of smoke, gas, dust, odor, or other atmospheric pollutant outside the building in which the use is conducted.
    2. Control noise perceptible beyond the boundaries of the site of use.
    3. Prevent the dissemination of vibration, heat, or electromagnetic interference beyond the immediate site.
    4. Prevent physical hazard by reason of fire, explosion, radiation, or any similar cause.
    5. Regulate and control the generation and flow of vehicular traffic so as to prevent hazardous conditions, traffic congestion, and excessive noise in the streets.
  6. Standards
    1. 1. No activities shall be permitted that increase the hazards to neighboring properties by reason of fire, explosion, radiation or any similar cause.
    2. No land use shall be permitted which emits any discernible odor outside the building in which the use is conducted.
    3. No use shall be permitted which will cause any dissemination whatsoever of toxic, radioactive or noxious matter outside the building in which the use is conducted.
    4. There shall be no measurable emission of dust or other particulate matter not related to combustion of indirect heating.
    5. No operation shall be permitted which produces any perceptible electromagnetic interference with normal radio or television reception in any area within or without the village.
    6. There shall be no noise level greater than 55 dba. produced, as measured at the boundaries of the lot. There shall be no perceptible noise produced as measured at lot boundaries between 7PM and 7AM daily.
    7. There shall be no discharge of any effluent whatsoever into any sanitary sewer system except only in accordance with the rules of and under the control of public body controlling such sewer system. Any chemical or industrial waste which places undue loads, as determined by the director of the municipal sewage plant, shall not be discharged into any municipal system unless adequately pre-tested by the research/development facility.
    8. The emission of smoke and other particulate matter shall not be permitted regardless of quantity, if it will be in any way detrimental to the public health, safety, welfare or comfort, or a source of damage to property. What smoke is excessive shall be determined according to the Ringelmann's Scale for Grading the Density of Smoke, published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, when the shade or appearances of such smoke is darker than N. 1 on said Ringelmann Smoke Chart.
    9. Water use by the facility shall not endanger existing wells in quality and quantity. Curtailment of water use may be mandated by the director of the municipal water/sewer plant.
    10. There shall be no glare, objectionably high light levels, or vibration perceptible beyond the lot lines whereon such use is conducted.
    11. If upon petition by residents of the village, it is found by the Planning Board that traffic congestion, noise, or hazards are being created by the research/development use, the Planning Board may require that traffic patterns be regulated according to a plan determined by the Planning Board. This may include regulation of hours of vehicular use to and from the site.
  7. Procedure
    1. In the case of an application for the establishment of a use subject to the performance standards, the Planning Board may require the applicant, at his own expense, to provide such evidence as it deems necessary to determine whether the proposed use will conform to said standards.
    2. If the Planning Board deems it necessary, expert advice may be obtained, with the cost of such advise paid for in advance by the applicant, as a condition of further consideration of his application. The report of any expert consultants shall be promptly furnished to the applicant.
    3. During the course of Site Plan Review, the Planning Board will determine if the applicant's proposal will conform to the performance standards.
  8. Enforcement
    If, in the judgment of the designated enforcement officer, there is a violation of the performance standards:
    1. The enforcement officer shall give written notice, by registered or certified mail, with a copy to the Village Board, to the owner and tenants of the property upon which the alleged violation occurs, describing the particulars of the alleged violation and the reasons why it is believed that there is a violation in fact, and shall require an answer or correction of the alleged violation to the satisfaction of the enforcement officer within ten (10) working days. The notice shall state, and it is hereby declared, that failure to reply, or to correct the alleged violation to the satisfaction of the enforcement officer within the time limit, constitutes admission of a violation of this ordinance. The notice shall further state that, upon request of those to whom it is directed, technical determinations of the nature and extent of the violation as alleged will be made, and that, if violation as alleged is found, costs of the determinations will be charged against those responsible , in addition to such other penalties as may be appropriate.
    2. If, within the time limit set, there is no reply, but the alleged violation is corrected to the satisfaction of the enforcement officer, he shall note “Violation Corrected” on his copy of the notice and shall retain it among his records.
    3. If there is no reply within the time limit set (thus establishing admission of a violation of this ordinance) and the alleged violation is not corrected to the satisfaction of the enforcement officer within the time limit set, he shall proceed to take action.
  9. Prohibited Uses
    1. Bed and Breakfast or Tourist Home.
    2. Fraternities, sororities, and chapter or membership association houses.
    3. Large Dwelling Re-use.
    4. Social clubs and lodges.
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Section 206.00 Educational District E-1

  1. Permitted Uses
    1. Classrooms, laboratories (when used in conjunction with classrooms), dwellings, libraries, studies, galleries, food service and recreational facilities for students enrolled in scheduled educational sessions of a New York State licensed educational institution, and for employees of such institutions.
    2. Utility buildings (such as power plants, heat plants, garages) for campus use.
    3. Offices for employees of the educational institution.
    4. Facilities for student extracurricular activities.
    5. Social clubs and lodges.
  2. Special Permit Uses
    1. Separate research, production, laboratory facilities for employees of, and students enrolled in, the educational institution.
    2. These facilities shall meet the standards of section 205.00.
    3. Bed and Breakfast or Tourist Home.
    4. Fraternities, sororities, and chapter or membership association houses.
  3. District Regulations
    1. The zoning limitation of one principal building per lot (see definitions in Article 5 for definition of “lot”) does not apply in this district.
  4. Prohibited Uses
    1. Large Dwelling Re-use
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