§ 220-23. CC Community Commercial District.

A. 

Purpose. The purpose of the CC Community Commercial District uses is to provide a broader range of general and comparison commercial goods, services and facilities necessary to serve the needs of the population of major portions of the Town and adjacent areas.

B. 

Permitted principal uses.

(1) 

Any use permitted in a Neighborhood Commercial (NC) District.

(2) 

Shopping centers, malls, plazas or other grouping of commercial uses and buildings.

(3) 

Theaters, concert halls, stage productions or similar places of assembly when conducted within enclosed buildings.

(4) 

Newspaper printing, including incidental job printing.

(5) 

The sale, lease or rental of vehicles, provided that:

(a) 

Such sales shall be conducted in a fully enclosed building located on the same lot and having a building area of not less than 1,000 square feet devoted to the sales and services of vehicles.

(b) 

The sale of vehicles may be carried on in an unenclosed area, provided that:

[1] 

Such area is on the same or an adjacent lot to such building. If the enclosed area is on an adjacent lot, the lot shall be not more than 200 feet from the lot with the building and shall further be in the same ownership as said building, be in a Community Commercial (CC) District, and be used for no other purpose.

[2] 

Such unenclosed area shall be paved, shall be suitably drained, and shall be maintained in a neat and orderly manner.

[3] 

All exterior illumination shall be approved by the Planning Board and shall be shielded from the view of all surrounding properties and streets in compliance with Town Code § 220-77.

[4] 

Suitable landscaping and/or fencing of such unenclosed area shall be required.

[5] 

As used in this section, the sale of new vehicles shall be deemed to mean only the sale of such vehicles under a franchise granted to the person, firm, or corporation conducting such business by a vehicle manufacturer. Used vehicles shall be sold only in connection with the sale of new automobiles.

[6] 

No establishment for the sale of new and used vehicles shall be opened, conducted, or maintained except as provided above. Site plans for any changes required to bring about such conformance shall be submitted to and approved by the Planning Board before any such change shall be made. The Planning Board may approve, modify, or disapprove such plans and may impose reasonable and appropriate conditions to such approval so that the spirit of this chapter shall be observed.

(6) 

Commercial uses such as gift shops, tourist shops, clothing stores, furniture stores, craft shops, sporting goods, shoe stores, grocery stores and liquor stores.

(7) 

Laundromats and dry cleaners.

(8) 

Building supply and farm equipment stores and truck garden nurseries.

(9) 

Electrical, heating, plumbing or woodworking shops.

(10) 

Assembling, converting, altering, finishing, cleaning, or any other processing of products, provided that:

(a) 

Goods so produced or processed are to be sold at retail, exclusively on the premises.

(b) 

Space used for such purposes shall not occupy more than 20% of the area devoted to retail sales, shall be clearly incidental to such retail use and shall be fully concealed from any street.

(c) 

Not more than two persons shall be engaged in such production/processing at any one time.

(11) 

Produce markets.

(12) 

Funeral parlors.

(13) 

Bowling alley, billiard hall or indoor skating rink, or similar forms of indoor commercial recreation.

(14) 

Upon the approval of the Town Planning Board, a principal building may contain a combination of residential and business uses, provided that such residential uses are accessory to the business conducted and located elsewhere than on the street frontage of the ground floor.

(15) 

Restaurants.

(16) 

Financial services.

(17) 

Offices of business, professional or financial organizations.

(18) 

Essential services and public utilities substations, excluding power plants, maintenance buildings and storage yards.

(19) 

Car wash establishments.

(20) 

Rental of trucks, trailers, etc., associated with gasoline services stations or other uses.

(21) 

Motel or hotel.

(22) 

Farm and craft markets.

(23) 

Antique shops.

C. 

Permitted accessory uses and structures.

(1) 

Any accessory use permitted in the Neighborhood Commercial District.

(2) 

Private garages and storage buildings which are necessary to store any vehicles, equipment or materials on the premises and which are used in conjunction with a permitted business use.

(3) 

Off-street parking, loading and unloading facilities, signs, fences and landscaping, subject to the provisions of this chapter.

D. 

Dimensional requirements.

(1) 

The dimensional requirements for this district are specified in Schedule I, which is a part of this chapter.

Editor's Note: Said schedule is included as an attachment to this chapter.

(2) 

Driveway spacing and corner clearance requirements are specified in Schedule I-A, which is a part of this chapter.

Editor's Note: Said schedule is included as an attachment to this chapter.

E. 

Special permitted uses. The following uses may be permitted, consistent with the provisions of Article VI, provided that a special use permit is approved by the Town Planning Board:

(1) 

Motor vehicle service stations and motor vehicle repair stations.

(2) 

Fast-food service restaurant.

(3) 

Research, engineering, and light manufacturing, as follows:

(a) 

Scientific or engineering research and/or experimental development of materials, methods or products;

(b) 

Engineering design of products and laboratory research;

(c) 

Manufacture of:

[1] 

Electric, electronic or optical instruments or devices;

[2] 

Scientific, laboratory and process control instruments and devices; and

[3] 

Computers and data processing equipment.

(d) 

Light manufacturing, assembling, fabrication, coating, painting, washing or packaging of products produced from previously prepared materials such as textiles, plastics, paper, leather, metals or stones, glass, ceramics, base metal bar, sheet, and special shapes; and

(e) 

Testing and repairing of the products or type of products which may be manufactured in the district.

(4) 

Personal wireless communications facilities.

(5) 

Public uses.

(6) 

Temporary uses.

(7) 

Commercial speech signs.

(8) 

Large-scale solar energy systems.

[Added 12-19-2016 by L.L. No. 10-2016]

Amended 3-16-2015 by L.L. No. 3-2015