§ 220-46. Stables or riding academies.

The Town Planning Board may approve a special use permit for the use of land and buildings for stables for the commercial boarding of horses or riding academies in the AR-1, AR-2 and RR-3 Residential Districts, provided that, in addition to compliance with the general requirements in § 220-35 of this article, the following standards and provisions are maintained:

A. 

No site preparation or construction shall commence until final site plan approval, as required by Town Code § 220-64, Authority; approval required, has been granted by the Planning Board.

B. 

The permitted use may include any of the following:

(1) 

Storage of horse vans for conveying or vanning of horses as may be accessory to the principal use.

(2) 

Sale or rental of horses for use by public by the hour, day, month or year.

(3) 

Rides on horses by the public.

(4) 

Rental of horse vans.

(5) 

Riding lessons to the public.

C. 

The land devoted to this use shall not be less than 10 contiguous acres.

D. 

One principal single-family dwelling may be located on the land devoted to this use, provided that it complies with the requirements for this chapter. The land area on which the principal single-family dwelling is located (minimum lot size of AR-1 District) shall not be considered as part of the land devoted to this use, as set forth in Subsection C above.

E. 

The number of horses that may be boarded and/or trained at such property shall not exceed 25 horses for the first 10 acres of land devoted to this use, plus one horse for each additional half acre of land available for such purpose.

F. 

The stable shall be located not less than 100 feet from any boundary line. The storage of manure shall be located on land not less than 200 feet from any boundary line. The Planning Board may require manure storage areas to be screened and/or buffered from adjacent areas.

G. 

Riding rings shall meet the following requirements:

(1) 

Any riding ring shall be at least 50 feet from any boundary line.

H. 

Accessory buildings, such as barns (not housing horses), sheds and the like, may be located on the land devoted to this use, provided that they are set back from the street line and from each side boundary as set forth in Schedule I and they are not used for the storage of manure.

Editor's Note: Schedule I is included at the end of this chapter.

I. 

Structures on the land devoted to this use (not including the principal dwelling) shall not in the aggregate cover more than 5% of the area of the land devoted to this use.

J. 

No structure shall exceed 35 feet in height.

K. 

Suitable and adequate off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the requirements established by the Town Planning Board.

L. 

Exterior lighting shall be permitted only to the extent necessary to prevent injury to the public and shall be so installed and arranged as to reflect light away from the adjoining streets and prevent any nuisance to adjoining property.

M. 

Exterior loudspeakers shall be installed or used on the premises so as to minimize potential nuisances to adjacent properties.