§ 220-52. Accessory commercial uses.

Within the Limited Industrial and Industrial Districts, the Town Planning Board may approve a special use permit for an accessory commercial use, provided that, in addition to compliance with the general requirements in § 220-35 of this article, the following standards and provisions are met:

A. 

The proposed use is on a lot where the existing principal permitted use is industrial.

B. 

The proposed use does not involve new development.

C. 

No restaurants are allowed.

D. 

The proposed use occupies no more than 5,000 square feet of building floor area.

E. 

The proposed use and all other commercial uses on the site, taken as a whole, are subordinate to and compatible with the primary industrial use of the site in terms of square feet used, overall scale, and intensity.

F. 

The use will not impair future industrial use and development of the subject lot or adjacent lots zoned for industrial use.

G. 

Proposed parking is sufficient to meet the needs of the proposed use as well as all existing uses as demonstrated by an enumerated inventory of available parking compared to an estimated number of needed parking spaces.

H. 

Bulk density requirements for accessory commercial uses shall be the same as that required for accessory structures for the principal permitted use.

I. 

If the primary industrial use ceases operation, physical expansion of commercial uses operating under a special use permit for an accessory commercial use granted under this article shall require an area variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals.

Added 8-12-2013 by L.L. No. 8-2013