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UntitledAN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WAPPINGER The following Ordinance was introduced by Councilman who moved its adoption: BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED by the TOWN BOARD of the TOWN OF WAPPINGER, Dutchess County, New York, in pursuance of the author- ity conferred by the Town Law of the State of New York, that the ZONING ORDINANCE of the Town of Wappinger adopted January 29, 1963 as amended, is further amended as follows: Section I - Article III entitled "Establishment of Districts" is amended by adding thereto the following classification " O -R OFFICE RESEARCH" Section II - Article IV entitled "General Regulations" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following subdivisions: Section 425 - Office Research--(O-R) ZONE The intent of this district is to encourage and facilitate the orderly development of office and industrial research enter- prises in a setting conducive to public safety, economic stabili and growth; protection from blight, deterioration, and encroach- ment of non -compatible uses, and efficient traffic movement. Section 425.01 - Uses In an O -R Office Research District, no building or land shall be used, and no building 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. Uses allowed of right. None B. Uses allowed subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board: 1. Offices - Places where financial, insurance, -2 - real estate, data processing, or like businesses, or professional, accounting, or like services are supplied or performed, including, but not limited to, buildings or rooms in which clerical work is performed, or buildings or rooms utilized for the work of administration. laboratories. 2. Research and/or development and/or engineering 3. Normal accessory buildings and accessory uses. C. Any change of use from that set forth in original application for site plan approval shall require a new application to the Building Inspector for a Certificate of Occupancy. Section 425.02 - Site Plan Approval The procedures set forth in Section 440 shall be followed. Uses subject to site plan approval must conform to the follow- ing provisions: a) No smoke, gas, dust, fumes, odors, or other atmospheric pollutant, noise, vibration, glare, radiation beyond building in which such use is conducted. b) Such use shall not constitute a fire, explosive or other physical hazard. c) No water, atmospheric pollution or other health hazard shall result from the use of such land or structure. d) No work or services shall be performed except in an enclosed, permanent structure, except for the maintenance of the grounds. Section 425.03 - Buildings or Structures - Height No building, structure or portion of a structure shall be erected to a height in excess of thirty-five (35) feet. A water tower, however, may be erected to such height as permitted by site plan approval. -3 - Section 425.04 - Lot Area and Frontage Each lot in separate ownership must front on public street at least to the extent of 50 feet. Section 425.05 - Maximum Coverage All buildings on any lot, including main and accessory buildings, shall occupy no more than a total area of twenty-five per cent (25%) of the area of such lot. Outside Parking area may not exceed thirty-five per cent (35%) of lot area. Open Space: Area without any structure or parking area, must be maintained at least to the extent of 40% of lot ar Such area shall be maintained as lawn or in its natural state, except for roadways or access drives. Section 425.06 - Yards Yards shall be subject to site plan approval. No buildings on any lot shall be erected nearer to any street right- of-way line than 125 feet, or nearer than 200 feet to any Res Zone Boundary. Section 425.07 - Screening and Landscaping Sufficient hedges, fences, or walls, of a design and material subject to approval by the Planning Board, shall be pro- vided. All required screening and landscaping shall be maintained throughout the life of any use for which a Certificate of Occupanc, is granted. Section 425.08 - Ingress and Egress For each lot there shall be adequate ingress and egresE driveways with a minimum width as follows: A. For one-way driveways - 16 ft. pavement width B. For two-way driveways - 25 ft. pavement width -4 - Section 425.09 - Off -Street Parking Requirements No parking area shall be closer to a Residence Boundary than fifty (50) feet. There shall be provided not less than two square feet of parking area (inclusive of aisles, but exclusive of access drives or roads) for every square foot of gross floor area with not less than the following number of spaces for the following exceptions: A. Banks, business offices not otherwise specified, one space for every 200 square feet of gross floor area plus one parking space for every three employees. B. Business service offices - one space for every 500 square feet of gross floor area plus one space for each two employees. C. Offices of architects, attorneys, accountants, engineers, real estate offices, insurance offices, and other pro- fessional offices in which the ratio of visitors to employees is similarly low - one space for every 500 square feet of gross floor area, plus one parking space for each two employees. D. Professional offices of Practitioners of Healing Arts and Sciences: ten (10) spaces shall be provided for the first practitioner; eight (8) spaces each for the second and third practitioners, and six (6) spaces for each additional practitioner. E. Research and/or development laboratories: One space for every two employees for which the building is designed, but not less than one space for every 600 square feet gross floor area. Section 425.10 - Off -Street Loading Requirements All loading and unloading shall take place entirely on the lot, either on the side or in the rear of any building, and not nearer than 100 feet from any Residence District Boundary. Section 425.11 - Outside Storage No material, supplies, goods, debris, or work products -5 - shall be located or stored outside of any building. All areas used for refuse disposal or storage of waste cans or other waste apparatus shall be enclosed by suitable screening or fencing as required by Planning Board in Site Plan Approval. No trailer, temporary structure, trailer truck or other structure which has not been approved by the Planning Board in the site plan approval shall be used or placed on the premises for storage or any purposes except during the period of constructi of any permanent building on the premises. Section III - This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption and posting as provided by law. Seconded by Councilman ',STATE OF NEW YORK ) i ) s s : !iCOUNTY OF DUTCHESS ) ,E ELAINE H. SNOWDEN, being duly sworn, deposes and says; That she is the duly elected, qualified and acting Town Clerk of the Town of Wappinger, County of Dutchess ;and State of New York, and that she did on July 17th, 1969 ,post a copy of the attached Amendment to the Town of Wappinger Zoning Ordinance, which was duly adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger on the 14th day of July, 1969, on the ;signboard maintained by your deponent in her office in the Town Hall of the Town of Wappinger, Mill Street, in the Village of Wappingers Falls, Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, pursuant to Subdivision 6 of Section 30 of Town Law, and that said copy of such Ordinance have remained so posted from said July 17th, 1969, through and including July 28th, 1969. Elaine H. Snowden Town Clerk -77L. Sworn to before me this day of19 Notary Public FRED SIN W;r�N, Motary Pbbk, State of tj,.