[Added 6-19-2012]
It is hereby recognized by the Town Board that the changing
nature of industrial uses warrants the need for additional opportunities
for outdoor storage and/or parking of vehicles. As such, certain industrial
properties across the Town may be regulated using an industrial transitional
zone to increase opportunities for economic development without causing
significant negative impacts on adjoining properties. This district
is designed for a wide range of industrial and related activities
which can meet a reasonable level of performance standards as set
forth in the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations and this
article. No new residences are permitted except as herein specified.
In the Industrial Transition District, the following uses shall
be permitted:
C.
Rental car/truck agencies.
D.
Collateral loan broker.
E.
Health clubs.
F.
Research and development uses involving laboratories for scientific
or industrial research, testing and development.
G.
Psychiatric clinic, drug treatment center or similar health-related
facility, excluding overnight residential treatment facilities.
H.
Nonprofit fraternity or lodge.
I.
Church or other similar place of worship, provided that a minimum
buffer area of 25 feet in width is provided and maintained adjacent
to any residential use or zone and a site plan is submitted to and
approved by the Planning Board, or its designee, indicating compliance
with all applicable land development standards.
J.
Historical or memorial monument.
K.
A single accessory retail use within an industrial building or that
shares a common wall with it and sells only goods being manufactured
in the principal industrial building. The area devoted to this accessory
retail use, including all storage, stocking and business space, shall
not exceed 2% of the gross floor area of the industrial building,
and separate exterior signage for this use shall be prohibited.
L.
Railway right-of-way or passenger station, but not including railway
yards or freight stations.
M.
Domestic animal care facility, including veterinarians, kennels and
animal training facilities.
N.
Agriculture or nursery, including the retail sale of products raised
on the premises.
O.
Park, municipal playground or municipal recreation building or private
indoor recreational use.
P.
[2]Vehicle repair shop.
[2]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection P, Mini storage warehouse, was repealed 8-5-2014. This resolution also redesignated former Subsection Q as Subsection P; repealed former Subsection R, Printing plants; redesignated former Subsections S, T and U as Subsections Q, R, and S, respectively; repealed former Subsection V, Taxi station or ambulette office; and redesignated former Subsection W as Subsection T.
Q.
Public, private or parochial schools, including child day-care centers,
preschool programs, elementary and secondary schools, vocational schools
and other non-degree-granting schools, including self-defense, dance,
swimming, gymnastics and similar instruction/programs, except those
associated with manufacturing or truck driving.
[Amended 8-5-2014]
R.
Overnight parking of registered vehicles as an accessory use to a
manufacturing, warehouse, agricultural, commercial laundry, vehicle
repair shop or office use, provided all vehicles are set back a minimum
distance of 50 feet from any street and provided that such vehicles
are properly screened from view with fencing and/or landscaping pursuant
to an approved site plan.
[Amended 7-20-2021]
S.
Sale, or parking of construction vehicles, emergency vehicles, storage
trailers or containers and office trailers, provided that the subject
site has a building with a minimum FAR of 0.10, such vehicles or trailers
are located completely within the rear yard and are set back a minimum
of 200 feet from any residential use, and further provided such vehicles
or trailers are properly screened from view with fencing and/or landscaping
pursuant to an approved site plan.
[Amended 3-14-2023]
T.
Commercial laundry establishment.
Use permitted with administrative approval of the Town Clerk
shall be as follows:
A.
By permit issued administratively by the Town Clerk, the outdoor sale and/or display of any variety of tree(s), bush(es) and/or plant(s) used as a symbol of expressing a holiday and/or religiously significant season, including, but not limited to, Christmas trees, wreaths and/or other holiday and/or religiously significant plants or decorations, subject to the provisions set forth in § 68-271.1.
All uses not expressly permitted are prohibited. Nothing herein
contained shall be construed to permit the erection, alteration, addition,
maintenance or use of any premises of either a business or industrial
operation which shall provide outside service, outside display, outside
counter or window service, carhopping service or drive-in or drive-up
counter or window service in an Industrial Transitional District.
A.
Minor restaurants, except as otherwise provided herein.
B.
Bar, tavern or nightclub.
C.
Transfer station/recycling center, subject to compliance with Chapter 21 of the Islip Town Code, all necessary permits required by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
D.
Private parking garage as an accessory use to an office use.
E.
Accommodations for a single security guard not to exceed 500 square
feet in gross floor area as an accessory use to a permitted principal
use.
F.
Automobile parking field and/or vehicle fleet storage yards, including
but not limited to ambulettes, buses, taxis, ice cream trucks, freight
facilities, private carting companies, transportation facilities,
and parcel post companies, provided that all such vehicle parking
or storage areas are completely screened from view with fencing, landscaping,
and berms at the direction of the Planning Board.
[Amended 3-14-2023]
G.
Showrooms, when operated as accessory to a primary permitted use.
H.
Child or adult day-care facility.
I.
Private or parochial college or university, excluding dormitories
and other college- or university-residential uses.
J.
Non-degree-granting schools associated with manufacturing or driver
training.
A.
The following uses are permitted after the review and approval of
the Planning Board, subject to compliance with the following criteria:
(1)
A parking relaxation of no greater than 20%.
(2)
A landscaping relaxation of no greater than 20%.
(3)
Approval will not result in any on- or off-site traffic impacts,
as determined by the Planning Board.
(4)
The use is consistent with the spirit and intent of the Town Code
and Comprehensive Plan.
(5)
The site is not adjacent to any residential use.
Adult uses shall be allowable in this district pursuant to the criteria in § 68-341.1.
A.
The following uses shall be permitted when located on the same lot
as the authorized use:
(1)
Building for storing products, merchandise or vehicles incidental
or accessory to the authorized use.
(3)
Other customary accessory uses, structures and buildings, provided
that such uses are clearly incidental to the principal use and do
not include any activity commonly conducted as a business.
(4)
Game center.
(5)
Accommodations for a single security guard not to exceed 500 square
feet in gross floor area, subject to the issuance of a special permit
from the Planning Board after due public hearing.
(6)
Private parking garage after special permit by the Planning Board.
(7)
Spray booth when operated as an accessory to a primary permitted
use, provided the booth has received a permit from the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation or evidence is submitted
demonstrating exemption for said permit.
(9)
Loading bay or dock. Such use shall have its distance maximized from
a residential use or zone as per the Subdivision and Land Development
Regulations.
B.
Except with regard to construction on property principally used for
agriculture, any accessory building shall be located on the same lot
with the principal building, and no accessory building shall be constructed
on a lot until the construction of the main building has actually
been commenced, and no accessory building shall be used unless the
main building on the lot is completed and used.
A.
In the Industrial Transitional District, no building or structure
shall be erected or altered to a height in excess of 60 feet or four
stories.
B.
Accessory structures shall not exceed 18 feet in height.
C.
Exceptions. The provision hereof shall not apply to the height of
a church or similar place of worship, tower, stack, standpipe, refrigeration
or compression coil, monument, chimney, water tank or elevator. In
the event that such structures are within 1 1/2 miles of an established
airport, the approval by the Federal Aviation Agency shall be secured
and any and all conditions imposed met.
D.
Flagpoles shall not exceed 35 feet in height.
A.
The total building area, including all buildings, shall not exceed
a FAR of 0.30 except as otherwise provided herein. An additional FAR
of 0.10 is permitted for mezzanines used for storage purposes only,
complying with the codes of New York State. Parking for said mezzanines
shall be calculated at one space per 600 square feet.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection B, regarding mini storage
warehouses, which immediately followed, was repealed 12-17-2019.
A.
The minimum required plot area for any use authorized in this district
shall be 40,000 square feet.
B.
Separate ownership. A permitted building may be erected on or a permitted
use may occupy any lot which was separately owned at the time of the
passage of this article and which has not come into common ownership
with adjoining property and conforms to the area density requirements
of the Zoning Ordinance prior to such codification and conforms to
all other minimum requirements of this article.
A.
The minimum width of a lot for any use permitted in this district
shall be 100 feet throughout.
B.
Separate ownership. A permitted building may be erected on or a permitted
use may occupy any lot which was separately owned at the time of the
passage of this article and which has not come into common ownership
with adjoining property and conforms to the width of lot requirements
of the Zoning Ordinance prior to such codification and conforms to
all other minimum requirements of this article.
A.
Main buildings. All permitted buildings, including accessory buildings,
hereafter erected shall have a required front yard of 50 feet. A building
may be permitted to have a front yard setback of 25 feet, provided
the following criteria are met:
B.
Corner lots. All main buildings hereafter erected on a corner lot shall also have a front yard facing the side street. This front yard shall be at least 25 feet, unless arterial highway setback is greater. (See Article XXXII.)
All buildings, including accessory buildings, hereafter erected
shall have a side yard along each lot line other than a street or
a rear line. Each side yard shall be not less than 10 feet, except
where 50 feet is required adjoining residential uses or districts.
If the side yard adjoins the tracks or right-of-way of the Long Island
Rail Road, then the setback may be 25 feet.
A.
Main buildings. All main buildings hereafter erected shall have a
rear yard of not less than 25 feet, except where 50 feet is required
for adjoining residential uses or districts. If the rear yard adjoins
the tracks or right-of-way of the Long Island Rail Road, then the
setback may be 25 feet.
No encroachments are permitted.
Exterior site and road improvements shall be installed pursuant to the requirements of Article XXIII.
See Article XXX.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this article
shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such judgment shall not impair or invalidate the remainder hereof,
but such adjudication shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph or section directly involved in the controversy
in which judgment shall have been rendered.
