The use regulations and planning and design standards hereinafter set forth shall apply to the Crossroads Industrial Park Zone, described in § 300-5 of this chapter.
The standards for planning and design set forth herein are to guide development for sites and buildings within the Crossroads Industrial Park, as well as to promote the adjoining areas. These standards are in addition to the other general zoning controls and are adopted to ensure the continuing stability of land values by:
A. 
Providing ample, uncongested space and circulation for all lessees or purchasers.
B. 
Protecting each lessee or purchaser so that he may obtain maximum convenience, safety, economy, view, identity and amenity in relation to adjacent sites and in relation to the area location as a whole.
C. 
Providing maximum flexibility for expansion, changes in use and adaptation to individual needs of the lessee or purchaser.
The aim of a standard of land coverage is to provide adequate space for access parking, off-street loading, internal circulation, landscaping and utilities and adequate space protection for light and air, for insulation from noise and vibration and for fire and police protection in relation to adjacent sites.
A. 
The total amount of land occupied for all principal and accessory structures shall not exceed 35% of the lot area, unless a greater amount is approved by the City Building Inspector, but in no event shall the total amount of land occupied for all principal and accessory structures exceed 50% of the lot area. The City Building Inspector, in marking this determination, shall consider such factors as drainage, topography, utility placement, parking and landscaping.
B. 
The ratio of floor space to lot area shall not exceed 1:1.
A. 
The purpose of open space and setback requirements is to provide necessary protection for light, air, noise insulation, fire and other safety from building to building and, in addition, to ensure amenity and individual identity for each building user and to eliminate congestion.
B. 
Setback and open space requirements should, however, be applied without creating monotony and the kind of uniformity that will reduce or deprive identity for each lessee or purchaser.
C. 
No parking, paving, outdoor storage or truck maneuvering areas will be allowed on open space setback areas, except that driveways and access routes onto a property may be paved.
D. 
Of primary importance is the open space between major highways and buildings and between buildings setbacks shall be as follows:
Type of Area
Required Building Minimum Setback
(fee)
Front yard
30
Side yard
20
Rear yard
30
Exterior boundary
50
All parking and loading shall be provided on the site, with on-street parking and loading not permitted. Parking and loading areas are to be paved to provide dust-free, all-weather surfaces. To ensure adequate overall parking facilities, space for parking should be related to both the size of the building and the number of expected employees. In addition, adequate space must be allocated to permit the expansion of parking areas upon conversion of use.
A. 
Parking spaces with 25 feet of rear maneuvering space, shall be provided as follows: one space for each 1.5 employees, computed on the basis of combined employment of the largest and second largest shifts; or one space for each 3,000 square feet of gross floor area used for warehousing; or one space for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area used for manufacturing, plus one space for each company-owned truck or vehicle, plus one visitor parking space for each 1,000 square feet of office space. In addition, handicapped parking shall be provided as required by law.
B. 
All loading docks shall meet the following standards:
(1) 
There shall be one truck loading space for the first 10,000 feet of floor space and one more for each succeeding 20,000 feet of floor space.
(2) 
The truck loading minimum space shall be as follows:
(a) 
Minimum width of 14 feet.
(b) 
Minimum depth of 48 feet.
(c) 
A clear overhead of 14 feet.
(d) 
Minimum of 35 feet of inside turning radius.
The architecture and quality of materials of buildings shall be passed upon by the City of Gloversville Planning Board so that all buildings, including those adjoining the highways, will enhance the prestige of the park.
A. 
The maximum height of structures shall be three stories or 50 feet.
B. 
Signs. No billboards or advertising signs, other than those identifying businesses and products, shall be permitted. The location, size and construction of such signs will be in keeping with the character of the Crossroads Industrial Park and shall be approved upon by the City of Gloversville Planning Board.
C. 
Outside storage. All bulk commodities shall be confined to screened locations approved by the City of Gloversville Planning Board.
D. 
Grading requirements are as follows:
(1) 
Paved areas.
(a) 
Roads: maximum grade, 6%.
(b) 
Parking areas: maximum grade, 4%.
(2) 
Seeded landscaped areas: maximum slope, 3:12.
E. 
Landscape treatment. The appropriateness and quality of materials and their location for aesthetic and safety concerns shall be passed upon by the City of Gloversville Planning Board.
(1) 
All sites shall be attractively landscaped.
(2) 
Planting requirements per two acres (unless existing vegetation is equal) shall be as follows:
(a) 
Ten trees, minimum two-inch caliper.
(b) 
Thirty shrubs, minimum 2 1/2 feet in height or spread.
(3) 
Trees may be substituted for shrubs or shrubs may be substituted for trees, but in no case shall more than 25% of the required number be substituted and only with the approval of the City of Gloversville Planning Board.
(4) 
All disturbed areas not paved shall be loamed and seeded.
A. 
There are no uses permitted by right within the Crossroads Industrial Park Zone.
B. 
Uses subject to site plan review shall include all types of office industrial activities, otherwise permitted by this chapter, employing people, except:
(1) 
Uses considered dangerous or unsafe, such as explosives.
(2) 
Uses considered objectionable or a nuisance by reason of odor, dust, fumes, smoke, noise, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried waste.
(3) 
Uses considered objectionable by reason of adverse effects on adjoining units, such as junk or salvage yards.
(4) 
Junkyards or automobile wrecking yards, scrap iron, scrap paper or rage storage.
(5) 
Residence buildings and dwellings.
(6) 
The keeping, storing, maintaining or pasturing of horses and other animals.