It is the intent of the Industrial (IN) Use
District to provide for the industrial development of the Town of
Lockport, including manufacturing, warehousing, wholesaling of manufactured
goods, communications, servicing, technology, transportation and other
industries, while protecting and enhancing the aesthetic ecology,
and livability of the Town of Lockport, and providing for the health
and welfare of its citizens. It is the further intent to expedite
approvals when necessary to encourage location of industry in the
Town.
No building, structure or lands within the Industrial
Use District shall be constructed, erected or used for other than
the following specified purposes:
A.
Laboratories engaged in research, testing and experimental
work, including processes normal to laboratory practice and technique.
B.
Trucking terminals, repair facilities, and the operation
of trucking and the common carrier businesses.
C.
The manufacture, compounding, assembling and/or treatment
of articles or merchandise from previously prepared materials consisting
of fiber, glass, fur, leather, papers, plastics, wax, wood and wire,
provided that no chemical process is involved in the basic manufacture
of such materials.
D.
The manufacture and/or assembly of mechanical devices,
electrical appliances, the machining and assembling of parts made
of metal, electrical and electromechanical devices and components,
not to include heavy stamp forgings and the like that would produce
vibrations, earth jarring or objectionable noise beyond the property
boundaries, and further provided that all necessary and approved safeguards
are employed to reduce hazard and annoyance to the community.
E.
The manufacture and/or assembly of musical instruments,
novelties, toys or related products.
F.
The manufacture compounding, processing and storage
of candy and confections, frozen foods, cosmetics, pharmaceutical
products, toiletries and food products, excluding abattoirs.
G.
Wholesale business and storage of commodities.
H.
Office buildings related to industrial business operations.
I.
Other commercial, industrial or warehousing similar
to those specifically listed above.
J.
Accessory uses related to any of the uses permitted
herein, such as equipment or product storage in tanker and trailing
operations, including limited retailing of above uses.
K.
Electrical generation facilities, except for utility-scale solar
energy systems or commercial wind conversion systems.
[Amended 11-6-2016 by L.L. No. 5-2016]
L.
Data centers.
[Added 11-6-2016 by L.L.
No. 5-2016]
M.
Call centers.
[Added 11-6-2016 by L.L.
No. 5-2016]
N.
The production of liquor, beer and wine.
[Added 11-6-2016 by L.L.
No. 5-2016]
[Amended 5-5-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
The following uses may be permitted upon obtaining
a special use permit:
A.
Uses causing some noise, dust, smoke or odor or similar
conditions, where the Planning Board (or the IDA Board, if it supersedes
the Planning Board's review) finds the benefit to the Town, its residents
or its economy justifies a lesser standard by specific evidence, including
job creation, and economic enhancement, provided such Board shall
also require mitigation of such conditions, and such uses shall be
permitted only upon a finding of necessity which outweighs aesthetic
and other considerations. Any such actions shall be Type I actions
pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act[1] and regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 6 NYCRR Part 617.
It is the purpose of this section to allow expedited
and single agency action on projects which enhance the economy and
employment of the Town of Lockport. Whenever an existing or proposed
industrial use in the Industrial Use District in the Town of Lockport
is located in the Town of Lockport Industrial Park established by
the Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency (IDA), or is induced
by the Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency in any part
of the Industrial District, the Industrial Development Agency (IDA)
Board may, upon written notice to the Planning Board, elect to assume
all site plan approval and special use permit powers for that use
for that project, whereupon the IDA shall undertake all such approvals,
in the place of the Planning Board, and shall have all authority otherwise
possessed by said boards for such use. The IDA shall then follow the
procedures set forth in this chapter and elsewhere for such review
and approval. The Board may elect to undertake all approvals and reviews
for a given project, or may specify certain reviews and approvals
it is undertaking.
[Amended 5-3-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023]
Dimensional requirements are established as
follows:
|
Dimension
|
Requirement
|
|---|---|
|
Lot area
|
1 acre
|
|
Lot width
|
200 feet
|
|
Setback
|
50 feet
|
|
Side yard setback
|
25 feet
|
|
Side yard setback abutting nonindustrial district
|
50 feet
|
|
Driveways from side lot line
|
10 feet
|
|
Rear setback
|
10 feet
|
|
Rear setback abutting residential district
|
100 feet
|
|
Height
|
50 feet
|
|
Coverage
|
85% of lot
|
|
Height of noncommercial wind energy conversion systems
|
199 feet
|
A.
Rooftop structures. All objects such as water and
cooling tanks, processing equipment, fans, vents and other rooftop
structures and equipment shall be architecturally compatible and shielded
from the public view.
B.
Storage. Outdoor storage of materials is permitted
except in the front yard or other yards abutting the front of an adjacent
parcel. Permitted outdoor storage areas shall be screened from adjacent
parcels and fenced. Outdoor storage of junk, trash or waste material
is not permitted.
C.
Landscaping. All lots in the district shall be suitably
landscaped. All setback areas shall be landscaped, including street
trees (deciduous, minimum four-inch caliper) at intervals of 30 feet
along the frontage of any street.
