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Town of Islip, NY
Suffolk County
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[Amended 4-5-2005]
This district is designed for a wide range of industrial and related activities which can meet a reasonable level of performance standards than other Industrial Districts. The minimum standards of this district and the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations shall be met. Enclosure of such activities is not required except in areas or instances as provided in this chapter. No new residences are permitted except as herein specified.
In an Industrial 2 District, no building, structure or premises shall be used or occupied, and no building or part thereof or other structure shall be so erected or altered, except for one or more of the following purposes:
A. 
Any lawful permitted purpose, unless prohibited herein.
B. 
Additional structures and accessory buildings may be erected on the same lot, providing that all requirements of this ordinance are met.
A. 
In an Industrial 2 District, the following uses are prohibited:
(1) 
One-family dwelling.
(2) 
Two-family dwelling.
(3) 
Apartment house, garden apartments.
(4) 
Boardinghouse, lodging house.
(5) 
Hotel.
(6) 
Nursing home, convalescent home.
(7) 
Abattoirs or stockyards and poultry slaughterhouses or live storage of poultry.
(8) 
Acetylene gas manufacturing.
(9) 
Ammonia, chloride or bleaching powder manufacturing.
(10) 
Asphalt plants, except plants for the mixing and stabilization of bituminous road material.
(11) 
Blast furnaces, rolling mills, smelter or boiler works or glass manufacture.
(12) 
Brick, tile or terra-cotta manufacturing.
(13) 
Creosote manufacture or pressure or steam treatment of products with creosote.
(14) 
Distillation of coal, petroleum, tar, refuse, grain, wood or bones, except when conducted in a laboratory for research or analysis purposes.
(15) 
Dumping of dead animal offal, garbage or rubbish.
(16) 
Dyestuff manufacturing, dyeing, textile converting and finishing plants.
(17) 
Emory cloth manufacturing or sandpaper manufacturing.
(18) 
Fertilizer manufacturing.
(19) 
Foundries, boiler shop.
(20) 
Glue, sizing or gelatin manufacturing.
(21) 
Assaying, other than gold or silver.
(22) 
Bag cleaning.
(23) 
Crematory.
(24) 
Lampblack manufacturing.
(25) 
Starch, glucose, dextrine manufacturing.
(26) 
Sugar refining.
(27) 
Textile covering, finishing and dyeing plants.
(28) 
Disinfectant or insecticide manufacture.
(29) 
Paper manufacture.
(30) 
Celluloid manufacture.
(31) 
Oxygen manufacture.
(32) 
Duck farms.
(33) 
Ore reduction or the smelting of iron, copper, tin, zinc, lead or any other metal.
(34) 
Paint, oil, varnish, turpentine, shellac, printing ink or enamel manufacturing.
(35) 
Sale, curing or tanning of rawhides or raw skins.
(36) 
Rubber or gutta-percha manufacturing from crude or scrap materials or the synthetic manufacture thereof.
(37) 
Steel furnace.
(38) 
Blooming or rolling mill.
(39) 
Pickle, sauerkraut or vinegar manufacture.
(40) 
Soap manufacture.
(41) 
Wool scouring.
(42) 
Small arms, ammunition or fireworks manufacture.
(43) 
Linoleum or oilcloth manufacture.
(44) 
Ammonia, bleaching powder or other chemical plants emitting corrosive or toxic fumes carrying beyond the limits of premises.
(45) 
Petroleum or kerosene refining, cracking or washing or distillation of derivative by-products.
(46) 
Cement, lime gypsum, plaster or plaster of paris manufacture.
(47) 
Chlorine or hydrochloric, nitric, picric or sulfuric acid manufacture or storage.
(48) 
Smelting of copper, tin, zinc, lead or iron ores.
(49) 
Explosives manufacture.
(50) 
Meat-packing, distillation of bones, fat rendering and manufacture of tallow, greases, oils, lard or associated products, fertilizer manufacture, hair manufacture, offal or dead animal reduction.
(51) 
Piggery, pigpens, pigsty or pig farm.
(52) 
Those uses which are a nuisance, including but not limited to those nuisances which are noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odors, stenches, dust, smoke, gas, pollution or noise which cannot be confined within the building and removed by the use of effective devices.
(53) 
Retail stores or group of stores, commonly referred to as a "shopping center."
(54) 
Rest home, hospital or sanatorium, philanthropic institution, penal or correctional institution, medical center or health clinic, professional building, mortuary or undertaking parlor, hotel, motel or boatel or boardinghouse or lodging house, mobile home parks.
[Added 12-18-1979]
(55) 
Game room.
[Added 6-1-1982]
(56) 
[1]Restaurant, fast-food.
[Added 6-8-2010]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(56), Child day-care center, was repealed 4-22-2003.
(57) 
Farmer's market.
[Added 6-8-2010]
(58) 
Banks.
[Added 6-8-2010]
(59) 
Billiard hall.
[Added 6-8-2010]
(60) 
Motor vehicle dealership.
[Added 6-8-2010]
(61) 
Personal service establishment.
[Added 6-8-2010]
(62) 
Community or regional theater.
[Added 6-8-2010]
(63) 
Community building.
[Added 6-8-2010]
(64) 
Racetracks or exhibition tracks.
[Added 6-8-2010]
(65) 
Mini-storage warehouses.[2]
[Added 5-15-2018]
[2]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection A(65), Operation of all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles or similar uses, added 6-8-2010, was repealed 9-19-2017.
(66) 
Assembly and social recreation hall or dance hall.
[Added 6-8-2010]
(67) 
Mixed-use building.
[Added 6-8-2010]
[Amended 12-7-1971; 1-2-1979; 8-19-1980; 1-19-1982; 9-16-1986; 11-14-1995; 4-8-1997]
A. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A, regarding laundries and dry-cleaning establishments, was repealed 9-12-2000.
B. 
(Reserved)
C. 
(Reserved)
D. 
Public and private transportation terminal facility, including airports and heliports.
E. 
(Reserved)[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection E, which designated assembly and social recreation halls or dance halls as permitted uses by special permit from the Town Board after a public hearing, was repealed 6-8-2010. See now § 68-355A(66).
F. 
(Reserved)[3]
[3]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection F, regarding bars, taverns and nightclubs, was repealed 10-25-2011.
G. 
[4]Junkyards and scrap metal processing facilities, provided that no such junkyard or scrap metal processing facility is located within 500 feet of any residential use or zone, church, school, hospital, public building or place of public assembly.
[Added 3-10-2009]
[4]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection G, Restaurants, as amended, was repealed 9-12-2000.
H. 
Auto wrecking and yards.
[Amended 3-10-2009]
I. 
(Reserved)
[Added 11-14-1995; amended 4-8-1997]
A. 
Transfer station subject to compliance with Chapter 21 of the Islip Town Code, all necessary permits required by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and subject to the following criteria:
[Amended 9-12-2000; 7-20-2021]
(1) 
A minimum lot area of two acres and the right to require a greater lot area. Such requirement will be based on the scale of operation as measured by the size of the buildings proposed for the site, the volume of solid waste handled on a daily basis and the requirements for vehicle parking and movement or a finding that the operation cannot be adequately screened from adjoining property.
(2) 
A minimum distance of 200 feet from property zoned for residential use.
(3) 
Submission of a route plan to indicate that traffic generated by the facility will have a minimal impact on residential streets.
(4) 
A minimum of 20 feet of landscaping, including street trees in accordance with the Land Development Regulations of the Town of Islip, shall be planted and maintained along all street frontages.
(5) 
An eight-foot-high chain-link fence with stockade attached shall be installed and maintained directly behind said landscaped areas.
(6) 
The maximum height of the facility shall not exceed 30 feet.
B. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note; Former Subsection B, regarding vehicle repair shops, was repealed 7-20-2021.
C. 
Private parking garage as an accessory use to a permitted principle use.
D. 
Automobile parking field, provided that a site plan is submitted to and approved by the Planning Board or its designee indicating compliance with all Town standards.
E. 
Convenience market.
F. 
Restaurant.
[Added 9-12-2000]
G. 
Taxi office.
[Added 1-14-2003]
H. 
Sale, lease, or rental of heavy construction vehicles, emergency vehicles, and related equipment, provided such vehicle or equipment is not located within the front yard, or second front yard, and is set back a minimum of 200 feet from any residential use or zone, and further provided such vehicle or equipment is properly screened from view with fencing and/or landscaping at the direction of the Planning Board.
[Added 1-14-2003]
I. 
Child day-care center, subject to a requirement that any outside storage be at least 100 feet from said center.
[Added 4-22-2003]
J. 
(Reserved)[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection J, regarding spray booths, added 6-12-2007, as amended, was repealed 6-19-2012.
K. 
Bar, tavern, or nightclub.
[Added 10-25-2011]
L. 
Motocross track, subject to the following conditions:
[Added 9-19-2017]
(1) 
Planning Board approval of a noise mitigation plan.
(2) 
Planning Board approval of a dirt and dust management plan.
(3) 
Location a minimum of 500 feet from any residential use or zone.
[Added 9-12-2000]
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 or zone.
B. 
Uses.
(1) 
Minor restaurant.
(2) 
Vehicle repair shop.
A. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection A, regarding brewing or distilling of beverages, was repealed 12-17-2019.
B. 
Flour or feed mill.
C. 
Poultry slaughterhouse.
D. 
Gas manufacture from coal, coke or petroleum, or the storage thereof.
E. 
Railway roundhouse or shop.
F. 
Commercial poultry farm.
G. 
Sheep or goat farm.
H. 
Fox, mink, chinchilla or rabbit farm.
I. 
Producing, processing, extraction or temporary or permanent storage of radioactive materials.
J. 
[2]Public utility.
[Added 8-5-2014]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection J, which provided for auto wrecking yards and junkyards as uses permitted as special exceptions, was repealed 1-19-1982.
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.
(2) 
Signs as permitted and regulated under Article XXIX.
(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.
[Added 8-19-1980]
(5) 
Private parking garage after special permit by the Planning Board.
[Added 4-8-1997]
(6) 
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.
[Added 5-28-2008; amended 6-19-2012]
(7) 
Industrial accessory wind energy turbines as defined in § 68-3 of this chapter.
[Added 9-29-2009]
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.
C. 
Whenever a use has been authorized by a special permit pursuant to § 68-356 or by special exception pursuant to § 68-357, no accessory use shall be permitted unless the same shall have been specifically authorized by that Board that authorized the use.
A. 
In an Industrial 2 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.
[Amended 4-5-2005]
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 met.
[Amended 9-11-2001]
D. 
Flagpoles shall not exceed 35 feet in height.
[Added 9-11-2001]
[Amended 10-6-1987[1]]
The total building area, including all buildings, shall not exceed an FAR of 0.35.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided that it shall be effective 10-25-1987.
A. 
The minimum required plot area for any use authorized in this district shall be 20,000 square feet.
[Amended 3-23-1999]
(1) 
Exception. The minimum required plot area for motocross tracks shall be 200,000 square feet.
[Added 9-19-2017]
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 ordinance 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 ordinance.
A. 
The minimum width of a lot for any use permitted in this district shall be 75 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 ordinance 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 ordinance.
A. 
Main buildings. All permitted buildings hereafter erected shall have a required front yard of 50 feet, unless arterial highway setback is greater. (See Article XXXII.)
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.)
C. 
Front yard transition. Whenever a plot in an Industrial 2 District abuts property in a residence district, the minimum required front yard for all buildings shall be the same as that required in the residence district.
[Amended 1-15-1985]
D. 
Through lots. A minimum front yard setback of 50 feet shall be required from both streets, unless arterial highway setback is greater. (See Article XXXII.)
[Amended 1-15-1985; 8-5-2014]
All main buildings and 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.
A. 
Main buildings. All main buildings hereafter erected shall have a rear yard of not less than 10 feet, except where 50 feet is required adjoining residential uses or districts.
[Amended 1-15-1985]
B. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, Rear yard transition, was repealed 1-15-1985.
C. 
Accessory buildings.
(1) 
Accessory buildings hereafter erected shall have a minimum rear yard of not less than 10 feet, except where a greater depth shall be required to accomplish rear yard transition.
(2) 
Accessory buildings shall not occupy more than 25% of the rear yard area.
No encroachments are permitted.
[Amended 4-8-1997; 8-12-2003]
Exterior site and road improvements shall be installed pursuant to the requirements of Article XXIII.
(See Article XXX.)