ARTICLE VIC, General Commercial District [Added 2-18-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
§ 190-45.3. Purpose.
In the Village of Honeoye Falls, consistent with maintaining a high quality of life in the Village, the General Commercial District purpose is to encourage a flexibility of land uses along with phased, efficient and attractive growth that reflects the character of the traditional Village model. Specifically, the purposes of this district are to:
- Ensure a visually appealing space in the Village which will serve to define and preserve Village character.
- Ensure safe and attractive pedestrian environments.
- Provide development and buildings for nonresidential and mixed purposes which reflect the scale, proportion and character of nonresidential buildings in the traditional Village model.
- Maintain an overall sense of community which makes the Village unique.
- Enhance desirability of property in the district by providing for the development of retail establishments and business services for residents, merchants and others.
- Ensure buildings and activities that are sensitive to the residential districts of the Village.
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§ 190-45.4. Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted in the General Commercial District:
- Antique stores.
- Appliance stores, including radio and television.
- Artists' studios, art stores.
- Auto accessories.
- Bank, saving, loan and finance offices. An automated teller machine located outside of a building shall be located on the same lot on which the primary building is used by a bank.
- Books, magazines and newspapers.
- Bus passenger shelters.
- Clothing, clothing accessories and yard goods.
- Drugstores.
- Dry cleaning and laundry collection stores.
- Dry goods stores.
- Gift stationery and office supply stores.
- Hardware, lawn and garden supply stores.
- Park, playground or recreation areas operated by the Village, Monroe County or New York State.
- Printing or publishing plants.
- Public library, museum, community center.
- Repair shops for household and/or personal items or office machinery.
- Research institute or laboratory.
- Restaurants and ice cream stores that do not contain a drive-through or drive-up window for food and services.
- Salesrooms and outdoor sales lots and associated service for motor vehicles, motor homes, and/or boats.
- Shops for custom work and for making articles to be sold at retail on premises.
- Taverns.
- Wholesale salesrooms or warehouses.
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§ 190-45.5. Accessory uses and structures.
Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to above-mentioned uses shall be permitted.
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§ 190-45.6. Special exception uses
The following uses and their customary accessory uses are permitted upon issuance of a special use permit pursuant to Article XIII:
- Animal hospital, veterinarian.
- Bowling alley, tennis club.
- Funeral home.
- Gymnasium, physical fitness center.
- Indoor theater for movies, entertainment.
- Meeting hall.
- Nursery school, licensed day care.
- Offices for business, professional or utility company.
- Radio, CATV, TV broadcasting studio without antennas.
- Repair garage.
- School, elementary or secondary, denominational or private.
- Vocational school.
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§ 190-45.7. Lot and building requirements.
In each General Commercial District, the dimensional requirements, subject to the open space provisions set forth herein, are as follows:
- Buildings. The maximum floor area for any building containing an allowable use in a General Commercial District shall not exceed 17,000 square feet. The maximum floor area of a building shall be the area between the inside of the exterior walls and shall include storage areas, boiler/utility rooms, rest rooms, public areas and nonpublic areas.
- Building height. The maximum height of a building or structure shall be 35 feet or three stories, whichever is less.
- Lot coverage. The coverage of any lot by the total areas of any buildings, accessory buildings, driveways and all parking areas and sales lots shall not exceed 75% of the lot area.
- Setbacks for buildings and accessory buildings.
- The front setbacks for the main building on the lot may vary; provided, however, that the front setback shall be not less than 25 feet nor more than 40 feet from the property line. In any event, for buildings constructed between or next to an existing building, the setback shall conform to the setback of the adjoining building(s).
- The rear setback for all buildings shall be not less than 75 feet.
- The side setbacks for all buildings shall not be less than 20 feet on any side.
- Accessory buildings or structures shall be located in the rear yard of the lot and shall be set back not less than 20 feet from the rear and side lot lines.
- Accessory buildings or structures. The floor area of an accessory building or structure shall not exceed 10% of the floor area of the main building.
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§ 190-45.8. Additional requirements.
- Any lot in the General Commercial District shall only be used for one of the permitted uses in §§ 190-45.4 and 190-45.5 of this article. There shall only be one building and an accessory building on any lot used for one of the permitted uses.
- A lot used for the outdoor sale or display of merchandise shall have the merchandise located in the side and rear yards of the building or structure on the lot. All other uses permitted shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.
- All off-street parking areas on any lot in General Commercial District shall be located to the side and rear of the building or structure on the lot (§ 190-77).
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§ 190-45.9. Parking requirements.
The number of parking spaces for a use on any lot shall meet the requirements of § 190-80 of this chapter.
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§ 190-45.10. Signs.
Signs shall be permitted in accordance with Article X.
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§ 190-45.11. Site plan approval.
Site plan approval shall be obtained as required in Article XIV of this chapter.
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