§ 91-7. Permitted uses.  


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  • A. 
    In any residential district, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected which is arranged, intended or designated to be used for any purpose or use except one or more of the following:
    (1) 
    Single-family dwellings.
    (2) 
    Churches.
    (3) 
    Private garages for the storage of not more than seven motor vehicles.
    (4) 
    Village buildings, including a Village Hall and such other buildings as may be necessary in connection with the administration of the affairs of the incorporated Village.
    (5) 
    Private stables for one or more horses owned and used exclusively by an individual resident of the Village of Huntington Bay for his private use.
    (6) 
    Buildings for accessory uses customarily incident to the above uses.
    (7) 
    Beach and bathing membership corporation for the residents of the Village of Huntington Bay when permitted by the Board of Zoning Appeals. The Board of Zoning Appeals, in acting upon any such application for such permit, shall observe and comply with the following minimum mandatory provisions and requirements which, among such other conditions and safeguards as may be imposed by said Board, shall be set forth and contained in any such permit granted and issued by said Board:
    (a) 
    The premises shall be owned by said membership corporation and have an area of not less than 2 1/2 acres and a water frontage of at least 250 feet.
    (b) 
    Water supply, waste disposal and fire and police protection will be available.
    (c) 
    An adequate entrance to said property shall be available from a public Village road.
    (d) 
    Sufficient facilities shall be provided for off-street parking for the members, users and employees of said club.
    (e) 
    Such membership corporation will not be organized or operated for profit.
    (f) 
    No food or liquor shall be sold on the premises.
    (g) 
    The membership of said membership corporation shall be limited to 100 members, who must be residents of the Village. A person owning property in the Village of Huntington Bay, either in his name or the name of his wife, or both, shall be considered a resident of said Village, provided that said property is of sufficient area to permit the erection of a single-family dwelling in conformity with this chapter.
    (h) 
    Facilities for changing clothes shall be provided either by lockers or bathhouses.
    (i) 
    Such permit shall not be granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals for such uses, nor shall any such uses on such property be permitted or carried on, until detailed site plans and building plans of such area and all buildings and structures, sanitary facilities, parking areas and such other relevant information as may be required by the Board of Zoning Appeals shall have been submitted to and approved by it.
    B. 
    In Waterfront Preservation Districts A1, B1, C1 and D1, no building or premises shall be used, arranged, intended or designed for any purpose or use except one or more of the following:
    [Amended 8-11-2009 by L.L. No. 5-2009]
    (1) 
    Single-family dwellings.
    (2) 
    Private garages for the storage of not more than three motor vehicles.
    (3) 
    Accessory buildings customarily incident to a single-family dwelling.
    C. 
    Special activities; approval required; standards. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, special activities, not necessarily residential in character, may be permitted in any district when approved by the Board of Trustees after finding that:
    [Added 2-13-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006]
    (1) 
    The proposed special activity will not be detrimental to the essential character, health, safety, morals or general welfare of the community.
    (2) 
    Such proposed special activity, together with the location, size and topography of the parcel of land involved; the nature, design, size and location of every existing and proposed building, structure, access road, utility line and other improvement; and the provisions for landscaping, screening neighboring property, major planting of trees and shrubs and parking of vehicles, will be, both as a composite architectural scheme and as a functioning establishment, consistent with the Code of the Village in effect at the time that the application for such special activity is filed with the Village Clerk.
    D. 
    Prohibited activities. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter, no building or premises shall be used for any purpose which:
    [Added 2-13-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006]
    (1) 
    Is obnoxious or offensive to the surrounding community by reason of causing or emitting unreasonable levels of odor, smoke, vapor, gas, dust, garbage, refuse matter, glare of lights, radiation, noise or vibrations, interference with radio or television reception or other physical or electronic disturbance beyond the premises on which such activity is conducted.
    (2) 
    Is dangerous or harmful to the health, peace, comfort or safety of the community.
    (3) 
    Tends to disturb or annoy the residents of the Village.
    (4) 
    Involves any radiation or explosive menace or any serious fire hazard.
Amended 10-9-1946; 5-7-1951; 4-4-1960; 8-8-1977 by L.L. No. 3-1977; 2-11-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991; 3-14-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994