§ 190-118. Enumeration of permitted special uses.

A. 

Special uses in individual districts shall be as set forth below:

(1) 

R-1 Single-Family Residential District:

(a) 

Essential services and public utility structures.

(b) 

Cluster development.

(c) 

Planned unit development.

(d) 

Private schools.

(e) 

Hospitals.

(f) 

Municipal buildings.

(g) 

Institutions of higher education.

(h) 

Churches.

(2) 

R-2 Two-Family Residential District:

(a) 

All special uses permitted in the R-1 Residential District.

(b) 

Nursing homes.

(c) 

Sanitariums.

(3) 

R-3 Multifamily Residential District:

(a) 

Any special uses permitted in the R-2 Residential District.

(b) 

Multifamily structures over three stories or 35 feet in height.

(c) 

Inside parking of private vehicles where said vehicles are stored within the principal residential structure.

(d) 

Mobile home parks.

(4) 

B-1 Neighborhood Business District:

(a) 

Automobile service stations.

(b) 

Essential services.

(c) 

Social halls, lodges and fraternal organizations.

(d) 

Dry-cleaning and clothes-pressing establishments.

(e) 

Saloons and bars serving alcoholic beverages.

(f) 

Outdoor storage and display.

(g) 

Professional and business offices.

(5) 

B-2 Central Business District:

(a) 

Billiard and pool parlors.

(b) 

Bowling alleys, skating rinks and other commercial recreation uses.

(c) 

Funeral homes and mortuaries.

(d) 

Garages and gasoline service stations.

(e) 

Billboards and freestanding signs.

(f) 

Any special use permitted in the B-1 District.

(6) 

B-3 General Business District:

(a) 

Drive-in restaurants.

(b) 

Outdoor storage.

(c) 

Billboards and freestanding signs.

(7) 

B-4 Office Business District:

(a) 

Medical clinics.

(8) 

I-1 Light Industrial — Research District:

(a) 

Any use which may not, in the opinion of the Planning Board, create a situation detrimental to the purpose of this district.

(b) 

Uses requiring limited production of a product.

(9) 

I-2 Light Industrial District:

(a) 

Uses having need for outdoor storage of goods and materials.

(b) 

Billboards and freestanding signs.

(10) 

I-3 Heavy Industrial District:

(a) 

Billboards and freestanding signs.

(11) 

RA Reserve Area:

(a) 

Parks, golf courses, athletic fields and other similar uses.

(b) 

Essential services.

(c) 

Land reclamation operations other than refuse and garbage landfill.

(d) 

Cemeteries.

B. 

Permitted special uses, as enumerated above, shall be permitted only upon authorization by the Planning Board and Common Council, provided that such uses shall be found to comply with the following requirements and other applicable requirements as set forth in this chapter.

[Amended 3-15-1995]

(1) 

That the use is a permitted special use as set forth in Subsection A hereof.

(2) 

That the use is so designed, located and proposed to be operated that the public health, safety, welfare and convenience will be protected.

(3) 

That the use will not cause substantial injury to the value of other property in the neighborhood where it is to be located.

(4) 

That the use will be compatible with adjoining development and the proposed character of the zone district where it is to be located.

(5) 

That adequate landscaping and screening is provided as required herein.

(6) 

That adequate off-street parking and loading is provided and ingress and egress is so designed as to cause minimum interference with traffic on abutting streets.

(7) 

That the use conforms with all applicable regulations governing the district where located, except as may otherwise be determined for large-scale developments.

C. 

Special use permits.

[Added 10-7-1987; amended 9-7-1988]

(1) 

In addition to the above, the Common Council of the City of Lockport may grant special use permits in residential, business and industrial use districts in the City to permit business use which meets all requirements enumerated in Subsection B(2) through (7) and the following conditions:

(a) 

No change in character of neighborhood.

(b) 

No excessive noise or disturbance of neighborhood.

(c) 

No appreciable change in traffic.

(d) 

No outside storage of materials.

(e) 

Special permits can be indefinite or limited to a specific time.

(f) 

The special permits shall go to the applicant only and shall terminate on his sale or transfer of the property, and further they terminate if the use permitted is abandoned for more than one year or if any of the conditions enumerated herein have changed and, in the discretion of the Common Council, make such use unsuitable.

(2) 

An application for a special permit shall comply with the site plan requirements of this chapter and include a statement describing the proposed use. The application shall be reviewed by the Planning Board, which shall give its recommendation to the Common Council and Mayor. Upon completion of a public hearing on the application, the Common Council may deny or grant the special permit with the attachment of any conditions which, in its opinion, are necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of the City of Lockport, and the violation of any such condition shall result in grounds to terminate the permit or shall result in grounds for denial of any application for extension of the permit.

(3) 

An application for a special use permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $100. An annual renewal fee thereafter of $50 on the anniversary date of the special use permit shall be paid.

[Added 3-20-1991]