VILLAGE OF SACKETS HARBOR
LAW #2 OF 1993 AMENDING LOCAL LAW #2 OF 1987
SACKETS HARBOR ZONING LAW
Section 1. Local Law #2 of the Year 1987, as amended, The Village of Sackets Harbor Zoning Law, is amended to read, in part, as provided below.
Section 2. Section 5-6 of Local Law #2 of the Year 1987 is amended to read as follows:
Section 5-6 Required Parking Spaces by Use
A. All uses in every district shall meet the following off-street, non-municipal parking requirements. Uses may have off-street, off-site, non-municipal parking, but only within the Business District. Non-conforming uses (with respect to parking) may change to other uses without meeting all the requirements of this section if the Planning Board grants approval under Article VIII, Non-conformities.
1. Drive-In Services Stacking lanes adequate for (5) vehicles per service
window plus spaces as per
underlying use.
2. Religious Institutions 1 for each 3.5 seats.
3. Motel/Hotel and 1 for each sleeping or
Tourist Homes dwelling room.
4. Light Industrial 1 for each employee at maximum
working shift.
5. Restaurants, Bars 1 for each 50 square feet of
floor area, excluding kitchen,
storerooms and restrooms not used
or intended to be used by patrons or the general public.
6. Retail, small 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area.
7. Retail, large 1 for each 400 square feet of product
floor area
8. Offices, General 1 for each 200 square feet of first
floor area, and 1 each per 300 square
feet of floor area above.
9. Doctor/Dentist 4 per doctor.
offices
10. Dwellings, Mobile 2 per dwelling or mobile home. Homes
11. Home Occupation 1 per 200 square feet of commercial
floor area in addition to spaces
required per dwelling.
12. Mortuary Establishment 1 per 100 square feet of floor
area.
13. Marina .6 spaces per berth or mooring.
14. Roadside Stands 3 minimum.
15. Other places of 1 per 200 square feet of gross public/private assembly floor area, or 1 per 3.5 assembly
seats, whichever is greater.
16. Recreation: Outdoor 1 per 200 square feet of en-
Facilities closed building area, plus 1 for each
(3) three persons outdoor facilities are designed to accommodate.
B. Parking Space Dimensions: Each parking space shall measure at least 9' x 18', exclusive from necessary space devoted to turning maneuvers, ingress or egress.
•C. All required off-site parking lots and areas for all uses except mobile homes and one or two family~ dwellings, shall be reviewed by the Planning Board pursuant to Article VII, Site Plan Review.
D. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, off-street non-municipal parking does not have to be provided for the following uses in the Business District if those uses are not open for business to the general public between the hours of nine p.m. and six a.m., employ no more than six persons on the premises at the same time and have less than 1,000 square feet of floor area dedicated and used in the business or commercial activity of the use:
i) Retail, Small
ii) Office, General
iii) Doctor, Dentist Offices
iv) Home Occupation
v) Professional Offices
E. Off-site, off-street, non-municipal parking may be provided in the Business District to meet the requirements of Section 5-6(A) above, after Site Plan Review, pursuant to Article VII by theI Planning Board, on the following conditions. The Planning Board in approving said off-site, off-street, non-municipal parking shall specifically find each of the following conditions have been met and satisfied and shall, when relevant, so condition its approval so that in the future if any of those conditions is no longer met by the then owner/occupant of the premises, the approval is revoked and shall constitute an immediate violation of this local law.
i) If the "off-site" and the proposed "use" lots are owned by the same person or entity, the owner shall record in the Jefferson County Clerk's Office restrictive covenants enforceable by the Village that neither lot may be conveyed, pledged, leased, mortgaged, devised, alienated or otherwise sold or disposed of separately as long as the "off-site" lot is providing any of the required parking for the "use" lot.
ii) If the "off-site" lot and the proposed "use" lot are owned by separate or additional persons or entities, there shall be a written lease between all the owners of both lots for a specified term with a provision that the owners of the "off-site" lot shall give the Zoning Enforcement Officer 30 days' advance written notice of termination, cancellation or modification of the lease or the cessation of the "use" lot occupant's/owner's right to use the
"off-site" lot for parking purposes as approved by the Planning Board.
iii) The "use" lot shall have conspicuously displayed for its patrons' viewing a sign advising the patrons of the location of the off-site parking.
iv) That the site plan approval and zoning permit shall be automatically revoked in the event that the off-site parking is no longer available for use of the "use" lot's patrons.
F. Any requests or applications for variances from the provisions of this Section shall be reviewed and treated by the Zoning Board of Appeals as a use variance.
Section 3. This local law shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary of State and as provided in Section 7-706 of the Village Law.
