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 Brookhaven
 Code of Ordinances
 Land Use Legislation
 Chapter 85. Zoning
 Article XXII. Industrial Districts

  § 85-567. Dimensional criteria.  

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  • Except as otherwise provided in § 85-569, Special permit criteria, the following dimensional criteria are applicable:
    A. 
    Minimum lot area.
    (1) 
    Except as otherwise provided herein, the minimum required lot area shall be 40,000 square feet.
    (2) 
    The minimum required lot area for a bank with a drive-through facility shall be 65,000 square feet.
    (3) 
    The minimum required lot area for a parcel located within a designated hydrogeologic sensitive zone shall be 120,000 square feet.
    (4) 
    The minimum required lot area for a permitted principal use with an accessory restaurant use shall be three acres.
    (5) 
    The minimum required lot area for a commercial bus storage facility shall be three acres.
    (6) 
    The minimum requirement for lot area for an electric generating facility shall be 20 acres.
    (7) 
    The minimum requirement for lot area for a nonmotorized recreational activity shall be five acres.
    (8) 
    The minimum requirement for lot area for an anaerobic digester facility shall be 60 acres.
    B. 
    Minimum road frontage.
    (1) 
    Except as otherwise provided herein, the minimum required road frontage shall be 100 feet.
    (2) 
    The minimum required road frontage for a bank with a drive-through facility or for a permitted principal use with an accessory restaurant use shall be 150 feet.
    (3) 
    The minimum required road frontage for a parcel within a designated hydrogeologic sensitive zone, or for an electric generating facility shall be 200 feet.
    [Amended 1-17-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019, effective 1-28-2019]
    (4) 
    The minimum required road frontage for an anaerobic digester facility shall be 400 feet.
    C. 
    Minimum front yard setback.
    (1) 
    Except as otherwise provided herein, the minimum required front yard setback shall be 50 feet.
    (2) 
    The minimum required front yard setback for parcels five acres or more in size shall be 100 feet.
    D. 
    Minimum side yard setback.
    [Amended 1-17-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019, effective 1-28-2019]
    (1) 
    Except as otherwise provided herein, the minimum required side yard setback for a permitted use shall be 10 feet, with a total side yard setback of 30 feet.
    (2) 
    The minimum required side yard setback for a bank with a drive-through facility or for a permitted principal use with an accessory restaurant use shall be 25 feet.
    (3) 
    The minimum required side yard setback for parcels five acres or more in size shall be 50 feet.
    (4) 
    The minimum required side yard setback for an electric-generating facility shall be 50 feet.
    (5) 
    The minimum required side yard setback for an anaerobic digester facility shall be 75 feet.
    (6) 
    The minimum required side yard setback for a fuel cell facility connected to the public electric grid in order to sell electricity to a public utility entity shall be 50 feet.
    E. 
    Minimum rear yard setback.
    (1) 
    Except as otherwise provided herein, the minimum required rear yard setback shall be 50 feet.
    (2) 
    The minimum requirement for a rear yard setback for an electric generating facility shall be 100 feet.
    F. 
    Maximum permitted floor area ratio (FAR).
    (1) 
    Except as otherwise provided herein, the maximum permitted FAR shall be 35%.
    (2) 
    The maximum permitted FAR for a parcel within a designated hydrogeologic sensitive zone shall be 30%.
    (3) 
    The maximum permitted FAR for an electric generating facility shall be 25%.
    G. 
    Maximum permitted height.
    (1) 
    Except as otherwise provided herein, the maximum permitted height for all structures shall be 50 feet or three stories.
    H. 
    Minimum buffer.
    (1) 
    The minimum buffer for a nonmotorized recreational activity shall be 100 feet, consisting of natural and undisturbed vegetation, supplemented as needed to provide screening from adjacent parcels.
    (2) 
    A minimum seventy-five-foot buffer, consisting of natural and undisturbed vegetation, supplemented as needed, shall be provided between an anaerobic digester facility and all adjacent residential zones or use.