[Added 3-16-1961]
In a Business AA District the following regulations shall apply: No building shall be erected, altered or used, and no lot or premises shall be used except for:
A. 
A hotel or motel.
B. 
A restaurant.
C. 
A showroom for products not manufactured upon the premises, not for retail, and not including any food products or wearing apparel or structural materials of any kind or nature, and provided that there shall be no display of products except inside such showroom.
D. 
An office building, including professional offices.
E. 
A public library.
F. 
A public art gallery.
G. 
A public museum.
H. 
A hospital.
I. 
A telephone exchange.
J. 
An undertaking establishment.
K. 
A church or other place of worship, provided that a special use permit has been issued for such use by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Article XXIX of this chapter.
[Added 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
The buildings erected on any lot shall not in their aggregate areas exceed 30% of the lot area.
There shall be side yards, the width of which shall not be less than 25 feet from the adjoining properties, or 50 feet from streets or highways.
No accessory building shall be erected within any front or side yard within 20 feet of the rear line of the main building, or within three feet of the rear line of the lot.
No building shall exceed a height of 30 feet. Height limitations of this section shall apply to chimneys for central heating plants and antennae, if any, but shall not apply to ventilators, skylights, bulkheads, building chimneys, water tanks, cooling towers, necessary mechanical appurtenances, and similar features related to the functioning of the building and usually carried above the roof level, provided that:
A. 
The aggregate area covered by all such features shall not exceed 25% of the area of the roof of the building on which they are located;
B. 
The height of each such feature shall not exceed 15 feet above the level of such roof; and
C. 
Such features as water tanks, cooling towers and bulkheads shall be enclosed within walls of a material and design in harmony with that of the main walls of the building of which they are a part.
Adjoining the lot line or lines nearest any adjacent lot or lots that are zoned for residential uses, there shall be a buffer strip at least 15 feet in width within which there shall be evergreen planting of such type, height and density as will provide a screening of the business development from said adjacent residential area. Such buffer planting may be supplemented by a wall or solid fence sufficient to block the light from headlights of cars. Such buffer planting shall be maintained in good condition.
All exterior lighting shall be of such a type and location and shall have such shading as will prevent the source of the light from being seen from any adjacent residential property or from the street.
A. 
Parking areas shall be provided on the lot for the cars of employees and patrons, with at least one parking space for each two patron seats in a restaurant, for each room in a hotel, and for each 150 square feet of floor space in any other permitted business use. Each parking space shall have dimensions of at least 81/2 feet by 20 feet, exclusive of areas for access drives and maneuvering spaces. The entire lot, except for areas covered by buildings, shall be divided among surfaced parking or service areas, driveways, sidewalks, buffer strips and suitably landscaped open areas. All landscaping shall be properly maintained throughout the life of any use on any lot.
B. 
Parking areas shall, in general, be provided at the rear and sides of the building and shall include adequate loading and unloading space at the rear of the building. Parking areas shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking of automobiles or other vehicles accessory to the principal use or uses on the lot. In no case shall the storage, servicing or dismantling of automobiles or other vehicles be permitted in such area.
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Editor's Note: See also Article XXXI, Comprehensive Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations, § 248-278.
[Amended 11-2-1961; 7-30-1985 by L.L. No. 5-1985]
No sign or advertising media of any kind shall be permitted, except such as advertises solely the business carried on or maintained upon the premises where such sign is erected. Said signs and advertising media shall be of such size, location, manner of placement and/or attachment as shall be approved by the Planning Board in the development plan hereinafter mentioned. Any illumination of such sign shall only be indirect lighting meeting the standards of § 248-181 of this article.
[Amended 7-30-1985 by L.L. No. 5-1985; 2-5-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987]
Except as exempted by § 248-252 of this chapter, no building permit shall be issued and no building or use shall be established, except in conformity with a site development plan approved by the Planning Board, in accordance with Article XXVIII of this chapter.