5.3.1 Uses Permitted
5.3.1.1 Buildings, structures, and premises may be used for any use permitted in a
Residence District and/or lawful business, service or public utility.
5.3.2 Uses Allowed by Special Permit granted by the Board of Appeals
5.3.2.1 The following uses when specifically approved as special exceptions by the Board
of Appeals, which shall have found that the proposed use will not have an adverse effect on the present and future dwellings in the vicinity, or create traffic hazards or volume greater than the capacity of the streets affected, or other appropriate safeguards and conditions which the Board of Appeals deems necessary:
a) Multiple dwellings in ALL Districts except C_1, C_11, and C_12 subject to
the same conditions of Section 5.2.4 above and provided that the permit granting authority finds that the non_residentially zoned area would not be adversely affected by such residential use, and that permitted uses in the district are not noxious to a multi_family use.
5.3.3 Uses Allowed by Special Permit in ALL Commercial Districts EXCEPT C_1
5.3.3.1 Motor vehicle repair facilities, including those repairing, painting, or storing
motor vehicles, provided the disabled vehicles are screened from abutting lots or exterior streets by a solid landscaped screen and/or fence at least five (5) feet but no more than seven (7) feet in height.
5.3.3.2 Junk yards, provided that outdoor storage areas are screened from view from
abutting lots or exterior streets by a solid landscaped screen and/or fence at least five (5) feet but no more than seven (7) feet in height.
5.3.3.3 Drive_in theaters, provided that the moving picture images are directed away from
existing dwelling units.
5.3.4 Uses Allowed by Special Permit in the C_1 District
5.3.4.1 The conversion of existing structures for multiple dwellings where the first floor
is devoted to commercial use except for the access to the upper floors, provided that:
a) The first floor is not used for food service or entertainment establishments.
b) The structure was in existence at the time of the adoption of
this_subsection November 21, 1983.
c) The exterior facade of structures listed in the Hudson Historic Survey is
not altered, except to meet the State Building Code requirements.
d) Each dwelling unit has a minimum of five hundred (500) square feet of net
floor area.
e) Public or private off_street overnight parking is available within four
hundred (400) feet of the structure.
f) Balconies and decks, other than those required for access or by the State
Building Code, are placed in the rear of the structure.
g) Extra floors added to the structure are of a design in harmony with the
character of the area and no higher than the height of the lowest abutting building.
h) The first floor (street floor) of the building is retained as commercial use.
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