9 State St Queensbury, NY 12801-4643

Commercial Intensive (CI), Commercial Intensive Exit 18 (CI-18) and Commercial Moderate (CM) Zones. [Amended 1-28-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011 ; 4-18-2016 by L.L. No. 3-2016 ] A. Design districts. (1) Route 9 North District: between Sweet Road and the Town’s border with the Town of Lake George. Commercial variety best describes this section of Route 9. The southern end has large and small retail offerings, interspersed with restaurants, convenience stores, gas stations, a fun park, an RV park, an outdoor drive-in theater. Amid this section is the Six Flags’ The Great Escape. North of this theme park is the county’s municipal center and beyond that a cluster of outlet malls, intersected by Route 149, an important rural route to Vermont. The North Route 9 corridor, while an improvement over the lower section, still lacks continuity and sufficient greenery, especially within parking areas. It is the community’s desire to insist on Adirondack-themed designs with more creative parking design and landscaping, so that the building, parking, and landscaping visually share space. For example, parking lot lighting should be antique-themed similar to the existing sidewalk pedestrian lighting. No one aspect of commercial developments located here should be dominant. Locating truck routes, loading docks, and employee parking in the rear will allow opportunities for more landscaping to the front and sides of the building. From Montray Road to Round Pond Road, low-impact commercial development abuts a residential zone along Route 9’s south side. Future development in this area should remain low-impact and transitional in effect. (2) Route 9 South District: applies to the commercially zoned lands from Sweet Road to the Glens Falls City line. It is an area of very intensive commercial development with shopping centers surrounded by acres of parking lots. Currently the Route 9 South corridor is characterized by an overabundance of asphalt, smaller shopping plazas, with one row of front parking, and large stores with poorly landscaped parking lots, variable setbacks, limited plantings and no continuity. To help offset traffic congestion, minimal curb cuts and shared drives are encouraged. Primary shop entrances will be located on the street frontage. Most of the parking will be accommodated in the front along the building face and landscape strips. Parking provided primarily in the front with minimal curb cuts reduces street congestion, provides convenient vehicle storage, and promotes a pedestrian-friendly corridor on Route 9.