The general purpose and intent of this residential district
is to provide for areas within the Town of Oneonta where the living
environment associated with single-family and two-family residential
development and their related facilities can be preserved and/or where
the development of such an environment is encouraged. In promoting
the general purpose of this chapter, the specific intent of this Article
is:
A.
To encourage the construction of and the continuous use of the land
for single-family and two-family residential dwellings; to encourage
the development of recreational, religious and educational facilities
required for and compatible with a balanced single- and two-family
residential neighborhood; and to permit home occupations.
B.
To discourage all business, commercial and industrial development
of the land and multiple-family units and developments such as mobile
home parks, and to prohibit any other use which would substantially
interfere with or be deleterious to the development and continuation
of single- and two-family dwellings in this residential district.
C.
To discourage all land uses which would generate traffic on residential
streets other than normal traffic to the residences on those streets.
The following uses are permitted in the R-20 Residential District:
[Amended 9-14-1983; 1-22-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986; 2-12-1992 by L.L. No.
5-1992; 7-14-2004 by L.L. No. 12-2004]
[Amended 9-14-1983; 6-12-1985; 2-12-1992 by L.L. No. 5-1992]
The following regulations apply to all uses permitted by right,
after sketch plan review or site plan review and by special permit.
A.
Minimum lot requirements.
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Without Public Sanitary Sewer
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|---|---|---|---|
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Requirement
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One- Family
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Two- Family
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All Other Uses
|
|
Minimum lot size (square feet)
|
20,000
|
20,000
|
20,000
|
|
Minimum frontage (feet)
|
100
|
125
|
125
|
|
Minimum front yard (feet)
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
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Minimum side yard (feet)
|
15
|
20
|
25
|
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Minimum rear yard (feet)
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
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With Public Sanitary Sewer
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Requirement
|
One- Family
|
Two- Family
|
All Other Uses
|
|
Minimum lot size (square feet)
|
6,250
|
10,000
|
10,000
|
|
Minimum frontage (feet)
|
50
|
75
|
100
|
|
Minimum front yard (feet)
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
|
Minimum side yard (feet)
|
8
|
15
|
20
|
|
Minimum rear yard (feet)
|
20
|
25
|
30
|
B.
Increasing front yard depth. Front yard depth along collector and
arterial roads shall be increased to 50 feet except where existing
development occurred prior to the enactment of this chapter. In those
cases, the front yard depth may be the average of the front yard depth
for 250 feet on both sides of the proposed use along the contiguous
street line.
C.
Determining front yard depth. Where no right-of-way or street line information is readily available to determine the point from which front yard depth shall be measured to the building line, the front yard depth shall be that number of feet indicated in Subsection A plus 25 feet from the center line of the street.
D.
Increasing side yard depth. On a corner lot the minimum side yard
requirement shall increase to 25 feet for the side yard between the
street line and the building line on the side street.
E.
Lot coverage. No more than 25% of the lot may be covered by buildings.
This includes garages and accessory buildings.
G.
Garages, accessory buildings and parking areas.
(1)
Attached garages must meet setback and yard requirements listed above
for principal buildings.
(2)
Detached garages, parking areas and accessory buildings must meet
the front setback requirements for the principal building and must
leave a minimum side yard depth of eight feet and a minimum rear yard
depth of 10 feet.
[Amended 3-9-1994 by L.L. No. 5-1994]
H.
Building height. No building shall be erected to a height in excess
of 35 feet except upon approval of a special permit by the Board of
Appeals.
