Village of Farmingdale, NY Article X Residence B Districts

§ 600-70 Permitted uses.

In a Residence B District, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered for other than one or more of the following specified uses:

A. Any use permitted in a Residence AA District.

B. A private garage for the storage of not more than three motor vehicles, one of which may be a commercial vehicle having a capacity not exceeding 1/2 ton.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, which allowed two family detached houses, as amended 5-24-1965, was repealed 3-11-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991

C. Office/residential use for properties fronting on Conklin Street, Fulton Street and West Street, provided the owner satisfies the conditions set forth in Article XIII, Office-Residence District.

[Added 2-5-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007]

§ 600-71 Building area.

The building area shall not exceed 35% of the lot area.

§ 600-72 Front yard.

There shall be a required front yard which shall be not less than 25 feet in depth.

§ 600-73 Side yards.

There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building. Each side yard shall not be less than six feet wide.

§ 600-74 Rear yard.

There shall be a required rear yard which shall have a minimum depth of 25 feet.

§ 600-75 Lot area.

[Amended 3-2-1959; 10-24-1988 by L.L. No. 14-1988; 1-2-2007 by L.L. No. 1-2007]

A. No principal building or accessory building shall be erected upon a lot that has a street frontage and minimum lot width at the front and rear wall of the principal building of less than 60 feet and a lot area of less than 6,000 square feet.

B. The lot area and frontage requirements set forth herein shall not apply to any lot having an area and/or frontage of less than that prescribed herein, provided that such a lot has an area of at least 5,000 square feet and was under different ownership from that of any adjoining land on June 5, 2006, and provided further that such lot and any adjoining land did not come under common ownership since that date.

C. If any lot on which a building has been erected shall be subdivided into two or more lots in such manner that the resulting lot on which such building remains shall not comply with Subsection A hereof, the right of the owner thereof to maintain such buildings of such lot shall immediately cease, and he or she shall remove the same on the order of the Building Superintendent.

§ 600-76 Building height.

No building shall be greater than 2 1/2 stories nor more than 35 feet in height.