A.
Buildings and structures in a Residential C and Agriculture Zone
and uses thereof shall be limited to:
(1)
Any building, structure or premises used, and any building or structure
erected, on any one lot intended and designed as a private residence
to accommodate not more than two families, a farm building, greenhouse,
library, church, school, park or playground.
[Amended 6-7-2000]
(3)
A name- and/or professional plate not over eight square feet in area
to advertise for the produce grown upon or services rendered from
the premises may be erected at any point between the road line and
the prevailing front building line, provided that there shall not
be more than one such sign on any lot and that it shall refer only
to the business conducted on the premises upon which it is located.
(4)
Riding or boarding stables, kennels and fur farms are subject to
the filing, with the Zoning Board of Appeals, written unanimous consent
of all property owners within a radius of 1,000 feet of the lot on
which such riding or boarding stable, kennel or fur farm is proposed.
(5)
A residence containing a professional office for use of a residential
occupant.
[Added 6-7-2000]
B.
The following uses shall not be permitted: taverns, clubs, trailer
camps, airports, industry and commerce, except where specifically
permitted elsewhere in this chapter and/or any other Town of Elma
ordinance.
For regulations pertaining to floor space, see § 144-99A.
For regulations pertaining to lot size, see § 144-99C.
No trailer in excess of 500 cubic feet is to be parked on any
lot unless the owner already has a livable home on the lot, in which
event a trailer may be parked in the rear yard. Such trailer cannot
be occupied.
For regulations limiting the height, bulk and arrangement of buildings, see § 144-99.
A private family swimming pool shall be permitted as an accessory
use as long as it is located entirely within the rear yard and no
part of the pool or deck is closer to the lot line than 10 feet. No
pool can be located closer than 10 feet from a sanitary leach field,
sand filter or tile field.
A boardinghouse and rooming house, not to exceed two boarders
and roomers, is permissible in any one housekeeping unit, provided
that no separate housekeeping privileges are permitted.
A.
Building permits shall be required for the erection, construction of alteration of any building or structure to be used for customary agricultural purposes. The location of any building or structure shall be governed by the regulations limiting height, bulk and arrangement of buildings. (See Article XI.)
Permits are required for all utility structures other than any
municipally owned, and upon written application, including survey
and plans, to the Town Board.
A.
On the approval of the Zoning Board of Appeals, temporary permits
for not to exceed five years may be granted in any Residential C and
Agricultural Zone for a camp, provided that:
(1)
The fee set by the Town Board has been paid.
(2)
There is filed with such application the consents, in writing duly
acknowledged, of the owners and the lessees of record of 50% of all
property, measured lineally around the boundary contiguous to the
property for which such permit is sought.
(3)
At least 10 days' notice of such pending application is given by
mail by the Clerk of such Zoning Board of Appeals to all persons recorded
on the last preceding assessment roll as owning property within 2,500
feet of the property for which such permit is sought, and such service
of notice by mail to such property owners and lessees shall be deemed
to have been effected when duly stamped envelopes containing such
notices and addressed to their last known address shall have been
duly deposited in the mail.
(4)
No portion of the property for which such permit is sought is within
1,000 feet of any body of water or watercourse which is a part of
any public water supply system.
(5)
The number of persons to be accommodated in such camp shall not exceed
one for each 10,000 square feet of area within such grounds.
(6)
No camp structure shall be located within 300 feet of any property
line.
B.
All existing camps are hereby required to file for a permit as required
herein. All applications for permits shall include Erie County Health
Department certifications of sanitation and health facilities and
capacities. Permits will be required of all camps within the Town
of Elma for the year 1955 and for subsequent periods.
Any institution is permissible if recommended by the Planning
Board and approved by the Town Board after a public hearing.
Private golf courses, operated by a nonprofit membership corporation
exclusively for members and guests, including club facilities, pro
shop, accessory dining room with or without bar facilities and normal
accessory service buildings, shall be permitted.
Farm truck garden, dairy, nursery or greenhouse and all other
customary incidental agricultural occupations are permissible, such
as, without thereby limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
housing of livestock regularly maintained on such farm, farm equipment
and crops or supplies; the making of cider; the bottling of milk and
cream produced on the premises from livestock on such farm when approved
by the County Department of Health; the cold storage of farm produce
produced upon said farm, together with the use of structures for these
and similar purposes, provided that any structure so used shall not
be within 75 feet of a public road line or nearer than 25 feet from
any other property line.
