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Town of Collins, NY
Erie County
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The following are permitted uses in the R-A Residential-Agricultural District:
A. 
Any use permitted and as regulated in the R District.
B. 
Agricultural, floricultural and horticultural pursuits, including, but not limited to, general farms, greenhouses, plant nurseries, truck gardens, dairies, and the raising of bees, poultry, and livestock, together with all customary buildings and other structures necessary for the production and storage of the products of such pursuits.
C. 
Forest farming.
D. 
Animal hospitals, riding stables, and the keeping of small animals, including fur-bearing animal farms; provided, however, that buildings, pens, or runways for the confinement of animals be at least 100 feet from any adjoining property line. The above distance restriction shall not apply to pasture or exercise tracks for horses.
E. 
Private wildlife reservations or conservation projects, including the usual buildings therefor.
F. 
General hospital for the treatment of human ailments, of five acres or more.
G. 
Cemeteries, including mausoleums, provided that mausoleums shall be a distance of at least 200 feet from any street line and any adjoining residential district, and that any new cemetery shall contain a single contiguous area of at least 15 acres.
H. 
On the obtaining of a special use permit from the Town Board in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of this chapter, the following uses:
(1) 
Gun clubs.
(2) 
Gravel pits.
(3) 
Quarries.
(4) 
Individual mobile homes for residential purposes.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Chapter 210.
[Amended 6-18-2007 by L.L. No. 1-2007]
The following are permitted accessory structures and uses in the R-A Residential-Agricultural District:
A. 
Same as permitted and regulated in the R District.
B. 
Signs as follows:
(1) 
Same as permitted and regulated in the R District, except that larger identification signs shall be permitted.
(2) 
An unlighted sign, not exceeding 16 square feet in area, identifying a permitted use, or related to the sale of agricultural products grown on the premises.
A. 
Lot area: 40,000 square feet, but not less than 20,000 feet per dwelling unit.
[Amended 4-17-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
B. 
Lot width at building line: 100 feet.
C. 
Front yard: 40 feet.
D. 
Side yards: total 25% of lot width; 10 feet minimum side yard.
E. 
Rear yard: 25% of lot depth, but need not exceed 50 feet.
A. 
Residential buildings: 2 1/2 stories not to exceed 30 feet.
B. 
Farm structures: no limit.