Town of Babylon, NY
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2023-12-20
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 213 Zoning
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Article XA F.H. Floating Home District
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Assessor, Department of
- Ch 6 Attorney, Department of
- Ch 10 Clerk, Department of
- Ch 13 Comptroller, Department of
- Ch 15 Department of Public Safety Enforcement
- Ch 18 Environmental Conservation Commission
- Ch 20 Environmental Control, Department of
- Ch 22 Escrow Account, Town Attorney
- Ch 23 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 25 Fire Districts
- Ch 27 General Services, Department of
- Ch 31 Human Services, Department of
- Ch 35 Meetings
- Ch 37 (Reserved)
- Ch 42 Ordinances, Publication of
- Ch 44 Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, Department of
- Ch 47 Personnel Policies
- Ch 48 Civil Service, Department of
- Ch 49 Planning and Development, Department of
- Ch 50 Abolishment of Office of Superintendent of Highways
- Ch 51 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 53 Receiver of Taxes, Department of
- Ch 57 Sanitation Commission
- Ch 59 Streets, Procedure for Abandonment of
- Ch 60 Town Board, Office of
- Ch 61 Ward Districts
- Ch 65 Town Supervisor, Department of
- Ch 66 Administrative Adjudication, Bureau of
- Ch 67 Carlls River Botanical Garden Board
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 74 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 76 Amusement Devices
- Ch 78 Anti-Bias Task Force and Hispanic/Latino Advisory Committee
- Ch 79 Bazaars and Fairs
- Ch 81 Beaches and Recreational Areas
- Ch 82 Bidding Preferences
- Ch 84 Bingo
- Ch 85 Block Parties; Public Assembly Permits; Use of Sound Equipment
- Ch 86 Boats
- Ch 89 Building Construction
- Ch 92 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 93 Board of Grievances and Appeals
- Ch 94 Cabarets and Dance Halls
- Ch 97 Civil Service Examinations
- Ch 99 Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas
- Ch 101 Consumer Protection
- Ch 106 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 107 Domestic Partnership Registry
- Ch 108 Dredging
- Ch 112 Electrical Standards
- Ch 114 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 117 Excavations
- Ch 118 Expeditors
- Ch 121 Firearms
- Ch 123 Fire Prevention
- Ch 125 Flood Damage Control
- Ch 128 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 130 Games of Chance
- Ch 133 Solid Waste Management
- Ch 136 Graffiti
- Ch 137 Historic Areas, Preservation of
- Ch 138 Housing Standards
- Ch 141 Ice Cream Vending
- Ch 143 (Reserved)
- Ch 144 Landscapers
- Ch 145 Bamboo
- Ch 146 Littering
- Ch 148 Massage Establishments
- Ch 149 Memorial and Independence Day Sales
- Ch 153 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 156 Noise
- Ch 157 Notice and Certificates of Assessment
- Ch 158 Notification of Defects
- Ch 161 Party Houses
- Ch 162 Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 165 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 166 Personal Property, Sale of
- Ch 167 Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 170 Plumbing
- Ch 173 Public Assembly Places
- Ch 176 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 178 Retail Establishments
- Ch 180 Taxicabs and Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 181 Sewers
- Ch 183 Shellfish
- Ch 186 Site Plan Review
- Ch 189 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 190 Storm Sewers: Illicit Discharges, Activities and Connections
- Ch 191 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 195 Taxation
- Ch 198 Towing
- Ch 200 Trailer Camps
- Ch 202 (Reserved)
- Ch 204 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 205 (Reserved)
- Ch 207 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 209 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 210 (Reserved)
- Ch 211 Water
- Ch 213 Zoning
- Ch 213 Art XA F.H. Floating Home District
- § 213-107.1 Definitions.
- § 213-107.2 Restriction on location of floating homes.
- § 213-107.3 Permitted uses.
- § 213-107.4 Conducting of businesses or professions.
- § 213-107.5 Height of floating homes.
- § 213-107.6 Lot area.
- § 213-107.7 Building area.
- § 213-107.8 Mooring distance.
- § 213-107.9 Distance between floating homes.
- § 213-107.10 Public utilities and sanitary facilities.
- § 213-107.11 Off-street parking.
- § 213-107.12 Construction standards.
- § 213-107.13 Application for creation of district.
- § 213-107.14 Environmental quality review.
- Ch 215 Land Use Regulations, Adoption of
- Appendix
- Ch A217 Recreational Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Traffic Code
- Part I: The Traffic Law
- Ch TC-1 General Provisions
- Ch TC-2 Traffic Regulations
- Ch TC-3 Parking Regulations
- Ch TC-4 Off-Street Parking Areas
- Ch TC-5 Commercial Vehicles; Weight Limits
- Ch TC-6 Removal and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch TC-7 Counterfeit Beach Pass
- Part II: The Schedule
- Sch A Traffic Control Signals
- Sch B Prohibited Turns
- Sch C U-Turns
- Sch D One-Way Streets
- Sch E Parking Area Exits and Entrances
- Sch F Lane Use Designations
- Sch G No Passing Zones
- Sch H Stop and Yield Intersections
- Sch I Exceptions to General Speed Limit
- Sch J School Speed Limits
- Sch K Parking, Standing and Stopping Restrictions
- Sch L Private Parking Fields
- Sch M Town Parking Fields
- Sch N Truck Exclusions
- Sch O Bridges and Elevated Structures
- Sch P School District Parking Fields
- Sch Q Special Truck Exclusions
- Traffic Code Disposition List
- Ch TC-DL Disposition List
[Added 7-3-1984]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any vessel designed or, in fact, used or occupied as a dwelling
unit, living and sleeping quarters, business office or source of any
occupation or for any private or social club of whatsoever nature,
including but not limited to a structure constructed upon a barge
primarily immobile and out of navigation or which functions substantially
as a land structure while the same is moored or docked, whether such
vessel is self-propelled or not.
In F.H. Floating Home District, no floating
home shall be hereafter moored or altered, unless otherwise provided
by this chapter, except for the following uses.
A.Â
One-family dwelling.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, the use
of a floating home for a business or profession shall be prohibited.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, no floating
homes hereafter moored or altered shall be more than 21 feet high,
as measured from the waterline.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, no floating
home shall be moored or altered on or over an underwater lot having
an area of less than 7,500 square feet.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, the total
area of a floating home shall not exceed 25% of the underwater lot
area.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, there shall
be a distance of five feet between the pier or bulkhead line and front
wall of a floating home.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, where two
or more floating homes are moored together, there shall be 10 feet
of open water space between the side walls or floats of adjacent floating
homes.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, no floating
home shall be moored or constructed unless provided with electricity,
municipal water service and municipal sewage disposal facilities.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, two paved
off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each floating home.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, all floating
homes shall be subject to the provisions of the State Building Construction
Code and the Building Construction Code of the Town of Babylon.[1]
In the F.H. Floating Home District, every application
for the creation of a floating home district shall be subject to the
review of the Planning Board of the Town of Babylon.
Each applicant shall be required to prepare
an environmental assessment [similar to that required by the New York
State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA)] and to file this assessment
with the Planning Board, and it shall accompany the site plan application.
