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Town of Islip, NY
Suffolk County
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[Added 6-6-1989[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was originally designated as Article XLV, §§ 68-487 through 68-500, but was redesignated as Article XLVI, §§ 68-502 through 68-515, by the editor at the instruction of the Town due to the previous addition of an Article XLV on 1-12-1989.
The purpose of the Residential Redevelopment District is to promote the redevelopment of residential areas within the Town of Islip which are characterized by a high degree of deteriorated and dilapidated housing and associated blighted conditions. The district provides for a range of housing types and densities designed to promote the construction of new housing, as well as the rehabilitation of existing housing, to a greater degree than could be achieved under other residential zoning districts. Any and all development within this district shall be in accordance with a Master Plan approved by the Town Board.
[Amended 1-16-1990; 7-14-1993]
Application for Residential Redevelopment District shall be subject to a determination by the Planning Board that a property is blighted and that redevelopment through a use or uses permitted in said District is appropriate. No building, structure or premises shall be used or occupied and no building or part thereof or other structure shall be erected or altered except for one or more of the following purposes:
A. 
Single-family detached or semiattached or attached dwellings. Conversion of a garage for any other purpose other than for the parking of a vehicle is prohibited.
[Amended 6-8-2010]
B. 
Church or other similar place of worship or parish house, provided that a twenty-five-foot buffer is provided and maintained adjacent to any residential use or zone in accordance with Town standards and a site plan is submitted to and approved by the Planning Board or its designee indicating compliance with all applicable land development standards.
[Amended 4-8-1997]
C. 
Municipal park, playground or recreation building or use.
D. 
Child day-care center.
[Amended 4-8-1997]
E. 
Garden apartments.
F. 
Apartments designed for senior citizens.
A. 
The following shall be permitted accessory uses:
(1) 
Private garages where attached to the main dwellings.
(2) 
Decks.
(3) 
Other customary accessory uses, structures and buildings, provided that such uses are clearly incidental to the principal use and do not include any activity commonly conducted as a business.
B. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection B, regarding authorization to establish reasonable rules and regulations, was repealed 12-17-2019.
C. 
Any accessory building shall be located on the same lot with the principal building, and no accessory building shall be constructed on a lot until the construction of the main building has actually been commenced, and no accessory building shall be used unless the main building on the lot is completed and used.
D. 
Whenever a use has been authorized by special permit pursuant to § 68-46 or by special exception pursuant to § 68-47, no accessory use shall be permitted unless the same shall have been specifically authorized by that Board which authorized the use.
[Added 4-8-1997]
All uses not expressly permitted are prohibited.
A. 
A principal building or residence shall be erected to a height in excess of 28 feet or two stories.
B. 
No accessory building or structure shall be erected to a height in excess of 18 feet.
A. 
The total building area, including all buildings, shall not exceed or occupy more than 30% of the total lot area. The floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.30.
B. 
Dwellings on lots reserved for single-family detached dwellings shall not occupy more than 20% of the total lot area. The floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.25 of said lots.
C. 
Dwellings on lots reserved for single-family semiattached dwellings shall not occupy more than 20% of the total lot area. The floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.35.
[Amended 1-16-1990; 3-24-1992]
D. 
Dwellings on lots reserved for single-family attached dwellings shall not occupy more than 45% of the lot area. The floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.62. Exception: Said dwellings located on any corner lot shall not occupy more than 20% of the lot area and not exceed a floor area ratio of 0.35.
[Amended 1-16-1990; 3-24-1992]
E. 
Other permitted uses shall not occupy more than 25% of the total lot area. The floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.25.
F. 
Accessory buildings shall be located only in the rear yard and shall occupy no more than 25% of the rear yard area. The floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.25.
G. 
Decks on lots reserved for detached or semiattached dwellings shall occupy no more than 10% of the rear yard area. Decks on lots reserved for multiattached dwellings shall occupy no more than 20% of the rear yard area.
[Added 1-16-1990]
H. 
The floor area ratio (FAR) for garden apartments or apartments designed for senior citizens shall not exceed 0.50.
[Added 7-14-1993]
A. 
The minimum required lot area for single-family detached dwellings shall be 7,300 square feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
B. 
The minimum required lot area for single-family semiattached dwellings shall be 4,600 square feet.
[Amended 1-16-1991]
C. 
The minimum required lot area for single-family attached dwellings shall be 2,400 square feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
D. 
The minimum required lot area for attached rental dwellings shall be 9,200 square feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
E. 
The minimum required lot area for other permitted uses shall be 20,000 square feet.
F. 
The density of garden apartments shall be within a range of 12 to 16 units per acre. The density of senior citizen apartment shall be within a range of seventeen and 27 units per acre. Determination of precise density shall be based on the following criteria: size of apartment, number of bedrooms, quality of design and site plan and obstacles to acquiring the property and/or removing blighted conditions.
[Added 7-14-1993]
[Amended 1-16-1990]
The minimum living area for a single-family dwelling shall be 1,100 square feet.
A. 
The minimum width of lot for a single-family detached dwelling shall be 75 feet.
B. 
The minimum width of lot for a single-family semiattached dwelling shall be 48 feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
C. 
The minimum width of lot for a single-family attached dwelling shall be 25 feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
D. 
The minimum width of lot for an attached rental dwelling shall be 96 feet.
E. 
The minimum width of lot for other permitted uses shall be 100 feet.
F. 
Exception. A lot need not have the required width throughout, so long as:
(1) 
Said lot is 75 feet in width as measured parallel to and 25 feet back from the front property line;
(2) 
Said lot has frontage on a cul-de-sac or curvilinear road where the side lines of the lot are straight but not parallel and has a minimum width of 50 feet at the front property line; and
(3) 
Said lot otherwise complies with all requirements of this ordinance.
A. 
The minimum front yard for all single-family dwellings shall be twenty-five 25) feet. Corner lots shall be considered to have two front yards. In the case of attached dwellings, the minimum corner front yard shall be 35 feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990; 7-14-1993]
B. 
An accessory building shall observe the same setback behind the front line of the main building as required in the Residence AAA District, and if located on a corner lot shall be set back at least 25 feet from the side street property line.
[Amended 2-28-2017]
C. 
The minimum front yard for garden apartments or senior citizen apartments shall be 35 feet.
[Added 7-14-1993]
A. 
Dwellings. The minimum rear yard for all dwellings shall be a minimum of 25 feet.
B. 
Rear yard regulations for accessory buildings shall be the same as those in the Residence AAA District, § 68-55.
[Amended 2-28-2017]
A. 
The minimum side yard for single-family detached dwellings shall be 10 feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
B. 
The minimum side yard requirement for single-family semiattached dwellings shall be 18 feet for that yard facing the detached side of the house. Garages attached to said dwellings shall have a minimum side yard of eight feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
C. 
The minimum side yard for a single-family attached dwelling, garden apartment or senior citizens apartment shall be 15 feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990; 7-14-1993]
D. 
Side yard regulations for accessory buildings shall be the same as those in the Residence AAA District, § 68-56.
[Amended 2-28-2017]
The following encroachments are hereby permitted:
A. 
Cornices, eaves, gutters and chimneys projecting not more than 24 inches.
B. 
Bay windows and fireplaces not wider than six feet and projecting more than 24 inches.
C. 
Open and unroofed entrance platforms or terraces not wider or deeper than six feet nor more than three feet in height.
[Amended 7-2-1991]
Fencing shall be permitted as per Article XXX, with the following exceptions:
A. 
Fences in that portion of the second front yard of corner lots shall be located a minimum of eight feet from the property line and a minimum of 10 feet behind the front building line.
[Amended 7-14-1993]
B. 
No fence shall be permitted in any other front yard setback area.
A. 
Driveways shall not exceed a width of 18 feet. In the case of semiattached dwelling lots or corner multiattached lots, expansion from the original driveway is only permitted in a direction away from the house. On all other multifamily lots, the extent of the driveway is limited to that area designated on the final site plan. Parking of vehicles on any area beside the driveway is prohibited.
[Amended 7-14-1993]
B. 
There shall be no garbage dumpsters on site, and each unit shall have individual garbage cans which shall not be stored in the front or side yard when garbage pickup is not scheduled.
C. 
There shall be no unregistered vehicles or vehicles offered for sale within the right-of-way of any of the streets or within the front yard setback area at any time.
D. 
There will be no changes to the exterior components of the approved dwellings, including but not limited to the siding, roofing, windows and primary doors without a letter of determination by the Planning Division that the changes are consistent with the Master Plan.
E. 
All exterior elements, including but not limited to siding, roofing, eaves, windows, doors, shutters, steps, railings and lights, shall be maintained by the owners in a good condition, and nothing herein contained shall preclude such property maintenance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection F, requiring a homeowner's association to provide maintenance of common areas, and Subsection G, added 1-16-1990, which required landscaped areas on individual lots, both of which followed this subsection, were repealed 7-14-1993.
[Added 4-8-1997]
A. 
Parking, curbing, sidewalks, drainage, screen planting, buffers, street trees, dumpster enclosures, lighting, public improvements and all other applicable requirements of the Town Code and the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations shall be maintained unless otherwise modified or waived by the Planning Board or Town Board.
B. 
The exterior site improvements and improvement of property shall be regulated under Article XXXI of this ordinance.
[Amended 8-12-2003]