[Amended 8-4-1975 by L.L. No. 3-1975]
No lot in the A Residence Districts shall be
used for building purposes unless it shall contain not less than 10,000
square feet, exclusive of any public road, and have a width of not
less than 50 feet on the principal highway or road on which it abuts
or on both sides of such highway or road by which it is intersected.
No property which, at the time of the enactment of this chapter, is
bounded on one side by Long Island Sound, Northport Bay or Duck Island
Harbor and on another side by a highway or road then existing, shall
hereafter be lain out or subdivided into lots or fractions of lots
which shall not abut both on said highway or road and on the waters
to which said property is then adjacent, nor shall any such property
be lain out, subdivided, sold or purchased in fractions of lots which
are less than 20 feet in width the full length of the property.
No buildings on any one lot in the A Residence
Districts or on any fraction of a lot on which a dwelling may be erected,
including accessory buildings, shall be constructed, altered, enlarged,
extended, reconstructed, raised or moved so as to occupy at any level
and in the aggregate more than 50% of the area of the lot or such
fraction thereof, and no such buildings, in the aggregate, shall have
less courtyard or open space surrounding them on said lot or said
fraction thereof on which they may be erected than 5,000 square feet,
exclusive of the area of any road within the lot, and no such lot
or such fraction thereof shall be reduced or diminished in area so
that the percentage of said lot or said fraction thereof as occupied
by all the buildings thereon taken together shall exceed the percentage
fixed by this section or so that the area of the courtyard or open
space surrounding them on said lot or said fraction thereof shall
be less than the area herein specified.
A.
No lot in the A Residence Districts shall have more
than one single-family dwelling, in addition to accessory buildings
permitted by this chapter, on such lot or on each fraction of such
lot having a width of not less than 50 feet on a public highway or
abutting with a width of not less than 50 feet on each side of a public
highway or road by which it is intersected and extending for at least
the same width to the opposite boundary of the lot.
B.
Exception. On any lot in separate ownership or under
contract of purchase at the time of the passage of this chapter which
has on it existing buildings not in conformity with the foregoing
provisions, the use of such buildings shall be permitted, provided
that such use shall in other respects conform to this chapter.
C.
Subject to the above provision, no dwellings in the
A Residence Districts in the aggregate shall hereafter be erected
or allowed to accommodate or make provision for more than four families
on any acre of land or more than a proportional number of families
on a fractional part of any acre of land, and the maximum of families
which may hereafter be housed on any plot of ground shall not exceed
the integral number obtained by multiplying the acreage of such plot,
exclusive of the land within any highway or road lines, by four, less
than fraction resulting therefrom.
[Amended 6-4-1990 by L.L. No. 2-1990; 12-6-1993 by L.L. No.
1-1993]
In B Residence Districts no property shall hereafter
be laid out, subdivided or partitioned into lots or fractions of lots
or parcels containing less than one acre nor containing a width of
less than 100 feet of frontage on any road on which it fronts, nor
have more than one residence on it, and no building on any one lot
or on any fraction of a lot on which a building may be erected, including
accessory buildings, shall be constructed, altered, enlarged, extended,
reconstructed, raised or moved so as to occupy at any level and in
the aggregate more than 25% of the area of the lot, and no such lot
or such fraction thereof, as occupied by all the buildings thereon
taken together, shall be reduced or diminished so that the percentage
of the lot, as occupied by all of the buildings thereon taken together,
shall exceed the percentage fixed by this section or so that the area
of the yard or courts on said lot or said fraction thereof shall be
less than 32,670 square feet.
In B Residence Districts, no buildings in the
aggregate shall hereafter be erected or allowed to accommodate or
make provision for more than one family on any acre of land. The maximum
number of families which may hereafter be housed on any plot of ground
shall not exceed the integral number obtained by multiplying the acreage
of said plot, exclusive of the land within highway or road lines,
by one less any fraction resulting therefrom.
[Added 2-3-1964; amended 6-4-1990 by L.L. No. 2-1990; 12-6-1993 by L.L. No.
1-1993]
In C Residence Districts, no property shall
hereafter be laid out, subdivided or partitioned into lots or fractions
of lots or parcels containing less than two acres nor containing a
width of less than 150 feet of frontage on any road placed upon the
Official Village Map on which it fronts, nor have more than one residence
on it.
[Added 2-3-1964]
In C Residence Districts, no buildings in the
aggregate shall hereafter be erected or allowed to accommodate or
make provision for more than one family on any two acres of land.
The maximum number of families which may hereafter be housed on any
plot of ground shall not exceed the integral number obtained by multiplying
the acreage of said plot, exclusive of the land within highway or
road lines, by 1/2 less any fraction resulting therefrom.
[Added 2-3-1964]
Along all frontage in the C Residence Districts,
there shall be a front yard of the minimum depth of 75 feet. A side
yard in C Residence Districts shall be 50 feet and the rear yard shall
be 75 feet.
No accessory building shall be erected on any
lot until either the residence thereon shall have been erected and
a certificate of occupancy issued or plans for the residence thereon
shall have been filed with the Village Clerk, a building permit therefor
issued and the construction thereof actually commenced. If the construction
of the residence is not completed within 12 months after its commencement
and certificate of occupancy issued within said 12 months, any accessory
building shall be removed.
[Added 9-29-1951; amended 3-17-1960; 2-3-1964; 9-26-1966]
No building shall hereafter be used as a dwelling
if it shall contain less than 1,200 square feet of habitable floor
area on the ground floor if such building be located in an A Residence
District or less than 1,500 square feet if located in a B Residence
District or less than 2,000 square feet if located in a C Residence
District. No dwelling shall hereafter be erected to contain less than
1,200, 1,500 or 2,000 square feet of habitable floor area on the ground
floor in such respective districts. No dwelling shall hereafter be
altered to decrease its area so that it shall contain less than 1,200,
1,500 or 2,000 square feet of habitable floor area on the ground floor
in such respective districts.[1]
[Added 2-3-1964]
No permit for the erection of any building shall
be issued unless the street or highway giving access to such proposed
building, which street or highway must either abut or terminate at
the frontage boundary of the lot on which such building is located,
has been duly placed on the Official Map of the Village. Before such
permit shall be issued, such street or highway, if the same be not
presently in existence as a traveled road, either public or private,
shall be suitably improved to the satisfaction of the appropriate
Village officials in accordance with such standards and specifications
as may be required or a performance bond furnished to the Village
by the owner as specified in the Village Law.[1]
