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Village of Farmingdale, NY
Nassau County
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In a Residence AA District, no building or premises shall be used, and no building shall be erected or altered for other than one or more of the following specified uses:
A. 
One-family dwelling, including the office, studio or occupational room of a professional person when located in the same dwelling in which such professional person resides, provided that there is no display of goods or advertising other than a sign not larger than one square foot, which shall be set back at least 10 feet from the street line and which shall bear only the name and occupation of the practitioner.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
Churches, libraries and public and private schools.
C. 
Playgrounds, parks and accessory buildings.
D. 
Agriculture, gardens, nurseries and greenhouses, provided that they are not used primarily for the growing of vegetables, plants or flowers for sale, and provided that there is no display of products and no advertising. Any greenhouse heating plant shall be at least 20 feet distant from the side and rear lines of the lot.
E. 
Buildings, structures and premises necessary for the use and occupancy by the Village of Farmingdale for administration purposes, water supply, sewage pumping stations and fire and police stations.
F. 
Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above uses. The term "accessory use," however, shall not include a business or any building or use not located on the same lot with the building to which it is accessory. The term "accessory use" shall include a private garage for the storage of not more than three motor vehicles, none of which shall be a commercial truck.
G. 
Real estate signs advertising the real estate on which said sign is placed for sale or for rent, not exceeding in the aggregate eight square feet in area; temporary signs in undeveloped sections, referring to the land on which the sign is erected, only when approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals, provided that no permit for any such temporary sign shall be granted for more than one year. In granting a permit for the erection of such temporary sign, the Board of Zoning Appeals shall fix the location and size thereof and shall limit the purpose for which such temporary sign shall be erected.
The building area shall not exceed 25% of the lot area.
There shall be a required front yard which shall be not less than 30 feet in depth.
There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building. Each side yard shall be not less than 10 feet wide.
There shall be a required rear yard which shall have a minimum depth of 30 feet.
[Amended 3-2-1959; 10-24-1988 by L.L. No. 14-1988]
No principal building and accessory buildings shall be erected upon a lot that has a street frontage and minimum lot width at the front and rear wall of the principal building of less than 75 feet and a lot area of less than 7,500 square feet.
No building shall be greater than 2 1/2 stories nor more than 35 feet in height.