Village of Malone, NY Article V R Residence Districts

§ 66-8 Purpose.

[Amended 7-22-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]

This district is planned primarily to protect one-family dwellings from injurious and objectionable uses; to provide privacy; to provide traffic safety by street arrangement encouraging through traffic on the proper streets; to provide homogeneity in lot sizes and locations; to eliminate nonconforming uses; to protect against harsh and conflicting conditions in lot and street layouts; to ensure beauty and permanence; to encourage development; to conserve property values; and to ensure the ends desired in § 66-2.

§ 66-9 Permitted uses.

A. One-family dwelling.

[Amended 7-22-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]

B. Churches or similar places of worship, parish houses, convents.

C. Public parks, playgrounds and recreational areas operated by membership organizations for the benefit of their members and not for profit.

D. Public and private schools and institutions of higher education, public libraries, municipal buildings.

E. Philanthropic or eleemosynary institutions other than a camp, hospital, sanatorium, correctional institution or institution for the insane. A camp, hospital, sanatorium, correctional institution or institution for the insane may be permitted upon approval of the Board of Appeals and subject to such conditions and safeguards as are deemed appropriate by such Board and upon securing a permit therefor.

F. Customary gardening operations comprising gardens an nurseries, subject to the following restrictions:

(1) No storage of odor- or dust-producing substance shall be permitted within 100 feet of any adjoining lot line.

(2) No products shall be publicly displayed or offered for sale from the roadside.

G. Customary home occupations, provided that there shall be no external evidence of such occupation except a small announcement or professional sign not over two square feet in area and not illuminated by more than two bulbs of 60 watts each; maximum, or equivalent fluorescent lighting.

H. Customary accessory uses and buildings, provided that such uses are incidental to the principal use and do not include any activity commonly conducted as a business. Any accessory buildings shall be located on the same lot with the principal building.

§ 66-9.1 Uses permitted by special exception.

[Added 12-15-1986 by L.L. No. 4-1986]

Public utility or public service uses or public buildings other than those expressly listed as permitted uses.

§ 66-10 Requirements.

A. Building height limit; 2 1/2 stories but not exceeding 35 feet.

B. Yards required. Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards not less than the depths or widths following:

(1) Front yard depth: 25 feet measured from the street right-of-way, or in line with existing structures.

(2) Side yard width: not less than eight feet, but the sum of the two side yards shall be not less than 20 feet.

(3) Rear yard depth: 25 feet.

C. Parking and signs. One off-street parking space shall be provided for each dwelling and the appropriate number as determined by the Planning Board for each public or semipublic use. Temporary "for sale" or "to let" signs and institutional or religious identification signs are not to exceed 15 square feet.