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Editor's Note: The Schedule of Area and Bulk Regulations
for Residence (R) District appears in Appendix I, which is included
as an attachment to this chapter.
A.
After the effective date of this chapter, no use shall be commenced,
nor any building, fence or structure or part thereof shall be erected,
structurally altered, enlarged or moved except in conformance with
the provisions of the Area and Bulk Schedule for the district in which
such use, building, fence or structure is located.
[Amended 8-17-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987; 5-16-1994 by L.L. No.
2-1994]
B.
Any lot existing at the time that this chapter became effective and
which has not been developed or otherwise built upon by a structure
shall conform to all current zoning regulations in order to be a building
lot, with the sole exception that any lots existing at the time this
chapter became effective and which are owned individually or separately
from any adjacent tract and which do not meet the area requirements
set forth in this article will be considered a building lot, provided
they both are built upon within six months of the effective date of
this law and the lot is not so unsuited to the proposed use as to
be a health or safety hazard.
C.
The area required for complying with the minimum open space requirements
for a principal use or structure shall not be counted as providing
required open space for any other use or structure.
D.
A new lot or lots may be created through subdivision of an existing
lot, provided that all resulting lots comply with the area and bulk
regulations established in this chapter.
[Amended 5-16-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
E.
Steeples, belfries, radio or television antennas (not dish antennas)
customary to residential uses, cupolas, towers or similar architectural
features, fire towers, chimneys, elevator bulkheads, flagpoles, smokestacks
and official police and fire antennas shall be exempt from the height
requirements of this chapter, provided that they do not constitute
a public safety hazard.
